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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Sococo

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ASococo is a remote collaboration tool with integrations with third-party applications such as Google Docs, Atlassian JIRA, and Box.

    $14.99

    per month per seat

    Workplace from Meta (discontinued)

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AWorkplace was a business communication tool from Meta with features like Live Video and Groups, that connected employees. Its discontinuation began in August of 2025, and by June 2026 a full shutdown is anticipated.N/A
    Pricing
    SococoWorkplace from Meta (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    Sococo
    $14.99 or $13.99 if paid annually
    per month per seat
    Sococo Unlimited
    $24.99
    per month per seat
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SococoWorkplace from Meta (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsSococo pricing plan includes a 10 seat minimum and 500 minutes per seat per month. Additional minutes price at $5 per 1,000 minutes. Sococo unlimited include a 100 seat minimum with unlimited minutes per seat per user.—
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    Community Pulse
    SococoWorkplace from Meta (discontinued)
    Considered Both Products
    Social Communications Company
    No answer on this topic
    Discontinued Products
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    93%
    Would buy again
    28 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    24 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    28 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    90%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    19 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    92%
    Implementation went as expected
    23 Answers
    Features
    SococoWorkplace from Meta (discontinued)
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Sococo and Workplace from Meta (discontinued)
    Feature
    Sococo
    4.7
    3 Ratings
    49% below category average
    Workplace from Meta (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Task Management5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scheduling5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow Automation4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Access3.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Search3.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visual planning tools8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Sococo and Workplace from Meta (discontinued)
    Feature
    Sococo
    5.3
    5 Ratings
    40% below category average
    Workplace from Meta (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Chat5.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications5.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Discussions6.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase5.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with GoToMeeting5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Sococo and Workplace from Meta (discontinued)
    Feature
    Sococo
    4.6
    2 Ratings
    55% below category average
    Workplace from Meta (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Versioning6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video files3.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audio files3.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document collaboration3.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access control5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Advanced security features6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device sync6.02 Ratings00 Ratings
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    SococoWorkplace from Meta (discontinued)
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    Score9.5 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Troop Messenger
    Score9.8 out of 10
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    Score9.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    SococoWorkplace from Meta (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    1.0
    (5 ratings)
    7.8
    (54 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    5.6
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.4
    (21 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SococoWorkplace from Meta (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Social Communications Company
    We tried Sococo as means of gamifying a natively remote office. It does the job but the tool suffers from a lack of integrations. You will run out of free minutes very quickly and the additional charges are too high to make business sense.
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    Discontinued Products
    Well suited: - leadership communication. When our CEO posts a video to all company - it always gets the highest engagement - recognition/achievements posts - live streams for education, knowledge sharing - we are a company of 12000 associates and there is no other corporate channel for us to gather more than 500 people in one place. Less appropriate: - sharing some very targetted messages - it's impossible to do at Workplace without creating a group. So we use email channel for such targetted communications - instant communication like in a chat (probably it's less appropriate in our specific case because we use MS Teams for such quick communication instead of WP chats)
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    Pros
    Social Communications Company
    • Visual layout - the virtual office visible was very helpful because it made the organization feel closer and as a whole, much more connected. Further, you can group departments in your layout, so it gave a good visual understanding of who was part of each 'department/team.'
    • Sound - the sound quality was good overall in meetings, and I liked the realistic sounds for opening and closing an office, etc. It allowed for a real office feel, and this is especially important since a lot of companies offer the option to work from home now - this removes the 'disconnect' that usually exists when working from home.
    • Communication options - it allowed for multiple ways to communicate and places to communicate - i.e., in the auditorium, lunchroom, conference room, or a smaller room. Very realistic and a variety in that sense.
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    Discontinued Products
    • Bring groups of people together to share info, stories, updates, etc.
    • The chat app is pretty decent.
    • Workplace Live is a good large-group meeting broadcast platform.
    • It's pretty intuitive to use for anyone who's used Facebook.
    • It provides different levels of "security" for groups, allowing you to have open, closed, and "secret" groups.
    • It's easy to paste images into your posts and comments, without having to necessarily go through the process of saving an image as a file, etc.
    • It has search capabilities for finding old information.
    • It's available for both desktop/laptop and mobile devices.
    • It's secured to allow only those within the company to see company-related info (but it also has a few inter-company groups, which can be useful, too).
    • Workplace Chat has the ability to set it to Do Not Disturb.
    • You can set notifications, including email notifications, if you want to be alerted to new activity in your groups, etc.
    • You can use Markdown to format your text
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Social Communications Company
    • It would be great if it supported other major browsers. Not everyone has Chrome installed.
    • The ongoing subscription cost is difficult to justify. This is the only reason we stopped using it.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • It would be helpful if a review confirmation checkbox was able to be placed by files that needed to be read or reviewed. Along the same line, approve, review again, etc. would be helpful checkboxes to add by files, proposals.
    • The layout is clean but suffers a bit from the center column width with two sidebars and a lot of empty space. It almost looks like a going out of business sale retail store where you notice the empty shelves. Workplace feels a bit bare at times. I think some good design modifications can help. Now on mobile, it is a great layout. I am addressing specifically the desktop browser login.
    • An admin control dashboard would be really effective and even more so with more users on the platform.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Social Communications Company
    It was easy to use but still needs lots of improvement to collaborate with other tools
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    Having to download multiple apps just to use the tool is very cumbersome. Facebook would have make this better by wrapping it in as a main feature within their app, but having to use multiple apps to see discussions and walls is so frustrating.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Social Communications Company
    Sococo didn't seem to have a strong support line. In comparison to other products, such as Microsoft Teams, it did not regularly check in with us. There should be opportunities to give feedback on the quality of the program periodically and if we had any issues. Sometimes, Sococo would crash, and we would 'restart it' but not know why it happened.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    Workplace by Facebook is an excellent fit in respect of support and documentation. It has excellent tutorials and documentation, as well. The UI and UX are already great as it is developed and maintained by Facebook, so most of the times, there is no need for any support or documentation.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Social Communications Company
    I prefer Sococo over Lync/Skype for a few reasons. I feel the user interface is slicker, better voice clarity, easier to hop between calls. And, all call members can go to a common chat room on their own accord instead of one person trying to invite everybody. I also feel that it's easier to share one's screen and swap between different shared screens with Sococo.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    Workplace by Facebook is so much more than just a project management tool like Basecamp or Slack. The ability to disseminate information to employees is easier and better with Workplace by Facebook. It can also be used for informal messaging and sharing of information. It combines the best features of both with the same look and feel as Facebook.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Social Communications Company
    • Morning meetings are much simpler with sococo than without. Small powwows with coworkers to work out little bugs are also a lot more enticing since setup is essentially nonexistent.
    • It might be argued that the cost of sococo isn't worth the benefits of simplicity and ease of use.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • We can meet the project times, that with the communication in real time.
    • We provide solutions to our suppliers in a reliable and efficient manner.
    • When a business can save time and at the same time respond to the demands of customers, this translates into greater market capture of action for the company.
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