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    Appspace

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AAppspace (developed by Appspace Inc.) is a cloud-based workplace experience and digital workplace platform that unifies corporate intranet, digital signage, space reservation, and visitor management within a single environment. Designed for communications, human resources, facilities, and IT operations teams, Appspace provides a centralized infrastructure for publishing internal communications, managing physical workplace displays, coordinating desk and room bookings, and administering visitor…N/A

    essensys

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ADesigned for ambitious operators and landlords, essensys in London boasts providing the ultimate technology platform for flexible workspaces.N/A
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Appspace
    Score9 out of 10
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    Appspaceessensys
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    Appspace
    Igloo is a well-suited option for teams/companies that want to build an employee intranet with some other interesting features, like file storage and sharing, internal communications, and resource and knowledge management. All of these features may help your workers increase productivity significantly by centralizing everything in one robust and reliable platform. However, it can be less appropriate if costs are a problem for you, due to the pricing. So, if you will not be using several features and just want an intranet for you company, you may want to go with another solution.
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    essensys plc
    Great platform for a flexible office space company. However, as our company continues to grow, it may be interesting to see how scalable the platform is with the growth. Right now, each account is managed separately and we really should be able to consolidate that much more effectively.
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    Pros
    Appspace
    • Notifications: Igloo can push email updates to users.
    • Organization: Igloo allows for you to create pages, sub pages, and many layer deep sections. You can also organize the layout of your pages.
    • Versioning: it's super easy to reserve and edit documents for offline use. And you can see who last edited a document and when.
    • Offline access: there's a desktop version you can use very easily. It's really good for dropping a bunch of files at once.
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    essensys plc
    • Internet access: most reliable within this space for us.
    • Management of members when onboarding or offboarding, easy to add or remove users.
    • High level of security: This is something that many of our members require.
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    Cons
    Appspace
    • Their UI is not used-friendly. Their use of Igloo-specific terminology made it difficult to understand how each function of the site worked. They would repeatedly say, for example, "a ___ is really a ___" vs. just calling it what the function actually is.
    • Implementation was a far cry from their sales support. After basically nickel-and-diming you for everything, they - very poorly - cap your use of their implementation support team.
    • Overall, Igloo didn't work for our organization because they do multiple things decently vs a few things excellently. The experience with Igloo was unremarkable.
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    essensys plc
    • Integrations: I wish that there were more integrations with other business software.
    • Invoicing: The company often does not send invoices in time and we are forced to contact them.
    • Auditing: Would be great if we could get a consolidated audit report across all locations instead of one per account.
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    Appspace
    Easy to use, cost-effective, and benefit in organizational culture development and information sharing across various employees and from higher management. Great customer support and continuous development to make the software better for users. It allows better collaboration with a little bit of fun too and requires less resources to handle.
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    essensys plc
    I am not the most knowledgeable in this area.
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    Return on Investment
    Appspace
    • Helps with employee retention - especially in a virtual environment.
    • Costs less than a separate wiki system for storing key information.
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    essensys plc
    • High cost per location (negative)
    • Reliable (positive)
    • Scalability (neutral)
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