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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Starting Price Per Month

    Storylane

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/AStorylane, headquartered in Santa Clara, helps companies build interactive product demos in minutes with their eponymous no-code tool. Marketing users can embed guided product tours on their websites, landing pages , blogs or share them in email campaigns. Sales users can replicate the product and build custom demos tailor made for conversation. Storylane's no code editor enables users to personalize anything in the demo.

    $50

    per month per seat

    Pricing
    Socialtext (discontinued)Storylane
    Editions & Modules
    Socialtext
    $1.00
    Starting Price Per Month
    Starter
    $50
    per month per seat
    Growth
    $625
    per month 5 seats included + $125 per additional seat
    Premium
    $1500
    per month custom seats
    Solo (1 Demo)
    free forever
    Enterprise
    Custom
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Socialtext (discontinued)Storylane
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Discount available for annual pricing.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Socialtext (discontinued)Storylane
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
    No answer on this topic
    Storylane
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Would buy again
    12 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    11 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    92%
    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
    11 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    11 Answers
    Features
    Socialtext (discontinued)Storylane
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Socialtext (discontinued) and Storylane
    Feature
    Socialtext (discontinued)
    7.6
    1 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Storylane
    -
    Ratings
    Task Management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gantt Charts7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scheduling9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow Automation8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Access4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Search9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visual planning tools8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Socialtext (discontinued) and Storylane
    Feature
    Socialtext (discontinued)
    7.2
    1 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Storylane
    -
    Ratings
    Chat7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Discussions9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Surveys4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Troop Messenger
    Score9.8 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
    Score9 out of 10
    ClearSlide
    Score8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Socialtext (discontinued)Storylane
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.9
    (12 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (11 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Socialtext (discontinued)Storylane
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Storylane
    If you are looking to make simple, guided demos to easily demonstrate product UI and workflows, Storylane is a great choice. You need to be ready to invest a lot more heavily if you'd like to provide a sandbox experience that will allow users to navigate around the whole UI with full linking and interactive onscreen elements.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    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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    Storylane
    • Allows you to easily grab the visual assets to create a walk through.
    • The analytics that are integrated give you a very specific view of engagement.
    • Even the most complex web pages can be saved in Storylane, definitely a robust engine.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Cons
    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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    Storylane
    • It's not intuitive when I want to modify some of the text in the boxes
    • It's difficult when I wanted to copy a slide from one demo and drop it into another demo. It's never worked properly and this seems like it should be a relatively easy technical lift to offer - also it doesn't say that it won't work, it just simply made a mess of my slides.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Likelihood to Renew
    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
    Read full review
    Storylane
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Storylane
    It is fairly easy to use the Product demo builder. There's nothing complex on the platform. I feel like there's so much room to add complexity to the product, as it's too easy to use at the moment. More functionalities bring more complexity. So, currently, I would say Storylane is pretty easy to use without any prior training.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Alternatives Considered
    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.
    Read full review
    Storylane
    The demo done by the team was brilliant and they were able to get us trial access immediately. Their gtm team was also able to accommodate our request on pricing and contract terms which really made us incline heavily towards Storylane. The product also was very well built and we didn’t need to look actively at competitors.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • We get solutions to concerns much faster
    • We promote interactions with the other depts
    • We listen and have discussions
    Read full review
    Storylane
    • I cannot attest to the ROI as I created Storylanes for my company shortly before making a career change. I anticipate that it will shorten the sales cycle as it will help champions convince decision makers who were not present during a live demo.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    ScreenShots

    Storylane Screenshots

    Screenshot of how Storylane captures screenshots, video and HTML Recordings for demosScreenshot of the no-code demo editor, used to customize text, images, graphs or any other kind of element appearing in a demo.Screenshot of an example of the tooltips, callouts and video popups that can be used to explain a productScreenshot of AI - not just for better buyer discovery but also for easier and quicker demo creation for sellersScreenshot of the one click process to share or embed demos anywhereScreenshot of demo insights, used to drive engagement and growth for for each lead