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Socialtext (discontinued) vs. Twist: Team Messaging

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Socialtext (discontinued)

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ASocial Text was a tool that focused on social learning and includes Twitter-like microblogging capabilities. The product competed with MindTouch,Confluence, Jive Team Collaboration and other collaboration platforms. It was acquired by PeopleFluent in 2012 and is no longer available as a separate product, though similar capabilities are supplied by the PeopleFluent platform.

    $1

    Starting Price Per Month

    Twist: Team Messaging

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/ATwist is a collaboration application offered by Doist, suggested to teams as a calmer topically organized conversation tracker to better manage multiple streams of conversation and idea sharing. Discounts are offered for non-profits and student users.

    $5

    per user, per month

    Pricing
    Socialtext (discontinued)Twist: Team Messaging
    Editions & Modules
    Socialtext
    $1.00
    Starting Price Per Month
    Unlimited
    $5.00
    per user, per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Socialtext (discontinued)Twist: Team Messaging
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details
    More Pricing Information
    Features
    Socialtext (discontinued)Twist: Team Messaging
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Socialtext (discontinued) and Twist: Team Messaging
    Feature
    Socialtext (discontinued)
    7.6
    1 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Twist: Team Messaging
    -
    Ratings
    Task Management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gantt Charts7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scheduling9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow Automation8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Access4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Search9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visual planning tools8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Socialtext (discontinued) and Twist: Team Messaging
    Feature
    Socialtext (discontinued)
    7.2
    1 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Twist: Team Messaging
    -
    Ratings
    Chat7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Discussions9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Surveys4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Socialtext (discontinued)Twist: Team Messaging
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Socialtext (discontinued)Twist: Team Messaging
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    We use Social Text as a platform to air our issues with different departments. We voice our concerns and suggestions so we can help find a solution to the problems we incur on a daily basis. We need to have social text as an app so we can communicate in real time not only during work hours.
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    Doist
    If you have no existing messaging solution, Twist is a viable option. I can't find any reason to recommend it ahead of Slack, Spaces, Teams, Discord, etc. This is one more solution with team messaging functionality, and file sharing, and message archiving/searching. If budget is an issue, Twist can be replaced with a free solution like Discord.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • Version history - Always keeps the edited versions and one can revert back any time
    • Creating and Editing an article is very easy and intutive
    • Sharing the articles with peers
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    Doist
    • Messaging
    • Team communication
    • Email updates
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Discontinued Products
    • Search needs a ton of improvements. It was very slow a year ago
    • Search result quality was also not that good
    • I know they have improved their UI recently but when i used it last year it did not really have any design elements which could be used to make the articles look more presentable. It was important for us as we used it for external communication as well.
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    Doist
    • Does nothing to stand out from other messaging apps
    • Boring
    • Feature parity with everything else on the market
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
    We have a lot of info in Socialtext already. It would be hard to get all that info out and port it to a different system
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    Doist
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    I frankly like Confluence better than socialtext because of the speed and the quality of search. They also have better design elements which can help make the articles pleasant to the eyes.
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    Doist
    Does not stand out at all. I can't think of any reason to select Twist over more popular choices like Slack, Teams, Discord, or Spaces. We use Twist because it forced on us by a specific scenario. Otherwise, we would just use an existing platform (ex: Slack) to handle this communication
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • We get solutions to concerns much faster
    • We promote interactions with the other depts
    • We listen and have discussions
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    Doist
    • None that can be directly tied to Twist
    • We were forced to use Twist in a certain environment, but no change to our ROI
    • Provides one more place to look, one more place to try and find messages.
    Incentivized
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    Twist: Team Messaging Screenshots

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