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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Ginger Business

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/AGinger Software, headquartered in Boston, helps users communicate with AI-based writing tools. It corrects mistakes based on context and works on the sentence level, not just locally. Ginger’s translate function is integrated into their extensions, mobile & desktop apps. The user chooses a language and input the text to be translated. The language translation software can be used to communicate with others or to improve one's own English skills.

    $0

    per month

    Sococo

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ASococo is a remote collaboration tool with integrations with third-party applications such as Google Docs, Atlassian JIRA, and Box.

    $14.99

    per month per seat

    Pricing
    Ginger BusinessSococo
    Editions & Modules
    Free
    $0.00
    per month
    Premium
    $29.96
    per month/billed monthly
    Sococo
    $14.99 or $13.99 if paid annually
    per month per seat
    Sococo Unlimited
    $24.99
    per month per seat
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Ginger BusinessSococo
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Sococo pricing plan includes a 10 seat minimum and 500 minutes per seat per month. Additional minutes price at $5 per 1,000 minutes. Sococo unlimited include a 100 seat minimum with unlimited minutes per seat per user.
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    Ginger BusinessSococo
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    Ginger Software
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    11 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    11 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    11 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    8 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
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    Features
    Ginger BusinessSococo
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Ginger Business and Sococo
    Feature
    Ginger Business
    -
    Ratings
    Sococo
    4.7
    3 Ratings
    49% below category average
    Task Management00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Scheduling00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Workflow Automation00 Ratings4.01 Ratings
    Mobile Access00 Ratings3.03 Ratings
    Search00 Ratings3.02 Ratings
    Visual planning tools00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Ginger Business and Sococo
    Feature
    Ginger Business
    -
    Ratings
    Sococo
    5.3
    5 Ratings
    40% below category average
    Chat00 Ratings5.05 Ratings
    Notifications00 Ratings5.05 Ratings
    Discussions00 Ratings6.03 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
    Integrates with GoToMeeting00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook00 Ratings4.01 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Ginger Business and Sococo
    Feature
    Ginger Business
    -
    Ratings
    Sococo
    4.6
    2 Ratings
    55% below category average
    Versioning00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Video files00 Ratings3.01 Ratings
    Audio files00 Ratings3.01 Ratings
    Document collaboration00 Ratings3.01 Ratings
    Access control00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Advanced security features00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Device sync00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Ginger BusinessSococo
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (13 ratings)
    1.0
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Ginger BusinessSococo
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Ginger Software
    It [Ginger] is a perfect tool for daily work because it has allowed us to create and write better content with exceptional writing and excellent grammar. It has an MS Word add-on [and] our team has used it through a desktop application and mobile. It has proven to be an appropriate platform for all companies; the API has allowed us to deeply review all the grammar, and each document or HTML pages to correct any type of error.
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    Social Communications Company
    We tried Sococo as means of gamifying a natively remote office. It does the job but the tool suffers from a lack of integrations. You will run out of free minutes very quickly and the additional charges are too high to make business sense.
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    Pros
    Ginger Software
    • [It] allows you to create sentences with the use of various keywords, synonyms, and the best expressions that help create a perfect sentence.
    • It has exceptional features and functions powered by the best AI technology.
    • This platform can be used from any device and through the web, it provides you with tools such as Linkedin, Facebook, Outlook, Gmail, Salesforce, among others.
    • You can receive recommendations from Ginger no matter what you are doing in your browser.
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    Social Communications Company
    • Visual layout - the virtual office visible was very helpful because it made the organization feel closer and as a whole, much more connected. Further, you can group departments in your layout, so it gave a good visual understanding of who was part of each 'department/team.'
    • Sound - the sound quality was good overall in meetings, and I liked the realistic sounds for opening and closing an office, etc. It allowed for a real office feel, and this is especially important since a lot of companies offer the option to work from home now - this removes the 'disconnect' that usually exists when working from home.
    • Communication options - it allowed for multiple ways to communicate and places to communicate - i.e., in the auditorium, lunchroom, conference room, or a smaller room. Very realistic and a variety in that sense.
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    Cons
    Ginger Software
    • In the Company, we have worked for a year with the application and we have not found fault in it and we like everything that it allows us to do immediately and with great ease since its handling of spelling makes it very efficient, which wakes that our intelligence is better artificially.
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    Social Communications Company
    • It would be great if it supported other major browsers. Not everyone has Chrome installed.
    • The ongoing subscription cost is difficult to justify. This is the only reason we stopped using it.
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    Usability
    Ginger Software
    I like the integration with Microsoft Office.
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    Social Communications Company
    It was easy to use but still needs lots of improvement to collaborate with other tools
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    Performance
    Ginger Software
    Even if it's a small program, it uses a fair amount of memory resources.
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    Social Communications Company
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Ginger Software
    I haven't experienced working with Ginger's support. The platform is straightforward and didn't require any support.
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    Social Communications Company
    Sococo didn't seem to have a strong support line. In comparison to other products, such as Microsoft Teams, it did not regularly check in with us. There should be opportunities to give feedback on the quality of the program periodically and if we had any issues. Sometimes, Sococo would crash, and we would 'restart it' but not know why it happened.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Ginger Software
    Have used Grammarly ealrier which is also a good tool available in market. If comparing the cost thing then i believe GInger is a bit costly [Premium/Buisness] version compare to Grammarly. However, In my opinion it is completely dependent on the end user that how comfortable they are while using a software/API like this. For me, Ginger is the first option to use for my learning/writing skills.
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    Social Communications Company
    I prefer Sococo over Lync/Skype for a few reasons. I feel the user interface is slicker, better voice clarity, easier to hop between calls. And, all call members can go to a common chat room on their own accord instead of one person trying to invite everybody. I also feel that it's easier to share one's screen and swap between different shared screens with Sococo.
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    Return on Investment
    Ginger Software
    • Ginger is helpful for many of my students, it takes some of the stress off writing.
    • It also allows you to send off important emails with confidence.
    • Ginger is a great tool that can help you focus on content as opposed to structure.
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    Social Communications Company
    • Morning meetings are much simpler with sococo than without. Small powwows with coworkers to work out little bugs are also a lot more enticing since setup is essentially nonexistent.
    • It might be argued that the cost of sococo isn't worth the benefits of simplicity and ease of use.
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