Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued) vs. Socialcast (discontinued)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Cisco Business Edition 7000 was a collaboration and universal communication, VOIP / telephony, conferencing and messaging platform for enterprises of 1000 to 5000 employees. It has been discontinued, and is superseded by functionality found in Webex Calling.N/A
Socialcast (discontinued)
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
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.N/A
Pricing
Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)Socialcast (discontinued)
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)Socialcast (discontinued)
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)Socialcast (discontinued)
Features
Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)Socialcast (discontinued)
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
7.1
Ratings
8% below category average
Socialcast (discontinued)
6.3
Ratings
20% below category average
Task Management7.60 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Gantt Charts7.00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Scheduling6.70 Ratings6.30 Ratings
Workflow Automation7.90 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Mobile Access7.30 Ratings3.80 Ratings
Search6.30 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Visual planning tools6.90 Ratings3.40 Ratings
Communication
Comparison of Communication features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
6.9
Ratings
14% below category average
Socialcast (discontinued)
7.5
Ratings
5% below category average
Chat5.90 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Notifications7.10 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Discussions7.10 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Surveys8.30 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Internal knowledgebase7.10 Ratings6.10 Ratings
Integrates with GoToMeeting6.90 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts6.50 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Integrates with Outlook5.90 Ratings7.90 Ratings
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
7.4
Ratings
6% below category average
Socialcast (discontinued)
5.7
Ratings
31% below category average
Versioning6.30 Ratings2.10 Ratings
Video files9.80 Ratings7.20 Ratings
Audio files7.90 Ratings7.20 Ratings
Document collaboration6.30 Ratings6.70 Ratings
Access control7.10 Ratings7.20 Ratings
Advanced security features8.40 Ratings5.80 Ratings
Integrates with Google Drive8.90 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Device sync4.30 Ratings4.00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)Socialcast (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
8.4
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7.7
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Likelihood to Renew
-
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9.1
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)Socialcast (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
The platform is perfectly suited for collaboration involving everything related to integrated voice and video systems. It is easily installed on physical servers and virtualized and can be accessed remotely. The BE 7000 modernized the infrastructure with voice-over IP and generates complete reports on the telephone and video usage of users in all the company's regions for internal control and auditing. The solution can be recommended for medium and large scenarios from 1000 users up to a limit of 5000 users.
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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.
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Pros
  • Voicemail message are retained for a lengthy period of time.
  • It efficiently allows for users to phone colleagues in other departments by the extension number.
  • Headset usage comes in handy.
  • Speaker phone capability works well.
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  • 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.
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Cons
  • The User interface of phone could be better and it can be more interactive. The options are complex.
  • The configuration part is tough as we need to select them manually through buttons which make it a difficult task.
  • If the bandwidth of network is low we may face some noise disturbance and jitter in voice.
  • There should be proper documentation available for configuration part so that anyone with good knowledge can do it.
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  • 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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Likelihood to Renew
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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
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Usability
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The UX is its best feature
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Support Rating
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Excellent support; of course not perfect. :-)
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Implementation Rating
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Not applicable, as it is a SaaS platform with minimal implementation
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Alternatives Considered
Cisco Business edition are very comfortable and got great functioning. This name is a brand in market and the support from their side is very good. The life support of phones is very good. They have embedded with good security features and algorithm so interception become difficult by anyone. They are very reliable and has got great voice quality which makes it a best for every type of businesses. The support from Cisco is very good which I like the best.
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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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Return on Investment
  • High ROI, the communication platform provides all the necessary that is required employees to be always connected wherever they are. This improves companies overall performance and certainly income.
  • Simplified maintenance and user friendly interfaces. The platform has all the admin tool to make support easy and efficient.
  • Employees are enabled with all the Unified Communication services and they are more productive which again improves overall company's performance.
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  • 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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