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Alma Suite vs. Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Alma Suite
Score 9.0 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Alma Suite is a private social network for companies, that includes a task management tool, a private wikipedia for knowledge management, an idea manager, a game for training, professional profiles, discussion groups, news, instant messages, and postings. The vendor’s value proposition is that they bring together different tools that enable companies to work as a team in one place and be more aligned. Additionally, the vendor says their solution’s simple, easy to use and friendly…
$5
users
Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Cisco Business Edition 7000 was a collaboration and universal communication, VOIP / telephony, conferencing and messaging platform for enterprises of 1000 to 5000 employees. It has been discontinued, and is superseded by functionality found in Webex Calling.N/A
Pricing
Alma SuiteCisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
Editions & Modules
Alma Suite Enterprise
$5
users
Alma SuiteEnterprise
$5
users
Alma Suite Unlimited
Quote
users
No answers on this topic
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Alma SuiteCisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup Fee$100 usersNo setup fee
Additional Details70% Discount for NGOs 50% for Benefit corporations, Educational Institutions & Health Care. 30% for Companies already working with a Consultant on Cultural Development or related issues.—
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Community Pulse
Alma SuiteCisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Alma SuiteCisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Alma Suite
6.7
1 Ratings
17% below category average
Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
7.2
10 Ratings
10% below category average
Task Management8.21 Ratings7.610 Ratings
Mobile Access6.41 Ratings7.410 Ratings
Search5.51 Ratings6.48 Ratings
Gantt Charts00 Ratings7.08 Ratings
Scheduling00 Ratings6.88 Ratings
Workflow Automation00 Ratings8.08 Ratings
Visual planning tools00 Ratings7.06 Ratings
Communication
Comparison of Communication features of Product A and Product B
Alma Suite
7.0
1 Ratings
14% below category average
Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
6.9
10 Ratings
15% below category average
Chat5.51 Ratings6.09 Ratings
Notifications8.21 Ratings7.29 Ratings
Discussions7.31 Ratings7.29 Ratings
Internal knowledgebase7.31 Ratings7.29 Ratings
Surveys00 Ratings8.37 Ratings
Integrates with GoToMeeting00 Ratings7.05 Ratings
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts00 Ratings6.76 Ratings
Integrates with Outlook00 Ratings6.07 Ratings
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
Alma Suite
-
Ratings
Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
7.4
10 Ratings
9% below category average
Versioning00 Ratings6.48 Ratings
Video files00 Ratings9.86 Ratings
Audio files00 Ratings8.08 Ratings
Document collaboration00 Ratings6.49 Ratings
Access control00 Ratings7.28 Ratings
Advanced security features00 Ratings8.410 Ratings
Integrates with Google Drive00 Ratings8.94 Ratings
Device sync00 Ratings4.48 Ratings
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User Ratings
Alma SuiteCisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
6.4
(1 ratings)
8.4
(11 ratings)
User Testimonials
Alma SuiteCisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
Alma Suite
My business is HR consulting. Best benefits: organize freelance consultants by projects and tasks.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Discontinued Products
Cisco business edition are well suited for the environment where we need regular communication as they are easy to dial and has got great features. The product is well suited for both small business and large enterprises. Speed dial, good voice quality are key features of Cisco phones. They are not well suited in scenarios where we do not have LAN connectivity or internet. Sometimes we may face latency and jitteriness which is not good.
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Pros
Alma Suite
  • Great for task administration.
  • Customer service is friendly, pragmatic and always available.
  • Organize freelance consultants by projects and tasks.
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Anonymous
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Discontinued Products
  • The platform supports up to 5,000 users connected at the same time in voice and video calls.
  • Everything is virtually deployed on Cisco servers with reliability.
  • Intuitive configuration and user-friendly web interface.
  • It has several types of IP phones and is compatible with legacy and multi-brand hardware with SIP protocol.
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Bruno Almeida
Analista de redes
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Cons
Alma Suite
  • Need to improve in the way it shows project development in time: Gantt chart, schedules, etc.
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Anonymous
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Discontinued Products
  • More cloud based services need to be added to the default service package.
  • Companies frequently require a small contact center within the UC environment. It would be nice to see a build it contact center in the box.
  • It would be nice to see some advanced AI based services (IVR voice recognition service) in the BE7K application list.
  • Call recording should be also built in.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Alternatives Considered
Alma Suite
Better features for project development follow up than Asana and Wrike (previous choices)
Verified User
Anonymous
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Discontinued Products
I've used 220s and 240s too, but it takes a lot of time to set them up, a lot of time to download the iso files, and set up of datastores. 7k saves the engineer a lot of pre-build assessment and evaluation time. Gets a lot done in a lot less time, returns are a happy engineer and a happier customer.
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Anonymous
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Return on Investment
Alma Suite
  • Positive: Internal Communication and Collaboration
Verified User
Anonymous
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Discontinued Products
  • It has allowed for mostly smooth communication from department to department/office to office.
  • It allows for saved phone # / last contact to appear quickly.
  • It has allowed for safety warnings/announcements to emerge all across every office so that everyone within the organization is on the same page about events when they occur.
Verified User
Anonymous
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ScreenShots

Alma Suite Screenshots

Screenshot of Alma Suite HOME: everything that happens in your company will appear here. Simple and easy layout.Screenshot of Task Manager. List of task that can be filtered.Screenshot of Tasks detail and updates.Screenshot of Private Wikipedia: Knowledge BaseScreenshot of Wiki ArticleScreenshot of Game for training and testing: simple and fun. Easy to setup.