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Innovation Cloud

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Innovation Cloud

    Score9 out of 10
    		N/AInnovation Cloud is a free web-based tool for idea management. It enables users to submit, codevelop and execute ideas.

    $0

    15 users, 100 ideas, 1GB

    Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor

    Score9 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    		The Lightning Conductor is a content aggregation tool for Microsoft SharePoint Online and Microsoft Teams. Users can build rich, modern content reports based upon SharePoint lists, SharePoint Search, Microsoft Graph or Microsoft 365 Groups. Content can be aggregated from lists and libraries, and other applications such as Planner, To Do, OneDrive, and Teams.

    $2,200

    per year per installation

    Pricing
    Innovation CloudLightning Tools Lightning Conductor
    Editions & Modules
    Free
    $0
    15 users, 100 ideas, 1GB
    PRO 20
    $27
    20 users, ideas unlimited, 2GB
    PRO 50
    $66
    50 users, ideas unlimited, 5GB
    PRO 100
    $110
    100 users, ideas unlimited, 10GB
    PRO 300
    $220
    300 Users, ideas unlimited, 30GB
    Innovation Cloud Enterprise
    $560
    300 users
    Lightning Conductor WSP
    From 1950
    per year One WFE
    Lightning Conductor Enterprise Edition
    POA
    per year Four or more WFE
    Lightning Conductor Online
    From 2200
    per year per installation
    Lightning Conductor Plus (Includes Data Viewer)
    From 2500
    per year per installation
    Lightning Conductor Online Enterprise Edition (>10,000 users)
    POA
    per year per installation
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Innovation CloudLightning Tools Lightning Conductor
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Prices stated are minimum per installation for "stock" products. $2.20 per user/year on top of base price. Enterprise editions can be amended to suit business needs if deemed necessary, additional costs incurred and TBD. All packages include free technical support. Free upgrades available to latest versions of tool as they are released. (online version)
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    Features
    Innovation CloudLightning Tools Lightning Conductor
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Innovation Cloud and Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
    Feature
    Innovation Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
    8.6
    2 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Task Management00 Ratings8.82 Ratings
    Search00 Ratings8.42 Ratings
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    User Ratings
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
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    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Innovation CloudLightning Tools Lightning Conductor
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Innovation Cloud SARL
    We used it mostly for its functionality of handling ideas. We brainstormed almost everyday, and that was made much easier with Innovation Cloud.
    Verified User
    Read full review
    Lightning Tools
    Having experience of SharePoint On Premise and also SharePoint Online, there isn't an out of the box app/webpart that enables you to 'roll up content' from a variety of source's (in my case SP Lists, but there are many other data sources it works with) across site collections with an easy to use and intuitive interface which is what Lightning tools excels at.
    Julie Bird
    SharePoint/M365 Development
    Read full review
    Pros
    Innovation Cloud SARL
    • Idea Sharing
    • Idea Management
    • Mobility
    Verified User
    Read full review
    Lightning Tools
    • Aggregate documents across SharePoint site & libraries
    • Filtering for owner/person responsible & due dates
    • Ease of end-user filtering on columns
    • Color-coding & other formatting
    Verified User
    Read full review
    Cons
    Innovation Cloud SARL
    • Team Management
    • More openness
    Verified User
    Read full review
    Lightning Tools
    • Mobile Friendly
    • Calendar/Gantt views
    • Complex/Custom Logic
    Toby Pior
    Intranet Supervisor
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    Support Rating
    Innovation Cloud SARL
    No answers on this topic
    Lightning Tools
    The Lightning Tools support team responds quickly, and team members are very friendly and helpful.
    Verified User
    Read full review
    Alternatives Considered
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    Lightning Tools
    I haven't found another product to compare this one to. Only in SharePoint Online which has a similar App 'Highlight Webpart' ... it's far too complicated to set up and requires learning yet another language and exporting and importing via PowerShell to get any real results that would be useful.
    Julie Bird
    SharePoint/M365 Development
    Read full review
    Return on Investment
    Innovation Cloud SARL
    • Increased employee efficiency
    Verified User
    Read full review
    Lightning Tools
    • Policies easier to portray
    Gary Buck
    IMS Manager
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    ScreenShots

    Innovation Cloud Screenshots

    Screenshot of FeaturesScreenshot of Innovation Cloud Ideas App DashboardScreenshot of Innovation Cloud Ideas App Submission formScreenshot of Innovation Cloud Ideas App ReportsScreenshot of Innovation Cloud Challenge AppScreenshot of Innovation Cloud Innovations App Dashboard

    Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor Screenshots

    Screenshot of MODERN SHAREPOINT LIST ROLLUP The Lightning Conductor is a SharePoint Content Aggregator that can be configured quickly by business users. The Lightning Conductor can be used to aggregate content from SharePoint Lists such as Tasks, Document Libraries, Contact Lists, and Custom Lists making it easy to view content in one place even if it is distributed across many sites and site collections. Key data can be highlighted using conditional formatting and data-bars as shown. Content from Search and Microsoft Graph can also be aggregated with the Lightning Conductor.Screenshot of CONTENT AGGREGATION WITHIN MICROSOFT TEAMS The Lightning Conductor Web Part can be used within Microsoft SharePoint or Microsoft Teams. Even if content is stored within SharePoint sites, it is useful to have aggregated Documents, Tasks, Announcements, Calendars or Custom Lists from multiple sites displayed in a single handy view in Microsoft Teams. The Lightning Conductor can be added as a Teams Tab in any Microsoft Teams Channel.Screenshot of BUILDING REPORTS ON MICROSOFT GRAPH The Lightning Conductor can be used (without code) to aggregate content from Microsoft Graph as well as Search and SharePoint Lists. This example displays Microsoft Planner Plans and Microsoft Planner Tasks where users can Add new Tasks, Assign Users to Planner Tasks, Delete Tasks, and Complete Tasks. The same can be performed on Microsoft To Do items and displayed within Modern SharePoint pages or Microsoft Teams Tabs. The Lighting Conductor can also contain multiple views of content, making it ideal to display all of your tasks from SharePoint Task lists, Microsoft To Do and Microsoft Planner in a single web part or Teams Tab. *Microsoft Graph Reports are only available for SharePoint Online and not SharePoint 2019.Screenshot of BUILDING REPORTS ON MICROSOFT 365 GROUPS Powered by Microsoft Graph, the Microsoft 365 Group Rollup Provider enables users to aggregate content by browsing and selecting Microsoft 365 Groups. Within Microsoft 365 Groups, you’ll be able to select entities such as Drive Items, Owners, Members, Planner Plans, Planner Tasks, Events, Posts, Sites, Lists, and Calendars. *Microsoft Graph Reports are only available for SharePoint Online and not SharePoint 2019.Screenshot of AGGREGATING USING SEARCH When performance is critical, search can be used for rollups. The Lightning Conductor offers three data source configurations to get to content. Object Model (Real Time Aggregation from SharePoint Lists), Microsoft Graph (Aggregation from Graph Entities such as Planner, OneDrive, Outlook), and Search. The Search Data Source enables the aggregation of content from large SharePoint lists and libraries when performance is critical. Thousands of documents can be displayed in under a second using Search.Screenshot of HIGHLIGHTING KEY BUSINESS DATA WITHIN VIEWS End users and Site Owners can highlight the data that is important to them, the data that they need to prioritize. Using conditional formatting, data bars, and icons, conditions can be configured to highlight the data that is most important. Icons and Data Bars can be any color or size desired. Examples include highlighting High Priority tasks, Showing data bars for the completion progress of Tasks, or indicating which tasks are assigned to any particular user.