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OpenText Content Suite Platform vs. Socialtext (discontinued)

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    OpenText Content Suite Platform

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AThe OpenText Content Suite Platform oversees the lifecycle management of information across the enterprise from capture through archiving and disposition. With agile information governance to address the latest data governance and data privacy best practices, the vendor states their Content Suite reduces risk and empowers organizations to focus on using information to drive strategic growth and productivity.N/A

    Socialtext (discontinued)

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ASocial Text was a tool that focused on social learning and includes Twitter-like microblogging capabilities. The product competed with MindTouch,Confluence, Jive Team Collaboration and other collaboration platforms. It was acquired by PeopleFluent in 2012 and is no longer available as a separate product, though similar capabilities are supplied by the PeopleFluent platform.

    $1

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    Pricing
    OpenText Content Suite PlatformSocialtext (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Socialtext
    $1.00
    Starting Price Per Month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    OpenText Content Suite PlatformSocialtext (discontinued)
    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
    OpenText Content Suite PlatformSocialtext (discontinued)
    Considered Both Products
    OpenText
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    Discontinued Products
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    OpenText Content Suite PlatformSocialtext (discontinued)
    Enterprise Content Management
    Comparison of Enterprise Content Management features of OpenText Content Suite Platform and Socialtext (discontinued)
    Feature
    OpenText Content Suite Platform
    8.4
    7 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Socialtext (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Content capture & imaging9.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    File sync, storage & archiving9.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document management9.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Records management8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content search & retrieval8.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Enterprise content collaboration9.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content publishing & creation8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security, risk management & information governance8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract lifecycle management8.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated workflows9.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Artificial intelligence7.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile support9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of OpenText Content Suite Platform and Socialtext (discontinued)
    Feature
    OpenText Content Suite Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Socialtext (discontinued)
    7.6
    1 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Task Management00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Gantt Charts00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Scheduling00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Workflow Automation00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Mobile Access00 Ratings4.01 Ratings
    Search00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Visual planning tools00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of OpenText Content Suite Platform and Socialtext (discontinued)
    Feature
    OpenText Content Suite Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Socialtext (discontinued)
    7.2
    1 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Chat00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Notifications00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Discussions00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Surveys00 Ratings4.01 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    OpenText Content Suite PlatformSocialtext (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (9 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    OpenText Content Suite PlatformSocialtext (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    OpenText
    Great for content management and records even for organizations whose staff are not much experienced in the technical backgrounds as it's easy to use and no previous knowledge on HTML is required. It is great for storing invoices and payment proofs and for organizations dealing with global clients for general use documents.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    We use Social Text as a platform to air our issues with different departments. We voice our concerns and suggestions so we can help find a solution to the problems we incur on a daily basis. We need to have social text as an app so we can communicate in real time not only during work hours.
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    Pros
    OpenText
    • Document Management is being done well since it allows you to put in a corporate folder structure that applies to the business unit you currently work in.
    • Records Management works well in this organisation as it allows you to classify the document according to the file plan, as well as manage it according to the retention schedule for tat file plan.
    • The ability to collaborate on files works really well. You can share with users within your group, as well as allow other users access to the files for either read access to read/write access.
    • Access control of the folder and even individual files allows you to ensure only necessary people can have the right type of access. This is especially welcome in the government environment where document management is of utmost importance.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Version history - Always keeps the edited versions and one can revert back any time
    • Creating and Editing an article is very easy and intutive
    • Sharing the articles with peers
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    Cons
    OpenText
    • The user interface and configurability of that interface lack a lot of flexibility and modern tools.
    • There needs to be stronger and more powerful integration to electronic forms and workflow capabilities which are core to modern ECM.
    • Management of audit and content history needs to be modernized and made more dynamic and sustainable.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Search needs a ton of improvements. It was very slow a year ago
    • Search result quality was also not that good
    • I know they have improved their UI recently but when i used it last year it did not really have any design elements which could be used to make the articles look more presentable. It was important for us as we used it for external communication as well.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    OpenText
    The staff is comfortable with it and I doubt they'd change at this point.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    We have a lot of info in Socialtext already. It would be hard to get all that info out and port it to a different system
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    Usability
    OpenText
    Strong for Core Content and Records Management
    Effective for Non-Technical Users (with the right configuration)
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Reliability and Availability
    OpenText
    I never had any issues with access internally or via VPN. But, the response via VPN, was a bit slow.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    OpenText
    • I used OpenText nearly every day and I never had any performance issues that I can recall. That said, it's not terribly fast either.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
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    Support Rating
    OpenText
    OpenText has an outstanding support and knowledge base. All problems which couldn't be solved by us (high complexity cases) were promptly resolved and the resolution also shared with us.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
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    Implementation Rating
    OpenText
    No, it's pretty easy to implement and use.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
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    Alternatives Considered
    OpenText
    Having used OpenText Content Suite for a long time, I can say it stands the competition. It offers many versions which is unlike many products in its category. Also, while it is not affordable, I believe the cost is justified considering what a business can achieve with this software.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    I frankly like Confluence better than socialtext because of the speed and the quality of search. They also have better design elements which can help make the articles pleasant to the eyes.
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    Return on Investment
    OpenText
    • With OpenText Content Suite, we can easily keep documents safe
    • Document collaboration is easy with OpenText
    • We can easily handle invoicing and automation thanks to features such as content capture and imaging.
    • With OpenText Content Suite, there is better file sync and archiving
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • We get solutions to concerns much faster
    • We promote interactions with the other depts
    • We listen and have discussions
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