Avaza vs. Socialcast (discontinued)

There are teams who work hard, and there are those who work smart. Avaza helps you be the latter--it's is a great tool for any team collaborating on several projects, especially multiple projects with a lot of simultaneously moving parts. It has just about everything you need - from team schedules to timesheets, down to the task and sub-task monitoring. The best part for me is that we can switch from List View to Kanban to Gantt charts!

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.

• Helps keep track of time spent on each project
• Helps employees break down their time spent throughout the day
• Encourages better time management skills

Incentivized

• Had an easy to use interface.
• The ability to opt in and out of various groups is great.
• It works great for large companies with lots of people.

Incentivized

• I wish sub-tasks could also have due dates
• For really big projects, we hope there could be phases (aside from sections)
• In the chatbox, it would be great if photo attachments could be displayed as screenshots (instead of downloading the file)

• Mobile App does not provide enough functionality to be useful, but improvements have been made.
• More workflow tools
• More common business process apps

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Because it has been amazing and easy to work with.

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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

Avaza is very easy to use, but the mobile app needs work.

Incentivized

The UX is its best feature

They are always available and open to doing a call or a shared screen to walk through the issues.

Incentivized

Excellent support; of course not perfect. :-)

Not applicable, as it is a SaaS platform with minimal implementation

I've used Trello before, but Avaza has way more features and is more applicable for cross-team collaboration. We selected Avaza for it's ability to not only project manage, but also for invoicing, expenses and it's ability to track time. We've gotten more accurate with estimate project hours, and therefore create more accurate proposals

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CA Flowdock, Igloo and SocialCast are similar tools that deliver essential features to build an internal social network.

SocialCast is reliable and supported by VmWare. This can make people feel "safer".

SocialCast has also a clean interface where you can find options and features quickly. The interface is friendly and fast and is not annoying like the CA Flowdock interface (which opens a new tab/window in almost every place you click).

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• Avaza has made it easier to see how long I spend on certain types of projects and where I could be spending more time.

Incentivized

• Definitely more organized project management and team collaboration.
• Efficiency in carrying out tasks.
• Creates a spirit of collaboration and friendliness among colleagues.

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