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    Igloo

    Score6.9 out of 10
    N/AIgloo Software is a social business software company that builds digital workplaces and intranet solutions to support online communities and businesses of any size. It is a suite of content management, collaboration and knowledge sharing tools within one secure social networking platform. Online communities drive groups, teams and organizations to improve employee productivity, foster relationships and increase collaboration with customers, partners and suppliers.N/A

    Vuforia Chalk

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AScale problem-solving guidance, support and expertise to factory operations & service teams with augmented reality. Vuforia Chalk is a collaboration and communication tool for the organization’s experts to provide real-time assistance to technicians facing complex or unfamiliar challenges. Vuforia Chalk combines augmented reality (AR) with real-time communications to connect a field technician with an expert…N/A
    Pricing
    IglooVuforia Chalk
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    IglooVuforia Chalk
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsIgloo is free to use for up to 10 users. Paid accounts begin $12 per user per month. We also offer volume discounts for enterprise-wide intranets and external users. Contact us for details.—
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    Features
    IglooVuforia Chalk
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Igloo and Vuforia Chalk
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    Igloo
    -
    Ratings
    Vuforia Chalk
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    26% above category average
    Mobile Access00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Visual planning tools00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Igloo and Vuforia Chalk
    Feature
    Igloo
    -
    Ratings
    Vuforia Chalk
    8.7
    1 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Chat00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Notifications00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Igloo and Vuforia Chalk
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    Igloo
    -
    Ratings
    Vuforia Chalk
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Access control00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    IglooVuforia Chalk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.0
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    User Testimonials
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    Igloo Software
    Igloo is a well-suited option for teams/companies that want to build an employee intranet with some other interesting features, like file storage and sharing, internal communications, and resource and knowledge management. All of these features may help your workers increase productivity significantly by centralizing everything in one robust and reliable platform. However, it can be less appropriate if costs are a problem for you, due to the pricing. So, if you will not be using several features and just want an intranet for you company, you may want to go with another solution.
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    Best suited for: - Team of remote support is a great visual way to address technical issues; Especially when talking about production environments. - Team of Project developers, a great tool to do tests remotely when multiple people from the customer need to connect, Vuforia Chalk support group calls and differentiates each person based on the color of annotations. Less suited for: - IT teams, which its support is mainly focused on SW issues.
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    Pros
    Igloo Software
    • Notifications: Igloo can push email updates to users.
    • Organization: Igloo allows for you to create pages, sub pages, and many layer deep sections. You can also organize the layout of your pages.
    • Versioning: it's super easy to reserve and edit documents for offline use. And you can see who last edited a document and when.
    • Offline access: there's a desktop version you can use very easily. It's really good for dropping a bunch of files at once.
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    PTC
    • Remote support for technical issues in the factory environment.
    • Remote support for Factory Acceptance Tests, when traveling is not possible.
    • Remote support for issues in the industry, when traveling is not possible.
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    Cons
    Igloo Software
    • Their UI is not used-friendly. Their use of Igloo-specific terminology made it difficult to understand how each function of the site worked. They would repeatedly say, for example, "a ___ is really a ___" vs. just calling it what the function actually is.
    • Implementation was a far cry from their sales support. After basically nickel-and-diming you for everything, they - very poorly - cap your use of their implementation support team.
    • Overall, Igloo didn't work for our organization because they do multiple things decently vs a few things excellently. The experience with Igloo was unremarkable.
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    PTC
    • Web-version used to be a bit limited, in terms of users and features. Is on the roadmap to improve in future versions
    • No subscription version limited to 3 minutes calls.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Igloo Software
    Easy to use, cost-effective, and benefit in organizational culture development and information sharing across various employees and from higher management. Great customer support and continuous development to make the software better for users. It allows better collaboration with a little bit of fun too and requires less resources to handle.
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    PTC
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    Return on Investment
    Igloo Software
    • Helps with employee retention - especially in a virtual environment.
    • Costs less than a separate wiki system for storing key information.
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    PTC
    • Savings in mobility (traveling) when performing determined Factory Acceptance Tests.
    • Customers like the possibility of engaging in Augmented Reality Solutions.
    • Remote support is faster and easier, with a visual tool to see and do annotations in the screen.
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    ScreenShots

    Igloo Screenshots

    Screenshot of A highly social platformScreenshot of Easy drag and drop designScreenshot of Content management systemScreenshot of Responsive design for mobile users

    Vuforia Chalk Screenshots

    Screenshot of Chalk is available on mobile and tablet.Screenshot of Chalk leverages video-calls to share the same view of an issue.Screenshot of Both users can mark up the screen with annotations.Screenshot of Chalk uses advanced augmented reality to make annotations "stick" to the digital 3D environment.Screenshot of Chalk drives expertise at scale.