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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Coremetrics / IBM Digital Analytics (discontinued)

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/ABased on the former Coremetrics, IBM Digital Analytics is a discontinued analytics product. IBM acquired Coremetrics in 2010, and re-branded the platform to the IBM Digital Marketing Optimization Solution. Product support was ultimately provided by Acoustic, but the product is not a part of the company's plans going forward.N/A

    Figma

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AFigma, headquartered in San Francisco, offers their collaborative design and prototyping application to support digital product and UI development.

    $15

    per month per editor

    Pricing
    Coremetrics / IBM Digital Analytics (discontinued)Figma
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Professional
    $144
    per year
    Organization
    $540
    per year
    Starter
    Free
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Coremetrics / IBM Digital Analytics (discontinued)Figma
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Coremetrics / IBM Digital Analytics (discontinued)Figma
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
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    Figma
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
    204 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    179 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    198 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    99%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    123 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    142 Answers
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    User Ratings
    Coremetrics / IBM Digital Analytics (discontinued)Figma
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (24 ratings)
    8.6
    (209 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    5.8
    (18 ratings)
    10.0
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.9
    (41 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    5.5
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    2.3
    (4 ratings)
    5.1
    (17 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.1
    (2 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.9
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
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    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
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    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Coremetrics / IBM Digital Analytics (discontinued)Figma
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    IBM analytics has continued to improve upon the days of being the original core metrics. After using the updated version for quite some time, it has been great at providing the needed analytics to measure ROI and goal performance for our quarterly KPI's. It has resulted in a great increase in web engagements although we are a midsize company, smaller outfits may not need such an expensive option.
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    Figma
    I would recommend if you need to start from scratch a product UI or any customer journey that you need to implement that requires designing and visualizing different steps to complete a process. I would recommend that any design/UI/UX team brainstorm and make proposals that they can compare and discuss in a visual way.
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • IBM CXA comprises an acquisition called Tealeaf. This tool has deep heritage and this is evident in its present-day capabilities.
    • The Universal Behaviour Exchange or UBX puts the concept of personalisation at the forefront. The ability to combine physical (analog) and digital transactions to create the complete picture of a customer journey, is a stand out benefit.
    • The solution does not have to involve the purchase of software. IBM CXA can be sold as a service bundled with analytics as a service. This not only lowers the cost of ownership, it gets around one of the principal issues. Strong staff with design and analytical capability to drive the solution and deliver tangible benefits.
    • The seamless integration of Watson AI services to help with the heavy lifiting. Watson reinforces the analytical focus this solution has and can learn to recognise situations specific to a company.
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    Figma
    • Figma allows us to create universal content. This means that if multiple designers want to re-use a piece of content, and if everyone's content should be dynamically updated from time to time, we can easily accomplish this by turning design elements into a universal instance. Then, if an update is needed, we can push the change out to all assets at once. It's very efficient and ensures we're all updating content accordingly.
    • Figma also allows us to set parameters for the company's brand guide and share them across various designers. This way, we can easily pull from approved brand fonts, colors, and more, which allows our assets to remain unified across multiple touchpoints.
    • Figma also allowed us to create and install our own plugin, which we use to export every slide we have in a frame at one time, versus the default export feature, which limits you to one slice at a time. This is particularly useful for us when we're working on email templates, since we tend to have a ton of slices in any given series.
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    Cons
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    • The user interface is in Flash, which can be very frustrating and slow at times. Apparently, this is to be transitioned in a future release.
    • Can only segment the last 93 days of data. Any historical segmentation beyond the 93 days must be run in Explore (which is credit based, and has its own limitations with the number of credits per month, based on the initial contract with IBM).
    • Reports can only display 93 days of data at a given time for custom date ranges. There are pre-programmed date ranges setup with IBM during implementation (last week, last month, last quarter etc.), but are not flexible enough to answer more specific questions.
    • Certain reports cannot have segments applied, making answering some simple questions a bit more tricky. For example, I can create a segment around mobile devices and apply it to the marketing channels report, but I can't create a marketing channel segment and apply it to the mobile reports.
    • Built in API calls allows for nice report design and automation.
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    Figma
    • It will be great if Figma will consider having the Pages where interactions can be stitched together among the Pages and not just one page with so many Frames to create the stand-alone clickable prototype that can be used to simulate the intended UX
    • Bring back the Inspect Mode tab right on the right-side panel of the main workspace instead of hiding behind the Dev Mode.
    • Figma Slides feature could be improved quite a bit more in order to be easier to assemble slides into a presentation deck and having pre-built templates for slides can be useful too.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
    IBM Digital Analytics is a great solution for our clients and I believe they offer the best solution for the retail space. We have access to IBM support via email or live chat and they can answer many of the reporting questions that come up. IBM is receptive to our feedback of the product so I am confident they will continue making improvements
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    Figma
    Figma is a pretty cool tool in many areas. My team almost uses it on daily basis, such as, brainstorming on product/design topics, discussing prototypes created by designers. We even use it for retrospectives, which is super convenient and naturally keeps records of what the team discusses every month. Furthermore, I do see the potential of the product - currently we mainly use it for design topics, but it seems it is also a good fit for tech diagrams, which we probably will explore further in the future.
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    Usability
    Discontinued Products
    Very easy to implement and use.
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    Figma
    There's a bit of a learning curve, but generally I think it's both more powerful and intuitive that other UX design tools. Most of what I need to do as a designer can be done in this platform, from basic wireframes to creating a design system, to creating pixel perfect designs, to prototyping to dev handoff.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Discontinued Products
    Never had any issues
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    Figma
    The only regret I have is, its not available when there is no internet
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    Performance
    Discontinued Products
    As reports are templated, the system is pretty quick. Sometimes you have to wait a bit for a report to render. Or you might have to re-load the page. But there is no real issue here and the system is on par with other similar systems.
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    Figma
    I think its great, As there are many other software or systems which can be integrated with it as plugins or API's
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    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
    Overall, the level of support is very good and I would say it is a strong asset of the solution. However, you can sometimes feel that there is a difference of level among the support team.
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    Figma
    I haven't used their support lately but in the past, they had a chat that I used often. They often responded in a few hours and were able to give a satisfactory solution. I would imagine it's less personal now but the community has expanded drastically so there are more resources out there to self serve with a bit of Google magic.
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    In-Person Training
    Discontinued Products
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    Figma
    In-person training has its own benefits - 1. It helps in resolving queries then and there during the training. 2. I find classroom or in-person training more interactive. 3. Classroom or in-person training could be more practical in nature where participants can have an hands on experience with tools and clarify their doubts with the trainer.
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    Online Training
    Discontinued Products
    Online training is really great. One of the best assets that they have. Lots of great videos, pop quizzes at the end of each module. Fantastic. Other tools have similar features, but not as good.
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    Figma
    Online training has its own merits and demerits - 1. Sometimes we may face issues with connectivity or the training content 2. The way training is being delivered becomes very important because not everyone is comfortable taking online training and learning by themselves. 3. With the advancement of technology online training has become popular but there is a segment of people who still prefer class-room training over online one.
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    Implementation Rating
    Discontinued Products
    See previous comment: reading and understanding the encyclopedic implementation guide is a must.
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    Figma
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    Much of the work we did in IBM Digital Analytics could have been answered through Google Analytics, a much simpler, agile and FREE solution set. Not mention, given the vast number of Google Analytics USERS, free and actionable support is simply a click away ... this compared to IBM Digital Analytics fractured and often absent support service.
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    Figma
    Miro is more user-friendly than Figma, but is less robust in terms of web prototyping and graphic design. While Figma isn't made to be used as a design tool, our team has taken to using it as such because it's richer in functions and personalizations compared to Miro and Figma.
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    Scalability
    Discontinued Products
    This solution can support large amount of data and transaction. The way that user management features are built, it shows it is meant for large organizations.
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    Figma
    I think this is great and as I mentioned at ADP we use Figma extensively whether by designers, researchers or content writers
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    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • We spend too much time trying to work around bugs on the new UI.
    • We spend too much time trying to figure out how to make certain segments work because support and the knowledge center are lackluster.
    • Our sales rep is very unresponsive and leaves us searching for a lot of answers on our own, including what other products we may benefit from that IBM offers.
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    Figma
    • Allows us to get funding for further phases of the project (which is uncountable)
    • Well, it lets us show off when needed due to well suited UI-oriented character
    • Easily approachable by anyone (browser use)
    • User friendly interface
    • More advanced cooperation requires some of the users to have a license
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