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    Overview
    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

    Mikogo

    Score1.2 out of 10
    N/AMikogo is a free screen sharing solution with built-in VoIP for online meetings, web presentations, web conferencing and sales demos.

    $156

    Annually

    TeamViewer

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ATeamviewer offers secure remote access, IT support and device management on a scalable platform. It speeds up problem resolution, reduces downtime and enhances control through automation, unattended access and complete visibility of every device and location.

    $299

    per year

    Pricing
    Lightning Tools Lightning ConductorMikogoTeamViewer
    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
    Basic Annual
    $156
    Annually
    Professional Annual
    $228
    Annually
    Professional Lifetime
    $456
    Lifetime License per User
    Team Annual
    $468
    Annually
    Team Lifetime
    $936
    Lifetime License [Unlimited Users]
    Remote Access
    $24.90
    per month (billed annually) 1 Licensed User
    Business
    $50.90
    per month (billed annually) 1 Licensed User
    Premium
    $102.90
    per month (billed annually) 15 Licensed Users
    Corporate
    $206.90
    per month (billed annually) 30 Licensed Users
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Lightning Tools Lightning ConductorMikogoTeamViewer
    Free Trial
    YesYesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeOptional
    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)Enterprise plans are also available for larger organizations, with a custom number of users, meeting participants, and channels. Master Administration and Web API integrations are also available. Contact Mikogo for further information.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Lightning Tools Lightning ConductorMikogoTeamViewer
    Considered Multiple Products
    Lightning Tools
    No answer on this topic
    BeamYourScreen
    Chose Mikogo
    Mikogo has simple features and is easy to use. If you don't need lots of bells and whistles and just want to screen share or video conference on a small scale Mikogo works best.
    Join.me & TeamViewer are a bit confusing for the novice small business person.
    My experience with …
    Incentivized
    Chose Mikogo
    its a smaller tool than Teams and Skype and definitely don't have as much features. It is a tool for smaller organizations not big enterprises.
    Incentivized
    TeamViewer
    Chose TeamViewer
    TeamViewer is a popular professional choice for remote management for external service providers and for getting team members in different locations together for online meetings. Market leader, TeamViewer, also has its limitations: especially in terms of security and image …
    Incentivized
    Chose TeamViewer
    I also used VNC viewer and some other software. The best part about TeamViewer is the easy interface to connect and no network issues and no firewall issues. Some of the options only provide one of the features like internet call, chat, screen sharing, or file sharing, where …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    88%
    Would buy again
    377 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    348 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    411 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
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    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    283 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
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    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    351 Answers
    Features
    Lightning Tools Lightning ConductorMikogoTeamViewer
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor and Mikogo and TeamViewer
    Feature
    Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
    8.6
    2 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Mikogo
    -
    Ratings
    TeamViewer
    -
    Ratings
    Task Management8.82 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Search8.42 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
    Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor and Mikogo and TeamViewer
    Feature
    Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
    -
    Ratings
    Mikogo
    3.1
    4 Ratings
    87% below category average
    TeamViewer
    -
    Ratings
    High quality audio00 Ratings4.14 Ratings00 Ratings
    High quality video00 Ratings4.14 Ratings00 Ratings
    Low bandwidth requirements00 Ratings1.14 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile support00 Ratings3.22 Ratings00 Ratings
    Screen Sharing
    Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor and Mikogo and TeamViewer
    Feature
    Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
    -
    Ratings
    Mikogo
    6.0
    4 Ratings
    28% below category average
    TeamViewer
    -
    Ratings
    Desktop sharing00 Ratings2.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    Whiteboards00 Ratings9.82 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor and Mikogo and TeamViewer
    Feature
    Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
    -
    Ratings
    Mikogo
    3.0
    4 Ratings
    93% below category average
    TeamViewer
    -
    Ratings
    Calendar integration00 Ratings1.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Meeting initiation00 Ratings1.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    Record meetings / events00 Ratings2.14 Ratings00 Ratings
    Slideshows00 Ratings7.63 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor and Mikogo and TeamViewer
    Feature
    Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
    -
    Ratings
    Mikogo
    2.1
    4 Ratings
    117% below category average
    TeamViewer
    -
    Ratings
    Live chat00 Ratings1.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audience polling00 Ratings3.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Q&A00 Ratings2.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor and Mikogo and TeamViewer
    Feature
    Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
    -
    Ratings
    Mikogo
    1.5
    4 Ratings
    137% below category average
    TeamViewer
    -
    Ratings
    User authentication00 Ratings1.23 Ratings00 Ratings
    Participant roles & permissions00 Ratings1.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Confidential attendee list00 Ratings2.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor and Mikogo and TeamViewer
    Feature
    Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
    -
    Ratings
    Mikogo
    -
    Ratings
    TeamViewer
    8.8
    66 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings00 Ratings8.867 Ratings
    Remote Administration
    Comparison of Remote Administration features of Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor and Mikogo and TeamViewer
    Feature
    Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
    -
    Ratings
    Mikogo
    -
    Ratings
    TeamViewer
    8.9
    551 Ratings
    4% above category average
    File transfer00 Ratings00 Ratings8.9520 Ratings
    Instant message00 Ratings00 Ratings8.8479 Ratings
    Access to sleeping/powered-off computers00 Ratings00 Ratings7.5364 Ratings
    Session record00 Ratings00 Ratings8.4374 Ratings
    Annotations00 Ratings00 Ratings8.1141 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor and Mikogo and TeamViewer
    Feature
    Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
    -
    Ratings
    Mikogo
    -
    Ratings
    TeamViewer
    7.9
    46 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Third-party software integrations00 Ratings00 Ratings7.946 Ratings
    Remote Access
    Comparison of Remote Access features of Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor and Mikogo and TeamViewer
    Feature
    Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
    -
    Ratings
    Mikogo
    -
    Ratings
    TeamViewer
    8.6
    79 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Attended device access00 Ratings00 Ratings9.179 Ratings
    Unattended device access00 Ratings00 Ratings8.775 Ratings
    Mobile device access00 Ratings00 Ratings8.069 Ratings
    Virtual device access00 Ratings00 Ratings8.665 Ratings
    Multiple-display support00 Ratings00 Ratings8.666 Ratings
    Multiple concurrent sessions00 Ratings00 Ratings8.468 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Lightning Tools Lightning ConductorMikogoTeamViewer
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
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    1.2
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    8.8
    (609 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
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    8.1
    (68 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    9.0
    (59 ratings)
    Availability
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    9.1
    (6 ratings)
    Performance
    -
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    9.1
    (6 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.2
    (51 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
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    -
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    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
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    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    8.7
    (165 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
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    8.4
    (5 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
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    -
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    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
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    9.1
    (6 ratings)
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    8.9
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    9.1
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    User Testimonials
    Lightning Tools Lightning ConductorMikogoTeamViewer
    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.
    Read full review
    BeamYourScreen
    Pros Mikogo is well-suited and cost-effective for the small business Simple & well-designed; easy to figure out. Works best for one-on-one client support. Cons No live customer support Free version has limited features (e.g. no invite meeting allowed) Trial version only 14 days
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    TeamViewer
    I would definitely recommend it, and that's why I've stuck with it so long: continuous improvement. Now AI has fully embraced it to help with faster monitoring and Troubleshooting, saving me a huge amount of time and effort. Affordable to use for both personal and Professional work to assist colleagues from different workstations.
    Read full review
    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
    Read full review
    BeamYourScreen
    • Inexpensive
    • Simple interface
    • Menus and prompts were clear
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    TeamViewer
    • It is secure and eliminates the need for VPN for remote users.
    • It offers a 2FA to insure that security is strong for our system.
    • Can save time with file transfer syncs for labels, batches and other files.
    • It supports multi device and cross platform usage within our warehouse.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Cons
    Lightning Tools
    • Mobile Friendly
    • Calendar/Gantt views
    • Complex/Custom Logic
    Read full review
    BeamYourScreen
    • I'd like to be able to record a session easier.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    TeamViewer
    • MFA could be a lot better when connecting to the remote device. If a phone is added to security for the remote worker, then the admin cannot use Easy Access to access the device without interaction with the remote worker. Admins should have access to remote devices via other MFA methods.
    • App updates sometimes cause unstable status and computer must be restarted.
    • OS updates often require additional user interaction before completing the sign-in process, leaving TeamViewer in an incomplete startup state and preventing the Remote Worker from accessing the device. An admin then has to remote into the device using another remote desktop access tool (Apple Remote Desktop, for instance) and bypass the user interaction screens, which allows the login process to complete and TeamViewer to start up fully. It would be best if the TeamViewer Host could connect even when the OS is prompting for user interaction (e.g., clicking OK on modal dialog boxes post-update).
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Likelihood to Renew
    Lightning Tools
    No answers on this topic
    BeamYourScreen
    No answers on this topic
    TeamViewer
    We need this tool in our day to day business. It is what we do all day remoting into clients devices. In this day and age we can access devices all over the world as long as we have secure internet connection. It certainly saves money in gas, and even if you are away you can help.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Usability
    Lightning Tools
    No answers on this topic
    BeamYourScreen
    No answers on this topic
    TeamViewer
    TeamViewer is a reliable and really strong tool for accessing remote IT platforms secure and fast. We don't know any product that provide us such strong functionality to make our life as a internationally recognized MES provider with DIAMES with an international clientele so easy. We look forward for any new TeamViewer functionality that supports us even more.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Lightning Tools
    No answers on this topic
    BeamYourScreen
    No answers on this topic
    TeamViewer
    TeamViewer has always been available when we needed to use it. We have not noticed any outages or periods where the software functions were unavailable.
    Incentivized
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    Performance
    Lightning Tools
    No answers on this topic
    BeamYourScreen
    No answers on this topic
    TeamViewer
    TeamViewer performance has always been very good. Pages load quickly and we can see what the remote engineers are doing on the computer in real time. This is very beneficial for our own technicians and engineers and helps their learning curve. Troubleshooting is much easier with TeamViewer. We have not noticed and lagging of our computers while using TeamViewer.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Lightning Tools
    The Lightning Tools support team responds quickly, and team members are very friendly and helpful.
    Read full review
    BeamYourScreen
    I do not have any experience with Mikogo's support as I have never experienced any problem with it.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    TeamViewer
    the few times i have had to contact teamviewer support, they were very responsive and give me quick answers and seemed to understand my problems quickly and easily. I did not have to sit on the phone for hours on hold or get passed around to multiple phone support techs before finding a solution to my issues, so i would rate their support very highly.
    Incentivized
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    In-Person Training
    Lightning Tools
    No answers on this topic
    BeamYourScreen
    No answers on this topic
    TeamViewer
    As expected without any problem! Alternate in-person training is another efficient way to learn how a product works. There are many third party supporters for TeamViewer courses available that can give additional ideas how to use TeamViewer for specific functions and features as we did require in respect of our usage.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Online Training
    Lightning Tools
    No answers on this topic
    BeamYourScreen
    No answers on this topic
    TeamViewer
    I have never used the online training either. I have watched a few informational videos that were helpful when learning how to do a specific procedure within TeamViewer and get the most out of the software by utilizing one of the many features that are available with the software. Again, 5 if for neutral.
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    Implementation Rating
    Lightning Tools
    No answers on this topic
    BeamYourScreen
    No answers on this topic
    TeamViewer
    TeamViewer installation and deployment to other devices is pretty straightforward and does not require much technical know-how. This makes ease of use attractive when supporting both new and existing clients with limited technical knowledge. I think ease of use is a huge factor in getting new clients. TeamViewer handles that extremely well.
    Incentivized
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    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.
    Read full review
    BeamYourScreen
    Mikogo has simple features and is easy to use. If you don't need lots of bells and whistles and just want to screen share or video conference on a small scale Mikogo works best. Join.me & TeamViewer are a bit confusing for the novice small business person. My experience with LogMeIn has been that it's sluggish. GoToMeeting works great but is pricey for the small firm that mainly does one-to-one support/training. I couldn't get Zoom to work right.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    TeamViewer
    TeamViewer's cost is much lower than that of other solutions, and its security is far superior to RemotePC's. TeamViewer is also a request-based remote session manager, unlike other software that allows indefinite connection time. TeamViewer's free version makes it even better for one end of the group to find support, while the other end has the paid version.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Lightning Tools
    No answers on this topic
    BeamYourScreen
    No answers on this topic
    TeamViewer
    Stay up working. Easy to connect and disconnect. easy way to transfer files to another desktop
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Lightning Tools
    • Policies easier to portray
    Read full review
    BeamYourScreen
    • Zero positive impact
    • Spend just a little more with products like AnyDesk and get some real ROI
    • Short term, the product can be used on a trial basis (or at least it was available as a trial)
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    TeamViewer
    It took about 3 months.
    • Customer Support of our business has become more interactive with customers, leading to faster resolution of their problems.
    • Remotely accessing devices in our office allows employees to stay productive while working from home.
    • TeamViewer helps us to collaborate with other firms for projects we're doing.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    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.

    Mikogo Screenshots

    Screenshot of Screen sharing between two windows desktop computersScreenshot of Phone conference and participant list options

    TeamViewer Screenshots

    Screenshot of how TeamViewer lets users connect to devices and provide remote support.Screenshot of AI, automation and remediation.Screenshot of the interface to monitor and manage devices proactively.Screenshot of some of TeamViewer's integrations.