Yammer Competitors and Alternatives

What is most valuable?

From my perspective as a developer I would say that the most valuable features are : * the wide variety of data source... more»

How has it helped my organization?

Each year, managers have to take important decisions about the future based on voluminous reports which took several... more»

What needs improvement?

* The suite is complicated to set up, complicated to maintain, complicated to work with. Cognos requires a bigger and... more»

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

It's not the least expensive solution in the market but if your needs are great in terms of functionality, number of... more»

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I am not aware of any previous solutions. I always use Cognos solutions for my BI needs.

What other advice do I have?

I do not think it is possible to implement a solution to the scale of the one we had without the help of knowledgeable... more»

What is most valuable?

Confluence is very easy to use and a range of third party add-ons to add more capabilities for power users. Highly recommended to any organization as a way of breaking down silos and sharing information more effectively across teams and... more»

How has it helped my organization?

Prior to my organization adopting Confluence, email was everything. Internal knowledge sharing was always an email, which would get lost in everyone's inbox, along with all the "Reply All" comments. Now, any information worth sharing is... more»

What needs improvement?

I've always found search to be buggy. Sometimes, searching for a keyword or phrase will result in no matches, despite me later finding a posting with that exact word or phrase. Also, organizing content via folders could be improved. Nested... more»

What is most valuable?

The most valuable features of this solution are that it provides a space for team collaboration, sharing, security, and a standard language within the company.

How has it helped my organization?

I think the most benefit is with the asynchronous collaboration, drop meetings, shared files and action items. It helps the team to collaborate.

What needs improvement?

The IBM Cognitive initiative, which is an out-of-the-box feature in Connections: You don't really have to spend a lot of time with it.

What other advice do I have?

Go ahead and implement it. As long as you get help from a business partner, it's not a big deal. Just plan ahead of time how to engage the user because the behavior is totally... more»