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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    TaskRay

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ATaskRay is a project management platform for managing project within Salesforce. It enables work to be planned quickly and efficiently, across geographically distributed teams. It supports collaboration using Chatter groups, and file sharing.

    $15

    per month

    Pricing
    Microsoft Viva EngageTaskRay
    Editions & Modules
    Microsoft Viva Employee Communications and Communities
    $24
    per year per user
    Microsoft Viva Suite
    $144
    per year per user
    TaskRay
    $25.00
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft Viva EngageTaskRay
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    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.—
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Microsoft Viva EngageTaskRay
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    Bracket Labs
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    86%
    Would buy again
    19 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    17 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    21 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Microsoft Viva EngageTaskRay
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Microsoft Viva Engage and TaskRay
    Feature
    Microsoft Viva Engage
    8.7
    46 Ratings
    12% above category average
    TaskRay
    8.6
    5 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Task Management9.128 Ratings8.75 Ratings
    Gantt Charts8.815 Ratings9.34 Ratings
    Scheduling8.423 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Workflow Automation8.623 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Mobile Access8.843 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Search8.343 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visual planning tools8.926 Ratings00 Ratings
    Resource Management00 Ratings8.34 Ratings
    Team Collaboration00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology00 Ratings8.34 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Document Management00 Ratings6.32 Ratings
    Email integration00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Microsoft Viva Engage and TaskRay
    Feature
    Microsoft Viva Engage
    8.6
    49 Ratings
    7% above category average
    TaskRay
    -
    Ratings
    Chat9.444 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications8.349 Ratings00 Ratings
    Discussions9.748 Ratings00 Ratings
    Surveys9.638 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase9.338 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with GoToMeeting7.314 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts6.713 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook8.632 Ratings00 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Microsoft Viva Engage and TaskRay
    Feature
    Microsoft Viva Engage
    9.1
    42 Ratings
    12% above category average
    TaskRay
    -
    Ratings
    Versioning9.728 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video files9.436 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audio files9.334 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document collaboration9.135 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access control9.035 Ratings00 Ratings
    Advanced security features8.433 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive8.014 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device sync9.528 Ratings00 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Microsoft Viva Engage and TaskRay
    Feature
    Microsoft Viva Engage
    -
    Ratings
    TaskRay
    8.5
    3 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Invoicing00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Project & financial reporting00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Integration with accounting software00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
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    Enterprises
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    Score7.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft Viva EngageTaskRay
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (59 ratings)
    8.3
    (5 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (11 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.9
    (9 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.0
    (12 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Microsoft Viva EngageTaskRay
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Bracket Labs
    TaskRay is a great solution for small to medium sized businesses running multiple projects at the same time. It is very cost effective and their development team is actively adding new functionality regularly. If you prefer working from a tiled Kanban board view, this is highly worth evaluating.
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • 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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    Bracket Labs
    • Onboarding Templates
    • Scheduling Onboarding tasks and assignments to client and employees
    • Creating project logs so that everyone knows what is being worked on
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    Cons
    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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    Bracket Labs
    • Unfortunately TaskRay does not allow us to share templates externally with customers.
    • We have employees all over the world and we don't think TaskRay will support other languages such as Japanese. Note, I am speaking with a sales rep next week to confirm this, so we may be incorrect.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    Bracket Labs
    It's hands-down the best PM tool we have ever used. Nothing compares in ease of use and being easy to learn. It also looks great and makes sense immediately
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    Usability
    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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    Bracket Labs
    Easy Easy Easy to use
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    Reliability and Availability
    Microsoft
    Very available
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    Bracket Labs
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Microsoft
    It's a simple product but it does provide value.
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    Bracket Labs
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    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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    Bracket Labs
    I have not had many support issues but when I have, they have been courteous helpful, and solved the issue
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    Online Training
    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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    Bracket Labs
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Microsoft
    We organically implemented the product
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    Bracket Labs
    Again, just like the app, the implementation was very easy.
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Bracket Labs
    We are still in our year long evaluation process. But TaskRay has been the easiest, and most successfully adopted tool so far. Even if we do not end up choosing TaskRay, I do not regret implementing the system or the experience working with the team at TaskRay. The only reason we may not end up going with TaskRay is lack of templates and slightly stunted reporting features (this is mainly due to Salesforce limitations). Our organization is growing so quickly, we need to consider tools that are better able to regiment processes in a larger group of Customer Service Representatives and give management more detailed insight into those activities.
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • 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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    Bracket Labs
    • It was highly effective in organizing projects and sprints.
    • Time cards were easy to manage.
    • TaskRay's integration with Salesforce is a huge win as well as you can leverage workflows, approval processes, and alert notifications.
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