Cisco Business Edition 7000 vs Creately

Likelihood to Recommend

Its well suited for small to medium scale deployments if the infra is in-house. Webex and other SaaS solutions are in demand these days and are cost-effective too, but if for some reason your deployments need a locally-managed data center, then go for the BE7K or the BE6K depending upon your requirement.

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Consultant in Information Technology

Telecommunications Company, 10,001+ employees

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Very good online option for flowcharts and other purposes; can be quite cost-effective, too, depending on how you use it.

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Mike Eisenberg

Office Manager

Bates Group LLCFinancial Services, 51-200 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Cisco Business Edition 7000

Creately

Task Management

Gantt Charts

Scheduling

Workflow Automation

Mobile Access

Search

Visual planning tools

Cisco Business Edition 7000

Creately

Chat

Notifications

Discussions

Surveys

Internal knowledgebase

Integrates with GoToMeeting

Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts

Integrates with Outlook

Cisco Business Edition 7000

Creately

Versioning

Video files

Audio files

Document collaboration

Access control

Advanced security features

Integrates with Google Drive

Device sync

Pros

All in one platform that includes all the Cisco UC services in one appliance.
All the services are ready to use and preconfigured.
Tools available improve productivity and user experience.

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Paraprofessional in Social Media

Education Management Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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Creately provides the same experience that other similar tools (i.e. Visio) provides, but presents it in a much more colorful, unique manner. The colors are vibrant, and my clients have always been impressed with the quality and feel.
Creately provides a lot of creative control over how your images look. I can play with the opacity and color scheme, or use what they already provide.
Creately also allows me to create wireframes for clients to review, whether desktop or mobile. I can create simple, easy to understand frames and concepts in minutes - they're super professional looking and ready to share.
I like the pricing model. Right now I can pay month-to-month, or pay a one-time fee for a year. It's also less expensive than Visio, which is very nice.

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Richard Crane

Senior Business Analyst

Southwest Gas CorporationUtilities, 1001-5000 employees

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Cons

Licensing should be easy and collaborative.
Management interface should be provided with redundancy.
I've came across difficulties while I installed Windows server on BE6K. It's hard to gather Windows server keys.

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Engineer in Customer Service

Telecommunications Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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The transition Creately made this year to their new non-Flash platform seems to almost function like a beta release in some instances.
Customer support sometimes takes a while to return and the responses are not always the best or most helpful. Follow up isn't great, either.

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Mike Eisenberg

Office Manager

Bates Group LLCFinancial Services, 51-200 employees

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Support Rating

No score

No answers yet

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Creately 5.6

Based on 4 answers

I haven't used Creately's support. I don't know what to rate this to be honest. If there was an "N/A," I'd use that. I like products where I don't have to do a lot of research or studying to learn how to use the software. Creately allows me to jump in and go.

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Richard Crane

Senior Business Analyst

Southwest Gas CorporationUtilities, 1001-5000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

I’m a user of both systems and it’s difficult to say whether one is better than the other for features. Cisco is much more user friendly and has a better interface. I think both are suitable for large businesses, but it’s more about preference of the front end. Security features may be lagging with Skype.

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Engineer in Professional Services

Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering Company, 10,001+ employees

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In terms of pricing and functionality, Creately was the clear winner at the time, although the jury is still out on Creately's new version in terms of how simple it may be to use.

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Mike Eisenberg

Office Manager

Bates Group LLCFinancial Services, 51-200 employees

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Return on Investment

We were able to sell it to many customers and has proved beneficial always.
Less number of complaints.
Amazing support from Cisco TAC.

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Ujjwal Goel

Senior Build & Design Consultant

BTTelecommunications, 10,001+ employees

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Creately is less expensive and dare I say more professional looking than Visio. It looks great at a fraction of the price.
Creately allows me to share ideas and processes with my clients. It shows that I understand their business processes, and increases their trust in my abilities to work with them.

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Richard Crane

Senior Business Analyst

Southwest Gas CorporationUtilities, 1001-5000 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Cisco Business Edition 7000 Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

Optional

6.95*

* per user

Creately Editions & Modules

On-premise Edition

Creately Desktop	$75¹
Creately Server	6.95¹

per user

SaaS Edition

Creately Online Personal	6.95¹
Creately Team 5	$40¹
Creately Team 10	$80¹
Creately Team 25	$200¹

per month

Additional Pricing Details

We offer deeply discounted prices for non profits, educational institutes and charities.

Rating Summary

Cisco Business Edition 7000

Creately

Cisco Business Edition 7000

Creately