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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    LumApps

    Score8.2 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    LumApps is an Employee Experience Platform that engages every employee with personalized communications, regardless of location, and empowers them to do their best work by connecting them with the tools, people, and information they need to get the job done. Integrations with both Microsoft and Google enables employees to share knowledge, resources, and connect with each other. The employee experience platform aligns and engages digital workplaces, and enables…N/A

    SharePoint

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft's SharePoint is an Intranet solution that enables users to share and manage content, knowledge, and applications to empower teamwork, quickly find information, and collaborate across the organization.

    $5

    Per User Per Month

    Microsoft Viva Goals (discontinued)

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Viva Goals (formerly Ally, or Ally.io) was a Strategic Goal-Planning & Execution Management software. Ally.io became a Microsoft brand after the October 2021 acquisition, and is slated for retirement December 2025.

    $108

    per year per user

    Pricing
    LumAppsSharePointMicrosoft Viva Goals (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Plan 1
    $5.00
    Per User Per Month
    Plan 2
    $10.00
    Per User Per Month
    Office 365 E3
    $20.00
    Per User Per Month
    Microsoft Viva - Learn Module
    $48
    per year per user
    Microsoft Viva - Insights Module
    $48
    per year per user
    Microsoft Viva - Topics Module
    $48
    per year per user
    Microsoft Viva Suite
    $108
    per year per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    LumAppsSharePointMicrosoft Viva Goals (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    NoYesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPricing is upon request.
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    LumAppsSharePointMicrosoft Viva Goals (discontinued)
    Considered Multiple Products
    LumApps
    Chose LumApps
    I was not part of the selection process. We do have teams that are using SharePoint due to the fact that their teams use MS Teams heavily to share and collaborate. Some teams find it easier to simply build out SharePoint pages because their Teams content already lives on SharePo…
    Incentivized
    Chose LumApps
    SharePoint is also fairly easy to use for content creators. SharePoint has been around for a very long time and is a powerful enterprise tool when it is well implemented, but implementation is critical to ensure that both the brand experience and usability for content owners …
    Incentivized
    Chose LumApps
    LumApps is so much easier to use. With SharePoint, you probably need a developer due to its complexity. You don't need that at all with LumApps. Marketing and HR professionals can easily learn it. It is best to lean on LumApps or a partner to build out a few templates to get …
    Incentivized
    Chose LumApps
    LumApps works with SharePoint and provides a much easier and more intuitive user interface. It is fairly simple to learn the basics, although plan to spend more time to really dive into all that it can offer and become an expert in the product. They seem very entuned to the …
    Incentivized
    Chose LumApps
    Our organization selected LumApps for its customizability, integrations with the Google suite, Slack, etc., in addition to the customizable meta-data that would allow for a unique user experience for our global teams so that users in the Latin American region, for example, …
    Incentivized
    Chose LumApps
    Because we're on Google Workspace, it just made sense to use LumApps. We also use AODocs, and they all work together very well.
    Incentivized
    Chose LumApps
    Google based platform was more suited for our organization since we are on a G-suite
    Incentivized
    Chose LumApps
    Simpplr was the closest but we didn't think they could scale.
    Incentivized
    Microsoft
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    Discontinued Products
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    87%
    Would buy again
    26 Answers
    89%
    Would buy again
    51 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    22 Answers
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    45 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    83%
    Happy with the feature set
    25 Answers
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    54 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    84%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    16 Answers
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    27 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    20 Answers
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    37 Answers
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    Enterprises
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    User Ratings
    LumAppsSharePointMicrosoft Viva Goals (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (30 ratings)
    8.1
    (271 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.8
    (2 ratings)
    9.8
    (26 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    6.4
    (26 ratings)
    8.2
    (31 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.8
    (13 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.2
    (51 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.6
    (50 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.4
    (25 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    LumAppsSharePointMicrosoft Viva Goals (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    LumApps
    Suited for- It's a great one start shop for information. If you want your data all in one place and easy to access, you cannot beat LumApps for this. It's ease of placing pages across multiple sectors, menu navigation, and org chart integration are lovely. It showcases information and files very well with easy web page design that brings it all together. With only a little bit of training many people can use the product and create content. Less Appropriate- While great at what it does it is still a place to showcase information, not house it. It's not a replacement for Microsoft or Google regarding online file storage. It does not do the storage. It just makes files easy to access if your company houses them already. This same idea applies to Active Directory, it can do a lot of great customization of roles and allow/highlight information for people if they already have great data about people. It is a challenge if the backend data profiles of a person are not already syncing from other systems.
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    Microsoft
    It's Microsoft, so it rarely goes down or unnecessarily limits access. It works, though page load times can be long if you have lots of data. I feel like the Mac vs. PC divide has started to show up for MS products, but SharePoint works well with both.
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    Discontinued Products
    Well suited for
    • Companies that have experience of using the OKR methodology and have a clear understanding of what it is
    • Companies that are planning to expand/scale the OKR program
    • Companies that are looking to reduce the effort involved in running the OKR program
    Ill-suited for:
    • Companies that are using OKRs for the first time and do not have a clear understanding of the methodology
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    Pros
    LumApps
    • Offers simple addition of custom content types that give the ability to apply different access and distribution levels.
    • The HTML widget allows for the simple removal of WYSIWG tools to simplify the view for content contributors.
    • The ability to rearrange layouts is very simple.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    • We track employees' performance sheets, which are accessible to the employee, his manager, and HR, and this helps with transparency.
    • We maintain technical process documents and SOPs, which help us quickly provide relevant documents during audits.
    • We maintain incident documents change request forms in SharePoint, which helps us in tracking the changes.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Visualizing the hierarchy and relationship between objectives and key results. The nesting and double alignment functionality are especially helpful, as they can't easily be expressed on, say, a simple worksheet or Confluence page.
    • Reminding the team to make regular check-ins. What gets measured gets done. This prevents the common pitfall of setting goals and not revisiting them until the end of a project (when it is too late).
    • Integration with external sources for automated check-ins. Why do this manually when it can happen behind the scenes?
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    LumApps
    • The editing user interface is a bit wonky and occasionally glitchy.
    • The back-end options are not organized super well, which can make it confusing to find the right settings.
    • The customization options are somewhat limited without advanced CSS/dev skills, and the basic functions can be a bit challenging for some non-technical users.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    • Windows Explorer users have some difficulty having to constantly UPLOAD / DOWNLOAD files. Specifically on the DOWNLOAD when they are used to Drag & Drop in & out of LOCAL folders via Window's explorer.
    • Microsoft SharePoint supports multiple "library" types. When implementing our "image" library the search function is done via "tags" and boolean logic. This is challenging to most end users. I'd like our users to be able to search our Microsoft SharePoint image library without having to enter KEYWORD or other BOOLEAN logic.
    • Microsoft SharePoint can also be an internal website for each department or company wide communication tool but I believe these features are geared for much larger organizations. Since we are a SMB we really aren't using these features. So maybe something more useful to SMBs would be nice.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Accelerate integrations and add more integrations.
    • Ally.io has room for improvement in providing benchmark in-depth analysis across industries, same-size companies, etc.
    • Ally.io can still improve upon some of its product features and communicating the releases. Videos have been extremely helpful.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    LumApps
    The tool is easy to use. Even without a dedicated product owner we feel confident using the system for our needs.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    It's integral to our business. It's already included with most of the Office 365 licensing we buy, so the cost is effectively zero. It stores our files, it is the foundation for custom applications, and Microsoft only continues to enhance its functionality and its connections to other Microsoft tools. SharePoint just keeps getting better and better.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    LumApps
    If you are a content owner, you need to learn how to use the tools and this can be time-consuming and not simple. We rely on the support of our internal LumApps team to provide support and train us on the tools. But it is fairly convenient once you know how to use it correctly.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    No usability issues reported. Individual teams also have allocated areas which replace legacy shared drives on local LANs. Access to Sharepoint resources is fully integrated with corporate Active Directory with additional two-factor authentication required for administrative users. Users have access to Microsoft Services Hub which allows you to create, manage, and track support requests while staying current on Microsoft technologies with access to select self-paced learning paths
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
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    Support Rating
    LumApps
    Question and bug support are very helpful and quick. About the feature requests, we don’t have much visibility of the features that we suggested, or If they are going to implement some solutions or not.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    Support for SharePoint is quite good. Microsoft provides good support. Microsoft offers
    • Quick turnaround time for issues
    • A range of support services
    • Access to a network of resources
    • Escalation of issues
    • Ongoing development and commitment to produce enhancement
    The majority of support is required for initial installation. Once complete and the system is operating we have had very few support issues.
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    In-Person Training
    LumApps
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    The face to face training I received was on SharePoint Administration. It was rushed as there was a lot of information to cover and the application of the labs weren't that great either. I like to be able to relate what I am learning to what I am currently doing.
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    Online Training
    LumApps
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    I like to learn at my own pace and online training allows for that. Additionally, you can skip through pieces of content that you already know or are already comfortable with. Microsoft actually offers great videos on their website for basic fundamental SharePoint Training. I have used these training videos in some of my own training sessions with end users.
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    Implementation Rating
    LumApps
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Planning to the last detail would be advised. SharePoint is a very large application that takes a lot of finesse to get operational
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    Alternatives Considered
    LumApps
    Our organization selected LumApps for its customizability, integrations with the Google suite, Slack, etc., in addition to the customizable meta-data that would allow for a unique user experience for our global teams so that users in the Latin American region, for example, would no longer be inundated with content that did not apply to their region or market.
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    Microsoft
    The reasons for selecting MS SharePoint are: SharePoint provides ease of use and web design assistance and support SharePoint helps you schedule your content for publishing. enables users to share documents with external parties and offers a better internal structure of the content and better indexing and searching capabilities.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    Microsoft Viva comes with Teams. The Monday board is helpful too, but I just like Microsoft Viva better
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    LumApps
    • after migration, it has reduced time for Internal Comms to create and publish content (for some content that we can import as a chart, like anniversary celebrations, we've been able to reduce the time from 4-6 hours down to about 15 minutes)
    • we haven't used long it enough to see ROI on other facets, but not having divisions create their own websites unbeknownst to anyone else is invaluable
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    • It comes with Office 365. It won't cost you any additional charges.
    • It will help you to streamline your communication and work as a central hub for all tasks, files[,] and events[.]
    • Setting it up will need a bit [of] planning. If you jump blindly it will become a confusing place for your team members and make them frustrated[.]
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Ally.io has had a positive impact so far in reducing the effort involved in managing the entire OKR program.
    • It also has brought with itself the opportunities to avail training and Q&A sessions with experts
    • Increased the overall engagement of the company with its objectives
    Incentivized
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