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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Discourse

    Score7.1 out of 10
    N/ADiscourse is a community management and moderation product.

    $20

    per month

    Zoho Tables

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AZoho Tables is a no-code spreadsheet-and-database hybrid, combining familiar spreadsheet workflows with the advanced capabilities of a relational database. With five distinct views—Grid, Gallery, Kanban, Calendar, and Form—Zoho Tables allows users to visualize data in the way that best suits the task. It can also be used to build interactive dashboards to bring key metrics together, monitor progress, and gain valuable insights at a glance. Beyond…

    $15

    per month 3 licenses

    Pricing
    DiscourseZoho Tables
    Editions & Modules
    Starter
    $20
    per month unlimited members and 2 staff
    Pro
    $100
    per month unlimited members and 5 staff
    Business
    $500
    per month unlimited members and 15 staff
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    Contact Sales
    Professional
    $5
    per month per user (starts from 3 licenses)
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    DiscourseZoho Tables
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    DiscourseZoho Tables
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (3 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
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    User Testimonials
    DiscourseZoho Tables
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Civilized Discourse Construction Kit Inc.
    [Discourse is by] far the best online forum platform in the industry. It may be a little pricey for people looking for a cheap option for their hobby forum, but for any type of business that relies on a forum, the pricing is more than fair.
    Incentivized
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    Zoho
    Zoho Tables has been great! I have outlined many of my descriptions in my previous answers. It works great for many things, and could do with just a bit more refinement in the ability to customize what it can turn into. However, the best part of Zoho Tables is the simplicity of its original "blank" state. With the right pre-made User-defined automations for primary zoho apps such as projects and CRM, this would become our commonly used tool as a central hub for all our operations.
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    Pros
    Civilized Discourse Construction Kit Inc.
    • User Privileges : Teams, Trust Levels, Moderation, Private and Public Threads make it possible to have as much transparency, privacy or power decentralization as one wishes.
    • Gamification: Badges and Achievements can be customized for User Activity and frequent readers and writers.
    • Mailing List mode: Users can choose to use forum threads without the User Interface by subscribing via mailing list mode.
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    Zoho
    • Seamless integration across Zoho platforms
    • Highly configurable
    • Easy integration with other data sources
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    Cons
    Civilized Discourse Construction Kit Inc.
    • Some configuration UIs are difficult to follow
    • Not well-suited for managing workflows (grant management as an example)
    • Bulk operations across multiple threads either impossible or difficult to figure out
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    Zoho
    • Ability to create subgroups in a simple fashion in the Zoho Tables. That allows for drop downs. Does not change the formatting of any cells unless specifically addressed by user. But a light column is added at the start of the table with a button to dropdown each row.
    • Ability to fill a cell with color without reason or specific selection of field options, add an option for a simple color bucket fill.
    • It would be great to have an efficient way of updating tasks, projects, etc all on one table easily set up by the user! (Ie. When column "Next Action" equals "Add Task to Project 1" without using deluge)
    • The best pre-made automations for Zoho Tables would be with all {} being user defined selections:
    • - Update {Selected Task Field} on {Task} when {Column}...
    • - When {Row} on table is created or edited: Add {Column} as a Task on {Project} in {Task List} then map {Related Table Columns} to {Project Columns}
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    Usability
    Civilized Discourse Construction Kit Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Zoho
    Simple to use and as a Zoho user, for over a year, I had no issues whatsoever implementing tables almost within minutes to replace Airtable and other databases that were being used as intermediaries, without the automation. Highly recommend (note: in very early stages of testing)
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    Alternatives Considered
    Civilized Discourse Construction Kit Inc.
    Vanilla's mobile functionality was downright awful and it felt like it was stuck in the 2000s. While they have similar features, Discourse blows them away in almost every department. We don't regret switching at all.
    Incentivized
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    Zoho
    Zoho Projects is great for it's intended use to track and manage projects, and the CRM is also great for it's intended use. However, when you are managing operations, everything essentially "ties" together when you are needing to make next decisions. This really comes into play for meetings, and to do lists, etc. Sometimes, all of the detail does not matter when you are trying to operate efficiently. For example, during a meeting, many times we will review KPIs (comes from CRM but in Analytics), then projects, and then general topics. At all points throughout the meeting, tasks are coming up which need to be added, etc. All range vastly resulting in a lot of different places. With Zoho Tables, I am basically working on a blank canvas of cells that can pull data from where I need it too and the more user friendly the ability to set up automations and workflows to be a central hub/home base type tool, the better it would be!
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    Return on Investment
    Civilized Discourse Construction Kit Inc.
    • Community Members are eager to jump into the discussion.
    • Conversations can be tracked easier without the risk of being lost in a sea of messages as people tend to construct their posts more carefully than on any workspace messenger.
    • It's open source and configurable with many other add-ons to help integration with other services.
    Incentivized
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    Zoho
    • I have not had much ROI on this specific tool just yet. But I do foresee the ability to streamline a lot of our operations as we are beginning to scale.
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    ScreenShots

    Zoho Tables Screenshots

    Screenshot of the spreadsheet-like interface used to access, track, and organize work-related information.Screenshot of an asset gallery, created with a drag-and-drop card builder.Screenshot of the Kanban view, used to maintain transparency and monitor progress.Screenshot of where fields can be converted into a customizable form used to gather customer or team information.Screenshot of the Calendar view, used to stay on top of a schedule and eliminate overdues.Screenshot of the trigger-and-action logic, used to automate mundane tasks.