Podio vs. Quip

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Podio
Score 7.1 out of 10
N/A
Podio is a cloud-based platform for organizing team communication, business processes, and reporting in project management workspaces; also it may be used as a light CRM platform. It enables workflow automation and integrations. It includes a free version and paid packages with additional features.
$9
per month
Quip
Score 7.6 out of 10
N/A
Quip offers a suite of productivity/collaboration tools. The vendor says Quip combines documents, spreadsheets, checklists and chat into one interface.
$0
per month
Pricing
PodioQuip
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Basic
$0
Team
$10
per month (10 seats included)
Business
$12
per user per month
Enterprise
$25
per user per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
PodioQuip
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsA discount is available for annual pricing.All editions include unlimited personal documents and folders and a custom subdomain. Paid versions include unlimited document revision history, message archive and group sharing.
More Pricing Information
Features
PodioQuip
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Podio
5.3
26 Ratings
35% below category average
Quip
7.3
35 Ratings
7% below category average
Task Management3.124 Ratings7.633 Ratings
Resource Management8.620 Ratings00 Ratings
Gantt Charts8.48 Ratings6.319 Ratings
Scheduling1.221 Ratings6.522 Ratings
Workflow Automation1.225 Ratings6.820 Ratings
Team Collaboration3.126 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for Agile Methodology2.115 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for Waterfall Methodology9.411 Ratings00 Ratings
Document Management1.122 Ratings00 Ratings
Email integration8.821 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Access8.821 Ratings7.930 Ratings
Timesheet Tracking8.213 Ratings00 Ratings
Change request and Case Management8.418 Ratings00 Ratings
Budget and Expense Management1.216 Ratings00 Ratings
Search00 Ratings8.132 Ratings
Visual planning tools00 Ratings7.825 Ratings
Professional Services Automation
Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Product A and Product B
Podio
6.7
13 Ratings
10% below category average
Quip
-
Ratings
Quotes/estimates1.29 Ratings00 Ratings
Invoicing8.89 Ratings00 Ratings
Project & financial reporting8.09 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with accounting software8.86 Ratings00 Ratings
Communication
Comparison of Communication features of Product A and Product B
Podio
-
Ratings
Quip
7.7
35 Ratings
4% below category average
Chat00 Ratings7.034 Ratings
Notifications00 Ratings8.633 Ratings
Discussions00 Ratings8.134 Ratings
Surveys00 Ratings7.419 Ratings
Internal knowledgebase00 Ratings7.924 Ratings
Integrates with GoToMeeting00 Ratings6.810 Ratings
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts00 Ratings6.912 Ratings
Integrates with Outlook00 Ratings8.711 Ratings
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
Podio
-
Ratings
Quip
7.8
35 Ratings
4% below category average
Versioning00 Ratings8.525 Ratings
Video files00 Ratings7.118 Ratings
Audio files00 Ratings7.016 Ratings
Document collaboration00 Ratings7.735 Ratings
Access control00 Ratings8.330 Ratings
Advanced security features00 Ratings8.219 Ratings
Integrates with Google Drive00 Ratings7.216 Ratings
Device sync00 Ratings8.225 Ratings
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PodioQuip
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User Ratings
PodioQuip
Likelihood to Recommend
3.1
(42 ratings)
8.9
(35 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(17 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
6.0
(2 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Availability
8.0
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.2
(6 ratings)
9.1
(4 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
7.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
10.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
7.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
PodioQuip
Likelihood to Recommend
ShareFile
[Citrix Podios's] customer support is very quick and they provide you an option to convert your
project into small tasks so that you can better assist your team and extract
maximum work out of them hence I will totally recommend its usage. I could not think that keeping track of tasks could be this much easier and smart. It is a fully customizable tool that manages my tasks efficiently and deal with them effectively.
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Salesforce
Well, they are suited. 1. We use it as an effective way of collaboration between teams. 2. Can be used as an online spreadsheet. 3. It helps in accessing the data by multiple teams hassle-free. 4. Can customize the action, like editing or locking the spreadsheet to the other users based on the business need. Less Suited/inappropriate: 1. The UI is very much outdated. 2. The number of rows to be added to the spreadsheet has limitations. & We have to create a new Quip every now & then once the row limits are reached. 3. Can't do a detailed analysis like pivots tables etc. 4. Other functions like sort & filter options in Quip are not so user-friendly, unlike other spreadsheets out there in the market.
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Pros
ShareFile
  • Very easy for people without coding or technical skills to set up and maintain information in "Apps".
  • Platform is very easy to learn and adopt--it's intuitive.
  • Project management potential is awesome--instead of having to fit your projects into a structure that is industry specific, you can build an app that tracks what you want, in the order you want it.
  • Has a "relationship" field that allows you to relate an individual item or record to a record in another app. It effectively gives some of the functionality of a relational database.
  • Very useful for information sharing when staff members are in different regions or places.
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Salesforce
  • Our experience with Quip has been nothing short of astounding; I love everything about this collaboration tool.
  • I love that it is cross-platform and works so well on mobile devices; it makes it unhindered to make progress on to-dos, take notes, export spreadsheets and documents, and have all my information organized within one environment.
  • I also love that it notifies me when someone has done something in shared documents and the incredible ease of linking documents in chats.
  • Quip's user interface is friendly and comfortably navigable; it feels right.
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Cons
ShareFile
  • More filter options for calendars.
  • Customizable views for Relation fields.
  • Full featured Podio mobile App for iPad.
  • A customizable profile status – would love to work with Podio in silent mode (logged in while working, but "not available" for requests when in heavy work mode)
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Salesforce
  • When using Quip Desktop, it can be slow to update with content from other users
  • I think it would be cool to have a PDF proofing system integrated into Quip. Once copy has gone to design, we are basically done using Quip - I'd like to bring that all together within Quip
  • Multi -select and group export of documents would be helpful
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Likelihood to Renew
ShareFile
Podio customer service is great. The cloud and mobile service is fast (almost instant, continuous syncing). With a solid user base, and backed by Citrix, this is a serious business solution. They're also constantly working on improving and making it more powerful. I anticipate it only getting better
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Salesforce
No answers on this topic
Usability
ShareFile
It is usable, for sure. Requires a bit of thinking to be really useful.
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Salesforce
It is the best collaboration tool in my company. Through it, the organization has achieved better connectivity and efficiency in its communication. Primarily, the docs feature of this software is the most utilized in the company. Slowly, dash-boarding and project management features have also been utilized. Generally, it is the best tool, very easy and fairly streamlined
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Reliability and Availability
ShareFile
I have not experienced any down time
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Salesforce
No answers on this topic
Performance
ShareFile
It works all the time and if I have a question, support get back to me ASAP
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Salesforce
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
ShareFile
Podio support was always responsive and very quick to provide answers and assistance during the history of using this product, their support team has always been top notch. There have been several cases where calling podio support a feature was not available and they provided either workaround solutions or added the features straight into their roadmap.
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Salesforce
I have never used Quip's support. To be fair, we hired someone who used to work for Quip before working at our company, and he implemented it and pushed it with the team. He was very biased toward the product, and yes it was better than Google Drive, but by how much?
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Implementation Rating
ShareFile
Could of got more help sooner and mapped out structure after the 1st month. Future planning
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Salesforce
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
ShareFile
Compared to Salesforce: Podio is not as robust as a tool for CRM tracking. It also doesn't have the in-email capabilities that SF offers. Compared to Basecamp: Podio is somewhat similar to Basecamp but doesn't offer the same functionality with checking items off and archiving projects. Compared to Zoho Projects: Podio is vastly superior to Zoho Project's lack of flexibility (requiring a development team to build) and accessibility by all members (Zoho Projects requires a very limited number of "owners" of projects which makes it difficult if multiple owners need to assign one or more people to a project).
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Salesforce
Google Drive is an obvious choice for a collaboration suite, but it still has this old-fashioned Windows 95 feel to it, with the standard file system hierarchy and spread-sheet like lists of files. Quip has a fresh take on the user interface, and the comments and discussion on a given file or line within a file seems more integrated and seamless, rather than a bunch of boxes out in the margin away from where you're actually reading and working. Having everything just to the left of a list or paragraph makes it easier to focus and maintain context while you're working or discussing a certain point.
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Scalability
ShareFile
As you business grows, so does Podio. There seems to be no limit to the workspace and apps you can create on the platform
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Salesforce
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
ShareFile
  • Podio is great for task assignment and tracking. The ability to enter and assign tasks from mobile and track their completion saves me several phone calls a day.
  • Podio outdoes email as my go to place to search for information. The ability to forward emails into the system, organize by projects and contacts, and search it all saves considerable time and confusion.
  • Podio has considerable potential to reduce overall admin time spent organizing information (filing, tracking, etc) The ability to keep a single record of a given piece of information without being tied to email vs file structure works very well.
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Salesforce
  • Quip allowed collaboration and communication between Salesforce team and the rest of IT as well as business users.
  • Quip allowed collaboration on documents that was very interactive and helpful to the creation process.
  • Quip frustrated us because we had so many documents that we already had but they did not work well inside of Quip.
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