Microsoft Viva Goals (discontinued) vs. Slite

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Microsoft Viva Goals (discontinued)
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft 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
Slite
Score 6.3 out of 10
N/A
Slite is a knowledge base designed to provide teams with needed answers even without searching. From onboarding guides to all hands notes, Slite keeps all types of company information centralised.
$10
per month per member
Pricing
Microsoft Viva Goals (discontinued)Slite
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
Standard
$10
per month per member
Premium
$15
per month per member
Enterprise
Contact Sales
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Microsoft Viva Goals (discontinued)Slite
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual pricing.
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
Microsoft Viva Goals (discontinued)Slite
Best Alternatives
Microsoft Viva Goals (discontinued)Slite
Small Businesses
Coda by Grammarly
Coda by Grammarly
Score 8.9 out of 10
Front
Front
Score 9.1 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
IBM Targetprocess
IBM Targetprocess
Score 8.3 out of 10
RWS Tridion Sites
RWS Tridion Sites
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
IBM Targetprocess
IBM Targetprocess
Score 8.3 out of 10
RWS Tridion Sites
RWS Tridion Sites
Score 9.0 out of 10
All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
User Ratings
Microsoft Viva Goals (discontinued)Slite
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(4 ratings)
5.4
(4 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
6.4
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Microsoft Viva Goals (discontinued)Slite
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
Read full review
Slite
It is well suited for entire companies to use not just small teams because you can create so many workspaces and folders which allow better organization for a centralized space. For example, if you want to create for one team a folder thats a Social Media Marketing Hub you can have that with supportive resources, documents, meet the team section, and so much more. You can have another folder for other teams like HR and HR Resources where everyone has visibility into the documents and anything added under that section. It's super helpful.
Read full review
Pros
Discontinued Products
  • 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?
Read full review
Slite
  • Templates for meeting notes
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • Search and retrieval of content
  • Summarizing recent activity
Read full review
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.
Read full review
Slite
  • I don't love that it doesn't integrate easily with the other tools we use, at least it doesn't as far as I know.
  • Since there is not an Excel sort of capability there is no way it could ever replace Google, so it is sometimes easier to just use Word docs instead of Slite since everything is in one place.
  • I think if Slite extended their product line up, it would be more attractive to use exclusively, instead of just using it for documentation.
Read full review
Usability
Discontinued Products
No answers on this topic
Slite
Very clean interface however editing can be a challenge which is a big part of using it so I can't give a 10 until the editing and customization for editing is improved. I love how minimal the look and feel is though and how easy it is to organize different pages and folders.
Read full review
Alternatives Considered
Discontinued Products
Microsoft Viva comes with Teams. The Monday board is helpful too, but I just like Microsoft Viva better
Read full review
Slite
[In my opinion,] Slite is cheaper but less mature and feature full. Notion is a much more mature solution, so I'd recommend it for teams who want to be at the front and don't care about cost.
Read full review
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
Read full review
Slite
  • Positive ... Eng. Started using this and the rest of product adopted
Read full review
ScreenShots