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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor

    Score9 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    The Lightning Conductor is a content aggregation tool for Microsoft SharePoint Online and Microsoft Teams. Users can build rich, modern content reports based upon SharePoint lists, SharePoint Search, Microsoft Graph or Microsoft 365 Groups. Content can be aggregated from lists and libraries, and other applications such as Planner, To Do, OneDrive, and Teams.

    $2,200

    per year per installation

    Microsoft Viva Engage

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Viva Engage, formerly Yammer, is used for private communication within organizations or between organizational members and pre-designated groups.

    $24

    per year per user

    Qlerify

    Score9.2 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    The Qlerify platform bridges silos between business and it, transforming ideas into comprehensive process maps, data models, software designs, and source code, with the goal of accelerating development cycles, reducing errors, and helping developers to deliver high-quality software solutions faster. Qlerify can visualise a complex discussion with many stake holders in real-time and produce actionable blueprints for developers in record-time. Some features of Qlerify: 1. Co…

    $300

    per year per user

    Pricing
    Lightning Tools Lightning ConductorMicrosoft Viva EngageQlerify
    Editions & Modules
    Lightning Conductor WSP
    From 1950
    per year One WFE
    Lightning Conductor Enterprise Edition
    POA
    per year Four or more WFE
    Lightning Conductor Online
    From 2200
    per year per installation
    Lightning Conductor Plus (Includes Data Viewer)
    From 2500
    per year per installation
    Lightning Conductor Online Enterprise Edition (>10,000 users)
    POA
    per year per installation
    Microsoft Viva Employee Communications and Communities
    $24
    per year per user
    Microsoft Viva Suite
    $144
    per year per user
    Basic
    $25
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Pro
    $40
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Enterprise
    Custom Pricing
    per year per user
    Enterprise
    Contact us for pricing
    per year per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Lightning Tools Lightning ConductorMicrosoft Viva EngageQlerify
    Free Trial
    YesNoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPrices stated are minimum per installation for "stock" products. $2.20 per user/year on top of base price. Enterprise editions can be amended to suit business needs if deemed necessary, additional costs incurred and TBD. All packages include free technical support. Free upgrades available to latest versions of tool as they are released. (online version)Microsoft Viva Engage is also available in some Microsoft 365 packages.Qlerify also offers team and project based pricing. Please contact us for more information.
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Features
    Lightning Tools Lightning ConductorMicrosoft Viva EngageQlerify
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor and Microsoft Viva Engage and Qlerify
    Feature
    Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
    8.6
    2 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Microsoft Viva Engage
    8.7
    46 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Qlerify
    -
    Ratings
    Task Management8.82 Ratings9.128 Ratings00 Ratings
    Search8.42 Ratings8.343 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gantt Charts00 Ratings8.815 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scheduling00 Ratings8.423 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow Automation00 Ratings8.723 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Access00 Ratings8.843 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visual planning tools00 Ratings8.926 Ratings00 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor and Microsoft Viva Engage and Qlerify
    Feature
    Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Viva Engage
    8.6
    49 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Qlerify
    -
    Ratings
    Chat00 Ratings9.444 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications00 Ratings8.349 Ratings00 Ratings
    Discussions00 Ratings9.748 Ratings00 Ratings
    Surveys00 Ratings9.638 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase00 Ratings9.338 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with GoToMeeting00 Ratings7.314 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts00 Ratings6.713 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook00 Ratings8.632 Ratings00 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor and Microsoft Viva Engage and Qlerify
    Feature
    Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Viva Engage
    9.1
    42 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Qlerify
    -
    Ratings
    Versioning00 Ratings9.728 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video files00 Ratings9.436 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audio files00 Ratings9.434 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document collaboration00 Ratings9.235 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access control00 Ratings9.035 Ratings00 Ratings
    Advanced security features00 Ratings8.433 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive00 Ratings8.014 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device sync00 Ratings9.528 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process Engine
    Comparison of Process Engine features of Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor and Microsoft Viva Engage and Qlerify
    Feature
    Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Viva Engage
    -
    Ratings
    Qlerify
    9.3
    4 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Process designer00 Ratings00 Ratings9.24 Ratings
    Support for modeling languages00 Ratings00 Ratings9.33 Ratings
    Collaboration
    Comparison of Collaboration features of Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor and Microsoft Viva Engage and Qlerify
    Feature
    Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Viva Engage
    -
    Ratings
    Qlerify
    9.1
    4 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Social collaboration tools00 Ratings00 Ratings9.14 Ratings
    Content Management Capabilties
    Comparison of Content Management Capabilties features of Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor and Microsoft Viva Engage and Qlerify
    Feature
    Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Viva Engage
    -
    Ratings
    Qlerify
    9.1
    1 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Content management00 Ratings00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
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    User Ratings
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.9
    (59 ratings)
    9.2
    (4 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (11 ratings)
    -
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    Usability
    -
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    8.9
    (9 ratings)
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    Availability
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    8.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Performance
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    9.0
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    Support Rating
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (12 ratings)
    -
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    Online Training
    -
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    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    Implementation Rating
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    8.0
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    User Testimonials
    Lightning Tools Lightning ConductorMicrosoft Viva EngageQlerify
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Lightning Tools
    Having experience of SharePoint On Premise and also SharePoint Online, there isn't an out of the box app/webpart that enables you to 'roll up content' from a variety of source's (in my case SP Lists, but there are many other data sources it works with) across site collections with an easy to use and intuitive interface which is what Lightning tools excels at.
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    Microsoft
    Yammer is great when you have a company culture that encourages friendly collaboration and communication. It can be a great supplement (but certainly not a substitute) for bonding and sharing ideas and thoughts. Certain channels can be really successful, too, like a channel where people can post dog pictures or something fun like that!
    Incentivized
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    Qlerify AB
    Extremely well suited for process development and since it closes the gap between ICT and Business, for software development. It is less appropriate in cases where swimlane type of process map doesn't suit well.
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    Pros
    Lightning Tools
    • Aggregate documents across SharePoint site & libraries
    • Filtering for owner/person responsible & due dates
    • Ease of end-user filtering on columns
    • Color-coding & other formatting
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    Microsoft
    • Providing a platform for social news in the company where "bottom up" topics can percolate freely across department
    • Social networking across the company where folks can divide their work into topics instead of teams
    • Basic collaboration within a group including document sharing with ability to pin documents to a team
    Incentivized
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    Qlerify AB
    • Streamlined UI
    • Real-time collaboration
    • Jira integration
    Read full review
    Cons
    Lightning Tools
    • Mobile Friendly
    • Calendar/Gantt views
    • Complex/Custom Logic
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    Microsoft
    • Although the social enterprise network works very well, there is room for some slight improvement - such as the ability to attract users. By being part of the Microsoft Office Suite, it is offered as an "add-on" and many overlook it and see it as unnecessary at first. It would be smart for Microsoft to sell it as its own product so it could gather more popularity as a "social network".
    • Giving an option to filter results could be better as well as giving an option to turn off the "recent activity" bar on the home page.
    Incentivized
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    Qlerify AB
    • We would have like to known about them a bit earlier.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Lightning Tools
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    Microsoft
    Microsoft is dedicated to continual improvement on Yammer. They realize the value that Yammer brings to the table with their clients. In the short time that we have had Yammer implemented, we are just now beginning to see the strong impact it has on becoming more effective and efficient around collaboration.
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    Qlerify AB
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    Usability
    Lightning Tools
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Overall easy to use and intuitive, although limited in the possibility to personalize layout and look & feel of a site. Some functionalities are not easy to use, like document editing, but some others are quick and effective (posts and tagging above all). Performance and responsiveness of the Yammer site is typically acceptable, in my experience.
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    Qlerify AB
    No answers on this topic
    Reliability and Availability
    Lightning Tools
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Very available
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    Qlerify AB
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Lightning Tools
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    Microsoft
    It's a simple product but it does provide value.
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    Qlerify AB
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Lightning Tools
    The Lightning Tools support team responds quickly, and team members are very friendly and helpful.
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    Microsoft
    We have never had to use the support for Yammer. The tool works well and we have not come across any bugs. User Interface is simple and easy to use, similar to other forum type products, thereby removing the need for any extensive training. Team members are invited in and immediately are able to start using the tool.
    Incentivized
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    Qlerify AB
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Lightning Tools
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    The training that Microsoft provides is very generic training for Yammer. I like the fact the training is short and easy to understand
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    Qlerify AB
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Lightning Tools
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    Microsoft
    We organically implemented the product
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    Qlerify AB
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Lightning Tools
    I haven't found another product to compare this one to. Only in SharePoint Online which has a similar App 'Highlight Webpart' ... it's far too complicated to set up and requires learning yet another language and exporting and importing via PowerShell to get any real results that would be useful.
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    Microsoft
    Our team briefly used Salesforce.com's Chatter product before switching over to Yammer in 2012. While Chatter is essentially the same product as Yammer, it left much to be desired. Chatter's design was (and remains) clunky and difficult to navigate. Yammer is a simple, easy-to-use product that offers similar functionality as Salesforce's Chatter.
    Incentivized
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    Qlerify AB
    I haven't officially evaluated other process mapping tools. I have however used many tool during the past 30 years. Qlerify is first I am excited about.
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    Return on Investment
    Lightning Tools
    • Policies easier to portray
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    Microsoft
    • My company is pleased with the positive impact Yammer has created departmentally and on an individual basis with work flow efficiency.
    • Adversely, most old and new employees are more familiar with SharePoint, causing the company to pay for training for all current and incoming employees.
    • As Yammer becomes more widely used, the need for training may diminish, which is where we will see our return on investment, as the product clearly provides a more effective form of file sharing and communication between employees and their department.
    Incentivized
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    Qlerify AB
    • It has enabled me to achieve results faster
    • Qlerify helps find better solutions
    • Qlerify has enabled results we have not achieved with other tools
    • Qlerify's collaboration features improve team and management buy-in
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    ScreenShots

    Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor Screenshots

    Screenshot of MODERN SHAREPOINT LIST ROLLUP
The Lightning Conductor is a SharePoint Content Aggregator that can be configured quickly by business users. The Lightning Conductor can be used to aggregate content from SharePoint Lists such as Tasks, Document Libraries, Contact Lists, and Custom Lists making it easy to view content in one place even if it is distributed across many sites and site collections. Key data can be highlighted using conditional formatting and data-bars as shown. Content from Search and Microsoft Graph can also be aggregated with the Lightning Conductor.Screenshot of CONTENT AGGREGATION WITHIN MICROSOFT TEAMS
The Lightning Conductor Web Part can be used within Microsoft SharePoint or Microsoft Teams. Even if content is stored within SharePoint sites, it is useful to have aggregated Documents, Tasks, Announcements, Calendars or Custom Lists from multiple sites displayed in a single handy view in Microsoft Teams. The Lightning Conductor can be added as a Teams Tab in any Microsoft Teams Channel.Screenshot of BUILDING REPORTS ON MICROSOFT GRAPH
The Lightning Conductor can be used (without code) to aggregate content from Microsoft Graph as well as Search and SharePoint Lists. This example displays Microsoft Planner Plans and Microsoft Planner Tasks where users can Add new Tasks, Assign Users to Planner Tasks, Delete Tasks, and Complete Tasks. The same can be performed on Microsoft To Do items and displayed within Modern SharePoint pages or Microsoft Teams Tabs. The Lighting Conductor can also contain multiple views of content, making it ideal to display all of your tasks from SharePoint Task lists, Microsoft To Do and Microsoft Planner in a single web part or Teams Tab.

*Microsoft Graph Reports are only available for SharePoint Online and not SharePoint 2019.Screenshot of BUILDING REPORTS ON MICROSOFT 365 GROUPS
Powered by Microsoft Graph, the Microsoft 365 Group Rollup Provider enables users to aggregate content by browsing and selecting Microsoft 365 Groups. Within Microsoft 365 Groups, you’ll be able to select entities such as Drive Items, Owners, Members, Planner Plans, Planner Tasks, Events, Posts,  Sites, Lists, and Calendars.

*Microsoft Graph Reports are only available for SharePoint Online and not SharePoint 2019.Screenshot of AGGREGATING USING SEARCH
When performance is critical, search can be used for rollups. The Lightning Conductor offers three data source configurations to get to content. Object Model (Real Time Aggregation from SharePoint Lists), Microsoft Graph (Aggregation from Graph Entities such as Planner, OneDrive, Outlook), and Search. The Search Data Source enables the aggregation of content from large SharePoint lists and libraries when performance is critical. Thousands of documents can be displayed in under a second using Search.Screenshot of HIGHLIGHTING KEY BUSINESS DATA WITHIN VIEWS
End users and Site Owners can highlight the data that is important to them, the data that they need to prioritize. Using conditional formatting, data bars, and icons, conditions can be configured to highlight the data that is most important. Icons and Data Bars can be any color or size desired. Examples include highlighting High Priority tasks, Showing data bars for the completion progress of Tasks, or indicating which tasks are assigned to any particular user.

    Qlerify Screenshots

    Screenshot of a simple order flow and system requirements for ordering at a restaurant.Screenshot of the customer onboarding process at a fintech startup.Screenshot of the Product Information Management Process for a retailer.Screenshot of an example of a data model visualization (Star Schema).Screenshot of an example of a high-level software design visualizaton inspired by Event Storming and Domain Driven Design.