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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    AlmaSuite (discontinued)

    Score7.1 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    AlmaSuite was a private social network for companies with a task management tool, a private wikipedia for knowledge management, gamification, etc. The product has been disontinued, and is no longer available for sale.N/A

    Microsoft Teams

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Teams combines video conferencing software with team collaboration tools. The communications platform allows MS Office users to conduct conference calls and share files via SharePoint, and join or initiate a group chat.

    $4.80

    per month per user

    Staffbase

    Score9.6 out of 10
    N/AStaffbase is the employee communication platform for communicators in large, distributed organizations. Using a mobile first approach, it allows internal communicators to reach every employee through various channels like news, mobile magazine, chat rooms and surveys. Analytics and reports allow communicators to find opportunities for impactful communications and to show the impact of their work to stakeholders. With integrations to SharePoint it can also act as a mobile intranet.N/A
    Pricing
    AlmaSuite (discontinued)Microsoft TeamsStaffbase
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft Teams Essentials
    $4.80
    per month per user
    Microsoft Teams Enterprise
    $5.25
    per month (paid yearly) per user
    Microsoft Teams Enterprise
    $5.25
    per month per user
    Microsoft 365 Business Basic
    $7.20
    per month per user
    Microsoft 365 Business Standard
    $15
    per month per user
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AlmaSuite (discontinued)Microsoft TeamsStaffbase
    Free Trial
    NoYesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNoNo
    Entry-level Setup Fee$100 usersNo setup feeNo 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.Discounts are available for non profit organizations.
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    Community Pulse
    AlmaSuite (discontinued)Microsoft TeamsStaffbase
    Considered Multiple Products
    Discontinued Products
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    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    Staffbase GmbH
    Chose Staffbase
    Since we selected Staffbase, they are one of a few companies that haven't been acquired or changed its business model. We would have invested a lot of time and money rebuilding our intranet otherwise.

    We selected them because of the standard features included, the free updates, …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    90%
    Would buy again
    255 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    225 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
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    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    255 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    144 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
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    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    174 Answers
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    Features
    AlmaSuite (discontinued)Microsoft TeamsStaffbase
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of AlmaSuite (discontinued) and Microsoft Teams and Staffbase
    Feature
    AlmaSuite (discontinued)
    6.7
    1 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Microsoft Teams
    8.2
    241 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Staffbase
    -
    Ratings
    Task Management8.21 Ratings8.1179 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Access6.41 Ratings8.2229 Ratings00 Ratings
    Search5.51 Ratings7.6212 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gantt Charts00 Ratings8.196 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scheduling00 Ratings8.3208 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow Automation00 Ratings8.4126 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visual planning tools00 Ratings8.4143 Ratings00 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of AlmaSuite (discontinued) and Microsoft Teams and Staffbase
    Feature
    AlmaSuite (discontinued)
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Microsoft Teams
    8.0
    251 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Staffbase
    -
    Ratings
    Chat5.51 Ratings9.0250 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications8.21 Ratings8.4249 Ratings00 Ratings
    Discussions7.31 Ratings8.7235 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase7.31 Ratings8.6157 Ratings00 Ratings
    Surveys00 Ratings8.2146 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with GoToMeeting00 Ratings6.547 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts00 Ratings5.743 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook00 Ratings9.1155 Ratings00 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of AlmaSuite (discontinued) and Microsoft Teams and Staffbase
    Feature
    AlmaSuite (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Teams
    8.2
    236 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Staffbase
    -
    Ratings
    Versioning00 Ratings8.6168 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video files00 Ratings8.4202 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audio files00 Ratings8.8200 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document collaboration00 Ratings8.8216 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access control00 Ratings8.6198 Ratings00 Ratings
    Advanced security features00 Ratings8.5158 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive00 Ratings5.353 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device sync00 Ratings8.6172 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    AlmaSuite (discontinued)Microsoft TeamsStaffbase
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    8.6
    (329 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (12 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.7
    (114 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (114 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.3
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AlmaSuite (discontinued)Microsoft TeamsStaffbase
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    My business is HR consulting. Best benefits: organize freelance consultants by projects and tasks.
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    Microsoft
    It's amazing as a daily driver for team communication, and document search/store. Also, if you're doing a lot of LONG meetings and have trouble remembering details, the AI summarization is amazing and convenient. It just works. I'm not saying I always do this, of course, but if I need to 'skim' instead of really digging into every detail from a meeting, the AI-generated summary is generally good enough that I can get away with it.
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    Staffbase GmbH
    Staffbase is well-suited for companies who want to drive and measure employee engagement through meaningful content. I wouldn't recommend it for companies that maintain a complex SharePoint environment with years of legacy content. It is not intended to be a CMS system. It is a dynamic platform that makes it's easy to share information through the mobile or desktop app and email and push notifications. You don't need a large team to manage it.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • Great for task administration.
    • Customer service is friendly, pragmatic and always available.
    • Organize freelance consultants by projects and tasks.
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    Microsoft
    • All in one communication for Teams.
    • High quality and reliable both audio and video meetings.
    • Well organized and clear instant chat.
    • Excellent security features.
    • Beautiful integration with 3rd party tools and systems.
    • Perfect compatibility with windows ,android and iOS.
    • Allow meetings recordings for later us or sharing with teams that missed the live.
    Incentivized
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    Staffbase GmbH
    • Easy to use back-end for posting and managing content—you don't have to rely on IT for support.
    • Software update releases are included in the licensing fees. No need to get outside developers involved in making changes to the platform.
    • Employee segmentation is extremely easy with an API from your HRIS system.
    • Translations are a breeze!
    • Creating forms on the go is easy and efficient!
    • Use your existing organization's SSO for ease of use and security.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Discontinued Products
    • Need to improve in the way it shows project development in time: Gantt chart, schedules, etc.
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    Microsoft
    • The webinars feature has some missing functionally such as the ability for all users to use the Q&A feature (only those with a Microsoft Teams account can use it now), the ability to upload documents for attendees to easily access and download, and the ability for presenters and organizers to easily chat amongst themselves throughout the webinar.
    • The "Channels" organization hierarchy could be more clear. If you have several channels set up, it can get clunky and hard to find the specific channel you are looking for.
    • The MS Planner tool lacks functionality and organization. You cannot assign more than one person to a task and it's confusing when you try to share tasks with people - it would be nice if they were automatically added to someone's calendar.
    Incentivized
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    Staffbase GmbH
    • @Mentions could be added.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Microsoft Teams is included with our Office 365 subscription and we have no intention of migrating off of Office 365 and Microsoft products. Since Microsoft Teams is included for free with our Office 365 subscription, and since we enjoy all the features, benefits, and functionality, there is no question that our team will continue to use the product
    Incentivized
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    Staffbase GmbH
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    If you have the full Microsoft Office suite, it works really well because it's integrated well within its ecosystem, but if not, it can be annoying because it tries to open a shared file in the web versions of the file equivalents. The web version is also a bit slow, and the login is very difficult to handle if you have multiple Microsoft or Outlook accounts.
    Incentivized
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    Staffbase GmbH
    No answers on this topic
    Reliability and Availability
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Rare, but outages do happen
    Incentivized
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    Staffbase GmbH
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Sometimes about once a week I get a message that says "Sorry, there seems to be something wrong". But it goes away in a few minutes.
    Incentivized
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    Staffbase GmbH
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    The overall support provided by Microsoft for Microsoft Teams has been quite good but there is still some room for improvements. Microsoft needs to proactively work on fixing the open bugs in order to provide a seamless experience to the users. But over the service and experience provided by the Microsoft team have been quite satisfactory.
    Incentivized
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    Staffbase GmbH
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    I find everything I need for my day-to-day work.
    Incentivized
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    Staffbase GmbH
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    Better features for project development follow up than Asana and Wrike (previous choices)
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    Microsoft
    Microsoft Teams offers a much more integrated experience between their chat and video call function compared to Google Chat and Slack. Both other tools are much better for internal communications are they have simpler UI without other features. Whereas Microsoft Teams can be used for more critical conversations, particularly between external companies, and has been very useful in sales conversations which is what we chose it for when speaking to companies that work exclusively through Microsoft.
    Incentivized
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    Staffbase GmbH
    Since we selected Staffbase, they are one of a few companies that haven't been acquired or changed its business model. We would have invested a lot of time and money rebuilding our intranet otherwise. We selected them because of the standard features included, the free updates, and the reasonable licensing fees. They understand the value of communicating with non-desk employees and keeping them engaged.
    Incentivized
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Honestly, this tool is worth every penny. Yes, it's not free and you pay for the quality of services and the license. But the ROI and the benefits are all there. Also, the renewal, negotiation, and contract terms are all very well explained by our Microsoft account manager, and she's a charm.
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    Staffbase GmbH
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    It does not appear to have a limit to how many teams and employees we can have using it
    Incentivized
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    Staffbase GmbH
    No answers on this topic
    Professional Services
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    I used Skype for Business to take calls, hold conferences, and provide remote assistance to users. Microsoft Teams, on the other hand, is superior to Skype for Business in my opinion. My job entails a lot of screen sharing.
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    Staffbase GmbH
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • Positive: Internal Communication and Collaboration
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    Microsoft
    • Personally, I would say that by using Microsoft Teams, it upped my collaboration with my colleagues by around 50% or around more than half of what I usually did prior to using it.
    • I had 100% show rate and attendance on all of my meetings in the past 6 months.
    • If I may add, I also have been chattier & collaborative towards my colleagues in past 3 months particularly the month of December when we had huge traffic at work. I would estimate this behavior to have been increased by around 60% than what I usually incur during normal operating days.
    Incentivized
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    Staffbase GmbH
    • Engagement levels increased for non-desk employees without access to a PC.
    • We leverage the tool as part of our crisis management activities, without having to invest in an additional platform.
    • We can issue surveys quickly without investing in additional engagement tools.
    Incentivized
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