Cisco Business Edition 7000 vs Lucidspark

Likelihood to Recommend

I use my IP phone and video app a lot to hold meetings with co-workers and talk to suppliers and the support service I provide. The BE7000's call manager is great and can be expanded according to the company's demand. In a single server, it is possible to have many, many services related to communication instead of hiring different solutions from different manufacturers. The advantage is having a unique support contract to manage and also savings in the data center rack. It is totally recommended to everyone who is looking for something simplified, safe, and with great collaboration features.

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Gabriela Duarte

Analista de sistema

GerdauMining & Metals, 501-1000 employees

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Lucidspark excelled in the areas of the pre-templates that was already created for consumers to utilize. If these pre-templates were not already available for me to edit then I would have been very lost on my dissertation assignment. I also love the fact that Lucidspark had various templates of flowcharts specific to the style or area of need the consumer works in.

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Teresa Dukes-Scott

Registered Nurse

BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER - LITTLE ROCKHospital & Health Care, 10,001+ employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Cisco Business Edition 7000

Lucidspark

Task Management

Gantt Charts

Scheduling

Workflow Automation

Mobile Access

Search

Visual planning tools

Cisco Business Edition 7000

Lucidspark

Chat

Notifications

Discussions

Surveys

Internal knowledgebase

Integrates with GoToMeeting

Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts

Integrates with Outlook

Cisco Business Edition 7000

Lucidspark

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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Verified User

Paraprofessional in Social Media

Education Management Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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It is very easy to get started. You can open a board and start putting stick notes on it right away. It's intuitive enough that anyone can dive in and use it.
It is very simple and unstructured. While Lucidchart was geared toward flowcharts (and I co-opted it to my own purposes), Lucidspark is open to whatever format you need. There are templates available which are helpful, but you can also free-form as much as you like.
It is easy to collaborate. You can share a board with colleagues, use it real-time to collaborate on a story map by putting sticky notes together from an entire team, or take notes together.

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Team Lead in Product Management

Information Technology & Services Company, 501-1000 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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I find it difficult to use the cursor and to understand how I can grab and drag a few items together, how to expand, etc.
Too many shapes that you can chose from, it's good to have just a proper shape for a database, a bucket, and a couple of more shape which differ from one another. But I don't think that much more than that is needed, for my use simplicity is the best, and I find myself scrolling through all the options for too much time instead of focusing on the design which I want to create.

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Engineer in Research & Development

Internet Company, 501-1000 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

No score

No answers yet

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Lucidspark 3.6

Based on 1 answer

I like it, but not enough to justify the monthly fee

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Josh Glen

Senior Researcher

Cello HealthMarket Research, 501-1000 employees

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Usability

No score

No answers yet

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Lucidspark 7.8

Based on 58 answers

There is definitely a learning curve. The controls are counter to what you may expect or be used to. I am sure there are keyboard shortcuts, but I don't feel confident with them and sometimes the linking can be finicky. If you are a perfectionist, you can easily spend way too much time trying to make everything line up perfectly, since its not the most natural inclination of the software.

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Manager in Marketing

Real Estate Company, 11-50 employees

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Support Rating

No score

No answers yet

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Lucidspark 7.4

Based on 55 answers

We received an initial training from Lucid which was great, very informative and applicable to our own use case that we wanted to explore. We really haven't had any issues with the platform. I am not sure how to make feature requests, but this survey looks to be a good start.

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Manager in Information Technology

Computer Software Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

I've used 220s and 240s too, but it takes a lot of time to set them up, a lot of time to download the iso files, and set up of datastores. 7k saves the engineer a lot of pre-build assessment and evaluation time. Gets a lot done in a lot less time, returns are a happy engineer and a happier customer.

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Consultant in Information Technology

Telecommunications Company, 10,001+ employees

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I think Lucidspark performs best in conjunction with Lucidcharts. There are other whiteboarding apps that have just as good, if not better feature sets. However, none of these allow for the quick transition to a working document that we regularly use with Lucid. Additionally, Lucidspark had the best filtering/sorting tools and the easiest meeting tools (timers, votes, etc) in my opinion

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Project Manager in Professional Services

Information Technology & Services Company, 11-50 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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I saw increased customer confidence. As we were discussing ideas and the project, everyone was able to capture details, so there was little or no ambiguity.
Meetings are more effective, shorter, and we have a deliverable from each meeting that all attendees can access.
The diagrams and workflows are beautiful.

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Consultant in Sales

Computer Software Company, 5001-10,000 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

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

Optional

Lucidspark Editions & Modules

Edition

Enterprise	Contact us for a quote!
Team	$9.00²
Individual	$7.95
Free	$0

Per user, 3 user minimum.

Additional Pricing Details

We offer free, individual, team, and enterprise licenses of Lucidspark. For more information on our license types and the associated product capabilities, visit: https://lucid.app/pricing/lucidspark

Rating Summary

Cisco Business Edition 7000

Lucidspark

Cisco Business Edition 7000

Lucidspark

Cisco Business Edition 7000

Lucidspark

Cisco Business Edition 7000

Lucidspark

Likelihood to Recommend