Microsoft Viva Goals (discontinued) vs. Sociabble

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Microsoft Viva Goals (discontinued)
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft Viva Goals (formerly Ally, or Ally.io) was a Strategic Goal-Planning & Execution Management software. Ally.io became a Microsoft brand after the October 2021 acquisition, and is slated for retirement December 2025.
$48
per year per user
Sociabble
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
Sociabble provides a centralized hub where employees can receive internal information or curated social media content for sharing. Sociabble aims to improve social media reach and conversion rate through employee social advocacy.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
Microsoft Viva - Learn Module
$48
per year per user
Microsoft Viva - Insights Module
$48
per year per user
Microsoft Viva - Topics Module
$48
per year per user
Microsoft Viva Suite
$108
per year per user
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Microsoft Viva Goals (discontinued)Sociabble
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details**Bronze pack (up to 500 users)** This pack includes: ✓ 4 days of consulting ✓ Trainings (admin & user) ✓ Functional support (instructions for the daily use of the platform) ✓ Access to 24/7 resources (monthly webinars, announcements, access to a knowledge base, guided tours, etc.) All the below listed features: - Desktop, Mobile, and Tablet versions of the app - Creation & organization of all administrator and user content - Aggregation of content sources (RSS feeds, social networks, etc.) - Easy-to-use newsletter studio & engine - Granular audience management - Advanced engagement & gamification features - Survey and quiz studio - User Management and Smart onboarding/offboarding - Complete Employee Advocacy & Social Selling suite - Multimedia files management - Advanced segmented analytics - Full Data Privacy compliance **Silver pack (up to 1,000 users)** This pack includes: ✓ Content hub for your information system: Intranet, Microsoft Teams, Slack, etc. ✓ SSO integration - O365 Active Directory ✓ Translation pack ✓ 6 days of consulting All the below listed features & bronze pack options: - Desktop, Mobile, and Tablet versions of the app - Creation & organization of all administrator and user content - Aggregation of content sources (RSS feeds, social networks, etc.) - Easy-to-use newsletter studio & engine - Granular audience management - Advanced engagement & gamification features - Survey and quiz studio - User Management and Smart onboarding/offboarding - Complete Employee Advocacy & Social Selling suite - Multimedia files management - Advanced segmented analytics - Full Data Privacy compliance **Gold & Enterprise packs (+1,000 & +50,000 users)** This pack includes: ✓ Tailored consulting days including strategy and advanced technical consulting ✓ Advanced SharePoint integration ✓ API access ✓ Advanced SLA All the below listed features & silver pack options: - Desktop, Mobile, and Tablet versions of the app - Creation & organization of all administrator and user content - Aggregation of content sources (RSS feeds, social networks, etc.) - Easy-to-use newsletter studio & engine - Granular audience management - Advanced engagement & gamification features - Survey and quiz studio - User Management and Smart onboarding/offboarding - Complete Employee Advocacy & Social Selling suite - Multimedia files management - Advanced segmented analytics - Full Data Privacy compliance
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Community Pulse
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.5
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Microsoft Viva Goals (discontinued)Sociabble
Likelihood to Recommend
I believe Ally.io to be one of the best OKR software tools available and it can be deployed easily to small, medium, large enterprises. The tool is easily scalable and its implementation can be deployed without necessarily having a pilot test. I can not find scenarios where it would not be appropriate.
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Something I really [like about Sociabble} is the ease of use of the tool, for the most part, and the information provided about the various features within [the software]. On the other hand, [I suggest] that Sociabble [should prove upon] the different [purviews] of admin and users. Sociabble [could be useful if there [were] different gradations of admin's [role in coordinating with] the user's [ability to modify] and edit posts and comments.
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Pros
  • The default state of transparency. This helps in reinforcing the superpower of OKRs. In Ally.io, the default mode of any objective created is public (unless stated otherwise). This helps people across the organization to understand where and how the organization is progressing.
  • The above feature of transparency is also reinforced by the feature of creating dependencies. This allows for people to understand the parties involved in achieving a particular goal and creates accountability. It is clearly understood which party has not contributed enough and RCA can be done on the same.
  • It allows for integrating with a host of other tools such that the check-in process can be automated. This allows for reducing the effort of managers in terms of updating multiple tools.
  • The dashboarding feature has helped us in reducing effort spent in creating presentations for retros, planning, and demos
  • Ally.io's customer success team is among the best that I have worked it. Always ready to help, proactive, and up for the next challenge. They take the success of their customers extremely seriously. Kudos to the team for this attitude.
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  • User-Friendly Layout: A layout and feel that will be very familiar to anyone who uses other social media channels, especially Pinterest.
  • Ease Of Use: Incredibly simple platform to connect your profiles with and begin using; while it has significant opportunity for customization and higher-level usage, the basic purpose and configuration of the platform is incredibly straight-forward.
  • Customization: There are a ton of customizable options and elements that Sociabble provides, compared to other products on the market.
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Cons
  • Accelerate integrations and add more integrations.
  • Ally.io has room for improvement in providing benchmark in-depth analysis across industries, same-size companies, etc.
  • Ally.io can still improve upon some of its product features and communicating the releases. Videos have been extremely helpful.
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  • Gamification is geared towards adding new users (and thus paid for seats for Sociabble), rather than incentives to promote specific campaigns by existing users.
  • Can’t measure engagement for a particular month/week.
  • I believe that the price can be revised and improved, not taking all the performance out of the software, just analyzing that it is great and that it can have more reach if the price is improved for interested parties with lower conditions.
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Support Rating
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As I professionally felt that this is going well and, as per my expectations, pretty much useful for me.
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Alternatives Considered
Ally was preferred over the alternatives due to the following:
  • Quick turnaround by reps
  • Detailed product demo
  • Ease of use in comparison other tools
  • Clarity in terms of how Ally.io could resolve Crayon's existing issues
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Sociabble is the more premium and customizable version of Smarp. It offers significantly more customization, even if it isn't as 'turnkey' of a solution for a team. I would encourage anyone with a large team (100+ members) or the time/resources to commit to this effort to consider Sociabble, while I'd recommend Smarp for smaller teams or a company that doesn't have the time/bandwidth to dedicate resources to the management of the platform.
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Return on Investment
  • AI co-pilot makes it easier to be more direct and less "wordy"
  • Teams is a great program and I like how it's seamless and more advanced when you want to convert a file type.
  • Tasks section is great way to keep track of lists that I constantly forget. Now I just use my computer to keep track of my "to-do list"
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  • Currently, I feel positive towards reaching teams and sharing the Ideas
  • ROI is a big thing that I can't comment on.
  • Overall objectives, we are meeting at-least 65% what we are expecting, have to experience little more—as of know well going.
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ScreenShots

Sociabble Screenshots

Screenshot of Snackable content: Photos, videos, and audio content with storytelling to drive engagement. Admins have access to other formats, such as quizzes, surveys, calls to action, etc.

Highlights important content: To ensure the visibility of content for those who need it. Admins can pin content that must be seen by everyone and can create campaigns to measure performance.

Classifies content: Themed channels accessible to all, or to specific audiences. It allows users to give visibility for content to the right employees and increase engagement.Screenshot of Automates content translation
Makes content understandale in all languages. Regardless of the original language of the content, it can be translated instantly with just one click.Screenshot of Analyzing content:  
- Provides insights on the most seen and engaging content. These metrics will help users to improve content strategy and its impact.
- Provides insights on content performance. Reach, clicks, traffic or leads generated, provides the metrics on hand to create a successful content strategy.Screenshot of Corporate Social Responsibility Partner
Integrates CSR initiatives in the workplace.

Concentrates CSR efforts on enterprises that shape 15+ global industries, and grows the audience by connecting with engaged employees & business leaders, who believe in the value of CSR initiatives.Screenshot of Sociabble offers an advanced gamification framework, with best practices and behavior required to be encouraged and promoted; and, with automated processes. Rules can be applied to reward End-Users based on specific actions performed. If the company wants to encourage employees' participation in sharing ideas and UGC, they can associate more points with those types of actions. The Sociabble reward framework highlights initiatives, such as by offering Sociabble Trees where End-Users receive real trees as part of a reforestation project. Custom badges can also be used to reward employees. Sociabble monitors employee engagement with inbuilt analytics, and users can check in with their workforce using custom surveys.Screenshot of Further than top-down gamification and rewards. Sociabble offers a 360° approach to engagement.
- Transversal recognition with Praises (Kudos) distribution among the workforce. This helps to break silos in the organization, thanking colleagues for their participation and efforts in the program, etc. 
- Bottom-up approach by opening up the platform for user-generated content. This challenges employees to share photos and videos of their participation at trade shows and events. Marketing teams can reuse this content generated on the platform to create campaigns.