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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Khoros Communities

    Score8.2 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Khoros Communities is a fully-featured community platform, built for self-service support, education and collaboration. Organizations can host a vibrant space where customers can find answers, develop expertise, share experiences, and connect with their brand.N/A

    NetSuite ERP

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/ANetSuite is a suite of ERP and accounting modules which is sold in various editions aimed at different size customers. The multi-country, multi-currency version is an additional module called OneWorld. Netsuite is a SaaS system and is not offered in an on-premise edition.N/A
    Pricing
    Khoros CommunitiesNetSuite ERP
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Khoros CommunitiesNetSuite ERP
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPricing is variable based on the needs of the customer.Users subscribe to NetSuite for an annual license fee. The license is made up of three main components: core platform, optional modules and the number of users. There is also a one-time implementation fee for initial setup. New modules and users and can be added as a business grows.
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    Community Pulse
    Khoros CommunitiesNetSuite ERP
    Considered Both Products
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    No answer on this topic
    NetSuite
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
    70 Answers
    94%
    Would buy again
    280 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    48 Answers
    92%
    Delivers good value for the price
    240 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    86%
    Happy with the feature set
    64 Answers
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    282 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    31 Answers
    79%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    151 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    81%
    Implementation went as expected
    38 Answers
    70%
    Implementation went as expected
    154 Answers
    Features
    Khoros CommunitiesNetSuite ERP
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Khoros Communities and NetSuite ERP
    Feature
    Khoros Communities
    -
    Ratings
    NetSuite ERP
    1.1
    15 Ratings
    149% below category average
    Pay calculation00 Ratings1.013 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration00 Ratings1.010 Ratings
    Direct deposit files00 Ratings1.39 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Khoros Communities and NetSuite ERP
    Feature
    Khoros Communities
    -
    Ratings
    NetSuite ERP
    9.2
    74 Ratings
    20% above category average
    API for custom integration00 Ratings9.264 Ratings
    Plug-ins00 Ratings9.947 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Khoros Communities and NetSuite ERP
    Feature
    Khoros Communities
    -
    Ratings
    NetSuite ERP
    9.7
    81 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Single sign-on capability00 Ratings9.762 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings9.880 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Khoros Communities and NetSuite ERP
    Feature
    Khoros Communities
    -
    Ratings
    NetSuite ERP
    9.9
    72 Ratings
    28% above category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings9.971 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings9.970 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings9.970 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Khoros Communities and NetSuite ERP
    Feature
    Khoros Communities
    -
    Ratings
    NetSuite ERP
    7.9
    323 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Accounts payable00 Ratings8.4317 Ratings
    Accounts receivable00 Ratings8.4293 Ratings
    Global Financial Support00 Ratings9.926 Ratings
    Primary and Secondary Ledgers00 Ratings9.928 Ratings
    Journals and Reconciliations00 Ratings9.341 Ratings
    Configurable Accounting00 Ratings9.935 Ratings
    Standardized Processes00 Ratings9.937 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of Khoros Communities and NetSuite ERP
    Feature
    Khoros Communities
    -
    Ratings
    NetSuite ERP
    9.1
    48 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Inventory tracking00 Ratings10.047 Ratings
    Automatic reordering00 Ratings8.928 Ratings
    Location management00 Ratings9.635 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of Khoros Communities and NetSuite ERP
    Feature
    Khoros Communities
    -
    Ratings
    NetSuite ERP
    9.4
    261 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Pricing00 Ratings9.953 Ratings
    Order entry00 Ratings8.1257 Ratings
    Credit card processing00 Ratings8.937 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold00 Ratings9.548 Ratings
    Order Orchestration00 Ratings9.921 Ratings
    Subledger and Financial Process
    Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Khoros Communities and NetSuite ERP
    Feature
    Khoros Communities
    -
    Ratings
    NetSuite ERP
    7.9
    259 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Billing Management00 Ratings8.5248 Ratings
    Cash and Asset Management00 Ratings9.927 Ratings
    Travel & Expense Management00 Ratings9.831 Ratings
    Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting00 Ratings8.927 Ratings
    Period Close00 Ratings9.935 Ratings
    Project Financial Management
    Comparison of Project Financial Management features of Khoros Communities and NetSuite ERP
    Feature
    Khoros Communities
    -
    Ratings
    NetSuite ERP
    6.6
    32 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Budgeting and Forecasting00 Ratings6.026 Ratings
    Project Costing00 Ratings6.023 Ratings
    Cost Capture00 Ratings6.022 Ratings
    Capital Project Management00 Ratings4.014 Ratings
    Customer Contract Compliance00 Ratings9.913 Ratings
    Project Revenue Recognition00 Ratings6.922 Ratings
    Project Execution Management
    Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Khoros Communities and NetSuite ERP
    Feature
    Khoros Communities
    -
    Ratings
    NetSuite ERP
    4.1
    17 Ratings
    53% below category average
    Project Planning and Scheduling00 Ratings8.914 Ratings
    Task Insight for Project Managers00 Ratings3.311 Ratings
    Project Mobile Functionality00 Ratings3.010 Ratings
    Definable Resource Pools00 Ratings3.68 Ratings
    Grants Management
    Comparison of Grants Management features of Khoros Communities and NetSuite ERP
    Feature
    Khoros Communities
    -
    Ratings
    NetSuite ERP
    3.1
    12 Ratings
    83% below category average
    Award Lifecycle Management00 Ratings3.57 Ratings
    Procurement
    Comparison of Procurement features of Khoros Communities and NetSuite ERP
    Feature
    Khoros Communities
    -
    Ratings
    NetSuite ERP
    3.3
    19 Ratings
    73% below category average
    Bids Analyzed and Compared00 Ratings3.58 Ratings
    Contract Authoring00 Ratings1.910 Ratings
    Contract Repository00 Ratings3.58 Ratings
    Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated00 Ratings3.613 Ratings
    Supplier Management00 Ratings9.913 Ratings
    Risk Management
    Comparison of Risk Management features of Khoros Communities and NetSuite ERP
    Feature
    Khoros Communities
    -
    Ratings
    NetSuite ERP
    3.1
    11 Ratings
    74% below category average
    Risk Repository00 Ratings3.58 Ratings
    Control Management00 Ratings1.911 Ratings
    Control Efficiency Assessments00 Ratings3.57 Ratings
    Issue Detection00 Ratings3.58 Ratings
    Remediation and Certification00 Ratings3.58 Ratings
    Logistics
    Comparison of Logistics features of Khoros Communities and NetSuite ERP
    Feature
    Khoros Communities
    -
    Ratings
    NetSuite ERP
    3.1
    17 Ratings
    77% below category average
    Transportation Planning and Optimization00 Ratings2.89 Ratings
    Transportation Execution Management00 Ratings2.88 Ratings
    Trade and Customs Management00 Ratings2.88 Ratings
    Fulfillment Management00 Ratings9.914 Ratings
    Warehouse Workforce Management00 Ratings2.511 Ratings
    Manufacturing
    Comparison of Manufacturing features of Khoros Communities and NetSuite ERP
    Feature
    Khoros Communities
    -
    Ratings
    NetSuite ERP
    9.4
    16 Ratings
    23% above category average
    Production Process Design00 Ratings8.912 Ratings
    Production Management00 Ratings8.914 Ratings
    Configuration Management00 Ratings9.910 Ratings
    Work Execution00 Ratings9.912 Ratings
    Manufacturing Costs00 Ratings8.914 Ratings
    Supply Chain
    Comparison of Supply Chain features of Khoros Communities and NetSuite ERP
    Feature
    Khoros Communities
    -
    Ratings
    NetSuite ERP
    8.3
    177 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Forecasting00 Ratings8.817 Ratings
    Inventory Planning00 Ratings7.6174 Ratings
    Performance Monitoring00 Ratings8.914 Ratings
    Product Lifecycle Management
    Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of Khoros Communities and NetSuite ERP
    Feature
    Khoros Communities
    -
    Ratings
    NetSuite ERP
    3.9
    13 Ratings
    62% below category average
    Proposal Management00 Ratings2.610 Ratings
    Product Master Data Management00 Ratings3.29 Ratings
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    Usability
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    Availability
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    Performance
    -
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    Support Rating
    5.0
    (5 ratings)
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    In-Person Training
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    4.5
    (2 ratings)
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    (10 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    5.4
    (17 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.7
    (5 ratings)
    CPA Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.6
    (86 ratings)
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.8
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Khoros CommunitiesNetSuite ERP
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    Khoros Communities is my go-to when I'm part of a big company with lots of customers who want to help each other. It's awesome for talking about products, giving ideas to make them better, and getting help when I need it. If my team is spread out or we're working from home, Khoros Communities is handy for sharing updates and working together. It's also a good tool for events, helping with planning and discussing what happened. But if my group is small or not very active, or if I just need a simple place to chat without too many extras, Khoros Communities might be more than I need. Plus, I've got to be ready to keep an eye on things to keep the community positive, and it works best when I have a plan to grow and keep the community lively.
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    NetSuite
    NetSuite ERP is a very robust ERP. For a small business, it might be overkill and even too expensive. What I mean by this is that there are advanced functionalities that NetSuite ERP has, such as forecasting, warehouse management, and custom workflows, that are not necessary for a small business. However, as a business starts to grow, NetSuite ERP provides endless growth opportunity to meet a companies needs. We are still technically a small company of only 15 employees, but NetSuite ERP has the ability to help us grow and we will not outgrow NetSuite ERP. NetSuite ERP can handle financial tracking with P&L, tax calculations, shipping, vendor management, and so much more.
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    Pros
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    • Increase in suggestions from our clients to know what we should improve.
    • Reduce technical support costs and incredibly increase sales.
    • It helps to interact with customers and we receive positive and negative reviews and based on their comments we can make changes that increase sales.
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    NetSuite
    • It is an accounting system first and foremost.
    • We can add Manufacturing/Inventory features that we need for a manufacturing environment.
    • System Information/System Notes - Tracking of changes to almost everything. This is incredibly helpful for audits and investigations.
    • NetSuite ERP is integrating AI into their processes which will be super interesting!
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    Cons
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    • Self Service, Low and No Code. The Community Managers should be able to some UI Tasks by self with doing any code updates.
    • Salesforce Integration: The basic Integration should also include the basic level of business requirement. (Contacts and Accounts Mapping)
    • Slack Connector Update: There is no update on this connector till the time its launch. The other team has lot of options to push the notification in multiple slack channels. And unfortunately Khoros does not. This creates a lot work for Community team to bring internal teams to the community to respond or acknowledge an post.
    • More Integrations: Since now the Khoros communities does not comes up with the integrations with basic support tools like JIRA, Confluence, Github etc.
    • Search Improvisation: Apart from last search update there is no updates we see in this feature. The team should think of Putting Some AI based Search into the community which helps the Community managers to manage the content accordingly
    • Some update on AI and Gen AI: Khoros communities did not shared any thoughts about their plans for putting these technology in community
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    NetSuite
    • I have found it to be a bit slow sometimes when saving.
    • I am not sure if this is Chase Bank or NetSuite, but a direct link to upload bank transactions or credit card transactions would be nice.
    • This is too hard, bc Netsuite works really well.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    On a scale of 1 to 10, I'd give Khoros Communities a solid 8. The system is extremely easy to use, enabling our team and community members to navigate and interact with the platform with ease. The wide range of features offered by Khoros Communities has greatly enriched our online interactions and improved the efficiency of our customer service. The technical support team has also been extremely helpful, could be quicker sometimes for answering our questions but they efficiently resolving any problems we have encountered. The platform is perfectly scalable, capable of handling our growing user base without any performance problems. What's more, Khoros Communities offers excellent integration capabilities with our other software tools, making our operations smoother and more efficient
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    NetSuite
    NetSuite is able to cover all of our needs, spanning multiple departments and managerial levels. We use it daily for a multitude of functions, including creating promotions, estimating inventory, pulling historical reports, forecasting sales, and more. Overall, we're very satisfied with NetSuite as an ERP solution and recommend it to medium to large businesses.
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    Usability
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    Like every backend, it can always be improved upon. The excellent thing is that Khoros have a hugely active customer support community as well as a fantastic case management system to triage support issues and requests. So regardless of your level of knowledge or familiarity, you're well supported out of the box.
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    NetSuite
    NetSuite is a cloud tool, and is easy to implement for mid-sized organizations. It comes with standard forms/ printing layouts, and financial reporting (both summary and detailed), which are very handy for business users. In addition to these, with 99.99% service availability, NetSuite makes it one of the most reliable ERP tools available on the market.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    I've hardly ever seen downtime in any of their production communities. There's the occasional reboot needed for config reasons or if patches are applied, but these take place after customer approval and typically last only a few minutes.
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    NetSuite
    It has been very reliable. I can only think of 1-2 times in 4.5 years that we have had issues getting in, and in each case were able to get back in within 1 hour. There has not been a major downtime
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    Performance
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    No answers on this topic
    NetSuite
    Most of the time the performance is very good. Pages load in a few seconds; financial reports take less than 5 seconds; basic searches take a few seconds. But performance can be sporadic throughout the day and cause the run time to triple.
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    Support Rating
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    They are responsive and proactive. They are really on top of things. They send personal emails to check in on you. It feels like they really know you. You only get emails from 3-4 people at Khoros – they must be customer assigned.
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    NetSuite
    I would like to give 8 rating for NetSuite support and reason for that is below: Whenever we faced any technical or functional issues we tried to reach out to NEtSuite support but response was not immediate. We told them about the urgency of the issue but still we were not getting response on time. Then, we have to reach out to AE to get things resolved.
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    In-Person Training
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    I think it is engaging and has good instructors.
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    NetSuite
    I had in person training for a day when first got the software. The training was good. The challenge was that there was a large gap between training and when we went live so we forgot quite a lot
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    Online Training
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    It was out of the box training - pre-recorded/ not live. There was nothing for more advanced topics like APIs. They do have a good knowledge base and community that you can access and folks in there are responsive. I would however like more advanced training options.
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    NetSuite
    Online training is quite strong. I have used for specific pieces of functionality.However it is not sufficient in all areas.
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    Implementation Rating
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    We were up against a hard stop with Jive’s contract ending and Khoros connected us with a deployment partner to do accelerated deployment using a template approach. It could have happened in 2 weeks. We did not end up going that way since we wanted more customization. Lithium handled technical stuff like migration, but a lot of the process is self-deployment. It’s one of the ways they teach use of the system is having the user self-implement.

    Overall, the implementation was super easy to do. Doing single sign-on (SSO) was the only hard part. The implementation ended up taking nine weeks total, but in hindsight, we could have done in it six. Most of the implementation time was spent in course work, which consisted of on-demand training - approximately 7-8 hours that you are required for you to do, before they turn on the system. During this nine week period, about 50% of my time was spent on implementation.

    We had a deployment manager who we were able to email 1-1. I leaned on him heavily. He was great at all hours, for example, they would call back at 7pm PST. They were very responsive.

    Content migration strategy is important to consider. Moving from an existing community you need to strategically choose how your layout will be. Two different systems will have two different ways to format communities. For example, Jive has communities with sub-communities, whereas Khoros has community, category, and boards.

    Contact migration is also an important consideration. You need to think through how you are going to move contacts from your old community to a new one. For example, are you going to create new logins and passwords? We were hoping to use the integration with Salesforce.com to be a portal, but ended up using an in-house solution that works well to maintain same the same logins. The next related question is are you going to be able to keep them connected to all the posts in your old community? We migrated old posts. If you have a tech-savvy team, you can do a self-migration. Khoros has a migration services team that we utilized. It cost us $10k to move content and posts were kept tied to the user.

    The next consideration is your launch/promotion plan. Khoros helped us out and gave us a lot of examples. They shared pre-launch email dates, follow-up emails, FAQ pages (e.g. to explain why switching, why better).
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    NetSuite
    I felt NetSuite Professional Services did an excellent job of guiding us in the implementation. I also felt our internal teams were a little resistant to the change and engagement of new software. Had we performed better engaging and buying into the new software, I would be able to rate the implementation better. Therefore, the lower number should not be viewed as a deficiency with the software or the professional services teams, but as an reminder of how important complete buy-in from the local users is.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    Large companies and organizations with complex community needs are well served by Khoros communities. The platform's advanced analytics and reporting features helps organizations seeking deeper insights. The gamification is the best way to boost user engagement, Khoros Communities has a rich feature set. Also with customization options offered by Khoros Communities, companies can develop a unique and customized community experience.
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    NetSuite
    NetSuite by far is the most expensive; However, compared to the 3 systems notated, the overall functionality, capability and reporting advantages make it my top choice for companies experiencing exponential growth across all departments. Its a best in class solution for just about any user.
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    Scalability
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    I think I would give Khoros an overall 7, while there were things we really liked about it. I also saw things that just did not work well for us. We like using iG but it was not the friendliest in using it on that platform. Sometimes the software would glitch or lag which is not helpful during high critical moments
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    NetSuite
    We have been able to scale our business 25X without any major overhaul with Netsuite. Its dashboard setup makes onboarding new employees very easy and allows data to be shared across multiple offices. Its cloud setup does not put any pressure on IT to scale servers or other infrastructure. We have been able to become much more efficient in all aspects of the business.
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    Return on Investment
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    • We are able to see what our different cohorts of customers are doing within the community, and we are able to create content and programs based on the engagement we get from these different groups.
    • We have been able to start an Idea Exchange space where our customers can share, vote, and comment on features they would like to see in our products. It quickly became a very popular place within the Community.
    • With the discussion forums, we are able to use the Accepted Solutions functions to help deflect tickets and Support interactions working on a 1-to-many scale.
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    NetSuite
    • NetSuite software has improved our process controls and enhanced cash management, especially in huge projects.
    • The software has helped us with budgeting, forecasting, and real-time financial reporting.
    • Introduction of NetSuite ERP into our organisation has completely changed the way we do things by enhancing compliance, ensuring real-time project milestone tracking, and enabling portfolio management.
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    ScreenShots

    Khoros Communities Screenshots

    Screenshot of the Khoros Communities solution, and some of its tools available to build an enterprise-class online community and scale member engagement.Screenshot of discussions, which can be enabled to connect product experts and brand-enthusiasts through peer-to-peer discussions. Both newbies and experienced users can read, post, and easily respond in forums.Screenshot of where community members can submit, vote on, and discuss ideas to improve products, and share insights, all while driving engagement, and building brand loyalty. Idea boards deliver value for product managers, marketers and customers.Screenshot of events, that provide a platform to schedule, announce, inform, and discuss everything from the smallest group gathering to the largest user conference. These community-hosted activities harness the enthusiasm generated by interactions between members, company, and brand ambassadors and foster deeper connections with audiences. Users can integrate Zoom meetings and webinars within the community, or host live-stream video outside the community with URL links to any video hosting platform like YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook or others.Screenshot of where to design a brand-approved community without custom code. It includes expert-created templates and a drag-and-drop interface to customize page layouts, navigation, and brand themes.Screenshot of some of the dashboards, reports, and benchmark data used to track visitors, usage, trending topics, interaction preferences, and agent responsiveness.

    NetSuite ERP Screenshots

    Screenshot of Roles-based dashboardsScreenshot of MCP AI ConnectorScreenshot of NetSuite Cash 360 Dashboard