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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    FoxDen (Discontinued)

    Score2 out of 10
    N/AReadyTalk was acquired by PGi in 2017. Former ReadyTalk products are now offered as part of GlobalMeet Webcast.N/A

    Socialtext (discontinued)

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ASocial Text was a tool that focused on social learning and includes Twitter-like microblogging capabilities. The product competed with MindTouch,Confluence, Jive Team Collaboration and other collaboration platforms. It was acquired by PeopleFluent in 2012 and is no longer available as a separate product, though similar capabilities are supplied by the PeopleFluent platform.

    $1

    Starting Price Per Month

    Pricing
    FoxDen (Discontinued)Socialtext (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Socialtext
    $1.00
    Starting Price Per Month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    FoxDen (Discontinued)Socialtext (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    FoxDen (Discontinued)Socialtext (discontinued)
    Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
    Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of FoxDen (Discontinued) and Socialtext (discontinued)
    Feature
    FoxDen (Discontinued)
    3.0
    1 Ratings
    90% below category average
    Socialtext (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    High quality audio5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    High quality video1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile support3.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Screen Sharing
    Comparison of Screen Sharing features of FoxDen (Discontinued) and Socialtext (discontinued)
    Feature
    FoxDen (Discontinued)
    4.0
    1 Ratings
    66% below category average
    Socialtext (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Desktop sharing4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of FoxDen (Discontinued) and Socialtext (discontinued)
    Feature
    FoxDen (Discontinued)
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Socialtext (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Meeting initiation8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of FoxDen (Discontinued) and Socialtext (discontinued)
    Feature
    FoxDen (Discontinued)
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Socialtext (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Live chat8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of FoxDen (Discontinued) and Socialtext (discontinued)
    Feature
    FoxDen (Discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Socialtext (discontinued)
    7.6
    1 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Task Management00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Gantt Charts00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Scheduling00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Workflow Automation00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Mobile Access00 Ratings4.01 Ratings
    Search00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Visual planning tools00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of FoxDen (Discontinued) and Socialtext (discontinued)
    Feature
    FoxDen (Discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Socialtext (discontinued)
    7.2
    1 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Chat00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Notifications00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Discussions00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Surveys00 Ratings4.01 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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    Score9.8 out of 10
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    Enterprises
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    Score8.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    FoxDen (Discontinued)Socialtext (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    2.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    FoxDen (Discontinued)Socialtext (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    FoxDen tended to work slightly better for very small video conferences. The audio was typically reliable, so it would be ok to use for audio conferencing. It is definitely not ready for prime time: it cannot handle very large conferences. It didn't seem ready to be used on mobile either. I also think it's better suited for a smaller company.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    We use Social Text as a platform to air our issues with different departments. We voice our concerns and suggestions so we can help find a solution to the problems we incur on a daily basis. We need to have social text as an app so we can communicate in real time not only during work hours.
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • Easy to join meetings
    • Audio is fairly reliable
    • Moderately easy to host meetings
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Version history - Always keeps the edited versions and one can revert back any time
    • Creating and Editing an article is very easy and intutive
    • Sharing the articles with peers
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    Cons
    Discontinued Products
    • Horrible video quality. It basically never worked, and we stopped using the video feature.
    • Buggy behavior all the time. Dropped calls, loss of screen sharing, rendered unusable most of the time.
    • Poor response by the vendor to issues. The answer was basically "we know it's unusable, and we're trying to figure that out. There's nothing we can do right now."
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Search needs a ton of improvements. It was very slow a year ago
    • Search result quality was also not that good
    • I know they have improved their UI recently but when i used it last year it did not really have any design elements which could be used to make the articles look more presentable. It was important for us as we used it for external communication as well.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    We have a lot of info in Socialtext already. It would be hard to get all that info out and port it to a different system
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    I believe they selected FoxDen because we use ReadyTalk for voice conferencing and FoxDen represented a cost savings compared to our previous Skype for Business investment. However, in the end, most of our company has abandoned ever using FoxDen and, instead, still uses all of the products listed above (Skype for Business, Google Hangouts, Slack) or just plain ReadyTalk voice conferencing.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    I frankly like Confluence better than socialtext because of the speed and the quality of search. They also have better design elements which can help make the articles pleasant to the eyes.
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    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • Increased the length of our meetings due to copious amounts of time spent trying to fix the video and screen sharing.
    • Added frustration for everyone who attempted to use it.
    • Ultimately resulted in a lot of money lost on video equipment that everyone stopped using in favor of voice-only conferencing due to the faulty video.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • We get solutions to concerns much faster
    • We promote interactions with the other depts
    • We listen and have discussions
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