Discord vs. Socialcast (discontinued)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Discord
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Discord 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
Socialcast (discontinued)
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
Socialcast was an enterprise social networking and collaboration platform acquired by VMware in 2011. The platform allowed an organization's employees to share information and documents with co-workers in real time through a Facebook- or Twitter-like news feed. VMware announced its end of availability (EOA) effective May 2018.
$250
per month
Pricing
DiscordSocialcast (discontinued)
Editions & Modules
Discord Nitro Classic
$4.99
per month
Discord Nitro
$9.99
per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
DiscordSocialcast (discontinued)
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details16% discount on annual pricing for Discord Nitro ($99.99 per year) and Discord Nitro Classic ($49.99 per year).
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Features
DiscordSocialcast (discontinued)
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Discord
7.8
17 Ratings
1% below category average
Socialcast (discontinued)
6.3
4 Ratings
22% below category average
Task Management9.36 Ratings7.74 Ratings
Scheduling6.02 Ratings6.33 Ratings
Workflow Automation7.04 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Mobile Access9.715 Ratings3.83 Ratings
Search7.413 Ratings8.04 Ratings
Visual planning tools7.53 Ratings3.43 Ratings
Gantt Charts00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Communication
Comparison of Communication features of Product A and Product B
Discord
7.5
17 Ratings
7% below category average
Socialcast (discontinued)
7.5
4 Ratings
7% below category average
Chat9.717 Ratings8.74 Ratings
Notifications8.216 Ratings8.24 Ratings
Discussions8.417 Ratings8.14 Ratings
Surveys7.810 Ratings8.73 Ratings
Internal knowledgebase7.77 Ratings6.14 Ratings
Integrates with GoToMeeting10.02 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts4.01 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Integrates with Outlook4.01 Ratings7.92 Ratings
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
Discord
8.9
16 Ratings
9% above category average
Socialcast (discontinued)
5.7
4 Ratings
35% below category average
Versioning10.04 Ratings2.12 Ratings
Video files7.916 Ratings7.23 Ratings
Audio files8.715 Ratings7.23 Ratings
Document collaboration8.36 Ratings6.74 Ratings
Access control8.38 Ratings7.23 Ratings
Advanced security features8.04 Ratings5.83 Ratings
Integrates with Google Drive10.01 Ratings5.02 Ratings
Device sync10.06 Ratings4.02 Ratings
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DiscordSocialcast (discontinued)
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Stackby
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Score 9.8 out of 10
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Score 9.8 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Troop Messenger
Troop Messenger
Score 9.7 out of 10
Troop Messenger
Troop Messenger
Score 9.7 out of 10
Enterprises
HCL Connections
HCL Connections
Score 8.7 out of 10
Quickbase
Quickbase
Score 9.2 out of 10
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User Ratings
DiscordSocialcast (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
9.1
(17 ratings)
7.7
(6 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
9.2
(3 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
DiscordSocialcast (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
Discord
Personally, Discord is a great tool to create online communities for your company or product, especially when our target audience is young. I would not consider it appropriate to use this tool for people over a certain age, nor would it be suitable for companies of considerable size.
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Socialcast has been a great tool for FactSet. I would recommend it to any firm looking for an easy-to-use tool to centralize communication and collaborate on a global scale.
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Pros
Discord
  • Discord allows easy setup of servers for specific groups.
  • Discord allows one-on-one private messaging as well as group communication.
  • Discord is easy to install and setup for any age group.
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  • Socialcast has an exceptional user experience. With very few idiosyncrasies, it works well on every platform I've tried.
  • The platform has such a high level of ease of use, it becomes somewhat addicting.
  • Social analytics are superb.
  • The platform is highly intuitive and requires zero training or coaching in order for network members to become productive with it.
  • It's extremely reliable. Only once in 4 years, was the product not available, and that was only for about a half-hour. In that half-hour, we realized how dependent we were on it. (Very.)
  • The multi-device and deployment options are excellent. On-premise, Private Cloud, and Multi-tenant SaaS all available.
  • The mobile apps for iPhone, tablets, and Android render well with a beautiful UI/UX. The desktop AIR app is equally highly usable.
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Cons
Discord
  • Recovery when servers are down.
  • Better Nitro Deals.
  • Better bot enabling for going live - Slow sometimes or doesn't work in certain discords.
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  • The software is a little bit pricey because it is charged by user/month and depending on the deployment method.
  • For companies with a lot of workers the price can increase significantly.
  • The mobile app usability and notifications are poor. Need to be improved.
  • If there were more administrative features available the product would be improved
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Likelihood to Renew
Discord
No answers on this topic
Discontinued Products
Beyond the value FactSet derives from using the platform, Socialcast (the firm) has been a good partner to FactSet. We've experienced very little downtime with the service and they have been responsive and fair with enhancement requests and questions
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Usability
Discord
I can't really say much on this. It's extremely easy to use, it's very logical and intuitive, and very easy to install and set-up. Even the settings menus make sense even to nonliterate IT people.
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The UX is its best feature
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Support Rating
Discord
I would give it a 10 rating because it absolutely deserves it. Discord has made things like keeping in touch extremely easy for people. Anywhere from gamers, businessmen and even family calls are all a part of this fantastic application. The ease of access of being able to jump in a room with your friends and talk to them is amazing
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Discontinued Products
Excellent support; of course not perfect. :-)
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Implementation Rating
Discord
No answers on this topic
Discontinued Products
Not applicable, as it is a SaaS platform with minimal implementation
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Alternatives Considered
Discord
Discord has better features and it gets updated constantly with new features. It gets popular everyday and the number of people using Discord gets increased. Discord has a better interface that is easy to use, it doesn't make you confused. Better voice and video quality. The most important part is the communities, there are thousands of different communities.
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Discontinued Products
Socialcast is great for collaboration & light project management, but anything complex doesn't work well.

Using it as an email notification curator works nice for us.
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Return on Investment
Discord
  • Discord has been such a bonus to our productivity. Instead of sending meeting links and starting lengthy email threads, we were able to quickly hop on a call with other people and get things done!
  • Some colleagues had to change their PCs as Discord was messing up their system due to the heavy system load.
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  • Definitely more organized project management and team collaboration.
  • Efficiency in carrying out tasks.
  • Creates a spirit of collaboration and friendliness among colleagues.
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