Cisco Business Edition 7000 vs Staffbase

Likelihood to Recommend

Based on the business model, this likely wouldn’t serve a small or start up company that doesn’t need all the features and can support itself on a more economical infrastructure. For a large business with multiple locations, this product is well suited. It offers a lot of features and integrations for collaboration as well as the support of a known company.

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Engineer in Professional Services

Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering Company, 10,001+ employees

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Staffbase is well-suited for companies who want to drive and measure employee engagement through meaningful content. I wouldn't recommend it for companies that maintain a complex SharePoint environment with years of legacy content. It is not intended to be a CMS system. It is a dynamic platform that makes it's easy to share information through the mobile or desktop app and email and push notifications. You don't need a large team to manage it.

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Tiffany Elle

Head of Digital Channels

Versum MaterialsChemicals, 1001-5000 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Cisco Business Edition 7000

Staffbase

Task Management

Gantt Charts

Scheduling

Workflow Automation

Mobile Access

Search

Visual planning tools

Cisco Business Edition 7000

Staffbase

Chat

Notifications

Discussions

Surveys

Internal knowledgebase

Integrates with GoToMeeting

Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts

Integrates with Outlook

Cisco Business Edition 7000

Staffbase

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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Education Management Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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Easy to use back-end for posting and managing content—you don't have to rely on IT for support.
Software update releases are included in the licensing fees. No need to get outside developers involved in making changes to the platform.
Employee segmentation is extremely easy with an API from your HRIS system.
Translations are a breeze!
Creating forms on the go is easy and efficient!
Use your existing organization's SSO for ease of use and security.

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Tiffany Elle

Head of Digital Channels

Versum MaterialsChemicals, 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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@Mentions could be added.

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Tiffany Elle

Head of Digital Channels

Versum MaterialsChemicals, 1001-5000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

MS Teams again is an app hosted on cloud and earlier on box like BE and I feel hardware of Cisco is better and support from TAC is way better than anybody.

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Ujjwal Goel

Senior Build & Design Consultant

BTTelecommunications, 10,001+ employees

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Since we selected Staffbase, they are one of a few companies that haven't been acquired or changed its business model. We would have invested a lot of time and money rebuilding our intranet otherwise.We selected them because of the standard features included, the free updates, and the reasonable licensing fees. They understand the value of communicating with non-desk employees and keeping them engaged.

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Tiffany Elle

Head of Digital Channels

Versum MaterialsChemicals, 1001-5000 employees

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Return on Investment

High ROI, the communication platform provides all the necessary that is required employees to be always connected wherever they are. This improves companies overall performance and certainly income.
Simplified maintenance and user friendly interfaces. The platform has all the admin tool to make support easy and efficient.
Employees are enabled with all the Unified Communication services and they are more productive which again improves overall company's performance.

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Paraprofessional in Social Media

Education Management Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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Engagement levels increased for non-desk employees without access to a PC.
We leverage the tool as part of our crisis management activities, without having to invest in an additional platform.
We can issue surveys quickly without investing in additional engagement tools.

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Tiffany Elle

Head of Digital Channels

Versum MaterialsChemicals, 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

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

Rating Summary

Cisco Business Edition 7000

Staffbase