Live Center - Live Reporting vs. Tumblr

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Live Center - Live Reporting
Score 7.5 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Live Center is a customizable live-blogging solution that enables journalists to deliver up-to-the second live news coverage, such as sports events, elections, breaking news, weather and other streaming or time-critical news. The solution offers a mobile-friendly editor, allowing reporters to work from their desk or right from the heart of the action. With Live Center, journalists are able to create content and pull in social media posts, capture videos and upload them directly to…
$99
per month
Tumblr
Score 9.3 out of 10
N/A
Tumblr is a very easy to use microblogging platform and social networking website, owned and operated by Tumblr, Inc. The service allows users to post multimedia and other content to a short-form blog. Users can follow other users' blogs, as well as make their blogs private.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
Basic
$99
per month
Premium
$559
per month
Enterprise
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Unlimited live blogs /month
Parachute
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsNo set-up fee, no costs per user. Change plan any time.
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Community Pulse
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Small Businesses
Medium
Medium
Score 9.5 out of 10
Medium
Medium
Score 9.5 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Medium
Medium
Score 9.5 out of 10
Medium
Medium
Score 9.5 out of 10
Enterprises
Quora Blogs
Quora Blogs
Score 8.3 out of 10
Quora Blogs
Quora Blogs
Score 8.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
7.5
(2 ratings)
8.4
(14 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(4 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
Norkon
As we have to show the highlights of our blogs in the main page of our website. We choose Live Center as here it is very easy to embed those blogs in the home page. Also, this embeding thing was done by content creator so we don't have to reach to developer always.
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Tumblr
Tumblr can be complicated when it comes to using it in a work setting. With the privacy options being somewhat limited, you will want to make sure that your staff are only sharing information that they are comfortable with in the public realm. You'll need to put some effort into designing an appropriate policy that covers the use of Tumblr and what content can be shared. If you're simply finding a way to engage staff and perhaps show outsiders what it is like to work at your organization, it can be used quite effectively, but you have to be mindful of how involved it gets.
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Pros
Norkon
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Tumblr
  • Intuitive ease of use. It was easy to set up and get the account running immediately.
  • Simplicity. Adding text, pictures and video was easy.
  • Look & Feel. For the low maintenance approach we were aiming for, we were surprised that the site actually looked pretty slick.
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Cons
Norkon
  • The flow of comments could be improved.
  • The ability to turn off auto updates on a live blog doesn't exist.
  • Could add more reporting functionality.
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Tumblr
  • It can be hard to get followers, similar to Twitter.
  • Also similar to Twitter, its possible to get followers that are in no way interested in your business and seeking to promote themselves.
  • If you want to use Tumblr to promote your products online, it can be a trial and error process that can be frustrating for businesses that have little experience with photography.
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Likelihood to Renew
Norkon
No answers on this topic
Tumblr
Because of its ease of use - both on desktop and mobile - and the perks of being able to schedule a post for future release, Tumblr is a tool that we plan to continue using in the long term. Despite feeling like a primairly one-sided tool, it can also start conversations online, which is something for which we are always striving.
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Usability
Norkon
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Tumblr
Tumblr is an easy to use tool. If you're looking for a simple platform that isn't complicated Tumblr works well. There are even ways to embed it to a company website.
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Alternatives Considered
Norkon
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Tumblr
Tumblr turns out to be better than Facebook Pages as it allows the pages to be in the form of customizable templates. It doesn't conform to specific rules for publications beyond the provided templates. Compared to WordPress, Tumblr is much simpler to use. It doesn't require any page management skills.
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Return on Investment
Norkon
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Tumblr
  • Tumblr has helped me meet new people with similar interests.
  • I used it for development blog postings for a game we worked on in college.
  • N/A- Not really business oriented beyond linking to pages, but I don't have one of those businesses. I've just seen people use it for that.
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ScreenShots

Live Center - Live Reporting Screenshots

Screenshot of Mobile-friendly editor which dynamically renders to different screen sizes.Screenshot of Interface with real-time preview of posts.Screenshot of Customizable design allowing for a blended live blog design with the rest of a site.Screenshot of Ability for users to create custom post types and post elements to enhance their live coverageScreenshot of Flexible integration avaialble - choose between Iframe, JS, API, or AMP enables emnbedsScreenshot of Sport scoreboards with user-expandable elements available for sports live blogging