Socialtext (discontinued) vs. Twist: Team Messaging

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Socialtext (discontinued)
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
Social 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
Twist: Team Messaging
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Twist is a collaboration application offered by Doist, suggested to teams as a calmer topically organized conversation tracker to better manage multiple streams of conversation and idea sharing. Discounts are offered for non-profits and student users.
$5
per user, per month
Pricing
Socialtext (discontinued)Twist: Team Messaging
Editions & Modules
Socialtext
$1.00
Starting Price Per Month
Unlimited
$5.00
per user, per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Socialtext (discontinued)Twist: Team Messaging
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Socialtext (discontinued)Twist: Team Messaging
Features
Socialtext (discontinued)Twist: Team Messaging
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Socialtext (discontinued)
7.6
1 Ratings
2% below category average
Twist: Team Messaging
-
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 Product A and Product B
Socialtext (discontinued)
7.2
1 Ratings
10% below category average
Twist: Team Messaging
-
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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User Ratings
Socialtext (discontinued)Twist: Team Messaging
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(2 ratings)
6.0
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
6.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Socialtext (discontinued)Twist: Team Messaging
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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Doist
If you have no existing messaging solution, Twist is a viable option. I can't find any reason to recommend it ahead of Slack, Spaces, Teams, Discord, etc. This is one more solution with team messaging functionality, and file sharing, and message archiving/searching. If budget is an issue, Twist can be replaced with a free solution like Discord.
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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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Doist
  • Messaging
  • Team communication
  • Email updates
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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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Doist
  • Does nothing to stand out from other messaging apps
  • Boring
  • Feature parity with everything else on the market
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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
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Doist
No answers on this topic
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.
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Doist
Does not stand out at all. I can't think of any reason to select Twist over more popular choices like Slack, Teams, Discord, or Spaces. We use Twist because it forced on us by a specific scenario. Otherwise, we would just use an existing platform (ex: Slack) to handle this communication
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Return on Investment
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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Doist
  • None that can be directly tied to Twist
  • We were forced to use Twist in a certain environment, but no change to our ROI
  • Provides one more place to look, one more place to try and find messages.
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ScreenShots

Twist: Team Messaging Screenshots

Screenshot of Group Threads In ChannelsScreenshot of Intelligent InboxScreenshot of Direct MessagesScreenshot of Thread-Based Communications