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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Microsoft Powerpoint

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft PowerPoint is a presentation software designed to allow users to create slide-based presentations including video and images, as well as slide transitions and animations.

    $139.99

    Microsoft Viva Engage

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Viva Engage, formerly Yammer, is used for private communication within organizations or between organizational members and pre-designated groups.

    $24

    per year per user

    Pricing
    Microsoft PowerpointMicrosoft Viva Engage
    Editions & Modules
    One Time Purchase
    $139.99
    Microsoft Viva Employee Communications and Communities
    $24
    per year per user
    Microsoft Viva Suite
    $144
    per year per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft PowerpointMicrosoft Viva Engage
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsMicrosoft Viva Engage is also available in some Microsoft 365 packages.
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    Microsoft PowerpointMicrosoft Viva Engage
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    Microsoft
    Chose Microsoft Viva Engage
    I like how Yammer has functions that are fun and interactive, which can give you much more to do than using Teams or even Microsoft Forms. Yammer helps people feel included and gives people a better sense of how their friends and co-workers are feeling on certain issues. Yammer …
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
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    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
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    95%
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    21 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    100%
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    Implementation went as expected
    98%
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    Features
    Microsoft PowerpointMicrosoft Viva Engage
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Microsoft Powerpoint and Microsoft Viva Engage
    Feature
    Microsoft Powerpoint
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Viva Engage
    8.7
    46 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Task Management00 Ratings9.128 Ratings
    Gantt Charts00 Ratings8.815 Ratings
    Scheduling00 Ratings8.423 Ratings
    Workflow Automation00 Ratings8.623 Ratings
    Mobile Access00 Ratings8.843 Ratings
    Search00 Ratings8.343 Ratings
    Visual planning tools00 Ratings8.926 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Microsoft Powerpoint and Microsoft Viva Engage
    Feature
    Microsoft Powerpoint
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Viva Engage
    8.6
    49 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Chat00 Ratings9.444 Ratings
    Notifications00 Ratings8.349 Ratings
    Discussions00 Ratings9.748 Ratings
    Surveys00 Ratings9.638 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase00 Ratings9.338 Ratings
    Integrates with GoToMeeting00 Ratings7.314 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts00 Ratings6.713 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook00 Ratings8.632 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Microsoft Powerpoint and Microsoft Viva Engage
    Feature
    Microsoft Powerpoint
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Viva Engage
    9.1
    42 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Versioning00 Ratings9.728 Ratings
    Video files00 Ratings9.436 Ratings
    Audio files00 Ratings9.334 Ratings
    Document collaboration00 Ratings9.135 Ratings
    Access control00 Ratings9.035 Ratings
    Advanced security features00 Ratings8.433 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive00 Ratings8.014 Ratings
    Device sync00 Ratings9.528 Ratings
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    Score7 out of 10
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    Score9.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft PowerpointMicrosoft Viva Engage
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.4
    (63 ratings)
    8.9
    (59 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (11 ratings)
    Usability
    8.9
    (10 ratings)
    8.8
    (9 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.5
    (4 ratings)
    7.0
    (12 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Microsoft PowerpointMicrosoft Viva Engage
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    The learning curve with Microsoft Powerpoint is not too steep, and most everyone can create really nice-looking presentations. The thing I like most about the new advancements in Microsoft Powerpoint comes to formatting. If you are creating a newsletter, don't get bogged down by all of the annoying formatting rules and issues you would have if creating in Publisher or Word. Microsoft Powerpoint makes it very simple. You can add text boxes and move them anywhere on the page. The templates are a nice touch, but they could use more, as most of these are outdated. I believe there are many free websites for downloading more templates.
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    Microsoft
    Yammer is great when you have a company culture that encourages friendly collaboration and communication. It can be a great supplement (but certainly not a substitute) for bonding and sharing ideas and thoughts. Certain channels can be really successful, too, like a channel where people can post dog pictures or something fun like that!
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • Insert Photos from my computer and from the web with ease.
    • Auto arrangement of graphics and texts is made available through suggested formatting.
    • Spell check as I type is very valuable to me. It autocorrects many words. I like for my presentation to be accurate.
    • The ability to change any font or any size of font is very valuable to me.
    • The ability to cut and past from Microsoft Word is valuable to me. It also allows me to import tables I have already created in Word.
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    • Providing a platform for social news in the company where "bottom up" topics can percolate freely across department
    • Social networking across the company where folks can divide their work into topics instead of teams
    • Basic collaboration within a group including document sharing with ability to pin documents to a team
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • 3D objects that can be manipulated in slideshows by presenters
    • AI tool to cleanup presentations
    • AI tool to create graphics
    • AI tool to create photo-realistic images
    • AI tool to create vector art
    • AI tool to create videos
    • Blender 3D object importer
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    Microsoft
    • Although the social enterprise network works very well, there is room for some slight improvement - such as the ability to attract users. By being part of the Microsoft Office Suite, it is offered as an "add-on" and many overlook it and see it as unnecessary at first. It would be smart for Microsoft to sell it as its own product so it could gather more popularity as a "social network".
    • Giving an option to filter results could be better as well as giving an option to turn off the "recent activity" bar on the home page.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Microsoft is dedicated to continual improvement on Yammer. They realize the value that Yammer brings to the table with their clients. In the short time that we have had Yammer implemented, we are just now beginning to see the strong impact it has on becoming more effective and efficient around collaboration.
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    Usability
    Microsoft
    It’s great overall! I can think of a few improvements that would make it a 10, for example: better Smart Art graphs, automatic distribution of columns and rows in tables, and being able to more easily save templates for graphs. For example, if I could determine that a same brand name in all graphs would have a specific color, it would be great
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    Microsoft
    Overall easy to use and intuitive, although limited in the possibility to personalize layout and look & feel of a site. Some functionalities are not easy to use, like document editing, but some others are quick and effective (posts and tagging above all). Performance and responsiveness of the Yammer site is typically acceptable, in my experience.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Microsoft
    I've never had any issues with its availability. As it is installed on my machine, it's ready when I need it, online or offline. Creating large slide decks with complex elements like video and audio doesn't affect its stability. The only limitation would be the capability of your own computer, as far as I can tell.
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    Microsoft
    Very available
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    Performance
    Microsoft
    The performance is very strong. It loads reasonably quickly. Large presentations load relatively quickly too, given their complexity, and once loaded each slide is readily available. It's easy to scroll up and down through your slide deck and go to the slide you want. Videos, pictures and music all load on demand, controllable by clicks.
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    Microsoft
    It's a simple product but it does provide value.
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    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    I have never had to use the actual support. Most of my questions are "how to" questions and there is a rich internet full of users sharing their tips and tricks with this application. Sometimes I find the answers on Microsoft support site but often I don't
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    Microsoft
    We have never had to use the support for Yammer. The tool works well and we have not come across any bugs. User Interface is simple and easy to use, similar to other forum type products, thereby removing the need for any extensive training. Team members are invited in and immediately are able to start using the tool.
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    Online Training
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    The training that Microsoft provides is very generic training for Yammer. I like the fact the training is short and easy to understand
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    Implementation Rating
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    We organically implemented the product
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    Adobe Illustrator is an excellent software but it's not easy to use for [everyone without] having any training or previous experience in working with illustrator. Microsoft Powerpoint is very easy to use and it's fantastic as it saves time more than illustrator. Another thing is it takes small space while illustrator takes a significant amount of space in the business machine
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    Microsoft
    Our team briefly used Salesforce.com's Chatter product before switching over to Yammer in 2012. While Chatter is essentially the same product as Yammer, it left much to be desired. Chatter's design was (and remains) clunky and difficult to navigate. Yammer is a simple, easy-to-use product that offers similar functionality as Salesforce's Chatter.
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    Scalability
    Microsoft
    Scaling up use of Microsoft Powerpoint would be a simple case of buying further licences. The software is intuitive and therefore training demands from scaling it to more departments or more individuals would be relatively straightforward. Google Slides may be easier to share among those organisations that use Google's suite of apps, however.
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • Helped reduce time we spend modifying and sharing back and forth different versions.
    • Saved us the frustration of having to work with an online program with limited functionalities.
    • Macros make it easy to share data in one excel file and automatically update presentation.
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    • My company is pleased with the positive impact Yammer has created departmentally and on an individual basis with work flow efficiency.
    • Adversely, most old and new employees are more familiar with SharePoint, causing the company to pay for training for all current and incoming employees.
    • As Yammer becomes more widely used, the need for training may diminish, which is where we will see our return on investment, as the product clearly provides a more effective form of file sharing and communication between employees and their department.
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