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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

    Trello

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/ATrello from Atlassian is a project management tool based on a Kanban framework. Trello is ideal for task-management in a to-do list format. It supports sharing boards and cards across users or teams. The product offers a free version, and paid versions add greater automation, collaboration, and administrative control.

    $6

    per month per user

    Zoho Projects

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AZoho Project is online project management and planning software that provides project teams with a web-based collaborative environment. Zoho Projects can also include a bug tracking module specifically design to support software development project. It is integrated with other Zoho products including Zoho CRM.

    $5

    per month per user

    Pricing
    Microsoft Viva EngageTrelloZoho Projects
    Editions & Modules
    Microsoft Viva Employee Communications and Communities
    $24
    per year per user
    Microsoft Viva Suite
    $144
    per year per user
    Standard
    $6
    per month per user
    Premium
    $12.50
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    $17.50
    per month per user
    Free
    Forever Free
    Free
    $0
    Premium
    $5
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    $10
    per month per user
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    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft Viva EngageTrelloZoho Projects
    Free Trial
    NoNoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional DetailsMicrosoft Viva Engage is also available in some Microsoft 365 packages.A discount is offered for annual billing and for larger numbers of users.Discount offered for annual billing.
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    Microsoft Viva EngageTrelloZoho Projects
    Considered Multiple Products
    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    Atlassian
    Chose Trello
    Trello has a better and easy UI, very quick learning curve. Flexibility to add plugins.
    Incentivized
    Chose Trello
    Far superior to each in terms of flexibility, collaboration across organizations, and getting stuff done.

    Microsoft Project is far to rigid for software development projects of today's day and age.
    Incentivized
    Zoho
    Chose Zoho Projects
    MSP - Windows based. Not collaborative. Complex UI. Cannot be shared with people outside the organization easily. Cannot set security levels for users to access projects based on the rights granted to them.
    Trello and Asana - Expensive subscription plan. Limited …
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Projects
    We decided on Zoho Projects since the integration with Google Workspace is easier to perform. Also, the way to create our project templates was faster to perform, and we could integrate our final customers on all of their tasks that need focus. Finally, the principal point is …
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Projects
    Zoho Projects is far superior as a project management tool compared to the simple ones we investigated. The pricing was very competitive to the market and the free trial helped out with our proof of concept. Compared to Workfront, you get similar functionality but at a …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
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    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    64 Answers
    71%
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    Implementation went as expected
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    84 Answers
    57%
    Implementation went as expected
    4 Answers
    Features
    Microsoft Viva EngageTrelloZoho Projects
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Microsoft Viva Engage and Trello and Zoho Projects
    Feature
    Microsoft Viva Engage
    8.7
    46 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Trello
    8.5
    224 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Zoho Projects
    6.6
    20 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Task Management9.128 Ratings9.5224 Ratings7.520 Ratings
    Gantt Charts8.815 Ratings7.975 Ratings6.517 Ratings
    Scheduling8.423 Ratings9.0170 Ratings5.518 Ratings
    Workflow Automation8.723 Ratings8.0143 Ratings6.014 Ratings
    Mobile Access8.843 Ratings9.2193 Ratings5.018 Ratings
    Search8.343 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visual planning tools8.926 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Resource Management00 Ratings9.3187 Ratings7.019 Ratings
    Team Collaboration00 Ratings8.9220 Ratings7.520 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology00 Ratings8.9148 Ratings6.35 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology00 Ratings7.8116 Ratings8.011 Ratings
    Document Management00 Ratings8.2160 Ratings6.016 Ratings
    Email integration00 Ratings7.4147 Ratings6.016 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking00 Ratings8.889 Ratings7.519 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management00 Ratings8.6103 Ratings6.96 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management00 Ratings7.374 Ratings6.014 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Microsoft Viva Engage and Trello and Zoho Projects
    Feature
    Microsoft Viva Engage
    8.6
    49 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Trello
    -
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    Zoho Projects
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    Ratings
    Chat9.444 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications8.349 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Discussions9.748 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Surveys9.638 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase9.338 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with GoToMeeting7.314 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts6.713 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook8.632 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Microsoft Viva Engage and Trello and Zoho Projects
    Feature
    Microsoft Viva Engage
    9.1
    42 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Trello
    -
    Ratings
    Zoho Projects
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    Ratings
    Versioning9.728 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video files9.436 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audio files9.434 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document collaboration9.235 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access control9.035 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Advanced security features8.433 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive8.014 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device sync9.528 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Microsoft Viva Engage and Trello and Zoho Projects
    Feature
    Microsoft Viva Engage
    -
    Ratings
    Trello
    6.6
    73 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Zoho Projects
    5.0
    13 Ratings
    42% below category average
    Quotes/estimates00 Ratings7.250 Ratings5.55 Ratings
    Invoicing00 Ratings6.643 Ratings5.012 Ratings
    Project & financial reporting00 Ratings6.859 Ratings6.55 Ratings
    Integration with accounting software00 Ratings5.845 Ratings3.013 Ratings
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    KanbanFlow
    Score7.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft Viva EngageTrelloZoho Projects
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (59 ratings)
    9.4
    (224 ratings)
    6.5
    (24 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (11 ratings)
    9.9
    (6 ratings)
    9.9
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    8.9
    (9 ratings)
    9.4
    (62 ratings)
    5.6
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.0
    (12 ratings)
    9.9
    (81 ratings)
    7.4
    (9 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    Microsoft Viva EngageTrelloZoho Projects
    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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    Atlassian
    For teams or individuals with lots of individual tasks/details to track, Trello is perfect! It basically removes the need for a paper checklist. For those that need an overall project management tool that requires less tasks and more overarching goals, collaboration amongst various teams, and gantt charts I would suggest monday.com
    Incentivized
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    Zoho
    My work involves projects of 5-15 people with numerous projects running simultaneously. Prior to Zoho, I did not have a central location from which to view all project statuses at once. Zoho looks to provide this and also looks like it will deliver. I am anxious to see how our organization's use of it develops. At this time, I feel I am likely to recommend Zoho Projects because my organization has made great software decisions in the past so I have a level of trust already that the research has been done that Zoho is the best solution for our line of work.
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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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    Atlassian
    • Helps track employees "to do before hire", "to do after hired," and "to do when employee leaves"
    • Provides important information on each employee like personal information along with data collected during the time of hire and during employment time
    • Allows more than one person to be assigned to a task per employee and will remain open until everyone involved has completed their task
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    Zoho
    • We use it to manage our sales orders as there are lots of moving parts which are necessary to get client orders done properly.
    • I use it anytime I have a new idea I want to put into motion. As I can create a list for brainstorming, feedback, specific actions necessary in order to test and or implement the idea.
    • Unrelated to business, it's a great way to plan travel in order to make sure you don't forget those important things like passport, flight arrangement, client meeting confirmation, and meeting prep as far as what specific documents or things do you need to bring with you.
    • And since everyone is on the go and expected to keep up with work, the mobile/tablet app makes it a breeze to keep up, work on, and create new projects.
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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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    Atlassian
    • I use colour coding a lot so I would like a wider range of colour options.
    • Also as a visual thinker I would like to be able to easily add images to cards.
    • I would like to be able to attach a wider range of file formats to cards.
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    Zoho
    • There is no ability to add custom fields in the "Bugs" module - for example, if we want to add fields such as Version Number.
    • Reporting is not integrated - its a fairly expensive add-on.
    • There is no easy way to track actual and completed dates for tasks - so historical variance analysis is not easy.
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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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    Atlassian
    I am very likely to renew Trello, because it doesn't cost anything to do so. I am also very likely to use Trello's upgraded features in the future because a lot of my team's data is stored on there and they have already gotten used to the platform. Trello is very easy for new team members to pick up, making the onboarding and usability very streamlined.
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    Zoho
    I've reviewed about 8 other project management solutions and Zoho Projects is the best I've seen without being overly complicated. Zoho Projects keeps getting better! Recent new enhancements makes it even easier to navigate. There are new keyboard shortcuts that cut my time way down. The tools are very easy to use.
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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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    Atlassian
    Trello is incredibly intuitive, both on desktop and mobile right away. It is also full of helpful features that make it even easier to use, and is flexible enough to suit almost any organizational need. Onboarding for the software is thorough, but concise, and the service is frequently updated with even more QOL improvements.
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    Zoho
    Zoho Projects is an easy project management tool to use. It provides all the functionality that we required for handling projects. We can easily create personal forms for projects and tasks, allowing us to add and report on our own desire. Apart from this we can create and edit documents in real time which saves our time. This allows us to share text docs, presentations, tables with the whole team and we can work on them together
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    Reliability and Availability
    Microsoft
    Very available
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    Atlassian
    yes always support available when I need it!
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    Zoho
    Has not been down to my knowledge.
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    Performance
    Microsoft
    It's a simple product but it does provide value.
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    Atlassian
    Never experienced issues with the above!
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    Zoho
    Speed meets my expectations.
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    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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    Atlassian
    I haven't reached out to their support very often and their support is very limited anyway for the free users. They do have tons of great articles and videos in their Help Center and constantly send emails with updates and add-ons to the product. The fact that I've barely ever had to contact their support team means that they've developed a great product.
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    Zoho
    Although it might lack intuitiveness, once you get a hang of how Zoho Projects works, you can do a LOT. The impact good project management has on profitability is huge, and it has helped not only improve communication and coordination when working on a project, but more importantly have adequate tracking of time, due dates and potential bottle necks
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    In-Person Training
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Atlassian
    It was helpful and informative! It was back before the pandemic in 2019 so I'm not sure if they still do it but I really enjoyed the experience
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    Zoho
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Atlassian
    No answers on this topic
    Zoho
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Microsoft
    We organically implemented the product
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    Atlassian
    For our small business, getting a few of us started well on Trello was the key, I think. As long as a couple of us were really comfortable with the interface, we could lead others and help them with any questions. From now on, anyone who works with us just naturally uses Trello for information sharing - it's just part of what we do.
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    Zoho
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Atlassian
    Trello is more simple and not as "robust" as the other tools, but it's easier to use and manage and understand and ACTUALLY get stuff done with. It's simplicity is part of the beauty of using it. You don't need a million options that nobody uses, you just need to get stuff done.
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    Zoho
    Zoho Projects provides a more limited set of functionality and customization options than other task/bug trackers on the market, but what it lacks in functionality it makes up for in ease of use. It probably has 80-90% of the features of its competitors but takes about a third of the time to get up and running and realizing value.
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    Scalability
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Atlassian
    Feels like anyone across the org (no matter their location) can use the tool easily!
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    Zoho
    No answers on this topic
    Professional Services
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Atlassian
    Not sure if we use those
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    Zoho
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Atlassian
    • Trello keeps me organized, focused, and on track. I could filter the Trello board to only see my issues and understand what I needed to work on and when.
    • Trello helped our team implement an agile structure. It's a very simple kanban method of viewing all of your team's tasks and statuses. You can completely customize the columns to your team's specific workflow and create tags relevant to your work.
    • Trello helps reduce unnecessary communications between teams. When I want to request translations, I simply create a card on the localization Trello board -- no need to directly message anyone on the team, and I can watch the status of the card change from "in progress" to "in review" to "translated," all without having to directly ask for updates.
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    Zoho
    • We needed a system to organize our growing business, so anything was better than what we had, which was nothing.
    • Recording time spend is a huge reason for using project software. It has made me aware of the tasks that are taking too long and where we are not being profitable as a company.
    • It has kept our team accountable for what needs to get completed and when projects are not in motion or completed timely. It's helpful to know in order to get billing out faster.
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    ScreenShots

    Zoho Projects Screenshots

    Screenshot of Task Automation with Blueprint - Map out your entire workflow with no code as flowcharts. Automate your tasks and notifications and set approval criteria with blueprint.Screenshot of Intuitive Gantt Charts - Say what, say who, say when. And done. Zoho Projects' Gantt chart comes feature loaded with advanced operations such as Critical path and Baseline.Screenshot of Inbuilt Issue Tracker - You can log, organize, track, and fix any problems. Features such as status and workflow, can be customized to suit the exact needs of your project.Screenshot of Drag, Drop and Done - A view of your tasks as cards placed along columns. Helps you identify bottlenecks and reorganize quickly using drag and drop.Screenshot of A quick pulse of all your work - The Portfolio dashboard, is a compact overview of all the work that's been happening across projects with widgets that address the project level timeline, status, ownership, budget health, and clients.Screenshot of Looks that matter - A refreshing UI that supports multiple themes, including an eye-catching dark mode.