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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Lightning Tools Social Squared Discussion Board

    Score9.1 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Social Squared is a SharePoint Discussion Board App that can be deployed across SharePoint Online and Microsoft Teams. Social Squared improves productivity and efficiency by providing structured discussion forums for employee and student discussions. For Microsoft SharePoint Social Squared is a SharePoint discussion board application where users can post questions within relevant forums and receive answers to their questions from subject matter experts. The…

    $2,200

    per year per installation

    Wrike

    Score8.5 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Wrike is a project management and collaboration software. This solution connects tasks, discussions, and emails to the user’s project plan. Wrike is optimized for agile workflows and aims to help resolve data silos, poor visibility into work status, and missed deadlines and project failures.

    $240

    per year 2 users (minimum)

    Pricing
    Lightning Tools Social Squared Discussion BoardWrike
    Editions & Modules
    Social Squared Discussion Board
    From $2200
    per year per installation
    Social Squared Discussion Board Enterprise Edition
    POA
    per year per installation
    Wrike Free
    $0
    per month per user
    Wrike Team
    $10
    per month (billed annually) per user (2-15 users)
    Wrike Business
    $25
    per month (billed annually) per user (5-200 users)
    Apex
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    per month per user
    Pinnacle
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    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Lightning Tools Social Squared Discussion BoardWrike
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    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.Every premium plan begins with a 14-day trial period.
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    Community Pulse
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    Lightning Tools
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    92%
    Would buy again
    823 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    569 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    841 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    392 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    452 Answers
    Features
    Lightning Tools Social Squared Discussion BoardWrike
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Lightning Tools Social Squared Discussion Board and Wrike
    Feature
    Lightning Tools Social Squared Discussion Board
    9.1
    1 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Wrike
    7.8
    974 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Mobile Access9.11 Ratings7.4710 Ratings
    Search9.11 Ratings00 Ratings
    Task Management00 Ratings9.1968 Ratings
    Resource Management00 Ratings7.6837 Ratings
    Gantt Charts00 Ratings7.3686 Ratings
    Scheduling00 Ratings8.3849 Ratings
    Workflow Automation00 Ratings8.0841 Ratings
    Team Collaboration00 Ratings8.8967 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology00 Ratings7.9548 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology00 Ratings8.0496 Ratings
    Document Management00 Ratings7.5819 Ratings
    Email integration00 Ratings7.8733 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking00 Ratings7.5460 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management00 Ratings7.723 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management00 Ratings6.7355 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Lightning Tools Social Squared Discussion Board and Wrike
    Feature
    Lightning Tools Social Squared Discussion Board
    9.1
    1 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Wrike
    -
    Ratings
    Chat9.11 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications9.11 Ratings00 Ratings
    Discussions9.11 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase9.11 Ratings00 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Lightning Tools Social Squared Discussion Board and Wrike
    Feature
    Lightning Tools Social Squared Discussion Board
    9.1
    1 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Wrike
    -
    Ratings
    Versioning9.11 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video files9.11 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audio files9.11 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document collaboration9.11 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access control9.11 Ratings00 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Lightning Tools Social Squared Discussion Board and Wrike
    Feature
    Lightning Tools Social Squared Discussion Board
    -
    Ratings
    Wrike
    7.3
    364 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Quotes/estimates00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Invoicing00 Ratings6.629 Ratings
    Project & financial reporting00 Ratings7.5359 Ratings
    Integration with accounting software00 Ratings6.9221 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Lightning Tools Social Squared Discussion BoardWrike
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    8.4
    (1009 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (109 ratings)
    Usability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    8.4
    (345 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (24 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.6
    (21 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.5
    (93 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (13 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.9
    (37 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (16 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (5 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (7 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (15 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (8 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.7
    (9 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Lightning Tools Social Squared Discussion BoardWrike
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Lightning Tools
    Their customer service it top notch and always responsive. I struggled in the beginning a little bit because I'm not tech savvy and we had to add it to our SharePoint site but they helped me along the way and even had share screen meetings with me to assist!!
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    Wrike
    Wrike helped us stitch PMO-related activities under one umbrella. The easy collaboration with multiple access types, combined with security access definitions, helped users across the organization contribute according to their roles. This helped provide the organization with multiple items to be reviewed in a single tool. This saved time in weekly review meetings by avoiding switching between multiple tools & files.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Lightning Tools
    • Organizing Data
    • Opens up discussion, whether publicly or anonymously
    • Easy to setup
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    Wrike
    • Excellent dashboards that are easy to use and give amazing insights.
    • User friendly interface that is also easy to interact with.
    • Lot of integrations.
    • Robust project and task management features.
    • Facilitate seamless team collaboration and communication.
    • Highly customizable and multiple project views.
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    Cons
    Lightning Tools
    • I would love to be able to assign various people as administrators of different topics (this may be an option now but a couple years ago it wasn't)
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    Wrike
    • Email alerts sometimes send too slowly.
    • If you put a project on hold, it can be hard to find it once you are ready to return to it.
    • Sometimes there are too many steps/tasks and the main page can get cluttered.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Lightning Tools
    No answers on this topic
    Wrike
    I wish that Wrike had more drag and drop functionality that would be connected to assignee and also I wish that the finish date of a task would update to the date where you checked completed. It does not do that. Also finishing a task doesn't move the start date of the next task it "protects your time in that way", but our management team wants us to quickly see what we have down the pipeline rather than having to scroll down the list of upcoming tasks.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Lightning Tools
    Our employees really like the fact that they can find things easily with the search feature and add questions and comments as they see fit.
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    Wrike
    We have project templates set up based on what job type is selected in our work request form. This helps save time by having specific tasks already on each job as it is opened. Then it's just a matter of scheduling the tasks based on the job request and current workload. As long as a due date is flexible, it's easy to shift specific due dates as needed.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Lightning Tools
    No answers on this topic
    Wrike
    Over two years of (almost) daily usage without outages. Don't remember any errors. I give it 9 only because some Wrike plugins (for online document edit) are based on NPAPI architecture. These types of plugins are being phased out in new browsers, and NPAPI plugins are disabled by default in recent versions of Chrome so you have to do some browser adjustments when you switch browsers or move to another computer.
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    Performance
    Lightning Tools
    No answers on this topic
    Wrike
    Wrike tasks loads fine, but I hate clicking files and wait for a bit of time since it is powerpoint or word, Wrike assumes I want to open those on Wrike. My suggestion is to link it to office 365 so we do not need Wrike based decoder for PPTX and DOCX
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Lightning Tools
    No answers on this topic
    Wrike
    During my learning phase with Wrike, I initially struggled with setting up automation rules and request forms. However, Wrike support was always my go-to, resolving issues within seconds or minutes. Their assistance made the learning process much easier. My best experience was receiving step-by-step screenshots to follow, with the support team on standby until I was completely satisfied.
    Incentivized
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    In-Person Training
    Lightning Tools
    No answers on this topic
    Wrike
    We had staff in person provide some training
    Incentivized
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    Online Training
    Lightning Tools
    No answers on this topic
    Wrike
    I love the Wrike training options. Wrike Discover has tons of courses, learning plans, certifications, etc. This is an area where Wrike definitely shines! I wish these resources were more in your face for new people, because it seems like a lot of coworkers didn't know all of this training was available to them.
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    Lightning Tools
    No answers on this topic
    Wrike
    There are a lot of bells and whistles in Wrike, and not all of it is easy or intuitive to understand once it's plopped in your lap. It's easier when there are a few choice people who understand Wrike as a platform and articulate it in such a way where it makes it easy to pass it along to others in the group
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    Alternatives Considered
    Lightning Tools
    No answers on this topic
    Wrike
    Jira did not at all help us get our work done as content creators. I think that was because Jira wasn't quite right for our uses. Wrike fits our needs so much better. I can't tell you enough the relief I felt when we adopted Wrike and I never had to use Jira again.
    Incentivized
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Lightning Tools
    No answers on this topic
    Wrike
    company purchase
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Lightning Tools
    No answers on this topic
    Wrike
    The sky is the limit for what can be done in Wrike. We started with 1 use case and within 5 months we migrated several key business practices over to Wrike because they were easier to manage. Use cases so far: process improvement, management review, corrective actions, maintenance requests, month-end financial closing, and document management. As we grow, it's easy to imagine putting even more into Wrike where it becomes a cornerstone for how we do business
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    Professional Services
    Lightning Tools
    No answers on this topic
    Wrike
    I do not use professional services.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Lightning Tools
    • We signed up for a 3 year contract and hope to do another 3yr contract when this one is up. :)
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    Wrike
    • Different teams (e.g., contracting, compliance, provider relations) can view updates in real time, comment directly on tasks, and escalate items when needed.
    • Wrike allows us to template the contracting process (from intake to signature) to ensure consistency across payers and reduce administrative overhead.
    • Leadership can see the status of negotiations at a glance, identify bottlenecks, and prioritize resources accordingly.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Lightning Tools Social Squared Discussion Board Screenshots

    Screenshot of MODERN, RESPONSIVE SHAREPOINT DISCUSSION BOARD
Discussion Forums can be created for a variety of different reasons. This example is a Forum Group for the Microsoft 365 technologies such as Teams, Planner, and SharePoint. Forums are then created within the Forum Groups for more specific discussions. Under the SharePoint Forum Group, there is a Forum for SharePoint On-Premises and SharePoint Online. Anyone looking to ask a question regarding SharePoint 2019 for example would be able to post their question under SharePoint On-Premises rather than SharePoint Online. This also allows subject matter experts to focus more on the questions that they can respond to and provide value.Screenshot of SHAREPOINT DISCUSS BOARD – TOPICS VIEW
When navigating into a forum, the topics and discussions that are taking place are shown. Any new topics that not yet read will be highlighted. It also displays whether topics have been answered, their average ratings, how many views and posts are within the topic, and also provides the ability to subscribe to the forum to be notified of new posts within it.Screenshot of READING DISCUSSIONS AND PROVIDING FEEDBACK
Social Squared offers a threaded discussion view with the ability to provide feedback to other users.

Posts can be rated, voted upon, or liked by users in order to give feedback to the user creating or responding to a post. Additionally, replies can be marked as answered or marked as featured, which gives readers of forums assurance that the response they are reading is validated to be the correct answer.

Users also receive feedback through the earning of badges. The more users post or mark posts as answered, the more points are rewarded. This makes it easy to spot subject matter experts.Screenshot of SUGGESTED TAGS
Social Squared provides a rich text editor for creating and replying to topics. The Rich Text toolbar provides functionality such as inserting images, YouTube videos, Stream Videos, Formatted Code Inserts, as well as font formatting.

While typing, suggestions on how to tag a post appear. Selecting an existing tag will provide consistency in the tags used making it easier for other users to discover the post.Screenshot of SOCIAL SQUARED TAG CLOUD VIEW
The Social Squared Tag Cloud view makes it easy to navigate to posts within a specific category even if they span multiple forums. The more a tag appears in different posts, the more prominent it will be in the tag cloud. Users can navigate to posts with the tag in one click.Screenshot of DISCUSSION BOARD WITHIN MICROSOFT TEAMS TAB
Social Squared is a Discussion Board App for Microsoft Teams Tab’s and Microsoft Teams Personal Apps. Social Squared provides information workers the ability to post questions within relevant forums, and receive answers from their team. The Discussion Board layout for posts makes it easier to find answers to questions that may have already been asked before. Through features such as “Mark as Answered”, “Forum Moderation”, “Post Rating”, “Post Likes”, “Post Voting”, users will be assured that the answers they are reading are validated.

    Wrike Screenshots

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