Poppulo vs. Virola Messenger

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Poppulo
Score 9.6 out of 10
N/A
Poppulo, from the company of the same name in Ireland, is presented as a one-stop solution for engaging employee communications. To solve the challenges of the rapidly changing workplace, they offer a multi-channel solution on a single platform which they describe as interactive with targeted email, instant mobile app connection, video, social and intranet, as well as business insights.N/A
Virola Messenger
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Virola Messenger is a corporate messenger for secure team collaboration. Both self-hosted and cloud Virola servers are available. Main features: private and group chat rooms file transfer and unlimited storage reactions, mentions, replies and discussions continuous voice and video meetings voice meetings recording live avatars issue tracking with task board screen sharing remote…
$1.30
per month per user
Pricing
PoppuloVirola Messenger
Editions & Modules
Essentials
On application
per user
Pro
On aplication
per user
Enterprise
On application
per user
Annual Subscription
$1.30
per month per user
Monthly Subscription
$1.56
per month per user
Perpetual License
$31.24
one-time fee per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
PoppuloVirola Messenger
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsPoppulo Essentials - gives you the tools needed to transform your internal email channel. Best suited for organizations with less than 1,000 employees and 1-2 Internal Communicators; Poppulo Pro - Includes all Essentials features, plus enhanced capabilities to reduce email overload, manage events & run surveys. Typically for organizations of up to 5,000 employees and a single IC team; Poppulo Enterprise - Includes all Pro features plus advanced capabilities for managing and measuring across multiple teams. Typically for organizations with multiple IC teams and more than 10,000 employees.
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Community Pulse
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Considered Both Products
Poppulo
Chose Poppulo
Simply put, FWi outperforms just about any other software solution by being more adaptable and more reliable, while being competitively priced for its class (top shelf). It's not as cheap as using "free" signage software that's in the cloud, or built into display screens (LG), …
Chose Poppulo
Most display systems are not truly designed for large enterprise installations and even fewer an equipment and designed to provide the wide connections to other systems that FWI has built into their software. Because our company is always wanting to be on the leading edge of …
Virola Messenger
Chose Virola Messenger
It's really early to judge Virola's capabilities with other offerings or tools in the marketplace but with the set of features the tool offers at the moment at the negligible price it can surely be counted as a dark horse to make its way through to be one of the best. Provide …
Chose Virola Messenger
From what we have used of Virola Messenger, it has similar features to Apple Messages. However, not everyone in our office used iPhones, so Messages was not an ideal solution. Virola Messenger also provides a lot of extra features above and beyond Messages. The main one we …
Features
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Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Poppulo
-
Ratings
Virola Messenger
7.8
Ratings
1% above category average
Task Management00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Mobile Access00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Search00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Communication
Comparison of Communication features of Product A and Product B
Poppulo
-
Ratings
Virola Messenger
9.5
Ratings
17% above category average
Chat00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
Poppulo
-
Ratings
Virola Messenger
9.0
Ratings
11% above category average
Video files00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Audio files00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
7.4
(0 ratings)
8.5
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.1
(0 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
PoppuloVirola Messenger
Likelihood to Recommend
If you want to create an elaborate, multi-leveled kiosk for your organization, Four Winds Interactive Content Manager Desktop can definitely do that for you. Just know going in that it's not the easiest to operate, and definitely devote time to training. Definitely have a couple of people go through this training, so it's not just one person in your organization that can operate Four Winds.
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Virola is a very robust secure chatting and communication tool for any small, mid-sized or large enterprise. the features coupled with data sharing, meeting scheduling, and secure chat rooms with no cost required make it really desirable to try pout for business communications. It really helps in a healthy bridging communication across cross-functional teams like marketing, sales, etc. that can yield better productivity.
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Pros
  • Great digital signage software and hardware
  • Excellent personal business partner with fabulous account representatives
  • Top notch execution team willing to go the extra mile
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  • Secure chatting
  • Chatrooms
  • File transfer/ sharing
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Cons
  • There is a big learning curve - the program is complex and not the easiest to learn
  • Works great once you know what you're doing, but can be tricky to operate
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  • A cleaner interface.
  • More intuitive for older generations.
  • Customizable notification tones
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Support Rating
Their support is always spot-on, although they can be a bit delayed following up depending on the type of issue you're having.
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Alternatives Considered
Simply put, FWi outperforms just about any other software solution by being more adaptable and more reliable, while being competitively priced for its class (top shelf). It's not as cheap as using "free" signage software that's in the cloud, or built into display screens (LG), but if you plan on doing more than running slides and you plan on doing it in multiple locations and screens, this is the platform to do it on - especially if your venues and needs vary across the network.
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From what we have used of Virola Messenger, it has similar features to Apple Messages. However, not everyone in our office used iPhones, so Messages was not an ideal solution. Virola Messenger also provides a lot of extra features above and beyond Messages. The main one we used was creating "Issues" and created action lists from our conversations.
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Return on Investment
  • The FWI display system has allowed us to create some very unique and one of a kind promotions that help us maintain a leading role in the Las Vegas locals market.
  • The savings from not printing posters and other collateral have nearly paid for the display system in a very short time.
  • The display system also allows us to promote many different things in a single location, unlike print.
  • We can also advertise to different demographics based on location within a property such as gaming floor, floor perimeter, and non-gaming areas.
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  • Kept everyone in the loop
  • Allowed for seamless project discussions from inside and outside the office.
  • Great way to share screens which was very important.
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ScreenShots

Poppulo Screenshots

Screenshot of Email previewScreenshot of Cross-channel reports | DashboardScreenshot of Poppulo Mobile App

Virola Messenger Screenshots

Screenshot of Virola Messenger desktop and mobile client appsScreenshot of Issues and discussions in Virola MessengerScreenshot of Virola Messenger mobile client appScreenshot of Task board in Virola MessengerScreenshot of Screen sharing and remote control in Virola Messenger