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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

    Visual Studio App Center (discontinued)

    Score6.9 out of 10
    N/AVisual Studio App Center was a solution used to build, test, release, and monitor mobile and desktop apps, as well as to continuously monitor real-time performance. The product was discontinued in March 2025, and is no longer available.

    $40

    per month per build concurrency

    Pricing
    Socialtext (discontinued)Visual Studio App Center (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    Socialtext
    $1.00
    Starting Price Per Month
    Builds
    $40
    per month per build concurrency
    Standard Test Plan
    $99
    per month per build concurrency
    Enterprise Test Plan
    $499
    per month per build concurrency
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Socialtext (discontinued)Visual Studio App Center (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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    More Pricing Information
    Features
    Socialtext (discontinued)Visual Studio App Center (discontinued)
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Socialtext (discontinued) and Visual Studio App Center (discontinued)
    Feature
    Socialtext (discontinued)
    7.6
    1 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Visual Studio App Center (discontinued)
    -
    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 Visual Studio App Center (discontinued)
    Feature
    Socialtext (discontinued)
    7.2
    1 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Visual Studio App Center (discontinued)
    -
    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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    Score9.5 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Troop Messenger
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Azure DevOps
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
    Score9 out of 10
    Azure DevOps Server
    Score8.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Socialtext (discontinued)Visual Studio App Center (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Socialtext (discontinued)Visual Studio App Center (discontinued)
    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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    Honestly, it's an all around solution that needs some enhancements. Need to build an app, check! Need to test that app, check! Need to debug that app, check! Visual Studio App Center is a well rounded platform for multiple types of builds and services.
    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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    • It supplies the right native integration for test cases both IOS and Android
    • Constant device updates means you are working with the right builds to support product use cases
    • Excels in automated test cases that are easy to implement, monitor, and digest results
    Incentivized
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    Cons
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    • 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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    • Webview support was lacking
    • User management seems a bit disconnected from the standard Microsoft ecosystem. Almost feels like you are managing local users and sharing access more than an enterprise solution
    • Price could be better
    • Buggy on some of the latest versions of windows
    Incentivized
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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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    Discontinued Products
    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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    Discontinued Products
    The biggest benefit is in integrations and plug-ins, as well as the fact that it's not open source. I know open source is popular, but we have all been on the downside of open source and waiting for things to be voted up or a contribution to fix an issue. This alone makes VSAC a nice solution! Plus, it comes with a complete IDE integration of services, documentation, and is light weight
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
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    • We get solutions to concerns much faster
    • We promote interactions with the other depts
    • We listen and have discussions
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    Discontinued Products
    • Cut down on time to delivery enhancements and overall builds to users
    • Helps test new proposed releases with ease
    • Cuts down on local build issues as it does do a good job with local development environments as well
    Incentivized
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