Microsoft Viva Goals (discontinued) vs. Network Perspective

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Microsoft Viva Goals (discontinued)
Score 8.5 out of 10
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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
Network Perspective
Score 0.0 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Network Perspective's platform is an analytical software giving leaders data with actionable insights about teams' collaboration habits to decrease workload and boost well-being in the new reality. The platform syncs with collaboration and communication tools (G-Suite, Jira, Slack etc.) and aims to analyze in an ethical, impactful way teams' work patterns across six dimensions: meetings, deep work, and context switching time, intra-team bonding, cross-team…N/A
Pricing
Microsoft Viva Goals (discontinued)Network Perspective
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)Network Perspective
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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User Ratings
Microsoft Viva Goals (discontinued)Network Perspective
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
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User Testimonials
Microsoft Viva Goals (discontinued)Network Perspective
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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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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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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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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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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ScreenShots

Network Perspective Screenshots

Screenshot of The work smart index compares a team's experience to the basic conditions of working across high performing teams. It shows how many areas describing the team’s way of working are within, and outside the range.Screenshot of 1. A recap of the most significant changes in a team during the last month. 2. Check if a team is building connections in an intentional way. 3. A heatmap is helpful in contracting flexible working hours, time for sync, or deep work slots with the team.Screenshot of Offers a deep dive into each of the dimentions and shows the experience of an averag team member within a week of work. This can be compared with the benchmarks and the context of a company, and any trends can be analyzed.Screenshot of The view of the network of teams reflects the collaboration paths to understand better which teams are centrally located and which are on the periphery or even siloed.Screenshot of The map reflects all the dimensions of collaboration habits. Users can check which teams are outside the aspirational levels and to precisely target the support to the specific teams according to their needs, instead of providing one-size-fits-all solutions.Screenshot of Viewed from the big picture, the C-level of the company gets tailored made dashboards for every single team and department within a company, plus additional insights for each employee life cycle stage.