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    Laminas Project

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AZend Framework was a PHP framework developed by Zend Technologies and acquired by Rogue Wave Software. The Laminas Project is the community managed Open Source Continuation of Zend Framework managed by the Linux Foundation. Transition initiated after Rogue Wave was acquired by Perforce in 2019.N/A

    Node.io (discontinued)

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ANode.io was a sales intelligence platform, providing access to correlative insights and "cloned" ideal customers built upon Node's database of companies and individuals, acted upon by AI. Node.io was acquired by SugarCRM August 2020, to bolster the company's CX capabilities and predictive insights. Node.io is no longer available standalone.N/A
    Pricing
    Laminas ProjectNode.io (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Laminas ProjectNode.io (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
    Laminas ProjectNode.io (discontinued)
    Prospecting
    Comparison of Prospecting features of Laminas Project and Node.io (discontinued)
    Feature
    Laminas Project
    -
    Ratings
    Node.io (discontinued)
    8.2
    1 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Advanced search00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Identification of new leads00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    List quality00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    List upload/download00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Ideal customer targeting00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Load time/data access00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Sales Intelligence Data Standards
    Comparison of Sales Intelligence Data Standards features of Laminas Project and Node.io (discontinued)
    Feature
    Laminas Project
    -
    Ratings
    Node.io (discontinued)
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Contact information00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Company information00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Industry information00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification
    Comparison of Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification features of Laminas Project and Node.io (discontinued)
    Feature
    Laminas Project
    -
    Ratings
    Node.io (discontinued)
    7.7
    1 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Lead qualification process00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Smart lists and recommendations00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Salesforce integration00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Alerts and reminders00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Data hygiene00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Tags00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Filters and segmentation00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Sales Intelligence Email Features
    Comparison of Sales Intelligence Email Features features of Laminas Project and Node.io (discontinued)
    Feature
    Laminas Project
    -
    Ratings
    Node.io (discontinued)
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    29% above category average
    Sales email templates00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Append emails to records00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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    Laminas ProjectNode.io (discontinued)
    Small Businesses
    Laravel PHP Framework
    Score9.9 out of 10
    Owler
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Laravel PHP Framework
    Score9.9 out of 10
    Clay
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Enterprises
    No answers on this topic
    LinkedIn Sales Navigator for Gmail (discontinued)
    Score8.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Laminas ProjectNode.io (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (6 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Laminas ProjectNode.io (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Open Source
    I would say you can use Zend with any project of any size but in a personal experience I would recommend it more for small or medium sized projects. Since the code you will be writing with Zend has more verbosity than the one you can write with other frameworks, that might be a problem to maintain larger projects.
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    Earlier this week, we had a mishap where a client's birth certificate went missing while being transferred between departments. This could have been disastrous for both our employees and the client, but Sugar allowed for quick detective work that let us track the document's passage between specific employees, and the item was located and returned!
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    Pros
    Open Source
    • Excellent interface for databases. I trust that no bad data will accidentally be injected causing the databases to become corrupt or drop.
    • The routing is really great. We have a lot of custom routing and it makes it very easy to add or adjust routes and ensure they're getting where they need to go.
    • Zend provides so much flexibility in the controllers for dealing with the view. It's so easy to customize the view to render just how you want it. Especially when dealing with a request that may or may not be ajax.
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    • Customer profile and sales analyst features provide relevant information for sales calls.
    • Node allows me to bring more vendors and more contacts in, allowing me to expand lists and connect with more accurate contacts.
    • Node's collaborative nature is very appreciated when they keep on asking for feedback for improvement.
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    Cons
    Open Source
    • Zend Framework 2 is overly complex for small projects.
    • Zend Framework 2 documentation sometimes overlooks small details, which means you will need to delve into the code directly.
    • Zend Framework 2 bug fixes on GitHub usually take quite a long time to get patched.
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    Discontinued Products
    • More focus on the display of scanned documents
    • Easier recall and presentation of scanned documents
    • Lag times between entering an Action and seeing it appear
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Open Source
    I absolutely love Zend Framework. However we are using Zend Framework 1 and when we get to the point that we need to go Zend Framework 2 (for PHP namespacing) I may explore other frameworks. When we chose Zend it was the best option for us. I'd like to see if maybe there's a better fit that doesn't have the same complicated overhead of Zend Framework
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    Discontinued Products
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    Usability
    Open Source
    Zend is very usable once you learn how to use it. I've had moments where I thought what I want to do isn't possible but I've learned I haven't looked in the correct place yet. Zend is a Catch-22. It's very usable once you know how to use it. But I strongly feel it's worth learning
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    Discontinued Products
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    Support Rating
    Open Source
    Zend Framework has the best (paid) support and ecosystem I've ever seen in a PHP framework. The company has developed many products, including Zend Server, Zend Debugger, and an Eclipse-based IDE that extends the framework to create an entire development platform that can improve developer productivity and software quality while maintaining the clean architecture that characterizes the framework.
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    Discontinued Products
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    Alternatives Considered
    Open Source
    While Zend Framework is similar to Laravel and Symfony, and seemingly more popular among businesses, I feel like it is harder to use compared to these two. Laravel and Symfony seem more friendly to the developer in terms of documentation and ease of use, though Zend Framework isn't too far behind and can be more powerful.
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    Node excels when it comes to lead intelligence like account-level and market insights. Its lead management module gives better segmentation and account identification. It is a good choice for mid-size companies (50-1000 employees) and their quality of support is very satisfactory. Its searchable data gives accurate results and its ease of integration with Salesforce is an added advantage over its competitors.
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    Return on Investment
    Open Source
    • Overall, Zend PHP Engine has had a positive return on our business objective of creating a medium sized web-application, debugging the application to assess problems before they occur, and to create dynamic API calls via our backend custom software.
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    Discontinued Products
    • Our company has increased profits 20% from last year after implementing Sugar
    • Our transfer to largely remote work has been hugely simplified by Sugar
    • Despite an industry-wide "pandemic slump", the ease of use brought by Sugar has allowed us to remain a major player in tax assistance even as other companies have struggled
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