Lumen Unified Communications & Collaboration vs. Wrike

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Lumen Unified Communications & Collaboration
Score 7.0 out of 10
N/A
Lumen Unified Communications and Collaboration (UC&C) (formerly CenturyLink) combine adaptive networking with a portfolio of technologies on a secure global network with end-to-end support. The UC&C portfolio includes cloud, hosted, and fully managed services built on best-in-class applications that can be sold, provisioned, and managed as a solution, wrapped with a customer success practice. Lumen UC&C Solutions: • Cisco WebEx delivered by Lumen - online meetings with integrated…N/A
Wrike
Score 8.3 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
Lumen Unified Communications & CollaborationWrike
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
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)
Wrike Enterprise
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per month per user
Pinnacle
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per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Lumen Unified Communications & CollaborationWrike
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsEvery premium plan begins with a 14-day trial period.
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Features
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Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Lumen Unified Communications & Collaboration
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Ratings
Wrike
7.8
815 Ratings
2% above category average
Task Management00 Ratings8.8808 Ratings
Resource Management00 Ratings7.9688 Ratings
Gantt Charts00 Ratings8.1571 Ratings
Scheduling00 Ratings7.9706 Ratings
Workflow Automation00 Ratings7.5695 Ratings
Team Collaboration00 Ratings8.6807 Ratings
Support for Agile Methodology00 Ratings7.5432 Ratings
Support for Waterfall Methodology00 Ratings8.2384 Ratings
Document Management00 Ratings7.4675 Ratings
Email integration00 Ratings7.0612 Ratings
Mobile Access00 Ratings7.5587 Ratings
Timesheet Tracking00 Ratings7.8372 Ratings
Change request and Case Management00 Ratings7.723 Ratings
Budget and Expense Management00 Ratings7.9285 Ratings
Professional Services Automation
Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Product A and Product B
Lumen Unified Communications & Collaboration
-
Ratings
Wrike
7.7
288 Ratings
2% above category average
Quotes/estimates00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Invoicing00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
Project & financial reporting00 Ratings7.5284 Ratings
Integration with accounting software00 Ratings7.7168 Ratings
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User Ratings
Lumen Unified Communications & CollaborationWrike
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
(1 ratings)
8.4
(840 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(103 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.3
(176 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(24 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
6.9
(21 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(90 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.1
(5 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.1
(13 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.8
(31 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
7.7
(12 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
7.1
(4 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
6.8
(7 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
7.9
(15 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
6.8
(3 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.3
(7 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
6.6
(8 ratings)
User Testimonials
Lumen Unified Communications & CollaborationWrike
Likelihood to Recommend
Lumen Technologies (formerly CenturyLink)
While I am happy with the service, it does leave something to be desired. The MPLS circuit connection has been very stable and I am very happy with its uptime. I am also quite happy with the calling plans. I have been able to cut back on costs with the design they have. Support is the reason for the lower score.
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Wrike
Wrike is very well suited for such business cases where it requires project management, task management, team collaboration, time tracking, customisation in the views but when it comes to extensive workflow automation along with its interaction to other tools then it lacks behind sometimes as all the features are not possible internally through automation and we require additional tools like workato to connect wrike with other tools.
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Pros
Lumen Technologies (formerly CenturyLink)
  • MPLS circuits
  • Domestic calling plans
  • International calling plans
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Wrike
  • Clean interface and intuitive use.
  • Overall Wrike's interface is very friendly. I will log into Wrike and not be overwhelmed by the tasks that lie ahead. I know where to go to find the tasks that are assigned to me and Wrike's workspace and folder structure allow me to help keep tasks organized.
  • Wrike is intuitive. When creating a task, populating a name, assignee, start and end dates, and a description just makes sense. Compared to other tools, Wrike is very easy to use.
  • Dashboard functionality - the ability to create custom dashboards to see what tasks are assigned to certain users.
  • I think it is easy for tasks to fall through the cracks. With custom dashboards, we are able to avoid this issue
  • Multiple instances.
  • We have many clients and being able to switch between instances by the click of a button makes it really easy. In the past, we were using a different project management tool than our clients and we were needing to transfer information from one place to another. This created inefficiencies.
  • Customization.
  • Within each project, you can create different views of the task. This allows us to really only display what is really needed to be seen by the team.
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Cons
Lumen Technologies (formerly CenturyLink)
  • Cleaner invoices
  • Easier access to support
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Wrike
  • Non-technical users may require more governance, as they primarily need to focus on their tasks and collaborate effectively. Their Wrike landing page should be simplified.
  • The extensive flexibility and information can overwhelm new users, leading to potential issues with task and date modifications.
  • Learning the tools often involves creating unnecessary projects and tasks.
  • A staging environment alongside the production environment would be beneficial for learning and experimenting before going live.
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Likelihood to Renew
Lumen Technologies (formerly CenturyLink)
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.
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Usability
Lumen Technologies (formerly CenturyLink)
No answers on this topic
Wrike
As mentioned earlier, I have used other platforms like Workfront, Jira, and Slack for project and task management. However, I would definitely go for Wrike because it makes things easier for marketers, stakeholders, and users. I love it. You are doing amazing work. Continue building on that, and I am sure you will be one of the best project management tools on the market.
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Reliability and Availability
Lumen Technologies (formerly CenturyLink)
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
Lumen Technologies (formerly CenturyLink)
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
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Support Rating
Lumen Technologies (formerly CenturyLink)
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.
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In-Person Training
Lumen Technologies (formerly CenturyLink)
No answers on this topic
Wrike
We had staff in person provide some training
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Online Training
Lumen Technologies (formerly CenturyLink)
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.
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Implementation Rating
Lumen Technologies (formerly CenturyLink)
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
Lumen Technologies (formerly CenturyLink)
We do not use any other products.
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Wrike
Neither Jira nor Asana are user-friendly. There are too many layers without visualizing the broader relationship among tasks. I did not actively want to engage with either of these tools. However, I don't view project management as a burden with Wrike. It makes my job more manageable instead of further complicating it.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Lumen Technologies (formerly CenturyLink)
No answers on this topic
Wrike
company purchase
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Scalability
Lumen Technologies (formerly CenturyLink)
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
Lumen Technologies (formerly CenturyLink)
No answers on this topic
Wrike
I do not use professional services.
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Return on Investment
Lumen Technologies (formerly CenturyLink)
  • Outstanding uptime
  • Good value
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Wrike
  • We have been able to use Wrike to prioritize tasks for departments. Some departments are overwhelmed with other tasks and being able to save the staff some time by prioritizing their tasks has been helpful.
  • Collaboration and communication have improved between the project teams.
  • Wrike made it easier to access past information to reference for future preparation or to help clarify.
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