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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Microsoft Viva Goals (discontinued)

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Viva Goals (formerly Ally, or Ally.io) was a Strategic Goal-Planning & Execution Management software. Ally.io became a Microsoft brand after the October 2021 acquisition, and is slated for retirement December 2025.

    $108

    per year per user

    Seismic Learning

    Score6.8 out of 10
    N/ASeismic Learning (formerly Lessonly, acquired by Seismic in August 2021), is a learning management system (LMS). The vendor emphasizes eLearning for client-facing skills, as well as a drag-and-drop interface. Lessonly supports customizable learning paths and corporate onboarding processes.N/A
    Pricing
    Microsoft Viva Goals (discontinued)Seismic Learning
    Editions & Modules
    Microsoft Viva - Learn Module
    $48
    per year per user
    Microsoft Viva - Insights Module
    $48
    per year per user
    Microsoft Viva - Topics Module
    $48
    per year per user
    Microsoft Viva Suite
    $108
    per year per user
    Pro
    Contact sales team
    Pro + Coaching
    Contact sales team
    Enterprise Learning for Global Teams
    Contact sales team
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft Viva Goals (discontinued)Seismic Learning
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
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    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
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    Seismic
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
    11 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    8 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    11 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    8 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    8 Answers
    Features
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    Learning Management
    Comparison of Learning Management features of Microsoft Viva Goals (discontinued) and Seismic Learning
    Feature
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    Ratings
    Seismic Learning
    6.7
    110 Ratings
    21% below category average
    Course authoring00 Ratings9.7108 Ratings
    Course catalog or library00 Ratings9.6106 Ratings
    Player/Portal00 Ratings5.485 Ratings
    Learning content00 Ratings3.0104 Ratings
    Mobile friendly00 Ratings9.058 Ratings
    Progress tracking & certifications00 Ratings9.996 Ratings
    Assignments00 Ratings2.2107 Ratings
    Compliance management00 Ratings9.763 Ratings
    Learning administration00 Ratings7.1100 Ratings
    Learning reporting & analytics00 Ratings6.495 Ratings
    Social learning00 Ratings2.072 Ratings
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    Microsoft Viva Goals (discontinued)Seismic Learning
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    Tovuti LMS
    Score6.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    iSpring LMS
    Score9.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    No answers on this topic
    Bridge LMS, Skills & Performance Management
    Score7.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft Viva Goals (discontinued)Seismic Learning
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    6.3
    (114 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.7
    (97 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Microsoft Viva Goals (discontinued)Seismic Learning
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    Well suited for
    • Companies that have experience of using the OKR methodology and have a clear understanding of what it is
    • Companies that are planning to expand/scale the OKR program
    • Companies that are looking to reduce the effort involved in running the OKR program
    Ill-suited for:
    • Companies that are using OKRs for the first time and do not have a clear understanding of the methodology
    Incentivized
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    Seismic
    If you are onboarding new employees or consultants and you have a complex product, solution, or your business is layered and complex, this can help distill down the layers into basics so that new team or partners can build their knowledge base up the right way. This ensures they are learning what needs to be learned, and not what they surmise or assume, which can be incorrect and cause issues down the road - this is especially sensitive in our field. Training of all kinds can be done easily with this tool.
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    Pros
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    • Visualizing the hierarchy and relationship between objectives and key results. The nesting and double alignment functionality are especially helpful, as they can't easily be expressed on, say, a simple worksheet or Confluence page.
    • Reminding the team to make regular check-ins. What gets measured gets done. This prevents the common pitfall of setting goals and not revisiting them until the end of a project (when it is too late).
    • Integration with external sources for automated check-ins. Why do this manually when it can happen behind the scenes?
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    Seismic
    • Open to feedback and ideas and constantly innovating and iterating on their product to serve new needs that arise
    • Making me feel like more than just a customer: They aren't transactional and focus on building the relationship and making me feel heard.
    • Extremely easy to use product so building content takes little time, and I can leverage other subject matter experts to build content as well.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Discontinued Products
    • Accelerate integrations and add more integrations.
    • Ally.io has room for improvement in providing benchmark in-depth analysis across industries, same-size companies, etc.
    • Ally.io can still improve upon some of its product features and communicating the releases. Videos have been extremely helpful.
    Incentivized
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    Seismic
    • Media import (audio, video) are still in infancy. Reliability of uploaded content isn't 100%.
    • The Events function lacks some features that are more built out in other platforms.
    • Reporting interface has a bit of a learning curve, but overall isn't bad.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Seismic
    Worried about its acquisition by Seismic and hope that they don't change the product or the terms drastically.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Discontinued Products
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    Seismic
    It's completely simple and intuitive, anyone can pick it up. The hardest part is looking for a save button and finally figuring out you don't need one. We don't provide training for users and never have complaints. For creators, we provide best practices, but using Lessonly itself requires nothing .
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Seismic
    The support team is very friendly and eager to help you learn the ins and outs of Lessonly. They can set up training for large groups or send links in a chat for individual help. They are quick to respond and if one person doesn't have the answer, they will collaborate with others to help find the answer.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    Microsoft Viva comes with Teams. The Monday board is helpful too, but I just like Microsoft Viva better
    Incentivized
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    Seismic
    I felt some of these products had more features than were necessary and needed for our team. Some of them were limited on the number of content creators that were allowed which to me forces you to use one or two people to create content where I would rather see it done by key members of each department.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • Ally.io has had a positive impact so far in reducing the effort involved in managing the entire OKR program.
    • It also has brought with itself the opportunities to avail training and Q&A sessions with experts
    • Increased the overall engagement of the company with its objectives
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    Seismic
    • We've had an increase in quality overall as a company, as we are able to continually train our employees outside of our New Hire Training program.
    • We've seen stronger communication as we are able to send out material to our stylists about products, policies, procedures, etc. and they are able to provide us with feedback. After all, it is their tool for learning and we want to know the best way to provide that information to our Team Members.
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