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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Discord

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/ADiscord is an app designed to connect users with communities over voice, video, and text chat, via Discord servers, a gaming and game industry oriented app for growing communities around video games and allowing developers to communicate with their customer base; the app may yet also be used for business communications of other kinds.

    $4.99

    per month

    Microsoft Excel

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Excel is a spreadsheet application available as part of Microsoft 365 (Office 365), or standalone, in cloud-based and on-premise editions.

    $6.99

    per month

    Pricing
    DiscordMicrosoft Excel
    Editions & Modules
    Discord Nitro
    $0
    Discord Nitro Classic
    $0
    Excel with Microsoft 365
    $6.99
    per month
    Excel for 1 PC or Mac
    $139.99
    perpetual license
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    DiscordMicrosoft Excel
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    DiscordMicrosoft Excel
    Considered Both Products
    Discord
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    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
    Would buy again
    30 Answers
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    Would buy again
    78 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    70 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    30 Answers
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    76 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    24 Answers
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    46 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    27 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    54 Answers
    Features
    DiscordMicrosoft Excel
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Discord and Microsoft Excel
    Feature
    Discord
    4.4
    32 Ratings
    55% below category average
    Microsoft Excel
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    Ratings
    Task Management1.710 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gantt Charts1.83 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scheduling4.89 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow Automation4.510 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Access8.330 Ratings00 Ratings
    Search7.727 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visual planning tools1.76 Ratings00 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Discord and Microsoft Excel
    Feature
    Discord
    7.0
    32 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Microsoft Excel
    -
    Ratings
    Chat9.432 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications7.331 Ratings00 Ratings
    Discussions8.732 Ratings00 Ratings
    Surveys7.422 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase5.517 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with GoToMeeting10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Discord and Microsoft Excel
    Feature
    Discord
    7.0
    31 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Microsoft Excel
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    Ratings
    Versioning5.013 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video files6.529 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audio files6.829 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document collaboration6.116 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access control8.019 Ratings00 Ratings
    Advanced security features5.713 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device sync8.121 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    DiscordMicrosoft Excel
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (32 ratings)
    9.0
    (78 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.9
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    8.4
    (11 ratings)
    8.5
    (23 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.2
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
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    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
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    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    DiscordMicrosoft Excel
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discord
    Discord works phenomenally if you want a chat platform that is free, quick to set up, and very flexible in the ways you can start using it. It doesn't require a complex set of logins for different servers and confusion about adding new members, or tough pricing right out of the gate. If you prefer to view full conversations all in one place without them "splintering" off into branches that are missed, Discord works great for this. All in all, Discord is great for startup companies or lean working companies, but it does not lend itself as well for larger, traditional "corporate" enterprises.
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    Microsoft
    I don't really know another program as powerful as Excel. I've used Google Doc programs but do not feel they come close. So far, anytime I've needed a table of some sort for data, whether it's budget oriented or information off a survey, the best system has been Excel. We do web audits on occasion and we create an Excel worksheet featuring every URL of the pages we're auditing, notes, data about the content, information about files attached to the page and other information to help us determine what pages need updating, deleting or otherwise. We also use Excel primarily to export our Google Analytics to in order for us to create reports for clients that need to see specific information about their traffic.
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    Pros
    Discord
    • One to many Communications to ensure that we can quickly get messages out when we have to.
    • Quick polling of questions and issues
    • The ability to gate channels so we can focus on folks that we know are stakeholders gives them an added feeling of belonging and that they have a say in the direction of projects.
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    Microsoft
    • It is very good at embedded formulas and tying cells to one another
    • It allows me to compare deals terms on a side-by-side basis and talk my clients through it easily.
    • It is very helpful as well in terms of allowing me to filter/sort results in many different ways depending on what specific information I am most interested in prioritizing.
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    Cons
    Discord
    • Better volume balancing between members on a call.
    • More customizability of the notification sound for each server. It would be nice to set each of my important servers with a different notification sound.
    • More expansive note section when you view another user's profile. I'd like to be able to contain more information there in a more organized way.
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    Microsoft
    • Excel offers collaboration features that allow multiple users to work on the same spreadsheet, but managing changes made by different users can be challenging. Excel could improve its features by offering more granular control, better tracking of changes, and more robust conflict resolution tools.
    • Itcan be a barrier to productivity when importing and exporting data from other applications or file formats. To improve its features, it should offer better support for standard file formats and more robust error handling and reporting tools.
    • Excel can be challenging for finance students and working professionals, but it can be improved by offering more robust tutorials, better documentation, and more user communities and support forums.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Discord
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Excel remains the industry standard for spreadsheets and has maintained simple and straight-forward formula writing methods. Although there is a learning curve to do more complex calculations, there are countless help sites and videos on the Internet for almost any need.
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    Usability
    Discord
    It just works, and works well. Very rarely does anything go wrong, and I can't remember the last outage (sure there's been some but very rare and not something I even think about or worry about). Desktop clients, web access, mobile clients - the lot. Very happy with our easy it is to use.
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    Microsoft
    I'm giving it a 7 because it is my go to. But the fact other prefer Google Sheets when working with a team does get irritating. I've used the online version of Microsoft Excel that other teams can get into and it still seems behind Google Sheets. It's a little clanky and slow? If that's even a term.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Discord
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    I have rarely, if ever, had issues with its availability.
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    Performance
    Discord
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Excel load and performs calculations immediately. It integrate well with all Microsoft Office applications and does not slow them down.
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    Support Rating
    Discord
    There is plenty of online documentation and knowledge base articles. As well as having an open API to be able to tie it into other products makes it a really viable solution for any business. I have never had to contact support, any questions which I have need answered can be found in the documentation,
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    Microsoft
    I have not had to use it often, but it is good.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discord
    I like Slack for more professional settings, but Discord is excellent for casual groups, especially when a few people do not have iPhones. They're very similar, but I think there are a lot of Discord features I don't take advantage of, mainly because there seems to be so much in the sidebar that overwhelms me a bit.
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    Microsoft
    Out of Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Power BI, IBM SPSS, and Google Sheets, Microsoft Excel is by far the most common tool used for anything data-related across organizations. Accordingly, our organization has also implemented Microsoft Excel as a first-step tool. We recently adopted Microsoft Power BI (the free version), and use it occasionally (mostly for creating dashboards), but it is less commonly understood by stakeholders across our organization and by our clients. Accordingly, Microsoft Excel is more user-friendly and because of its popularity, we can easily look up how to do things in the program online. Google Sheets is a comparable alternative to Microsoft Excel, but because it's cloud-based and we have sensitive data that needs to be protected, we chose against using this software. Finally, a few users (including myself) have access to and utilize IBM's SPSS. For my role, it's a helpful tool to do more rigorous analyses. However, because of its cost and limited functionality as a simple spreadsheet, we only use it for more complex analyses.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Discord
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    N/A I was not involved in this process.
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    Scalability
    Discord
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Each user can use it to whatever level of expertise they have. It remains the same so users can contribute to another's work regardless of whether they have more or less expertise
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    Return on Investment
    Discord
    • Discord has allowed us to connect to students when typical email & text would not work.
    • Discord has allowed easy creation and communication for small group leaders and their students.
    • Discord is free and so many students have access to it.
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    Microsoft
    • Excel has positively impacted the business as it has increased our efficiency.
    • It also saves us the time that we would have spent on making the calculations that it does for us.
    • Since it works on all devices and is compatible with both Windows and Mac, we do not have to invest in any other alternative.
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