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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Bluescape

    Score1.1 out of 10
    N/ABluescape is a cloud-based, software as a service company based in Silicon Valley, CA, that provides a digital whiteboard of the same name.

    $10

    per month

    Virola Messenger

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AVirola Messenger is a corporate messenger for secure team collaboration. Both self-hosted and cloud Virola servers are available. Main features: private and group chat rooms file transfer and unlimited storage reactions, mentions, replies and discussions continuous voice and video meetings voice meetings recording live avatars issue tracking with task board screen sharing remote…

    $22

    per month 11 users (minimum)

    Pricing
    BluescapeVirola Messenger
    Editions & Modules
    Team
    $10
    per user, per month (10-50 licenses)
    Business
    $20
    per user, per month (10+ licenses)
    Enterprise
    Custom Pricing
    10+ licenses
    Annual Subscription
    $1.30
    per month per user
    Monthly Subscription
    $1.56
    per month per user
    Perpetual License
    $31.24
    one-time fee per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BluescapeVirola Messenger
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    BluescapeVirola Messenger
    Considered Both Products
    Bluescape
    No answer on this topic
    Provide Support Live Chat
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    BluescapeVirola Messenger
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Bluescape and Virola Messenger
    Feature
    Bluescape
    -
    Ratings
    Virola Messenger
    7.8
    2 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Task Management00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Mobile Access00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Search00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Bluescape and Virola Messenger
    Feature
    Bluescape
    -
    Ratings
    Virola Messenger
    9.5
    2 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Chat00 Ratings9.52 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Bluescape and Virola Messenger
    Feature
    Bluescape
    -
    Ratings
    Virola Messenger
    9.0
    2 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Video files00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Audio files00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
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    BluescapeVirola Messenger
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    Score9.5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    Score9.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    BluescapeVirola Messenger
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (5 ratings)
    8.5
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    BluescapeVirola Messenger
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Bluescape
    This digital version of a pin-up space is absolutely an improvement to my workflow. The input is so robust. What you do with it is where the magic happens. This program is best suited for team collaboration. It helps to discuss how/where the team will contribute information to it--whether that is discussing the templates or a plan of action. Otherwise, the workspace can tend to get messy. I like the idea of having a presentation mode, where some of the markups could be hidden. The idea of a working session with consultants or clients sounds appealing, but at the same time, there is a desire for a cleaned up, clear shareout.
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    Provide Support Live Chat
    This is fantastic for offices that have employees working from home. It is a much cleaner and easier way to discuss projects or even have informal conversations. However if all employees are working from the same office, the features are limited as conversation, screen sharing, and task management are less valuable.
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    Pros
    Bluescape
    • Allows for a high volume of images and sketches to be put into the canvas
    • Lets you drop in text, freehand sketching, and shapes quick and easy
    • Can connect images and texts together using connectors, which can be customized
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    Provide Support Live Chat
    • Secure chatting
    • Chatrooms
    • File transfer/ sharing
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    Cons
    Bluescape
    • You can use Zoom with Bluescape but it requires solid bandwidth and memory by users.
    • A breadcrumb trail would be nice to watch students performance.
    • I would like individual user analytics for each of my students to see where they’ve been and what contributions each has made.
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    Provide Support Live Chat
    • A cleaner interface.
    • More intuitive for older generations.
    • Customizable notification tones
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    Alternatives Considered
    Bluescape
    We have Workware installed on different computers in our office that were supposed to be great for presentation but we had issues after a user connected their laptop then they no longer had access to our server. If they had files they needed for the presentation they had to save them to their desktop to make sure they were accessible.
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    Provide Support Live Chat
    It's really early to judge Virola's capabilities with other offerings or tools in the marketplace but with the set of features the tool offers at the moment at the negligible price it can surely be counted as a dark horse to make its way through to be one of the best. Provide that it has the ability to support larger teams, it can really be successful in the future.
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    Return on Investment
    Bluescape
    • Especially in a remote work environment, Bluescape helps us continue collaborating without missing a beat
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    Provide Support Live Chat
    • Kept everyone in the loop
    • Allowed for seamless project discussions from inside and outside the office.
    • Great way to share screens which was very important.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Bluescape Screenshots

    Screenshot of Bluescape Collaborative Workspace

    Virola Messenger Screenshots

    Screenshot of Virola Messenger desktop and mobile client appsScreenshot of Issues and discussions in Virola MessengerScreenshot of Virola Messenger mobile client appScreenshot of Task board in Virola MessengerScreenshot of Screen sharing and remote control in Virola Messenger