Ingeniux CMS vs. Jive

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Ingeniux CMS
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Ingeniux is a provider of web content management and digital experience software. The vendor states their solutions are built to enable organizations to orchestrate the entire customer experience – from acquisition through to support and service – on any device, application, or website. Ingeniux CMS is designed to manage and deliver modern websites, customer support portals, online communities, and other customer touchpoints. The vendor further states Ingeniux builds content…N/A
Jive
Score 8.7 out of 10
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Jive Software, part of the Aurea family of customer experience solutions, provides the gateway to an organization's most important assets – its knowledge and people. Jive's interactive intranet solution promises to connect people, information and ideas to help businesses outpace their competitors. The vendor says the product has more than 30 million users worldwide across every industry, and is consistently recognized as a leader by top analyst firms.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
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Considered Both Products
Ingeniux CMS
Chose Ingeniux CMS
Such a pathetic tool Joomla was and I still can't understand why we chose Joomla and instead of making our work easy and facilitating it had made it harder to manage for us. The dashboard of it was very perplexing and we were not even able to find features of our needs. Well …
Chose Ingeniux CMS
We found the DITA capabilities to give the Ingeniux CMS an upper hand when compared with the other alternatives we evaluated in the discover phase. Though there are a plethora of CMS products and Ingeniux CMS doesn't have a free version either. But their vision for the future …
Chose Ingeniux CMS
I have only used the free versions of the other softwares. My Ingeniux CMS experience was much better but I had the paid version.
Chose Ingeniux CMS
Ingeniux CMS is intended for large sites, which WordPress and Drupal can sometimes struggle with. Also, it offers far more freedom in development than Cascade Server, as you can use C# and Razor templating to build the pages, and this gives you access to advanced functionality …
Chose Ingeniux CMS
Datatel is riddled with problems, from customer service to integration with other products.
Wordpress doesn't seem to be a robust product.
Chose Ingeniux CMS
IGX has came a long way and is going even further. Once they integrate more self-support for developers, integrate with other languages and provide more detailed specific training, they will stack up to the leaders, Drupal and Joomla. IGX is on their way, I know product …
Jive
Chose Jive
We had a Google phone number set up before and Jive was a lot better option than that. It is more consistent and can be configured much easier and with more advanced settings. Additionally, based on the pricing as well as working with the rep on our account, it was a perfect …
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We also use Skype to communicate in our organization. They are both useful for organizational communication. The good thing is in Jive, you will have your own personal timeline. Jive also has a newsfeed or timeline that you can browse where you can see the latest updates from …
Chose Jive
Jive provided phone support which can be useful in case of emergency. Jive's initial pricing was free which helped jumpstart the process. It also provided JIRA integration which we needed for certain teams. Jive also had Zendesk integration which was useful for support teams to …
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I evaluated several other tools (Bluekiwi, Jalios), I use Sharepoint standard version, but it is very difficult to compare.
Chose Jive
We use Jive to keep in touch and share mass updates/important information to the company. It's a good way to keep up to date on what's going on, read articles others share and get to know each other a little better.
Chose Jive
We found that Jive had integrations with the existing IT infrastructure/tools which was nicely aligned with our strategy of playing nice with the existing ecosystem, rather than compete against it. Jive uses a technology stack that is well known by our organisation …
Chose Jive
I honestly don't recall what we briefly used before Jive - it wasn't good and didn't last long. I think it was under-utilized because you couldn't really do a whole lot with it. Jive does pretty much everything we need it to do, so for that reason alone, Jive is the superior …
Chose Jive
I was not involved in the decision to implement Jive versus competitors. My presumption is that the feature set at the time was attractive compared to options like SharePoint. Useful to note that SharePoint seems to have closed the gap in recent years.
Chose Jive
I think Jive is a very unique platform in that it is very user intuitive, and acts just like the social networks we've all grown to love and used to. I think it's a great way for the team in disparate locations to stay in touch, and a great way for management to monitor …
Chose Jive
Igloo has more features than Jive. Also, it seems like the support for igloo seems to be better.
Chose Jive
I was not involved in the decision to purchase JIVE. I was the lucky user of it.
Chose Jive
Very powerful collaboration tool, intuitive, easy to use and commonly used by software vendors - so once you are experienced with it you can apply your knowledge using it in many places.
Chose Jive
Jive is a little behind the curve in comparison with the latest Microsoft features. Jive's lack of native capabilities to support work that requires process or structure increasingly puts it at a disadvantage.
Chose Jive
Jive works more with how people actually work and not how admins think that people should work. For example, relying on a folksonomy of tagging instead of a restricted taxonomy is far more practical with how users actually search for content. By putting the power to the users, …
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Saas.. let someone else run it
The other products don't come close to the simplicity and ease of use of Jive. Jive just works.
Chose Jive
It's the market leader in Gartner's magic quadrant and the most innovative and easy to use platform.
Chose Jive
Without getting into specifics, Jive is relatively strong in terms of more 'ready to deploy' business solutions that require less overhead on the client organization side in terms of IT infrastructure, operational support and ongoing administration and maintenance. While some …
Chose Jive
Drupal would be much better suited. They have fast version upgrades and immediate customer support. Jive lacked in all those areas
Chose Jive
I have worked on Lithium and Liferay. LifeRay has an advantage that it is opensource and will be cheaper. However it lacks the ton of features provided by Jive. Lithium does not support advanced customizations (except for theming). Jive does have the capability to customize …
Chose Jive
Integration with other tools and services forced us to select Jive.
Chose Jive
Jive has very good documentation from an admin user perspective. It has provided all the libraries to implement any new functionality.
Chose Jive
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Features
Ingeniux CMSJive
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Ingeniux CMS
9.1
Ratings
10% above category average
Jive
-
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Role-based user permissions9.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Ingeniux CMS
8.2
Ratings
5% above category average
Jive
-
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API8.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language8.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
Ingeniux CMS
8.4
Ratings
7% above category average
Jive
-
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WYSIWYG editor8.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness8.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Admin section9.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Page templates7.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design8.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Publishing workflow8.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Form generator9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
Ingeniux CMS
8.5
Ratings
13% above category average
Jive
-
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Content taxonomy8.60 Ratings00 Ratings
SEO support8.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Bulk management8.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Community / comment management9.10 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Ingeniux CMSJive
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
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9.1
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Likelihood to Renew
10.0
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6.6
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Usability
-
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6.1
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Availability
-
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5.0
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Performance
9.0
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9.0
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Support Rating
10.0
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6.9
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Online Training
-
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5.0
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Implementation Rating
-
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3.0
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User Testimonials
Ingeniux CMSJive
Likelihood to Recommend
This tool is dextrous in managing content and it is a profoundly specialized tool for the management of websites, portals and also assists in the delivery of the content and most amazingly on the time. At a reasonable price, we are enjoying many features. A few of its features need to be improved like customization and templates it provides for the mobile.
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The content in the news section isn't totally responsive - meaning if I have a small window taking up half my screen, the images for the headline articles may not load properly and when I maximize that window, it's left with ugly half-loaded images. Also, the collaboration feature for Office documents is great in theory but tends to cause more pain than it's worth to just download the document and open it separately in Word or Excel.
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Pros
  • The taxonomy that drives the search and filter is very easy to configure in the CMS.
  • The Word Output feature allows us to generate Word files of content on the fly. We love this!
  • The CMS allows for easy set up with Google Analytics.
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  • Jive makes it easy to create new pages for administrators.
  • Jive makes it easy to manage users in one area and simple to navigate administration user interface.
  • Jive is a really good concept, the idea behind jive creates a great main hub in an organizaiton.
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Cons
  • Everything you will need for your website will likely need to be built from scratch. There are little to no out-of-the-box modules that come with the CMS.
  • There is a total absence of a user community for Ingeniux, so obtaining support from anyone other than Ingeniux themselves is non-existent.
  • Ingeniux is getting better at this but the documentation of their product and feature set is somewhat limited, and generally only available through in-person training sessions, which can be costly.
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  • Search functionality is very weak
  • The information architecture and taxonomy doesnt allow for easy discoverability of content
  • It's hard to navigate the and find spaces/groups that I already know about
  • The main profile/interface does not allow easy access to key tasks or common tasks.
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Likelihood to Renew
Again, this is my point of view and I speak on behalf of me the developer and not on behalf of my organization.
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There are always external factors that can impact this decision but currently, the Jive platform is maintaining its lead in the market place in this area. If the innovation in this space by Jive continues, then this number will remain high. Integration with other systems and adaptability to changes in the market or in client needs will also make this decision hard to predict more then 6 months into the future
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Usability
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It was very cumbersome to generate reports. Often I had to run several reports and then merge them offline to get what I needed.

Reporting granularity is also lacking
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Reliability and Availability
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Uptime was OK. But there was one day that the system crashed for a whole day. Our company was unable to operate. And all the plugins to word/excel froze causing those systems to freeze.

Jive posted a statement to the media saying all customers were up, but we were not.
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Performance
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The product worked as designed. It just didn't work for our needs.
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Support Rating
Friendly, knowledgeable, willing to teach. Their satisfaction is reached when I get my problem solved.
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They did an OK job when I needed them. Except for the one day the system went down. Jive pointed the finger at the hosting company, and the hosting company pointed the finger at Jive. No reliable information came to us.
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Online Training
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Jive online training is there. It is OK/average. I feel some other companies are doing better. It is not a piece that is required to have a successfully implementation, but it could be useful to improve it
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Implementation Rating
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If I did this over, I would hire out the implementation. They know the best practices and could have guided us to make an easier to use setup.
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Alternatives Considered
IGX has came a long way and is going even further. Once they integrate more self-support for developers, integrate with other languages and provide more detailed specific training, they will stack up to the leaders, Drupal and Joomla. IGX is on their way, I know product integrity is their main focus and as long as they keep that notion, their success will continue
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I honestly don't recall what we briefly used before Jive - it wasn't good and didn't last long. I think it was under-utilized because you couldn't really do a whole lot with it. Jive does pretty much everything we need it to do, so for that reason alone, Jive is the superior tool.
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Return on Investment
  • It has been liked really well by the customers and our inhouse CMS development team could do with lesser head count because of the tool's self driven features.
  • Taxonomy features are not that robust and thus could be made more rich for users looking to categorize their content.
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  • Makes us seem bigger than we are.
  • Makes it so the person that manages this part of the business can go on vacation and can pass on these duties to other people when he is gone.
  • Helped us fulfill MSA requirements from our clients to have phone support. Couldn’t have closed some of our deals without it.
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ScreenShots

Ingeniux CMS Screenshots

Screenshot of Ingeniux CMS dashboard.Screenshot of Ingeniux CMS, built on the ASP.NET framework.Screenshot of Ingeniux CMS digital asset manager.Screenshot of Ingeniux CMS supports personalized content.Screenshot of Ingeniux CMS supports headless content management.Screenshot of Ingeniux CMS, available as an on-premise application of Software-as-a-Service.

Jive Screenshots

Screenshot of Jive's Interactive Intranet software provides a single platform for employee collaboration without complication.