ContactOffice is a private label cloud collaboration suite including messaging, collaboration and mobility technologies. It is a suite of web applications (Mail, Docs, Calendar, Contacts) that are accessible anytime, anywhere and from any device.
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Higher Logic Vanilla
Score5.5 out of 10
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Higher Logic Vanilla is a customizable and themable forum software. It can be used for support communities, Q&A Communities and more. There are numerous integrations, including SSO, and connectors to popular software such as Mailchimp, WordPress, Zendesk and Salesforce.
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Pricing
ContactOffice
Higher Logic Vanilla
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Pricing Offerings
ContactOffice
Higher Logic Vanilla
Free Trial
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Yes
Free/Freemium Version
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Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Yes
Entry-level Setup Fee
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No setup fee
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Features
ContactOffice
Higher Logic Vanilla
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of ContactOffice and Higher Logic Vanilla
Feature
ContactOffice
7.8
3 Ratings
1% above category average
Higher Logic Vanilla
-
Ratings
Task Management
8.73 Ratings
00 Ratings
Gantt Charts
7.13 Ratings
00 Ratings
Scheduling
8.13 Ratings
00 Ratings
Workflow Automation
7.12 Ratings
00 Ratings
Mobile Access
7.33 Ratings
00 Ratings
Search
7.12 Ratings
00 Ratings
Visual planning tools
9.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Communication
Comparison of Communication features of ContactOffice and Higher Logic Vanilla
Feature
ContactOffice
7.9
3 Ratings
1% below category average
Higher Logic Vanilla
-
Ratings
Chat
8.73 Ratings
00 Ratings
Notifications
8.73 Ratings
00 Ratings
Discussions
9.02 Ratings
00 Ratings
Surveys
8.62 Ratings
00 Ratings
Internal knowledgebase
8.02 Ratings
00 Ratings
Integrates with GoToMeeting
7.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts
6.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Integrates with Outlook
7.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of ContactOffice and Higher Logic Vanilla
1. Its cloud-based messaging and collaboration suite includes among others an email solution, calendars, address books, documents, polling tool and more. 2. Handling big data, managing events, and reminders. 3. Rich API allowing for a deep integration of the Contact Office applications. 4. Universal access to your data through desktop and mobile. 5. Almost every device supported.
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For companies that want to customize almost anything and make the forum look like your site, Vanilla Forums is the one for you. Customization and automation of the data via the API with other systems is more than possible and they serve to be great as a hosting provider, dealing with all the upgrades, deployments and maintenance and threat management well. I would say they might be less turn key for a small application but the fact they have an open source community, the ability to find help and information can lower the barrier of entry for most.
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A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
Gamification: The ability to incentivise community members to get involved with ranks and badges is one of the main reasons that we purchased the tool.
Support: The Vanilla support team are incredible, often responding to issues very late at night and proactively fixing issues as soon as they occur.
Customisation: Vanilla can be completely styled with css allowing us to match it to the branding of the rest of our website.
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A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
There are some features I wish Vanilla would implement that could improve ease of use in our specific community, but some of the ideas we have are not necessarily something that would benefit all of the forums that Vanilla works with.
In the past, we've had issues with releases breaking some of our specific site features they built for us, but this has improved drastically recently.
A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
ContactOffice handles almost all data, all files like doc, pdf, mp3 etc. Task management. Worksection is an all-around project management app that gives users visibility and organization. ContactOffice is a contact management software that helps you to easily manage your data from any computer with a web browser. Worksection is Free: no charge. ContactOffice offers four plans for its Individual version. ContactOffice has more supported Integrations than Worksection.
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From a footprint standpoint, Vanilla has less technical bloat than vbulletin or InVision, and it outdoes Lithium as far as features and service go. The bloat of other services and ability to use new ways of engaging communities such as through Reactions are part of the reason Vanilla was selected. However, the features are better on a couple more seasoned platforms and more equipped to deal with issues and technical problems.
A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info