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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

    Vantage Circle

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AVantage Circle is a global Employee Engagement software provider that supports human resources (HR) teams in administering the employee experience. The platform focuses on four primary engagement areas: Rewards and Recognition, Corporate Discounts, Employee Feedback, and Employee Wellness. The Software as a Service (SaaS) solution is designed to standardize rewards and recognition distribution across global workforces. Vantage Circle provides a suite of cloud…N/A
    Pricing
    Microsoft Viva EngageVantage Circle
    Editions & Modules
    Microsoft Viva Employee Communications and Communities
    $24
    per year per user
    Microsoft Viva Suite
    $144
    per year per user
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft Viva EngageVantage Circle
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
    Additional DetailsMicrosoft Viva Engage is also available in some Microsoft 365 packages.One time implementation cost applicable.
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    Community Pulse
    Microsoft Viva EngageVantage Circle
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    Vantage Circle
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    86%
    Would buy again
    19 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    238 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    17 Answers
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    228 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    21 Answers
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    237 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
    99%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    178 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    183 Answers
    Features
    Microsoft Viva EngageVantage Circle
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Microsoft Viva Engage and Vantage Circle
    Feature
    Microsoft Viva Engage
    8.7
    46 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Vantage Circle
    -
    Ratings
    Task Management9.128 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gantt Charts8.815 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scheduling8.423 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow Automation8.723 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 Vantage Circle
    Feature
    Microsoft Viva Engage
    8.6
    49 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Vantage Circle
    -
    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 Vantage Circle
    Feature
    Microsoft Viva Engage
    9.1
    42 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Vantage Circle
    -
    Ratings
    Versioning9.728 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video files9.436 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audio files9.434 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
    Best Alternatives
    Microsoft Viva EngageVantage Circle
    Small Businesses
    Flock
    Score9.5 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    Troop Messenger
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Bonusly
    Score9.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
    Score9 out of 10
    Achievers
    Score9.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft Viva EngageVantage Circle
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (59 ratings)
    8.7
    (239 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (11 ratings)
    8.5
    (8 ratings)
    Usability
    8.9
    (9 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.0
    (12 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Microsoft Viva EngageVantage Circle
    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!
    Incentivized
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    Vantage Circle
    I think Vantage Circle is a great idea and would recommend all the organizations to use it to motivate and reward their employees. As of now I don't see any scenario which is less appropriate. This initiative definitely works well for larger companies and gives good flexibility to the managers to reward their teams.
    Incentivized
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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
    Incentivized
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    Vantage Circle
    • It offers redemption Vouchers for most of the merchants like Amazon, flipkart etc.
    • It offers discounts for redirected sites and also provide additional discount on these sites.
    • It provides cashback vantage points on the purchase made using redirection on lot of merchant sites.
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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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    Vantage Circle
    • There are 100+ options to choose from. Very wide range of options - catering to a wide spectrum of people from all walks of life, age, taste, and background with diverse options.
    • I never ever faced any issue- not even once, at the time of redemption & it was a smooth, seamless, wonderful & pleasant experience for me, always! Also, the redemption process is simple & could be done within a minute!
    • This redemption could be used not only for any tangible purchases - also for invaluable experiences like holidays, fine dining, Hotel stays, Donations, Taxi rides, etc.
    Incentivized
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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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    Vantage Circle
    Vantage circle has user friendly UI, easy to use, and reachable support thats why i selected vantage circle. Vantage circle definitely a good choice agianst other stacks up as it offers many online shopping apps and it covered most of deals. Redeemption of the rewards is straight forward and easy to claim.
    Incentivized
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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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    Vantage Circle
    Good reward
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Microsoft
    Very available
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    Vantage Circle
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Microsoft
    It's a simple product but it does provide value.
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    Vantage Circle
    Pages load up pretty quickly.
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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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    Vantage Circle
    The support can be easily reachable via emailid ,contact number. I had a chance to contact them it was went smooth and got ghe quick response from them. They also provided the quick resolution.
    Incentivized
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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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    Vantage Circle
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Microsoft
    We organically implemented the product
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    Vantage Circle
    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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    Vantage Circle
    Vantage Circle is better in terms of being more user-friendly and has a lot of different e-commerce sites to choose from ranging from food, fashion, health to travel and sports. It provides additional cashback if we order products from their platform which is an added advantage. The best thing is that there is no expiry date for the points earned.
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    Scalability
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Vantage Circle
    I have never came across a scenario when the Vantage Circle was down or inaccessible and I was not able to redeem the vantage points. The platform is always available and the redemption process is very fast. Never faced the issue with the delay in the redemption of Vantage points.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Vantage Circle
    • I have gained 9 awards in the last 2 years, recognition was good and got promoted
    • Due to regular awards, got many vouchers for my hard work
    • Received many lucrative corporate offers as well
    • Due to multiple awards, was in hall of fame and received org wide recognition.
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    Vantage Circle Screenshots

    Screenshot of Vantage Rewards: Recognizing Employees on the Go. Making recognition impactful and encouraging meaningful employee participation.Screenshot of Vantage Pulse: Enhancing employee experience with real-time employee feedback and actionable data.Screenshot of IT PartnersScreenshot of Vantage Circle: Homepage