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    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

    Platterz

    Score10 out of 10
    N/APlatterz in Toronto offers an office catering software platform emphasizing transaction and order facilitation.N/A
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    Jive-x (Discontinued)Platterz
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    Jive-x (Discontinued)Platterz
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    Jive-x (Discontinued)Platterz
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Usability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
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    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Support Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Ease of integration
    9.0
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    User Testimonials
    Jive-x (Discontinued)Platterz
    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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    Platterz
    If you need to feed more than 5 people on a recurring basis I highly recommend Platterz. If you need to feed 50+ people I have no idea how you aren't already using Platterz. Colleagues at large companies are always complaining that their lunches are bland and repetitive, and Platterz solves that problem at scale. If you need help planning, their staff is friendly and can plan meals to fit your budget and dietary restrictions. We have been working with Platterz since we had only 10 employees and I am confident we will continue to use them well past 100 employees. Our lunches are fresh, hot, and delicious, and they make sure they fit our budget. Everything can be done online, or with the help of your concierge!
    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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    Platterz
    • User interface
    • Concierge service
    • Food quality
    • Dietary restrictions
    • Price
    • Customer support
    • Variety of options
    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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    Platterz
    • Restaurant quality management (i.e. restaurants sometimes make mistakes)
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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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    Platterz
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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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    Platterz
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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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    Platterz
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    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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    Platterz
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    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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    Platterz
    Prior to Platterz we were either ordering lunches directly from restaurants or using consumer-facing apps such as Skipthedishes and there is no comparison. Platterz and the restaurants they offer are tailored for company catering, and it shows. Meals are dependable and it's much faster than trying to use a consumer app or calling a restaurant yourself putting in an order for 30+ people.
    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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    Platterz
    • Time savings (hours per week)
    • Employee happiness increased
    • No extra cost
    Incentivized
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