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Creativity 365 vs. Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Creativity 365
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
Creativity 365 is a comprehensive, cross-device contention creation tool set designed for both business and creative professionals. The suite aims to help individuals and teams collaborate and improve their productivity and efficiency. The set includes five apps along with 1TB Kdan Cloud storage and access to all of Kdan Mobile's online communities. Platforms: Android, iOS, Mac, Windows According to the vendor key features and business benefits…N/A
Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
Score 9.0 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
The Lightning Conductor is a content aggregation tool for Microsoft SharePoint Online and Microsoft Teams. Users can build rich, modern content reports based upon SharePoint lists, SharePoint Search, Microsoft Graph or Microsoft 365 Groups. Content can be aggregated from lists and libraries, and other applications such as Planner, To Do, OneDrive, and Teams.
$2,200
per year per installation
Pricing
Creativity 365Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
Editions & Modules
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Lightning Conductor WSP
From 1950
per year One WFE
Lightning Conductor Enterprise Edition
POA
per year Four or more WFE
Lightning Conductor Online
From 2200
per year per installation
Lightning Conductor Plus (Includes Data Viewer)
From 2500
per year per installation
Lightning Conductor Online Enterprise Edition (>10,000 users)
POA
per year per installation
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Creativity 365Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsMonthly $9.99 (*3-day free trial available) Semi-annually $39.99 Annually $59.99 (*14-day free trial available) Also, comes with a free stylus.** Quarterly plan with 7-day free trial to come in the following months. *Special and bulk purchasing options available for educational institutions and businesses. *Free trials only available on iTunes. **Free stylus details. Currently, new users subscribing to our Creativity 365 annual plan will receive an Adonit Dash 3 stylus. Once the free stylus has been shipped order is no refundable.Prices stated are minimum per installation for "stock" products. $2.20 per user/year on top of base price. Enterprise editions can be amended to suit business needs if deemed necessary, additional costs incurred and TBD. All packages include free technical support. Free upgrades available to latest versions of tool as they are released. (online version)
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Features
Creativity 365Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Creativity 365
9.4
2 Ratings
19% above category average
Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
8.6
2 Ratings
10% above category average
Task Management9.42 Ratings8.82 Ratings
Gantt Charts9.62 Ratings00 Ratings
Scheduling9.62 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow Automation9.62 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Access8.92 Ratings00 Ratings
Search10.02 Ratings8.42 Ratings
Visual planning tools9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Communication
Comparison of Communication features of Product A and Product B
Creativity 365
9.6
2 Ratings
18% above category average
Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
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Ratings
Chat10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Notifications10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Discussions10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Surveys9.42 Ratings00 Ratings
Internal knowledgebase9.42 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with GoToMeeting9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts9.62 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with Outlook9.62 Ratings00 Ratings
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
Creativity 365
9.5
2 Ratings
17% above category average
Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
-
Ratings
Versioning9.62 Ratings00 Ratings
Video files10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Audio files9.42 Ratings00 Ratings
Document collaboration10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Access control9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Advanced security features9.42 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with Google Drive9.62 Ratings00 Ratings
Device sync9.12 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Creativity 365Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(4 ratings)
9.0
(4 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Creativity 365Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
Likelihood to Recommend
Kdan Mobile Software Ltd.
I think in a world where I have to churn out videos and other content for my business, I think that Creativity 365 really allows us in the office to be on the same page when it comes to getting stuff done. These days, especially with a lot of remote work, a collaborative effort can still feel like an individual one, but the coolest thing is that this software makes it feel less and less like that.
James Baca | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Lightning Tools
Having experience of SharePoint On Premise and also SharePoint Online, there isn't an out of the box app/webpart that enables you to 'roll up content' from a variety of source's (in my case SP Lists, but there are many other data sources it works with) across site collections with an easy to use and intuitive interface which is what Lightning tools excels at.
JB
Julie Bird
SharePoint/M365 Development
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Pros
Kdan Mobile Software Ltd.
  • Different platforms integrations
  • collaboration through teams, messaging, doc share
  • Easy to use very simple for streamlining
Kindred Alana | TrustRadius Reviewer
Kindred Alana
Freelance graphic design
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Lightning Tools
  • Aggregate documents across SharePoint site & libraries
  • Filtering for owner/person responsible & due dates
  • Ease of end-user filtering on columns
  • Color-coding & other formatting
Verified User
Anonymous
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Cons
Kdan Mobile Software Ltd.
  • Since it's a content creation toolset, it would be great if there was a photo editing tool.
Patrick Enderson | TrustRadius Reviewer
Patrick Enderson
Illustrator
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Lightning Tools
  • Mobile Friendly
  • Calendar/Gantt views
  • Complex/Custom Logic
TP
Toby Pior
Intranet Supervisor
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Support Rating
Kdan Mobile Software Ltd.
I contacted customer service once and got my problem solved very quickly.
Patrick Enderson | TrustRadius Reviewer
Patrick Enderson
Illustrator
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Lightning Tools
The Lightning Tools support team responds quickly, and team members are very friendly and helpful.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Alternatives Considered
Kdan Mobile Software Ltd.
Airtable has a free version that offers basic functionalities that Creativity 365 does not offer. Airtable integrates with 25 different applications and software to make collaboration easier, while Creativity 365 only integrates with 13. Even though key features of Creativity 365 and Airtable should matter you should also carefully explore the integrations provided by each product. Very often you will already be making use of various kinds of SaaS software in your company and it’s much more beneficial to choose software that integrates well with each other. If you do that you will be able to guarantee an effortless transfer of data between your teams and software used, which can significantly reduce the time spent on migrating between one solution and the next.
RP
Richard Perroset
Senior Marketing Leader
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Lightning Tools
I haven't found another product to compare this one to. Only in SharePoint Online which has a similar App 'Highlight Webpart' ... it's far too complicated to set up and requires learning yet another language and exporting and importing via PowerShell to get any real results that would be useful.
JB
Julie Bird
SharePoint/M365 Development
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Return on Investment
Kdan Mobile Software Ltd.
  • simplified our editing process
  • allowed our teams to collaborate better
  • negative: Not everyone got adept at using it quickly
James Baca | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Lightning Tools
  • Policies easier to portray
GB
Gary Buck
IMS Manager
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Screenshot of MODERN SHAREPOINT LIST ROLLUP The Lightning Conductor is a SharePoint Content Aggregator that can be configured quickly by business users. The Lightning Conductor can be used to aggregate content from SharePoint Lists such as Tasks, Document Libraries, Contact Lists, and Custom Lists making it easy to view content in one place even if it is distributed across many sites and site collections. Key data can be highlighted using conditional formatting and data-bars as shown. Content from Search and Microsoft Graph can also be aggregated with the Lightning Conductor.Screenshot of CONTENT AGGREGATION WITHIN MICROSOFT TEAMS The Lightning Conductor Web Part can be used within Microsoft SharePoint or Microsoft Teams. Even if content is stored within SharePoint sites, it is useful to have aggregated Documents, Tasks, Announcements, Calendars or Custom Lists from multiple sites displayed in a single handy view in Microsoft Teams. The Lightning Conductor can be added as a Teams Tab in any Microsoft Teams Channel.Screenshot of BUILDING REPORTS ON MICROSOFT GRAPH The Lightning Conductor can be used (without code) to aggregate content from Microsoft Graph as well as Search and SharePoint Lists. This example displays Microsoft Planner Plans and Microsoft Planner Tasks where users can Add new Tasks, Assign Users to Planner Tasks, Delete Tasks, and Complete Tasks. The same can be performed on Microsoft To Do items and displayed within Modern SharePoint pages or Microsoft Teams Tabs. The Lighting Conductor can also contain multiple views of content, making it ideal to display all of your tasks from SharePoint Task lists, Microsoft To Do and Microsoft Planner in a single web part or Teams Tab. *Microsoft Graph Reports are only available for SharePoint Online and not SharePoint 2019.Screenshot of BUILDING REPORTS ON MICROSOFT 365 GROUPS Powered by Microsoft Graph, the Microsoft 365 Group Rollup Provider enables users to aggregate content by browsing and selecting Microsoft 365 Groups. Within Microsoft 365 Groups, you’ll be able to select entities such as Drive Items, Owners, Members, Planner Plans, Planner Tasks, Events, Posts, Sites, Lists, and Calendars. *Microsoft Graph Reports are only available for SharePoint Online and not SharePoint 2019.Screenshot of AGGREGATING USING SEARCH When performance is critical, search can be used for rollups. The Lightning Conductor offers three data source configurations to get to content. Object Model (Real Time Aggregation from SharePoint Lists), Microsoft Graph (Aggregation from Graph Entities such as Planner, OneDrive, Outlook), and Search. The Search Data Source enables the aggregation of content from large SharePoint lists and libraries when performance is critical. Thousands of documents can be displayed in under a second using Search.Screenshot of HIGHLIGHTING KEY BUSINESS DATA WITHIN VIEWS End users and Site Owners can highlight the data that is important to them, the data that they need to prioritize. Using conditional formatting, data bars, and icons, conditions can be configured to highlight the data that is most important. Icons and Data Bars can be any color or size desired. Examples include highlighting High Priority tasks, Showing data bars for the completion progress of Tasks, or indicating which tasks are assigned to any particular user.