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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Jive

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AJive 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

    West Collaboration (discontinued)

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/ALaunched in October 2020, Hoot Meetings from Intrado was a client-free service used to host and join video meetings. Since rebranding to West Technology Group, the company is discontinuing its collaboration technologies. Hoot Meetings is no longer available.N/A
    Pricing
    JiveWest Collaboration (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    JiveWest Collaboration (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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    Features
    JiveWest Collaboration (discontinued)
    Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
    Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Jive and West Collaboration (discontinued)
    Feature
    Jive
    -
    Ratings
    West Collaboration (discontinued)
    8.5
    2 Ratings
    7% above category average
    High quality audio00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    High quality video00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Low bandwidth requirements00 Ratings7.62 Ratings
    Mobile support00 Ratings8.42 Ratings
    Screen Sharing
    Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Jive and West Collaboration (discontinued)
    Feature
    Jive
    -
    Ratings
    West Collaboration (discontinued)
    8.3
    2 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Desktop sharing00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Whiteboards00 Ratings8.62 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Jive and West Collaboration (discontinued)
    Feature
    Jive
    -
    Ratings
    West Collaboration (discontinued)
    8.4
    2 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Calendar integration00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Meeting initiation00 Ratings8.62 Ratings
    Integrates with social media00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Record meetings / events00 Ratings8.62 Ratings
    Slideshows00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Jive and West Collaboration (discontinued)
    Feature
    Jive
    -
    Ratings
    West Collaboration (discontinued)
    8.3
    2 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Live chat00 Ratings8.42 Ratings
    Audience polling00 Ratings8.42 Ratings
    Q&A00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of Jive and West Collaboration (discontinued)
    Feature
    Jive
    -
    Ratings
    West Collaboration (discontinued)
    8.7
    2 Ratings
    7% above category average
    User authentication00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Participant roles & permissions00 Ratings8.42 Ratings
    Confidential attendee list00 Ratings8.62 Ratings
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    JiveWest Collaboration (discontinued)
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    HCL Connections
    Score9 out of 10
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    Score9.5 out of 10
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    HCL Connections
    Score9 out of 10
    JioMeet
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    HCL Connections
    Score9 out of 10
    Webex Meetings
    Score8.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    JiveWest Collaboration (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (37 ratings)
    8.4
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    6.6
    (17 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    6.1
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.9
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    5.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    3.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    JiveWest Collaboration (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Aurea
    It's definitely worth considering Jive for the type of application we've developed i.e. a central shared repository for all employees to host and discuss information. I can't say I have ever used a superior tool, but they may exist. I'm just not sure I would want to use it exclusively for file hosting, though. It does integrate with various other tools, so perhaps it would be fine if used in conjunction with another tool for that purpose.
    Incentivized
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    It is a great choice if someone wants to add a large number of participants and have a large team. I have been using it and haven’t found it ruining the quality of video because of participants. Furthermore, My team found it easy to join the link . Something that bothers me is that it doesn’t work well with a weak internet connection and this is troublesome for us.
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    Pros
    Aurea
    • Individual design
    • Presence of Russian language (localization can be independently established)
    • You can configure several information tapes with different themes. One for work, the second for communication
    • A newly-arrived network user immediately receives a prepared block for beginners. After completing several game tasks, the user will receive the basics of using Jive.
    • There is a template for each scenario. There is even a template for planning R&D, and there are more than twenty of them.
    • Integrates with MS Office, Google Drive, Google Docs
    • There are all platforms (even Winphone and blackberry)
    • You can create forum threads
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    • Its integration with [Microsoft] Outlook is very helpful for us.
    • It provides the best quality of video and audio.
    • Its pricing is so fair and justified.
    • Its mobile application works quite smoothly.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Aurea
    • 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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    Discontinued Products
    • It requires a profoundly strong internet connection or else it stops working.
    • It is buggy.
    • There should be an update on it.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Aurea
    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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    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Aurea
    It was harder to use that expected. The admin needs to be code savvy to truly customize the system. And users need to trained on the system and the setup. Trainings and monitoring need to continue to enforce use.
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    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Reliability and Availability
    Aurea
    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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    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Aurea
    The product worked as designed. It just didn't work for our needs.
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    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Aurea
    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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    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Aurea
    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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    Discontinued Products
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    Implementation Rating
    Aurea
    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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    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Aurea
    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 option for us
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    Discontinued Products
    I was not satisfied with the quality of video Zoom used to provide us. Furthermore, my team didn’t find the Zoom link easy to join and above all creating link for the meeting was very hard and tricky in Zoom which is easy in Hoot and Hoot works well even with a large number of participants, and my teammates find it easy.
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    Return on Investment
    Aurea
    • reduce email traffic
    • reduce amount of files/documents scattered & lost across shared drives
    • increased discovery, awareness and interaction of historically more separated individuals & team functions across the organisation
    • from an IT perspective, we've benefited from improved IT operations (e.g. troubleshooting info shared and easily searched/found with all team members - such that even junior team members can solve technical problems outside of business hours, lessening the burden for standby/call-in for more senior team members)
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • My team and I can better coordinate.
    • I am able to bring my team on one page and can communicate freely.
    • I can add my whole team and the quality of the video remains the same.
    Incentivized
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    Jive Screenshots

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