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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Salesforce Experience Cloud

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/ASalesforce Marketing Cloud Engagement (formerly Salesforce Experience Cloud or Salesforce Community Cloud) is an online forum powered by Salesforce that enables businesses to connect with their employees, customers, partner organizations, and prospects. Designed to help facilitate communication and information sharing, customers can ask questions and request help, administrators can integrate data from third-party apps, and employees can collaborate across projects and…N/A
    Pricing
    Intranet ConnectionsSalesforce Experience Cloud
    Editions & Modules
    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
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Intranet ConnectionsSalesforce Experience Cloud
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsNo 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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    Community Pulse
    Intranet ConnectionsSalesforce Experience Cloud
    Considered Both Products
    IC Thrive
    No answer on this topic
    Salesforce
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    93%
    Would buy again
    26 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    21 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    26 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    14 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    15 Answers
    Features
    Intranet ConnectionsSalesforce Experience Cloud
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Intranet Connections and Salesforce Experience Cloud
    Feature
    Intranet Connections
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Experience Cloud
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Intranet Connections and Salesforce Experience Cloud
    Feature
    Intranet Connections
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Experience Cloud
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    18% above category average
    API00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Intranet Connections and Salesforce Experience Cloud
    Feature
    Intranet Connections
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Experience Cloud
    9.3
    1 Ratings
    20% above category average
    WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Admin section00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Page templates00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Library of website themes00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Publishing workflow00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Form generator00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Intranet Connections and Salesforce Experience Cloud
    Feature
    Intranet Connections
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Experience Cloud
    8.6
    1 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Content taxonomy00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    SEO support00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Bulk management00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Community / comment management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Results and Analysis
    Comparison of Results and Analysis features of Intranet Connections and Salesforce Experience Cloud
    Feature
    Intranet Connections
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Experience Cloud
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Conversion tracking00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Test reporting00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Funnel Analysis00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    User Segmentation00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Digital Experience Platform
    Comparison of Digital Experience Platform features of Intranet Connections and Salesforce Experience Cloud
    Feature
    Intranet Connections
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Experience Cloud
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Campaign management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Cloud enablement00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Content aggregation00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Content classification00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Multi-channel content personalization00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Customer data analytics00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    DXP Third-Party Integrations00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Multi-website management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Digital asset management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Editorial workflows and task management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Intranet ConnectionsSalesforce Experience Cloud
    Small Businesses
    HCL Connections
    Score9 out of 10
    Yext
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    HCL Connections
    Score9 out of 10
    Sitecore Digital Experience Platform
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    HCL Connections
    Score9 out of 10
    Progress Sitefinity
    Score6.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Intranet ConnectionsSalesforce Experience Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (52 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.4
    (4 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.7
    (17 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.4
    (4 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Intranet ConnectionsSalesforce Experience Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IC Thrive
    I think this would depend on what they are looking for in an intranet service and how big their company is.
    Incentivized
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    Salesforce
    Salesforce Experience Cloud is well-suited for organizations that have clients who periodically or routinely need to access historical data or documents. The product also offers an exceptionally effective tool to engage with customers around support/service issues and the entire Case management functionality built into the Salesforce platform. The product might be less well-suited in environments where there is exceptionally high staff turnover within customer accounts, or where there is a substantial lack of very basic computer skills.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    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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    Salesforce
    • Complete integration with the Salesforce ecosystem. Data displayed in your Community portal reflects records from a Sales Cloud organization
    • Highly customizable. A Community Cloud portal can be totally customized both visually and with different funcionalities with little to no coding skills required
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    IC Thrive
    • improve on trigger options for workflows such as the ability to have two conditions for one trigger
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    Salesforce
    • The documentation for implementing Experience Cloud can be a bit confusing as their rebranding hasn't made it's way into all articles, resulting in different terminology being used to refer to the same thing
    • Some things are not as intuitive regarding their customizability, so there's a bit of a learning curve (i.e. Lightning apps can't be used to customize layouts in Experience Cloud)
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    IC Thrive
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    Usability is pretty streamlined, especially if you're familiar with other Salesforce products, but even if not, take it from me, as I just entered the technological space about two years ago, that this product is pretty simple to learn. You don't have to jump in with your head underwater. Small wins and learnings along the way are what foster long-term understandings and enable your evolution alongside the product. I definitely recommend Salesforce Trailhead along with it
    Incentivized
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    Performance
    IC Thrive
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    It's delivered on our original requirements and we've found ways to grow its usage. We continue to build on our original success and we can report our data out to leadership to show a true return on investment which is great for growing support and expanding uses for the system.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    IC Thrive
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    We have weekly calls with our Salesforce reps. They bring new ideas to the table and help with taxonomy builds. They have also answered many questions and connected us to the right people for us to grow our knowledge and utilization of the platform. They are a good partner overall in comparison.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    IC Thrive
    [Intranet Connections has] more features, is more configurable, and offers more support.
    Incentivized
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    Salesforce
    I have used Datatel/Colleague/Recruiter before. There were issues because only one person at the institution was able to have the student's record open at a time. This was problematic when collaboration between departments was necessary especially in the case of admissions, financial aid, and registration. We also had to do our work and then log out before asking a questions of another department. Sometimes simultaneous use was necessary. However, this was years ago and they may have since updated the program.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Salesforce
    • Improved online admission application completion rates from mid-60%s to mid-80%s.
    • Positive user experience from start-to-finish to leverage one data system for all prospective student data
    • Fewer data integrations transforming and loading sensitive student data by leveraging Salesforce Community Cloud to access already existing data
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    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.