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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Igloo

    Score6.9 out of 10
    N/AIgloo Software is a social business software company that builds digital workplaces and intranet solutions to support online communities and businesses of any size. It is a suite of content management, collaboration and knowledge sharing tools within one secure social networking platform. Online communities drive groups, teams and organizations to improve employee productivity, foster relationships and increase collaboration with customers, partners and suppliers.N/A

    Intranet Connections

    Score7.6 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Intranet Connections (formerly IC Thrive) is built for internal communicators, HR professionals, and marketers in finance, healthcare, and corporate industries. The software keeps all files, internal communications, and sensitive information secure and readily accessible in a single source of truth, with Source Intranet Software. The solution helps users to…

    $4

    per user per month for 500 employees

    Pricing
    IglooIntranet Connections
    Editions & Modules
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    Cloud intranet software
    $4
    per user per month for 500 employees
    On premise intranet software
    $70
    Per user, 1 time set up fee for 500 users
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IglooIntranet Connections
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
    Additional DetailsIgloo is free to use for up to 10 users. Paid accounts begin $12 per user per month. We also offer volume discounts for enterprise-wide intranets and external users. Contact us for details.No third party consultants are required. Our stellar customer experience department works with all levels of expertise and provides custom services depending on level of need within your organization.
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    IglooIntranet Connections
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    HCL Connections
    Score9 out of 10
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    Score9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    Score9 out of 10
    HCL Connections
    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    HCL Connections
    Score9 out of 10
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    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IglooIntranet Connections
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.0
    (7 ratings)
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    (4 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IglooIntranet Connections
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Igloo Software
    Igloo is a well-suited option for teams/companies that want to build an employee intranet with some other interesting features, like file storage and sharing, internal communications, and resource and knowledge management. All of these features may help your workers increase productivity significantly by centralizing everything in one robust and reliable platform. However, it can be less appropriate if costs are a problem for you, due to the pricing. So, if you will not be using several features and just want an intranet for you company, you may want to go with another solution.
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    IC Thrive
    I think this would depend on what they are looking for in an intranet service and how big their company is.
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    Pros
    Igloo Software
    • Notifications: Igloo can push email updates to users.
    • Organization: Igloo allows for you to create pages, sub pages, and many layer deep sections. You can also organize the layout of your pages.
    • Versioning: it's super easy to reserve and edit documents for offline use. And you can see who last edited a document and when.
    • Offline access: there's a desktop version you can use very easily. It's really good for dropping a bunch of files at once.
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    IC Thrive
    • Ability to customize the platform to really fit the needs of what you're looking for. How we use it is different than how another organization uses it.
    • It's easy to get ahold of technical support and ask questions from a high level (i.e. about how to make it work better for the organization) or a granular level (i.e. how to improve something for a specific employee).
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    Cons
    Igloo Software
    • Their UI is not used-friendly. Their use of Igloo-specific terminology made it difficult to understand how each function of the site worked. They would repeatedly say, for example, "a ___ is really a ___" vs. just calling it what the function actually is.
    • Implementation was a far cry from their sales support. After basically nickel-and-diming you for everything, they - very poorly - cap your use of their implementation support team.
    • Overall, Igloo didn't work for our organization because they do multiple things decently vs a few things excellently. The experience with Igloo was unremarkable.
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    IC Thrive
    • improve on trigger options for workflows such as the ability to have two conditions for one trigger
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    Alternatives Considered
    Igloo Software
    Easy to use, cost-effective, and benefit in organizational culture development and information sharing across various employees and from higher management. Great customer support and continuous development to make the software better for users. It allows better collaboration with a little bit of fun too and requires less resources to handle.
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    IC Thrive
    [Intranet Connections has] more features, is more configurable, and offers more support.
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    Return on Investment
    Igloo Software
    • Helps with employee retention - especially in a virtual environment.
    • Costs less than a separate wiki system for storing key information.
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    IC Thrive
    • The workflow when building forms doesn't allow for when someone is out of the office for it to flow to another manager. We would have to create a drop-down and have the employee select who it needs to go to for approval. Would be nice if the systems administrator could be able to change the approver and then resend the item for approval. At this time the employee would have to resubmit or the admin would have to email the current item for approval or we would have to impersonate this individual to approve.
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    ScreenShots

    Igloo Screenshots

    Screenshot of A highly social platformScreenshot of Easy drag and drop designScreenshot of Content management systemScreenshot of Responsive design for mobile users

    Intranet Connections Screenshots

    Screenshot of Customizable homepage - with company news presented in the 'storyboard', quick links, staff photos, a staff survey, and celebrating employee milestones.Screenshot of the people directory.Screenshot of the intranet as a 'single source of truth' so employees can trust the information they find, and do their jobs more effectively.