Google Classroom vs. Jostle

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Google Classroom
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
N/A
$0
per month
Jostle
Score 9.9 out of 10
N/A
Jostle is intranet software for collaboration. Jostle is designed to make it easier to inform and connect employees to get work done. Users can share news, align teams, recognize contributions and invite participation from others. According to the vendor, Jostle can help improve employee engagement; Jostle reports engagement rates 5X higher than both traditional employee portals and social intranets. Company leaders can use Jostle to communicate plans, reinforce culture, and celebrate successes.…N/A
Pricing
Google ClassroomJostle
Editions & Modules
Education Fundamentals
$0
per license/per month
Google Workspace for Education Standard
$3
per student/per year
Teaching and Learning Upgrade
$4
per license/per month
Google Workspace for Education Plus
$5
per student/per year
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Google ClassroomJostle
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsEducation Fundamentals Version - 30-day free trial for qualifying institutions.
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Community Pulse
Google ClassroomJostle
Features
Google ClassroomJostle
Learning Management
Comparison of Learning Management features of Product A and Product B
Google Classroom
7.5
60 Ratings
9% below category average
Jostle
-
Ratings
Course authoring8.652 Ratings00 Ratings
Course catalog or library7.839 Ratings00 Ratings
Player/Portal7.238 Ratings00 Ratings
Learning content7.641 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile friendly7.257 Ratings00 Ratings
Progress tracking & certifications7.344 Ratings00 Ratings
Assignments7.458 Ratings00 Ratings
Compliance management7.334 Ratings00 Ratings
Learning administration7.546 Ratings00 Ratings
Learning reporting & analytics7.242 Ratings00 Ratings
Social learning8.551 Ratings00 Ratings
Gamification4.88 Ratings00 Ratings
Single Sign On (SSO) Enabled Learning9.512 Ratings00 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Google ClassroomJostle
Small Businesses
iSpring LMS
iSpring LMS
Score 9.5 out of 10
HCL Connections
HCL Connections
Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Schoology Learning
Schoology Learning
Score 8.0 out of 10
RWS Tridion Sites
RWS Tridion Sites
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
Schoology Learning
Schoology Learning
Score 8.0 out of 10
RWS Tridion Sites
RWS Tridion Sites
Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
Google ClassroomJostle
Likelihood to Recommend
8.4
(77 ratings)
10.0
(4 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.5
(8 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Availability
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
1.9
(14 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
2.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Google ClassroomJostle
Likelihood to Recommend
Google
Google Classroom allows teachers to post for daily lessons and assignments. It also allows teachers to be able to communicate with students easily outside of class. Students are able to stay connected and know where to find all information and resources easily in a streamlined manner for all of their classes.
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Jostle Corporation
I love how Jostle connects our company and allows us to celebrate milestones while also being able to share important messages. Being able to store Job Aids in the library as a resource to your team is amazing, especially when they are out in the field and they do not have a computer they can still look up how to do something.
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Pros
Google
  • Student-teacher communication - I love using Classroom for this because my students can always go back and check what was on Classroom by looking through the stream. This way they don't have to go dig through emails to find what they're looking for.
  • Posting to multiple classes - I can post the same announcement or assignment to multiple classes at once without having to repeat the process or send separate emails.
  • Streamlining grading - when students turn work in on Classroom, it all goes to one place and then when I'm grading I can open their documents directly from Classroom or my Drive folder. This way, I'm not looking through emails and Google Doc shared files for their assignment.
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Jostle Corporation
  • I have been using this application and I feel like this is a good solution to all the relevant problems.
  • Communication is key when it comes to organizations and Jostle is rightfully solving this problem so that is why I like using the software because it has many positive things.
  • The intranet software of Jostle offers well-balanced functions and all possible features that are important for an organization.
  • It has responsive and well trained support.
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Cons
Google
  • The content management of the Classroom is not that good. The sub-section for notes, syllabus, or discussion is missing.
  • It doesn't have parental control feature.
  • It converts the excel output into a normal file. All the formulas and pivots got changed into plain text.
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Jostle Corporation
  • The biggest drawback that I have been facing for a very long time is that Jostle’s dashboard is not well designed and has all the feature that I needed on the go. I have to go through a lot of navigation panels to actually land on the right page or tool.
  • Secondly, needs more customization with the events function, which has to add more flexibility in operations to be able to customize the calendar. The library needs a lot of customization and a lot of features need to be added like different categories to easily access the different things.
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Likelihood to Renew
Google
Testing is particularly important in online learning, and Google Classroom falls far short of other learning management systems in this regard. Security is also a concern: while account control is reasonable for the account used with Google Classroom, the person controlling a particular account is often able to, for example, forward or download proprietary materials.
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Jostle Corporation
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Usability
Google
Simple design and seamless integration with Google tools and drive, but missing some key features. However, since it is limited in overall functions and ability to truly personalize / customize, it is quite user friendly and easy to set up and get going, other than sending out the code to your course or dropping students in via their gmail account. Users of Google Forms and sites will find the layout similar in design.
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Jostle Corporation
It's a wonderful product that can be used from a computer or from the ease of an app on your phone. I love that my team can have access to Job Aids from their phones while working out in the field. I have not personally had any issues while using Jostle and I highly recommend it for your business.
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Reliability and Availability
Google
We have had very little trouble in accessing Google Classroom. Our issues, if any, have risen from our server and not the Google servers.
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Jostle Corporation
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Support Rating
Google
Since this platform is provided by Google, the technical support is better than any others, and we are not required to bother about the space constraints for adding the contents. If we have a good uninterrupted internet facility we can access Google Classroom without any delay or lag. They have app support in both Android and iPhone.
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Jostle Corporation
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Google
It was relatively easy to implement due to the simplicity of the platform. Even our more technology challenged teachers found it easy to get started with Google Classroom.
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Jostle Corporation
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Alternatives Considered
Google
I haven't tested or evaluated another digital classroom website or application. I feel like Google Classroom is convenient for many reasons such as compatibility to Google docs, slides, etc. I also love the ability to link to YouTube and other sites. I don't know if there would be a site that is easier to maneuver.
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Jostle Corporation
Robust and specific in terms of intranet policy and news publishings.
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Scalability
Google
It is very easy to push out this program across our buildings. Teachers are able to use it without much trouble.
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Jostle Corporation
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Google
  • Students are able to continue learning in a remote environment
  • Parents have a single, consistent organization structure to make it easy to track assignments and progress for multiple children
  • Much better solution than the quickly assembled Zoom-and-gloom of the previous spring when school abruptly went remote with no planning
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Jostle Corporation
  • Jostle is a communication-based intranet fix that is easily accessible and available in the market to resolve one of the most common problems of communication within organizations.
  • I like how Jostle has made all of us unite on a single platform where we can share all files and ideas as well.
  • Jostle has proved to me that it is the best mode for our department.
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ScreenShots

Jostle Screenshots

Screenshot of Simple, elegant collaboration. 
Jostle DISCUSSIONS helps teams get their work done. It enables private conversations, confidential team discussions and open “town hall” style forums. Attach files of any type. Employees can join in from their iPhone or iPad.Screenshot of Simple events planning.
Promote events that are org wide, or tied to specific teams or locations. Never again will your sales meeting be the same day as the new building opening.Screenshot of Recognize co-workers.
Everyone likes to be acknowledged. Shout-Outs provide a contagious way for everyone to recognize his or her peers. You can even recognize teams. Then everyone can pile on with a “like”.Screenshot of Target the right people. 
Thanks to TEAMS® technology, you can target information to specific teams, roles or locations in a click. For example, publish a NEWS story that is only visible to engineers working in Germany.Screenshot of Make info easy to find. 
LIBRARY gets critical content out of the chaos of file shares. Ensure the right people have secure access to the latest versions of sales materials, onboarding videos, forms, etc. Content ownership and permissions are always clear.