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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Jive-x (Discontinued)

    Score4 out of 10
    N/AJive-x (formerly Jive Engage) is Jive's external facing community platform for prospects and customers. It is a leading product in the space and most often competes with Lithium Community and Telligent Community.N/A

    Notion

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/ANotion aims to present users with an all-in-one workspace — for notes, tasks, wikis, and databases, from Notion Labs in San Francisco.

    $5

    per month per user

    Pricing
    Jive-x (Discontinued)Notion
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Free
    $0
    Plus
    $12
    per month per user
    Business
    $24
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    Custom Pricing
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Jive-x (Discontinued)Notion
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—A discount is offered for annual billing.
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    Community Pulse
    Jive-x (Discontinued)Notion
    Considered Both Products
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    No answer on this topic
    Notion Labs, Inc
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    93%
    Would buy again
    75 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    60 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    79 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    45 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    53 Answers
    Features
    Jive-x (Discontinued)Notion
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Jive-x (Discontinued) and Notion
    Feature
    Jive-x (Discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Notion
    7.3
    79 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Task Management00 Ratings8.174 Ratings
    Gantt Charts00 Ratings6.846 Ratings
    Scheduling00 Ratings6.957 Ratings
    Workflow Automation00 Ratings6.355 Ratings
    Mobile Access00 Ratings7.272 Ratings
    Search00 Ratings7.975 Ratings
    Visual planning tools00 Ratings7.868 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Jive-x (Discontinued) and Notion
    Feature
    Jive-x (Discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Notion
    7.7
    76 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Chat00 Ratings6.129 Ratings
    Notifications00 Ratings7.568 Ratings
    Discussions00 Ratings7.249 Ratings
    Surveys00 Ratings6.820 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase00 Ratings8.769 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts00 Ratings8.98 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Jive-x (Discontinued) and Notion
    Feature
    Jive-x (Discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Notion
    8.1
    76 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Versioning00 Ratings7.657 Ratings
    Video files00 Ratings7.649 Ratings
    Audio files00 Ratings7.343 Ratings
    Document collaboration00 Ratings8.571 Ratings
    Access control00 Ratings8.271 Ratings
    Advanced security features00 Ratings7.251 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive00 Ratings9.213 Ratings
    Device sync00 Ratings9.253 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Jive-x (Discontinued)Notion
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.6
    (85 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.4
    (55 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (4 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.7
    (4 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Jive-x (Discontinued)Notion
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    Jive-x is great for external communities for support deflection or customer communication and document sharing/editing. If you spend the money on the available add-ons and integrations, you could use it for customer education/learning. It's less appropriate for use as a revenue -generating tool or a lead-generating platform.
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    Notion Labs, Inc
    If you want a customizable solution that can be adapted for just about any scenario, I recommend using Notion. If you need a solution that's easy to share with people outside your organization, Notion is great and allows individual or team permission-setting. If you want a turnkey solution, Notion might not be the best since it requires a fair bit of set-up. There are templates that can be purchased to handle this, but I haven't found them very helpful.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    • I write these from the perspective of the Community Manager - You can choose your level of moderation on Jive to match the policies of your organisation. From full on content pre-moderation to to completely reactive moderation, you can take your pick. We chose the latter end of the spectrum, trust your colleagues to be professional and you will be rewarded with professional content.
    • The ability for users to set up their own groups very easily with out the need to revert to developers is great as this allows individuality. This allows for organic growth with out impact on the budgets of departments and teams to get their work done on Jive. The option is always there to get 'someone in to fancy it up a bit' however you will find that your own people will develop those skills themselves. Your users will also learn from each other and you should actively encourage stealing of best practice from across your organisation.
    • The knowledge repository or Question and Answer features are the most value-adding for me. Having searchable history that allows your to get answers quickly so the next question can be asked is the reason why you should have a collaboration platform in the first place, Jive makes that easy.
    • Single Sign On has been a excellent addition for us, if Jive does not make your colleagues lives easier then they won't use it.
    • You can customize and brand Jive to reflect your company identity.
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    Notion Labs, Inc
    • I love that you can create nested pages, allowing for separate sections to organize information as needed.
    • I appreciate the convenience of effortlessly uploading images to any section.
    • I appreciate that when adding links, you can embed them so the website displays directly on the page.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    • No QA environment. It's cloud-based so you need to purchase another instance to set up a QA environment.
    • The gamification system is not as user intuitive as you'd expect. The admin spends more time setting up opportunities than they should need to.
    • Jive-x was bought out by three different companies in the last 2 years. There is an uncertainty of how long it will be supported and updated.
    Incentivized
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    Notion Labs, Inc
    • I use Notion on my personal tablet, and unlike on the computer, I have a lot of difficulty editing backgrounds, GIFs, and page dividers. It's not as user-friendly, and often the elements end up cut off or misaligned, which is frustrating.
    • While the current calendar feature is helpful, I'd love to see more customization options. The Google Calendar style isn't always ideal, especially for tasks without specific times or for ongoing projects that require daily maintenance.
    • It would be fantastic to have more flexibility in customizing Notion pages. For example, I'd love to create planners with the freedom to add illustration boxes, stickers, or GIFs without being restricted to a fixed layout.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    For a large company the cost can quickly escalate so this must taken into account when renewing. For me, the decision to review will be taken with upgrading to the cloud version in mind as well. My power users love Jive for it versatility but it is important to note that you must be prepared to constantly train and coach the non-power users
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    Notion Labs, Inc
    We're too settled in the ecosystem and we have no major complaints with it. No reason to move unless you have a burning pain point
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    The end user should be able to find what they need. They don't even need to be logged in to search for content.
    Incentivized
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    Notion Labs, Inc
    Very easy to use (I learned how to use everything on my own) and I was able to set up an entire ecosystem without any courses or other tools. I often say that Notion is like Lego for adults, because there we can use all the available tools to create a multitude of things, from funnels to projects with calculated deadlines and tags.
    Incentivized
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    Performance
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    It works wonders. My only gripe would be that there are some customizations you can't make without hiring a vendor with coding experience to implement them.
    Incentivized
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    Notion Labs, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    The support has been fantastic when we have been trying to code our own apps. Jive have went above and beyond what was required to help us out. Bugs fixes are generally very good and they are upfront when they are unable to help or a 'problem' is actually in need of Professional Services
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    Notion Labs, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    For the money, it just happens to fit best with our original use case. Now that it's been sold to Aurea, which essentially halted any support or dev for the product before selling it off to Lithium, we will have to eventually move off of it (this assumes Lithium won't hire devs for code they didn't build, and that's not a bad assumption). So, while I recommend it, it's with the caveat that it's been sold and will be evolving in the near future.
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    Notion Labs, Inc
    The company uses both Notion and Trello within the company. Notion is more for North America employees while Trello is used between Operation team overseas and in North America. Sometimes it's a preference of how the tools look like for project management. I would say both Notion and Trello are nice tools and serves our needs.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    • Hard to quantify the results...but I also left the company before we had built a mature instance of Jive in-house so the final results/impact were yet to be fully realized and measured.
    • The use of Jive brought together multiple-departments for the first time in our 50+ year old company to truly build an "end-to-end" approach to our marketing/sales/fulfillment/customer service engine. It was truly phenomenal to watch how the internal life-cycle of a prospect-turned-customer literally transformed and unified our inter-departmental teams through the use of Jive Engage.
    Incentivized
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    Notion Labs, Inc
    • It has streamlined our processes across various teams to all work from a signle source of truth
    • Maintaining this source of truth is a full time job
    • It has reduced our overall tool set by completely eliminating two other softwares we were paying for
    Incentivized
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