Backlog vs. Discourse

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Backlog
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
Backlog is a project management and bug tracking tool for teams that want higher productivity, greater visibility, and simple project tracking. Development teams can work together with Design, Marketing, IT, and more. Backlog is designed to get everyone on track by organizing work, teammates, projects and tasks. The activity feed and watchlist are designed to help users keep an eye on relevant work and deadlines. Gantt charts and burndown charts are designed to help users visualize project…N/A
Discourse
Score 7.1 out of 10
N/A
Discourse is a community management and moderation product.
$20
per month
Pricing
BacklogDiscourse
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Starter
$20
per month unlimited members and 2 staff
Pro
$100
per month unlimited members and 5 staff
Business
$500
per month unlimited members and 15 staff
Enterprise
Contact Sales
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BacklogDiscourse
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
BacklogDiscourse
Features
BacklogDiscourse
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Backlog
7.0
3 Ratings
10% below category average
Discourse
-
Ratings
Task Management10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Gantt Charts7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Scheduling10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Team Collaboration10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for Waterfall Methodology5.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Document Management10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Email integration3.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Access1.03 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
BacklogDiscourse
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(3 ratings)
8.9
(3 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
BacklogDiscourse
Likelihood to Recommend
Nulab, Inc.
ticket management
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Civilized Discourse Construction Kit, Inc.
[Discourse is by] far the best online forum platform in the industry. It may be a little pricey for people looking for a cheap option for their hobby forum, but for any type of business that relies on a forum, the pricing is more than fair.
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Pros
Nulab, Inc.
  • Backlog is one of the best management and collaboration tools available in the market for better managing of resources at the workplace.
  • I have been using this platform for a very long time and it has been helping me a lot to manage the business processes, manage employees, managing leads on different projects, and coordinating with colleagues.
  • It has been helping me a lot to check the issue in the project completion.
  • It gives me real-time status on the project/gives right insights of the system.
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Civilized Discourse Construction Kit, Inc.
  • User Privileges : Teams, Trust Levels, Moderation, Private and Public Threads make it possible to have as much transparency, privacy or power decentralization as one wishes.
  • Gamification: Badges and Achievements can be customized for User Activity and frequent readers and writers.
  • Mailing List mode: Users can choose to use forum threads without the User Interface by subscribing via mailing list mode.
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Cons
Nulab, Inc.
  • Price is very high for small teams and department of short term contracts.
  • GUI can be more intuitive.
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Civilized Discourse Construction Kit, Inc.
  • Some configuration UIs are difficult to follow
  • Not well-suited for managing workflows (grant management as an example)
  • Bulk operations across multiple threads either impossible or difficult to figure out
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Usability
Nulab, Inc.
nice to use in the night as well
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Civilized Discourse Construction Kit, Inc.
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Nulab, Inc.
I would give 9 but one less because of the high price.
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Civilized Discourse Construction Kit, Inc.
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Alternatives Considered
Nulab, Inc.
Backlog has all of the top-notch features to increase productivity, visibility, and project tracking. Backlog is easy to use. I first just logged in to the platform and it was [ready] to go. I easily started working on it and it started giving me the bugs’ details on our project. Always available for queries. Listen to the queries very attentively and try to give a solution on the go if applicable. Otherwise, take some time and respond with the advanced workable solution in the limited time frame.
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Civilized Discourse Construction Kit, Inc.
Vanilla's mobile functionality was downright awful and it felt like it was stuck in the 2000s. While they have similar features, Discourse blows them away in almost every department. We don't regret switching at all.
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Return on Investment
Nulab, Inc.
  • SLA should be given by single candle
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Civilized Discourse Construction Kit, Inc.
  • Community Members are eager to jump into the discussion.
  • Conversations can be tracked easier without the risk of being lost in a sea of messages as people tend to construct their posts more carefully than on any workspace messenger.
  • It's open source and configurable with many other add-ons to help integration with other services.
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ScreenShots

Backlog Screenshots

Screenshot of Projects home pageScreenshot of Gantt chartScreenshot of GitScreenshot of commenting in issuesScreenshot of subtasking