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Avaza vs. Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Avaza
Score 8.2 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Avaza is a software suite targeted for all business sizes. It includes modules for project management and collaboration, resource scheduling, team chat, time tracking, expense management, quoting and invoicing. Depending on their business needs, companies can use as many, or as few, of the modules as they need. Avaza offers reporting functionality, and the project management module is designed with both list view and Kanban style task management, so users can choose…
$0
Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
Score 9.0 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
The Lightning Conductor is a content aggregation tool for Microsoft SharePoint Online and Microsoft Teams. Users can build rich, modern content reports based upon SharePoint lists, SharePoint Search, Microsoft Graph or Microsoft 365 Groups. Content can be aggregated from lists and libraries, and other applications such as Planner, To Do, OneDrive, and Teams.
$2,200
per year per installation
Pricing
AvazaLightning Tools Lightning Conductor
Editions & Modules
Free Plan
$0
Unlimited Project Collaborators, 1 Admin, 1 Timesheet/ Expense User, 1 Resource Scheduling User
Startup Plan
$11.95
per month
Basic Plan
$23.95
per month
Business Plan
$47.95
per month
Lightning Conductor WSP
From 1950
per year One WFE
Lightning Conductor Enterprise Edition
POA
per year Four or more WFE
Lightning Conductor Online
From 2200
per year per installation
Lightning Conductor Plus (Includes Data Viewer)
From 2500
per year per installation
Lightning Conductor Online Enterprise Edition (>10,000 users)
POA
per year per installation
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AvazaLightning Tools Lightning Conductor
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details—Prices stated are minimum per installation for "stock" products. $2.20 per user/year on top of base price. Enterprise editions can be amended to suit business needs if deemed necessary, additional costs incurred and TBD. All packages include free technical support. Free upgrades available to latest versions of tool as they are released. (online version)
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Community Pulse
AvazaLightning Tools Lightning Conductor
Features
AvazaLightning Tools Lightning Conductor
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Avaza
8.0
7 Ratings
3% above category average
Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
8.6
2 Ratings
10% above category average
Task Management10.07 Ratings8.82 Ratings
Resource Management7.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Gantt Charts7.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Scheduling8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Team Collaboration10.07 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for Agile Methodology7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for Waterfall Methodology7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Document Management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Email integration8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Access8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Timesheet Tracking7.07 Ratings00 Ratings
Budget and Expense Management8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Search00 Ratings8.42 Ratings
Professional Services Automation
Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Product A and Product B
Avaza
10.0
4 Ratings
26% above category average
Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
-
Ratings
Quotes/estimates10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Invoicing10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Project & financial reporting10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with accounting software10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
AvazaLightning Tools Lightning Conductor
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(7 ratings)
9.0
(4 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
AvazaLightning Tools Lightning Conductor
Likelihood to Recommend
Avaza Limited
We are a pretty unique business because we deal with bookkeeping, marketing, and HR and across all 3 departments, we have been able to successfully use the tool. Other software we have tried usually caters to one industry at a time.
Veronica M Duckett | TrustRadius Reviewer
Veronica M Duckett
Managing Partner
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Lightning Tools
Having experience of SharePoint On Premise and also SharePoint Online, there isn't an out of the box app/webpart that enables you to 'roll up content' from a variety of source's (in my case SP Lists, but there are many other data sources it works with) across site collections with an easy to use and intuitive interface which is what Lightning tools excels at.
JB
Julie Bird
SharePoint/M365 Development
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Pros
Avaza Limited
  • It switches between Kanban view, List view, and Gantt charts which fits varying preferences!
  • It helps us work smart by creating dependencies and linking tasks to calendars
  • It has a clean, intuitive dashboard that's very easy to navigate
Verified User
Anonymous
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Lightning Tools
  • Aggregate documents across SharePoint site & libraries
  • Filtering for owner/person responsible & due dates
  • Ease of end-user filtering on columns
  • Color-coding & other formatting
Verified User
Anonymous
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Cons
Avaza Limited
  • The interface and taxonomy could use an update, sometimes it's hard to figure out where things logically are or should be.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Lightning Tools
  • Mobile Friendly
  • Calendar/Gantt views
  • Complex/Custom Logic
TP
Toby Pior
Intranet Supervisor
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Likelihood to Renew
Avaza Limited
Because it has been amazing and easy to work with.
Veronica M Duckett | TrustRadius Reviewer
Veronica M Duckett
Managing Partner
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Lightning Tools
No answers on this topic
Usability
Avaza Limited
Avaza is very easy to use, but the mobile app needs work.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Lightning Tools
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Avaza Limited
They are always available and open to doing a call or a shared screen to walk through the issues.
Veronica M Duckett | TrustRadius Reviewer
Veronica M Duckett
Managing Partner
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Lightning Tools
The Lightning Tools support team responds quickly, and team members are very friendly and helpful.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Alternatives Considered
Avaza Limited
Avaza takes the easy of Asana and adds the invoicing and bookkeeping capabilities you need all in one place.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Lightning Tools
I haven't found another product to compare this one to. Only in SharePoint Online which has a similar App 'Highlight Webpart' ... it's far too complicated to set up and requires learning yet another language and exporting and importing via PowerShell to get any real results that would be useful.
JB
Julie Bird
SharePoint/M365 Development
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Return on Investment
Avaza Limited
  • Avaza has made it easier to see how long I spend on certain types of projects and where I could be spending more time.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Lightning Tools
  • Policies easier to portray
GB
Gary Buck
IMS Manager
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ScreenShots

Avaza Screenshots

Screenshot of avaza, appearing across platformsScreenshot of visual project resource scheduling for teamsScreenshot of time and expense trackingScreenshot of team chatScreenshot of time trackingScreenshot of the expense management interface

Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor Screenshots

Screenshot of MODERN SHAREPOINT LIST ROLLUP The Lightning Conductor is a SharePoint Content Aggregator that can be configured quickly by business users. The Lightning Conductor can be used to aggregate content from SharePoint Lists such as Tasks, Document Libraries, Contact Lists, and Custom Lists making it easy to view content in one place even if it is distributed across many sites and site collections. Key data can be highlighted using conditional formatting and data-bars as shown. Content from Search and Microsoft Graph can also be aggregated with the Lightning Conductor.Screenshot of CONTENT AGGREGATION WITHIN MICROSOFT TEAMS The Lightning Conductor Web Part can be used within Microsoft SharePoint or Microsoft Teams. Even if content is stored within SharePoint sites, it is useful to have aggregated Documents, Tasks, Announcements, Calendars or Custom Lists from multiple sites displayed in a single handy view in Microsoft Teams. The Lightning Conductor can be added as a Teams Tab in any Microsoft Teams Channel.Screenshot of BUILDING REPORTS ON MICROSOFT GRAPH The Lightning Conductor can be used (without code) to aggregate content from Microsoft Graph as well as Search and SharePoint Lists. This example displays Microsoft Planner Plans and Microsoft Planner Tasks where users can Add new Tasks, Assign Users to Planner Tasks, Delete Tasks, and Complete Tasks. The same can be performed on Microsoft To Do items and displayed within Modern SharePoint pages or Microsoft Teams Tabs. The Lighting Conductor can also contain multiple views of content, making it ideal to display all of your tasks from SharePoint Task lists, Microsoft To Do and Microsoft Planner in a single web part or Teams Tab. *Microsoft Graph Reports are only available for SharePoint Online and not SharePoint 2019.Screenshot of BUILDING REPORTS ON MICROSOFT 365 GROUPS Powered by Microsoft Graph, the Microsoft 365 Group Rollup Provider enables users to aggregate content by browsing and selecting Microsoft 365 Groups. Within Microsoft 365 Groups, you’ll be able to select entities such as Drive Items, Owners, Members, Planner Plans, Planner Tasks, Events, Posts, Sites, Lists, and Calendars. *Microsoft Graph Reports are only available for SharePoint Online and not SharePoint 2019.Screenshot of AGGREGATING USING SEARCH When performance is critical, search can be used for rollups. The Lightning Conductor offers three data source configurations to get to content. Object Model (Real Time Aggregation from SharePoint Lists), Microsoft Graph (Aggregation from Graph Entities such as Planner, OneDrive, Outlook), and Search. The Search Data Source enables the aggregation of content from large SharePoint lists and libraries when performance is critical. Thousands of documents can be displayed in under a second using Search.Screenshot of HIGHLIGHTING KEY BUSINESS DATA WITHIN VIEWS End users and Site Owners can highlight the data that is important to them, the data that they need to prioritize. Using conditional formatting, data bars, and icons, conditions can be configured to highlight the data that is most important. Icons and Data Bars can be any color or size desired. Examples include highlighting High Priority tasks, Showing data bars for the completion progress of Tasks, or indicating which tasks are assigned to any particular user.