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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Enghouse Vidyo

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AFrom Enghouse Systems, Vidyo is a web conferencing platform that features video calling and instant chat capabilities. The platform integrates with most environments, networks, and devices.N/A

    Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor

    Score9 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
    Enghouse VidyoLightning Tools Lightning Conductor
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Enghouse VidyoLightning Tools Lightning Conductor
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—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
    Enghouse VidyoLightning Tools Lightning Conductor
    Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
    Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Enghouse Vidyo and Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
    Feature
    Enghouse Vidyo
    9.8
    9 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
    -
    Ratings
    High quality audio9.89 Ratings00 Ratings
    High quality video9.99 Ratings00 Ratings
    Low bandwidth requirements9.77 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile support9.89 Ratings00 Ratings
    Screen Sharing
    Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Enghouse Vidyo and Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
    Feature
    Enghouse Vidyo
    7.8
    9 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
    -
    Ratings
    Desktop sharing7.89 Ratings00 Ratings
    Whiteboards7.86 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Enghouse Vidyo and Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
    Feature
    Enghouse Vidyo
    7.8
    9 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
    -
    Ratings
    Calendar integration9.67 Ratings00 Ratings
    Meeting initiation9.69 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with social media5.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Record meetings / events5.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Slideshows9.78 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Enghouse Vidyo and Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
    Feature
    Enghouse Vidyo
    6.9
    8 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
    -
    Ratings
    Live chat9.68 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audience polling5.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Q&A6.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of Enghouse Vidyo and Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
    Feature
    Enghouse Vidyo
    8.9
    8 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
    -
    Ratings
    User authentication9.88 Ratings00 Ratings
    Participant roles & permissions9.87 Ratings00 Ratings
    Confidential attendee list7.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Enghouse Vidyo and Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
    Feature
    Enghouse Vidyo
    -
    Ratings
    Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
    8.6
    2 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Task Management00 Ratings8.82 Ratings
    Search00 Ratings8.42 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Enghouse VidyoLightning Tools Lightning Conductor
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.8
    (9 ratings)
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Enghouse VidyoLightning Tools Lightning Conductor
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Enghouse
    I've had HR professionals ask about using it for interviews. Gone are the days where we have to spend hundreds of dollars to fly candidates in or limit ourselves to phone interviews. Vidyo with it's high reliability has saved the organization thousands in travel costs with candidate recruitment. Business meetings that can often be troubling to get leaders and executive all in one room, Vidyo has functioned extraordinarily well in bringing in people from home, on the road, or the airport. Mobile capabilities are easy and fast. Quick daily calls and chats in the office are probably best suited for the free options out there as Vidyo is not a free service like others. Better yet general phone calls will suffice.
    Incentivized
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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.
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    Pros
    Enghouse
    • I didn't have to sign up, I just need to log into the "room" I was supposed to, so unlike Skype or other instruments, I didn't need to spend time and create my own account.
    • To be honest, the largest online class I've attended had 10 people in it (besides the teacher), but it was a good quality connection.
    • I enjoyed the ability to ask questions or clarifications in the chat (without having to turn on my microphone, so that the teacher could answer the question when he/she finished the thought).
    Incentivized
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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
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    Cons
    Enghouse
    • The design and the branding give little to be desired
    • Customer support is below average
    • The API must be rewritten and add more functions that are commonly requested.
    • Project codes are not well maintained and hard to find.
    Incentivized
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    Lightning Tools
    • Mobile Friendly
    • Calendar/Gantt views
    • Complex/Custom Logic
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    Usability
    Enghouse
    Though not as widely used as Zoom or Google Hangouts, it is very competitive as far as features and usability
    Incentivized
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    Lightning Tools
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Enghouse
    We have an internal tech team dedicated to setup and troubleshooting of Vidyo. This makes it very easy, because we have access to our own employees for help. Rarely have I or anyone I work with had to escalate something to Vidyo themselves, and we're lucky to have the internal administrators that run the show. Almost like Vidyo is ours and ours alone.
    Incentivized
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    Lightning Tools
    The Lightning Tools support team responds quickly, and team members are very friendly and helpful.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Enghouse
    Vidyo gives all of the competitors a run for their money. Since it works seamlessly, is easy to use, and has a clean UI. Screenshare could benefit from some work, like the ability to share multiple screens from different users at the same time. The search function could be improved, but overall, it's a great software.
    Incentivized
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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.
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    Return on Investment
    Enghouse
    • It did help us reach the objective of education - after a while, everyone had a chance to connect and the quality of video/audio once you're in is great. It's just getting there that isn't up to par (but hopefully would be changed in next versions).
    Incentivized
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    Lightning Tools
    • Policies easier to portray
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    ScreenShots

    Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor Screenshots

    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.