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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cortana (discontinued)

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft's Cortana was a general purpose productivity assistant, that has been deprecated as a standalone product.N/A

    Sembly.AI

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ASembly (formerly Powow) is a SaaS platform from the company of the same name in New York City, that helps to make meetings more effective by using proprietary AI algorithms to transcribe and analyze meetings, transforming them into actionable insights.

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    Cortana (discontinued)Sembly.AI
    Editions & Modules
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    Sembly Personal
    $0
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    Sembly Professional
    $10
    per month per user
    Sembly Team
    $20
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    Offerings
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    Cortana (discontinued)Sembly.AI
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—Additional per meeting hour costs.
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    User Ratings
    Cortana (discontinued)Sembly.AI
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.1
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    9.0
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    User Testimonials
    Cortana (discontinued)Sembly.AI
    Likelihood to Recommend
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    It's easy for anyone who is expecting some simple AI problems like fetching the keywords, understanding the intent, language translation, etc. to be solved from an existing database and all they need is to connect to their APIs via a subscription model. But for complex use cases, there is still room for improvement like customization of underlying AI models for a specific use case like identifying some unique identifiers with respect to industry.
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    Powow AI
    Powow is well suited for meetings, multi-meetings, and having everyone in the team involved. It simplifies the process of decision-making and any process within our business that needs multiple people working at the same time. It allows people to focus on the meeting instead of taking notes as Powow uses audio transcription to create summaries about everything said. It also allows getting relevant insights and analytics that are really helpful for the business. In my own case, being a fashion and design store requires hand on meetings and work that can't be done thru the internet. Also, for very important meetings or information, you can't really rely on the transcripts as they are not perfect. Even though Powow is relatively new, it has mainly positive aspects.
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    Pros
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    • Being hosted in Azure solves a massive hosting problem
    • The language understanding system has the ability to revolutionize many vertical markets
    • Integrating with Cortana Analytics was really simple due to easy to understand documentation
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    Powow AI
    • It facilitates the communication among people within our business.
    • Includes the option to have multi-meetings.
    • Provides a transcript of everything said during the meeting.
    • Provides summaries for easy recap and follow up.
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    Cons
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    • More partnerships with colleges and schools to increase the workforce with technical knowledge (increase local workforce)
    • Have more online training and documentation in other languages
    • Have affordable prices for students
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    Powow AI
    • As it is a new platform, some functions can be pretty basic.
    • The summarizing notes are not always perfect, this could be improved.
    • Navigation around the platform is not as intuitive as it could be for new users.
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    Alternatives Considered
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    IBM Watson Assistant has been early into this market and has improved a lot over time compared to Azure AI Cortana. More documentation related to the services. But Ease of integration Azure AI ranks over IBM Watson Assistant. And again in terms of services offered under the ecosystem, Azure AI precedes IBM Watson Assitant.
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    Powow AI
    Even though all of the mentioned platforms are helpful for meetings and teamwork, Powow is so much better. First, it allows multi-meetings, facilitating the job of the managers and heads of every team to be involved in all the work done. Also, it has audio transcripts that avoid the need for note-taking, making people pay full attention to the meeting. Provides as well insights and analysis related to the business and meeting content that are really helpful for the business. The AI component to extract patterns and sentiments across multiple meetings is a huge tool for managers and heads of teams to identify key issues and mitigate risks.
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    Return on Investment
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    • Difficult to ascertain the ROI as we are a software house who have developed a module in our application using Cortana. However for companies that use our software I would say the use of sentiment analysis in our application could free up at least 1 full time resource to be used elsewhere in their organisation.
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    Powow AI
    • Reduced the design thinking and design process time in half as it helped with team communication.
    • Allowed to start multiple projects during the year.
    • Gave helpful insights that allowed the business to increase customer satisfaction and sales.
    • Cut costs on physical offices as 90% of the job is done remotely.
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    Screenshot of Meeting summary (Glance View)Screenshot of AI-powered Key Points like actions, issues, risks, events and requirementsScreenshot of Cross- and in-meeting search and sharingScreenshot of AI-generated Summaries with Action ItemsScreenshot of Automatic Meeting Minutes