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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

    Mitel MiCollab

    Score6.9 out of 10
    N/AMitel MiCollab is a collaboration and conferencing tool for enterprises, from Canadian company Mitel.N/A
    Pricing
    Lightning Tools Lightning ConductorMitel MiCollab
    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
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Lightning Tools Lightning ConductorMitel MiCollab
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level 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)—
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    Community Pulse
    Lightning Tools Lightning ConductorMitel MiCollab
    Considered Both Products
    Lightning Tools
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    Mitel Networks Corporation
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    55%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    73%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    Features
    Lightning Tools Lightning ConductorMitel MiCollab
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor and Mitel MiCollab
    Feature
    Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
    8.6
    2 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Mitel MiCollab
    5.5
    14 Ratings
    34% below category average
    Task Management8.82 Ratings6.28 Ratings
    Search8.42 Ratings3.910 Ratings
    Gantt Charts00 Ratings6.03 Ratings
    Scheduling00 Ratings6.09 Ratings
    Workflow Automation00 Ratings3.96 Ratings
    Mobile Access00 Ratings7.613 Ratings
    Visual planning tools00 Ratings5.06 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor and Mitel MiCollab
    Feature
    Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
    -
    Ratings
    Mitel MiCollab
    6.3
    15 Ratings
    24% below category average
    Chat00 Ratings6.114 Ratings
    Notifications00 Ratings7.014 Ratings
    Discussions00 Ratings6.08 Ratings
    Surveys00 Ratings4.03 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase00 Ratings3.48 Ratings
    Integrates with GoToMeeting00 Ratings7.84 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook00 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor and Mitel MiCollab
    Feature
    Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
    -
    Ratings
    Mitel MiCollab
    6.3
    11 Ratings
    24% below category average
    Versioning00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Video files00 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Audio files00 Ratings8.09 Ratings
    Document collaboration00 Ratings7.06 Ratings
    Access control00 Ratings3.310 Ratings
    Advanced security features00 Ratings4.29 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Device sync00 Ratings6.99 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Lightning Tools Lightning ConductorMitel MiCollab
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    4.6
    (15 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.6
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    6.4
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Lightning Tools Lightning ConductorMitel MiCollab
    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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    Mitel Networks Corporation
    If you're in an area that has highly trained technicians to support the Mitel MiCollab product - I think your experience will likely be much better than ours. In my opinion, Frontier (and Integra before them) were the worst, and we do not look back on that experience with much happiness.
    Incentivized
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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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    Mitel Networks Corporation
    • Easy to use interface for non technical users.
    • Lots of options to setup for end users.
    • Headsets are comfortable and better than old handsets with desk phones. MiCollab allows users more comfortable phone calls.
    • Call quality is great.
    • Chat feature is great.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Lightning Tools
    • Mobile Friendly
    • Calendar/Gantt views
    • Complex/Custom Logic
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    Mitel Networks Corporation
    • The setup for the twinning feature was a bit confusing and took me a while to successfully complete the task.
    • The UX, particularly on an older iPhone could be improved.
    • Overall, the product is rather sound, and I am pleased with my experience using it.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Lightning Tools
    No answers on this topic
    Mitel Networks Corporation
    It is easy to you for existig Mitel UC users, who are familiar with the Mitel way of things, but for green field enterprises, might be a ramp up period which in most cases would not be worth it as its competitor TEAMS is much easier and intuity to use.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Lightning Tools
    The Lightning Tools support team responds quickly, and team members are very friendly and helpful.
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    Mitel Networks Corporation
    Initially, support from Mitel was fantastic, but recently it has started to lag significantly. Response takes 8 hours, at a minimum, usually requiring a second call to spur a response. Email support is even worse (email in a ticket) - I have had to call in to get things running the 3 times I've tried to email support.
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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.
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    Mitel Networks Corporation
    MiCollab was great as a VOIP solution and general team collaboration solution, but it lacked in some areas, such as the mobile app, complex configuration and set up as well as the lack of user customization. Overall, the system is serviceable, but seemed rather vanilla compared to its competitors
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    Return on Investment
    Lightning Tools
    • Policies easier to portray
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    Mitel Networks Corporation
    • This product was competitively priced when originally purchased. We will need to evaluate whether to replace it when it approaches the end of life or simply upgrade it.
    • Users typically only use the phone system because the collaboration tools have been superseded in functionality by other tools.
    Incentivized
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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.