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Socialcast (discontinued)

Socialcast (discontinued)

Overview

What is Socialcast (discontinued)?

Socialcast was an enterprise social networking and collaboration platform acquired by VMware in 2011. The platform allowed an organization's employees to share information and documents with co-workers in real time through a Facebook- or Twitter-like news feed. VMware announced its…

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Recent Reviews

Work Smarter with Socialcast

9 out of 10
February 06, 2015
Socialcast is deployed to all FactSet departments and employees worldwide. We implemented Socialcast in 2009, as we had experienced rapid …
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Pricing

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Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $250 per month
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Product Details

What is Socialcast (discontinued)?

Socialcast was an enterprise social networking and collaboration platform acquired by VMware in 2011. The platform allowed an organization's employees to share information and documents with co-workers in real time through a Facebook- or Twitter-like news feed. VMware announced its end of availability (EOA) effective May 2018.

Socialcast (discontinued) Integrations

Socialcast (discontinued) Competitors

Socialcast (discontinued) Technical Details

Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

Socialcast was an enterprise social networking and collaboration platform acquired by VMware in 2011. The platform allowed an organization's employees to share information and documents with co-workers in real time through a Facebook- or Twitter-like news feed. VMware announced its end of availability (EOA) effective May 2018.

Socialcast (discontinued) starts at $250.

Jive and Microsoft Yammer are common alternatives for Socialcast (discontinued).

Reviewers rate Chat and Surveys highest, with a score of 8.7.

The most common users of Socialcast (discontinued) are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Comparisons

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Reviews and Ratings

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Susan Scrupski | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • Socialcast has an exceptional user experience. With very few idiosyncrasies, it works well on every platform I've tried.
  • The platform has such a high level of ease of use, it becomes somewhat addicting.
  • Social analytics are superb.
  • The platform is highly intuitive and requires zero training or coaching in order for network members to become productive with it.
  • It's extremely reliable. Only once in 4 years, was the product not available, and that was only for about a half-hour. In that half-hour, we realized how dependent we were on it. (Very.)
  • The multi-device and deployment options are excellent. On-premise, Private Cloud, and Multi-tenant SaaS all available.
  • The mobile apps for iPhone, tablets, and Android render well with a beautiful UI/UX. The desktop AIR app is equally highly usable.
  • There is limited functionality with some of the mobile device apps. I'm only familiar with iPhone, but I've heard this from other users. Photos sometimes do not render; you can sometimes not see links that were posted from the web view.
  • Socialcast does not offer presence which we'd find useful.
  • Ha. We could not run our business without Socialcast. It is our primary channel of communication.
Unless something happens to demonstrate Socialcast, as a function of its ownership with VMWare, will not be investing in future releases of the product or the leadership changes direction with the product, we see no reason to move off the platform.
For some reason, Socialcast does not get mentioned in a list of enterprise social networks often. Yammer, Jive, and Chatter draw headlines, but Socialcast is a very strong competitor in this field. Of course, the differences between full-featured platforms like Jive and so-called micro-blogging platforms is another discussion altogether. Suffice to say, if you're considering a Chatter, Yammer, or even Tibbr, you should look carefully at Socialcast.
  • The platform serves as the backbone of our company which is structured as a network. It creates a seamless channel for communications and knowledge-sharing.
  • It serves as a unifying medium to connect network members in multiple time zones with self-service usability.
Yammer.
Yammer, Socialcast.
  • Implemented in-house
  • Don't know
As a SaaS product, this has very simple deployment.
  • Self-taught
Yes .
No
We have not needed it.
Excellent support; of course not perfect. :-)
  • The user interface is exceptional. Writing updates, editing updates is simple and very comfortable for all users.
  • Admin features are intuitive.
  • Inviting people to the network is simple, and on-boarding doesn't require any extra training or support.
  • The recognition feature is done well (thanks).
  • Notifications are excellent on mobile and desktop devices.
  • I'd prefer to have fuller user profiles.
  • Tagging isn't exactly intuitive.
  • The projects feature could probably be improved.
Yes
It's a little tricky when you have long threads. Not intuitively obvious how to expand the threads.
The UX is its best feature.
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