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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    FigJam

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/AFigJam is an online interactive whiteboard from Figma headquartered in San Francisco, presently in beta (2021) but available to the public in a free trial. The vendor states that in 2022, FigJam will have plans for $0, $8, and $15 per editor, per month.

    $5

    per month per editor

    Socialcast (discontinued)

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ASocialcast 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
    FigJamSocialcast (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    FigJam Professional
    $36
    per year per editor
    FigJam Organization
    $60
    per year per editor
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    FigJamSocialcast (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details——
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    FigJamSocialcast (discontinued)
    Considered Both Products
    Figma
    No answer on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    83%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    83%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    67%
    Happy with the feature set
    4 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    FigJamSocialcast (discontinued)
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of FigJam and Socialcast (discontinued)
    Feature
    FigJam
    -
    Ratings
    Socialcast (discontinued)
    6.3
    4 Ratings
    20% below category average
    Task Management00 Ratings7.74 Ratings
    Gantt Charts00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Scheduling00 Ratings6.33 Ratings
    Workflow Automation00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Mobile Access00 Ratings3.83 Ratings
    Search00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Visual planning tools00 Ratings3.43 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of FigJam and Socialcast (discontinued)
    Feature
    FigJam
    -
    Ratings
    Socialcast (discontinued)
    7.5
    4 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Chat00 Ratings8.74 Ratings
    Notifications00 Ratings8.24 Ratings
    Discussions00 Ratings8.14 Ratings
    Surveys00 Ratings8.73 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase00 Ratings6.14 Ratings
    Integrates with GoToMeeting00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook00 Ratings7.92 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of FigJam and Socialcast (discontinued)
    Feature
    FigJam
    -
    Ratings
    Socialcast (discontinued)
    5.7
    4 Ratings
    34% below category average
    Versioning00 Ratings2.12 Ratings
    Video files00 Ratings7.23 Ratings
    Audio files00 Ratings7.23 Ratings
    Document collaboration00 Ratings6.74 Ratings
    Access control00 Ratings7.23 Ratings
    Advanced security features00 Ratings5.83 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
    Device sync00 Ratings4.02 Ratings
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    FigJamSocialcast (discontinued)
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    Medium-sized Companies
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    Score9.3 out of 10
    Troop Messenger
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Whimsical
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
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    User Ratings
    FigJamSocialcast (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (6 ratings)
    7.7
    (6 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    8.6
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    FigJamSocialcast (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Figma
    If you're working in small product teams, like triads, and already using Figma, this is a no brainer for white boarding, quick/fast sketches, wireframing, collaborative doodling ... it gets less appropriate with large teams, infrequent. IMO, due to the way in which they price, it's better to keep the inner circle small-ish.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    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.
    Read full review
    Pros
    Figma
    • One file, auto updated, no need to get latest
    • Easy to preview
    • Lack of client is benefit to some (not me)
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • 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
    Figma
    • It misses easy-to-use pre sets of diagrams. The ones presented seem to be not native and hard to use. Miro is a good benchmark.
    • Navegating throught projects in the main page is confusing, specially when people are not admin users.
    • It should suggest ways of organizing the pages designers do, specially when the project is big and have many pages and sections.
    • It could have, for example, a draft version for every page, so that one can hide it when they finish the work, but can open it whenever something needs to be modified, versioning the job.
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    Discontinued Products
    • 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
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Figma
    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
    Figma
    I don't use it often, because the organization I work in uses a different environment on a commo basis. This is rather used between the designers, who prototype the solutions in Figma - they just have it as a workbook/notebook for their ideas. However, if those need to be shared with stakeholders or other organization members, the designers are expected to use a different environment.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    The UX is its best feature
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    Support Rating
    Figma
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    Excellent support; of course not perfect. :-)
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    Implementation Rating
    Figma
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    Not applicable, as it is a SaaS platform with minimal implementation
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    Alternatives Considered
    Figma
    FigJam works best in pair with Figma, as it allows you to keep track of your project in one place, supporting all phases of the process. The functionality is more intuitive, quick, and efficient. Visually, I also prefer it more —it’s more enjoyable and playful, making the experience much more engaging.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Figma
    • FigJam saves a lot of time ... it's nice to have all my visual notes/sketches within Figma itself where a lot of design work lives
    • The project organization and other features contribute to the ease of answering that age old question ... "where can I find that mockup?"
    • Dev Mode is pretty cool. Not many use it, so some designers may spend unnecessary time spec'ing out things that no one will appreciate, let alone look at.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Definitely more organized project management and team collaboration.
    • Efficiency in carrying out tasks.
    • Creates a spirit of collaboration and friendliness among colleagues.
    Incentivized
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