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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Google Chrome

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AGoogle Chrome is a web browser with features like password saving, synced settings across devices, dark mode, and the ability to keep accounts separate using different profiles. For enterprises, Chrome has built-in and added browser controls to protect your business for external and internal threats.

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    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
    Google ChromeSocialtext (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
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    Socialtext
    $1.00
    Starting Price Per Month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Google ChromeSocialtext (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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    Community Pulse
    Google ChromeSocialtext (discontinued)
    Considered Both Products
    Google
    No answer on this topic
    Discontinued Products
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    15 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    14 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    15 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    8 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    11 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Google ChromeSocialtext (discontinued)
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Google Chrome and Socialtext (discontinued)
    Feature
    Google Chrome
    -
    Ratings
    Socialtext (discontinued)
    7.6
    1 Ratings
    2% 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 Google Chrome and Socialtext (discontinued)
    Feature
    Google Chrome
    -
    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
    Best Alternatives
    Google ChromeSocialtext (discontinued)
    Small Businesses
    No answers on this topic
    Flock
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    No answers on this topic
    Troop Messenger
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
    Score9 out of 10
    All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
    User Ratings
    Google ChromeSocialtext (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.3
    (15 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.2
    (14 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Google ChromeSocialtext (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Google
    Chrome is super well-suited to people who use Android phones, have limited experience with internet browsers, are intimidated by new technology, and are other language learners or tech learners. Chrome is less well-suited to people who are highly experienced and have strong opinions about their browsers, and to those with greater integration with Apple or other non-Google systems.
    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
    Google
    • Security: Google Chrome is constantly updated to resolve any interoperability and or security issues.
    • Full App Integration: Apps and services can be quickly and easily pushed out to all users. Uniformity across Chrome ensures a repeatable user experience.
    • Portability and consistent environment: By hosting all services and apps remotely, users can have access to their information and communication from almost any device that has internet connectivity.
    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
    Google
    • Alerting when bookmark links are broken
    • Better themes; there's great groundwork, but horribly barren and lack of quality options
    • Better tracking/security transparency with its users
    • Alert when cache slowing down performance, and quick navigation to clear this for the less tech-savvy.
    • Allowing file name edits within the quick-access download dropdown, without having to have this fully on or off, or having to navigate outside of Google Chrome
    • Embedded suggestion for quick-access extensions on homepage (with option to remove suggestions easily), for ad-blocking, accessibility, etc.
    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
    Google
    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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    Usability
    Google
    As mentioned earlier, it is a worldwide standard. It matches both the Platforms - Windows and iOS. Pages load quickly, and the website's presentation is impeccable. It needs to seamlessly integrate Google Gemini into Google Chrome. Overall, I will give 10/10 to the designer of Google Chrome.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Google
    Only Firefox comes close. Google Chrome is leaps and bounds above anything Microsoft has ever done in the browser space. Microsoft has lagged behind with Edge for years and continues to supply a subpar browsing experience. Google Chrome has the speed and the features to make it the best in the industry and it continues to go above and beyond where others do not keep up. With Gemini AI added, this will only continue to get better.
    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
    Google
    • Because Google Chrome is a tool that has it all our people dont have to switch in browser they can use only Google Chrome what saves time
    • Because of the single use of Google Chrome our Servicedesk has to just know one application and we get half the tickets if you got 2 standard browsers.
    • Because Google Chrome is owned by Google it automaticly is very secure what retuns means Google Chrome has a good security. Which lead to lower security incidents
    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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