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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    CommonSpot

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ACommonSpot is a Web platform that includes a content management system, an application development framework, marketing solutions, and social media features from PaperThin, Inc, a privately held, MA-based company. PaperThin's customers span multiple industries, including: government, healthcare, higher education, and association/non-profit sectors.N/A

    Ekso

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ACountersoft, the team behind the Gemini ALM and bug tracking tool, is becoming Ekso. The company's products focus on IT help desk, bug tracking, test management, and general ALM functionality.

    $10

    Per User Per Month

    Pricing
    CommonSpotEkso
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Gemini Express
    $10.00
    Per User Per Month
    Gemini Enterprise
    $850.00
    Per 10 Users Per Month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CommonSpotEkso
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    CommonSpotEkso
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of CommonSpot and Ekso
    Feature
    CommonSpot
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Ekso
    -
    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of CommonSpot and Ekso
    Feature
    CommonSpot
    6.3
    2 Ratings
    22% below category average
    Ekso
    -
    Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Admin section6.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Page templates7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Library of website themes7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publishing workflow7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Form generator4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of CommonSpot and Ekso
    Feature
    CommonSpot
    7.7
    2 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Ekso
    -
    Ratings
    Content taxonomy7.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO support7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Community / comment management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    CommonSpotEkso
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CommonSpotEkso
    Likelihood to Recommend
    PaperThin, Inc
    Commonspot is well suited for web content management to be conducted by individuals with low-level web skills.
    Incentivized
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    CounterSoft
    Gemini is well suited to help track issues and change requests, projects, bugs, time logs, etc. It is less appropriate for reporting needs or general office management needs.
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    Pros
    PaperThin, Inc
    • I think CommonSpot's greatest strength is its ease of use. It's relatively intuitive in it's usage, so it therefore makes it easy to train new people to use it.
    • Within my usage of it, our options were limited, which again added to it's ease of use.
    Incentivized
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    CounterSoft
    • Gemini offers flexible framework that allowed IT to build a workflow based process. IT change requests were divided into several buckets: New Change Requests group for business units to submit requests for enhancements and new project ideas, Pending Change Requests for approved projects that are waiting for IT resources, Application Development where we track active projects, Defect Tracking where bugs are tracked during testing and finally Release Management where requests for deployment are tracked.
    • Gemini allows to create custom fields and add them to View, Edit and Add screens. This flexible model allowed us to track additional information on the project such as IT Point of Contact, System Name, Team Name, Testing dates, etc.
    • Gemini has flexible email notification model that allows to keep business customers informed on the project progress. Whenever comment is added by project manager email alerts goes out anyone that is set to watch project progress.
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    Cons
    PaperThin, Inc
    • Commonspot needs to improve on its authoring feature. It is impossible to author on more than one page at a time . (One must always click on "View work on all changes") before switching between pages otherwise, the changes will not be saved.
    • CommonSpot does not support sharing the definition of any custom element or any template layouts. Therefore, one must recreate these in each site.
    • In Commonspot, a user who has to manage content in multiple sites will have to log in to each site to see and act on any actions.
    Incentivized
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    CounterSoft
    • It would be useful for Gemini to offer a mobile-friendly version.
    • It would be helpful for Gemini to provide more granular control over email notification options. Currently, we cannot turn off update type emails
    • Gemini could improve homepage design to provide a dashboard for all projects in the system.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    PaperThin, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    CounterSoft
    Gemini's development team continues to improve the product and provides a comprehensive roadmap of upcoming features that makes you want to upgrade as soon as a new version comes out.
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    Usability
    PaperThin, Inc
    I had no previous background in content management, and found it very easy to use. If I could figure it out, I am pretty certain that just about anyone else could as well.
    Incentivized
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    CounterSoft
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    PaperThin, Inc
    Commonspot works in tandem with Zendesk very well to accomplish tasks an an efficient manner.
    Incentivized
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    CounterSoft
    Gemini is more cost-effective than Project Server. It is easy to configure and easy to use
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    Return on Investment
    PaperThin, Inc
    • I was working in a religious institution and based upon our usage and audience, there was no ROI to speak of. Our usage was more for providing information than having any type of interaction. In that instance, it worked very well.
    Incentivized
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    CounterSoft
    • Gemini helped consolidate and centralize projects tracking and status reporting
    • Gemini helped improve defects tracking and reporting
    • Gemini helped streamline release process management, eliminated approval paperwork by allowing ot use comments as electronic signatures.
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