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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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Reviews and Ratings

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February 06, 2015

Work Smarter with Socialcast

Verified User
Vice-President in Marketing
Computer Software Company, 5001-10,000 employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Socialcast is deployed to all FactSet departments and employees worldwide. We implemented Socialcast in 2009, as we had experienced rapid growth which was putting pressure on our ability to share information. We needed a way to quickly onboard new employees while preserving our corporate culture. Now, Socialcast goes beyond onboarding and has become the go-to hub for employees to ask questions, share information, and solve problems.
Pros and Cons
  • Share the collective knowledge of our company in a centralized location
  • Publicly praise and thank employees
  • Make strategic information and corporate values accessible to all employees worldwide
  • Tagging and groups are useful, but that only extends to text posts. We post a lot of images in our community and it would be great to tag those for people and topics as well.
  • When we purchased Socialcast in 2009, they were the only provider with analytics on platform usage. However, in the years since, I haven't seen a lot of development in their analytic tools. This is a shame, as analytics are critical to demonstrating usage and proving the ROI of an enterprise social network.
Likelihood to Recommend
Socialcast has been a great tool for FactSet. I would recommend it to any firm looking for an easy-to-use tool to centralize communication and collaborate on a global scale.
Return on Investment
  • Sales teams have created groups for key accounts to update a broad range of people within the company about the status of sales opportunities or issue resolution. This allows for a more informed and streamlined sales process.
  • We are able to share strategic goals more broadly, across all departments / employee levels / location to increase employee engagement.
  • We are able to celebrate corporate milestones and have created "affinity groups" to let employees engage at the more "human level" which increases employee loyalty and buy-in to our culture.
Alternatives Considered
  • Yammer,Salesforce Chatter
We purchased Socialcast in 2009, so our information on competitors is no longer relevant.
Support Headcount Required
2
Likelihood to Renew
9
Beyond the value FactSet derives from using the platform, Socialcast (the firm) has been a good partner to FactSet. We've experienced very little downtime with the service and they have been responsive and fair with enhancement requests and questions.
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