Jive vs. SAP Jam

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Jive
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Jive Software, part of the Aurea family of customer experience solutions, provides the gateway to an organization's most important assets – its knowledge and people. Jive's interactive intranet solution promises to connect people, information and ideas to help businesses outpace their competitors. The vendor says the product has more than 30 million users worldwide across every industry, and is consistently recognized as a leader by top analyst firms.N/A
SAP Jam
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
SAP Jam is a social network collaboration tool with integrated collaborative processes for knowledge, learning, and HR management. SAP Jam also includes capabilities for the entire sales, marketing, and customer service lifecycles.N/A
Pricing
JiveSAP Jam
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
JiveSAP Jam
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
JiveSAP Jam
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Jive
-
Ratings
SAP Jam
7.8
3 Ratings
1% below category average
Task Management00 Ratings7.82 Ratings
Gantt Charts00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Scheduling00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Workflow Automation00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Mobile Access00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Search00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Visual planning tools00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Communication
Comparison of Communication features of Product A and Product B
Jive
-
Ratings
SAP Jam
6.7
3 Ratings
18% below category average
Chat00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Notifications00 Ratings8.53 Ratings
Discussions00 Ratings8.53 Ratings
Surveys00 Ratings6.03 Ratings
Internal knowledgebase00 Ratings8.73 Ratings
Integrates with GoToMeeting00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts00 Ratings4.01 Ratings
Integrates with Outlook00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
Jive
-
Ratings
SAP Jam
6.8
3 Ratings
18% below category average
Versioning00 Ratings9.23 Ratings
Video files00 Ratings6.73 Ratings
Audio files00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
Document collaboration00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
Access control00 Ratings8.83 Ratings
Advanced security features00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
Integrates with Google Drive00 Ratings4.01 Ratings
Device sync00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
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JiveSAP Jam
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User Ratings
JiveSAP Jam
Likelihood to Recommend
9.1
(37 ratings)
8.8
(3 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
6.6
(17 ratings)
4.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
6.1
(4 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
Availability
5.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
6.9
(2 ratings)
2.0
(1 ratings)
Online Training
5.0
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
3.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
JiveSAP Jam
Likelihood to Recommend
Aurea
It's definitely worth considering Jive for the type of application we've developed i.e. a central shared repository for all employees to host and discuss information. I can't say I have ever used a superior tool, but they may exist. I'm just not sure I would want to use it exclusively for file hosting, though. It does integrate with various other tools, so perhaps it would be fine if used in conjunction with another tool for that purpose.
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SAP
When you need to create a private, secure space for individuals to collaborate or work on a project together, SAP Jam does a great job at bringing people together and giving them a space to work together in. There are also great ways to provide learning opportunities (including sharing webinars or other educational content)
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Pros
Aurea
  • Individual design
  • Presence of Russian language (localization can be independently established)
  • You can configure several information tapes with different themes. One for work, the second for communication
  • A newly-arrived network user immediately receives a prepared block for beginners. After completing several game tasks, the user will receive the basics of using Jive.
  • There is a template for each scenario. There is even a template for planning R&D, and there are more than twenty of them.
  • Integrates with MS Office, Google Drive, Google Docs
  • There are all platforms (even Winphone and blackberry)
  • You can create forum threads
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SAP
  • Easy to setup.
  • Template-based group creation.
  • Permissions are either inherited or set at the group-level by group owners.
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Cons
Aurea
  • Search functionality is very weak
  • The information architecture and taxonomy doesnt allow for easy discoverability of content
  • It's hard to navigate the and find spaces/groups that I already know about
  • The main profile/interface does not allow easy access to key tasks or common tasks.
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SAP
  • Multiple selection limitations
  • Error proofing in wrong command
  • Multiple time confirmation
  • Multiple time checkbox
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Likelihood to Renew
Aurea
There are always external factors that can impact this decision but currently, the Jive platform is maintaining its lead in the market place in this area. If the innovation in this space by Jive continues, then this number will remain high. Integration with other systems and adaptability to changes in the market or in client needs will also make this decision hard to predict more then 6 months into the future
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SAP
We are moving toward other platforms that are meant more for virtual community, like Higher Logic. The customer support at SAP Jam is also lacking.
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Usability
Aurea
It was harder to use that expected. The admin needs to be code savvy to truly customize the system. And users need to trained on the system and the setup. Trainings and monitoring need to continue to enforce use.
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SAP
It's an integrated platform that brings together a lot of different people from across the association to work on shared projects, etc. Given the various roles people play and the varying skill sets they bring to the table, the platform is fairly intuitive to use and easy to navigate around
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Reliability and Availability
Aurea
Uptime was OK. But there was one day that the system crashed for a whole day. Our company was unable to operate. And all the plugins to word/excel froze causing those systems to freeze.

Jive posted a statement to the media saying all customers were up, but we were not.
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SAP
No answers on this topic
Performance
Aurea
The product worked as designed. It just didn't work for our needs.
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SAP
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Aurea
They did an OK job when I needed them. Except for the one day the system went down. Jive pointed the finger at the hosting company, and the hosting company pointed the finger at Jive. No reliable information came to us.
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SAP
We have to submit requests multiple times to get a response and it often feels like they go into a black hole. Because we don't have anyone in house really supporting the back-end of the platform, we rely on SAP Jam's support and development teams to help solve problems and improve the platform for us.
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Online Training
Aurea
Jive online training is there. It is OK/average. I feel some other companies are doing better. It is not a piece that is required to have a successfully implementation, but it could be useful to improve it
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SAP
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Aurea
If I did this over, I would hire out the implementation. They know the best practices and could have guided us to make an easier to use setup.
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SAP
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Aurea
We had a Google phone number set up before and Jive was a lot better option than that. It is more consistent and can be configured much easier and with more advanced settings. Additionally, based on the pricing as well as working with the rep on our account, it was a perfect option for us
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SAP
We utilize many products in the SAP universe of solutions. Not only was JAM feature-rich and matched our company needs, but the tight integration with our other SAP product lines makes admin as well as usability seamless. While other competitors to JAM offer more features that rely on real-time, most of our use cases were asynchronous.
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Return on Investment
Aurea
  • reduce email traffic
  • reduce amount of files/documents scattered & lost across shared drives
  • increased discovery, awareness and interaction of historically more separated individuals & team functions across the organisation
  • from an IT perspective, we've benefited from improved IT operations (e.g. troubleshooting info shared and easily searched/found with all team members - such that even junior team members can solve technical problems outside of business hours, lessening the burden for standby/call-in for more senior team members)
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SAP
  • Automation in process
  • Ease of communication
  • Lack of change notification
  • Lack of multiple selection search
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ScreenShots

Jive Screenshots

Screenshot of Jive's Interactive Intranet software provides a single platform for employee collaboration without complication.