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    Thought Industries

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AThe Thought Industries platform enables enterprise organizations to create, manage, distribute, monetize, and analyze their end-to-end customer education and external training initiatives. The solution addresses the unique needs of customer education, and aims to make it easy to handle complex learning operations at scale to empower growth. Its administrative capabilities include native tools and thirdparty integrations, businesses boost learner engagement, operationalize processes, and…N/A

    Zoho Projects

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/AZoho Project is online project management and planning software that provides project teams with a web-based collaborative environment. Zoho Projects can also include a bug tracking module specifically design to support software development project. It is integrated with other Zoho products including Zoho CRM.

    $5

    per month per user

    Pricing
    Thought IndustriesZoho Projects
    Editions & Modules
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    Free
    $0
    Premium
    $5
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    $10
    per month per user
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    Pricing Offerings
    Thought IndustriesZoho Projects
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
    Additional Details—Discount offered for annual billing.
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    Community Pulse
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    75%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    71%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    57%
    Implementation went as expected
    4 Answers
    Features
    Thought IndustriesZoho Projects
    Learning Management
    Comparison of Learning Management features of Thought Industries and Zoho Projects
    Feature
    Thought Industries
    7.4
    4 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Zoho Projects
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    Ratings
    Course authoring8.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Course catalog or library8.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Player/Portal8.44 Ratings00 Ratings
    Progress tracking & certifications7.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Assignments2.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning administration9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning reporting & analytics8.44 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social learning6.93 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Thought Industries and Zoho Projects
    Feature
    Thought Industries
    -
    Ratings
    Zoho Projects
    6.6
    20 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Task Management00 Ratings7.520 Ratings
    Resource Management00 Ratings7.019 Ratings
    Gantt Charts00 Ratings6.517 Ratings
    Scheduling00 Ratings5.518 Ratings
    Workflow Automation00 Ratings6.014 Ratings
    Team Collaboration00 Ratings7.520 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology00 Ratings6.35 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology00 Ratings8.011 Ratings
    Document Management00 Ratings6.016 Ratings
    Email integration00 Ratings6.016 Ratings
    Mobile Access00 Ratings5.018 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking00 Ratings7.519 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management00 Ratings6.96 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management00 Ratings6.014 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Thought Industries and Zoho Projects
    Feature
    Thought Industries
    -
    Ratings
    Zoho Projects
    5.0
    13 Ratings
    43% below category average
    Quotes/estimates00 Ratings5.55 Ratings
    Invoicing00 Ratings5.012 Ratings
    Project & financial reporting00 Ratings6.55 Ratings
    Integration with accounting software00 Ratings3.013 Ratings
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    Small Businesses
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    Any.do
    Score8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Skilljar by Gainsight
    Score8.3 out of 10
    KanbanFlow
    Score7.3 out of 10
    Enterprises
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft To Do
    Score7.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Thought IndustriesZoho Projects
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (4 ratings)
    6.5
    (24 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
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    9.9
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    5.6
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    -
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    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
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    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.4
    (9 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Thought IndustriesZoho Projects
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Thought Industries
    Thought Industries is perfect if you are trying to scale your customer education business for a growing customer base. It is more expensive than their competitors, but the price is worth it based on the product and experience. Thought Industries is likely great for smaller customers, although we are an enterprise-level customer. If you are not offering multiple modalities for your training program, Thought Industries (or any LMS for that matter) might not be the best investment.
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    Zoho
    My work involves projects of 5-15 people with numerous projects running simultaneously. Prior to Zoho, I did not have a central location from which to view all project statuses at once. Zoho looks to provide this and also looks like it will deliver. I am anxious to see how our organization's use of it develops. At this time, I feel I am likely to recommend Zoho Projects because my organization has made great software decisions in the past so I have a level of trust already that the research has been done that Zoho is the best solution for our line of work.
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    Pros
    Thought Industries
    • Built in eCommerce pages and purchasing options.
    • Data to drive real-time decision making.
    • Customization options.
    • Team to work with our needs and custom scope.
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    • We use it to manage our sales orders as there are lots of moving parts which are necessary to get client orders done properly.
    • I use it anytime I have a new idea I want to put into motion. As I can create a list for brainstorming, feedback, specific actions necessary in order to test and or implement the idea.
    • Unrelated to business, it's a great way to plan travel in order to make sure you don't forget those important things like passport, flight arrangement, client meeting confirmation, and meeting prep as far as what specific documents or things do you need to bring with you.
    • And since everyone is on the go and expected to keep up with work, the mobile/tablet app makes it a breeze to keep up, work on, and create new projects.
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    Cons
    Thought Industries
    • Lacks the ability to make courses required
    • Cannot pull a report for a course(s) to show who has not started the course
    • Cannot reset gamification or run specific gamification campaigns
    • Although SCORM compliant, SCORM courses often break or do not show as complete on the learner side even when the module is marked as complete on the back end
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    Zoho
    • There is no ability to add custom fields in the "Bugs" module - for example, if we want to add fields such as Version Number.
    • Reporting is not integrated - its a fairly expensive add-on.
    • There is no easy way to track actual and completed dates for tasks - so historical variance analysis is not easy.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Thought Industries
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    Zoho
    I've reviewed about 8 other project management solutions and Zoho Projects is the best I've seen without being overly complicated. Zoho Projects keeps getting better! Recent new enhancements makes it even easier to navigate. There are new keyboard shortcuts that cut my time way down. The tools are very easy to use.
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    Usability
    Thought Industries
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    Zoho
    Zoho Projects is an easy project management tool to use. It provides all the functionality that we required for handling projects. We can easily create personal forms for projects and tasks, allowing us to add and report on our own desire. Apart from this we can create and edit documents in real time which saves our time. This allows us to share text docs, presentations, tables with the whole team and we can work on them together
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    Reliability and Availability
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    Zoho
    Has not been down to my knowledge.
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    Performance
    Thought Industries
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    Zoho
    Speed meets my expectations.
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    Support Rating
    Thought Industries
    The customer support and customer success teams are really great. BUT, it is their product team that sends them into a super high rating. The product team has worked with me on several occasions to try to solve the business challenges that I have.
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    Zoho
    Although it might lack intuitiveness, once you get a hang of how Zoho Projects works, you can do a LOT. The impact good project management has on profitability is huge, and it has helped not only improve communication and coordination when working on a project, but more importantly have adequate tracking of time, due dates and potential bottle necks
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    Alternatives Considered
    Thought Industries
    Thought Industries is better on the financial side and as far as ease of use. It is more affordable than Docebo and is more aligned to an external customer use case. Docebo and Tovuti seemed to be more for internal training. Tovuti was less expensive, but it was a little harder to use although it had more quiz features.
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    Zoho
    Zoho Projects provides a more limited set of functionality and customization options than other task/bug trackers on the market, but what it lacks in functionality it makes up for in ease of use. It probably has 80-90% of the features of its competitors but takes about a third of the time to get up and running and realizing value.
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    Return on Investment
    Thought Industries
    • Multiple Months with $20,000 in eCommerce Sales.
    • Site Up Time and Engagement has remained steady for all 4 years.
    • Course authoring is faster and more efficient.
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    Zoho
    • We needed a system to organize our growing business, so anything was better than what we had, which was nothing.
    • Recording time spend is a huge reason for using project software. It has made me aware of the tasks that are taking too long and where we are not being profitable as a company.
    • It has kept our team accountable for what needs to get completed and when projects are not in motion or completed timely. It's helpful to know in order to get billing out faster.
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    ScreenShots

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    Screenshot of Modern-looking learning sitesScreenshot of MonetizationScreenshot of Reporting Hub

    Zoho Projects Screenshots

    Screenshot of Task Automation with Blueprint - Map out your entire workflow with no code as flowcharts. Automate your tasks and notifications and set approval criteria with blueprint.Screenshot of Intuitive Gantt Charts - Say what, say who, say when. And done. Zoho Projects' Gantt chart comes feature loaded with advanced operations such as Critical path and Baseline.Screenshot of Inbuilt Issue Tracker - You can log, organize, track, and fix any problems. Features such as status and workflow, can be customized to suit the exact needs of your project.Screenshot of Drag, Drop and Done - A view of your tasks as cards placed along columns. Helps you identify bottlenecks and reorganize quickly using drag and drop.Screenshot of A quick pulse of all your work - The Portfolio dashboard, is a compact overview of all the work that's been happening across projects with widgets that address the project level timeline, status, ownership, budget health, and clients.Screenshot of Looks that matter - A refreshing UI that supports multiple themes, including an eye-catching dark mode.