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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

    Unity

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AUnity Technologies headquartered in San Francisco offers the Unity real-time 3D and 2D development platform.

    $200

    per person/per month

    Pricing
    Microsoft Viva EngageUnity
    Editions & Modules
    Microsoft Viva Employee Communications and Communities
    $24
    per year per user
    Microsoft Viva Suite
    $144
    per year per user
    Enterprise
    $200
    per person/per month
    Plus
    $399
    per person/per year
    Pro
    1,800
    per person/per year
    Personal
    Free
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft Viva EngageUnity
    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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    Community Pulse
    Microsoft Viva EngageUnity
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    Microsoft
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    Unity Technologies
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    86%
    Would buy again
    19 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    17 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    21 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
    Features
    Microsoft Viva EngageUnity
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Microsoft Viva Engage and Unity
    Feature
    Microsoft Viva Engage
    8.7
    46 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Unity
    -
    Ratings
    Task Management9.128 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gantt Charts8.815 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scheduling8.423 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow Automation8.623 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Access8.843 Ratings00 Ratings
    Search8.343 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visual planning tools8.926 Ratings00 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Microsoft Viva Engage and Unity
    Feature
    Microsoft Viva Engage
    8.6
    49 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Unity
    -
    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 Unity
    Feature
    Microsoft Viva Engage
    9.1
    42 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Unity
    -
    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
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    Medium-sized Companies
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    Score9.8 out of 10
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    Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft Viva EngageUnity
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (59 ratings)
    10.0
    (11 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (11 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.9
    (9 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.0
    (12 ratings)
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Microsoft Viva EngageUnity
    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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    Unity Technologies
    Unity is excellent for 2D and 3D games and educational experiences. It is well-suited for VR and AR development. It is also a great platform for mobile games. It is less-suited for non-game purposes (although it can certainly be used for those as well), or educational experiences. It is also less-suited for AR experiences that are highly complex, where you will probably want to write the native code in Android Studio or Xcode, as the case may be. It is theoretically less-suited for cases where performance is a huge concern as well, although, in my experience, performance has never been a problem.
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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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    Unity Technologies
    • Unity is a multiplatform game engine. It has more than 20 options for exporting your game, ranging from desktop, mobile, console, web and, lately, VR and AR. Unity was one of the first game engines able to export games playable on internet browsers and it helped to cement the World Wide Web as a place fit for gaming.
    • Unity has a very smooth learning curve for beginners. It is easy to start and soon you are seeing some tangible results of your efforts. The game engine has all sorts of helpers and shortcuts to facilitate some frequent tasks in game development.
    • Another of Unity's advantage is the access to Assets Store from within the game engine, allowing the user to import instantly objects, scripts and textures from the store into their projects. Such easy access to these elements from inside a project greatly enhances speed production and is particularly helpful to beginners.
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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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    Unity Technologies
    • The Linux version of the Unity editor can be improved.
    • There are some aspects in the development process that Unity is not as good as Unreal Engine.
    • Some of the core functions of the tool, like the Mecanin State Machines could have some improvements to match the competition.
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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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    Unity Technologies
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Unity Technologies
    It is good for beginners compared to other software. There is a lot of documentation and a huge community of developers, so it is easy to find the support and information you might need, especially if you are just starting out with the software. Plus, it is free to start.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Microsoft
    Very available
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    Unity Technologies
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Microsoft
    It's a simple product but it does provide value.
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    Unity Technologies
    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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    Unity Technologies
    The support of unity is what distinguish its from other platforms. You can download any assets and that asset library will guide you and if its still not work for you then you can ask in their community where there are tons of professional developer waiting to answer your query. So yah Unity support staff is what impress me the most and I would give it the 10/10.
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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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    Unity Technologies
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Microsoft
    We organically implemented the product
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    Unity Technologies
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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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    Unity Technologies
    We love utilizing unreal engines but we seem to have a better use case for the architectural visualization side of things. This has given us the ability to find better more photo-realistic assets from not only the marketplace but 3rd party sites that have a unity bases file to work off of.
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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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    Unity Technologies
    • Unity has allowed us to serve customers which we would otherwise not be able to serve, which has brought in new markets and along with it helped us achieve our business goals of providing top-notch AR and VR experiences.
    • Unity has also allowed us to rapidly produce educational materials which we use for teaching VR and AR to students, so that's been a big win.
    • There have been no negative impacts from Unity besides the initial upfront cost of learning the software, although the learning curve was very accessible. Our investment of time in learning this tool and putting it into practice has paid off in our ability to provide rich, immersive AR and VR experiences for our clients.
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