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OpenText Vibe vs Yammer comparison

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Categories and Ranking

OpenText Vibe
Average Rating
6.6
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Intranet (4th)
Yammer
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
64
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Social Software (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Messaging and Collaboration solutions, they serve different purposes. OpenText Vibe is designed for Enterprise Intranet and holds a mindshare of 6.6%, up 5.9% compared to last year.
Yammer, on the other hand, focuses on Enterprise Social Software, holds 5.2% mindshare, down 6.3% since last year.
Enterprise Intranet Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
OpenText Vibe6.6%
SharePoint23.0%
Jive9.5%
Other60.9%
Enterprise Intranet
Enterprise Social Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Yammer5.2%
Slack Business - Enterprise9.8%
Atlassian Confluence6.9%
Other78.1%
Enterprise Social Software
 

Featured Reviews

it_user996663 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Specialist in Laboratory at a consultancy with 51-200 employees
The speed of opening files and folders is too slow and can be very frustrating
It's relatively easy to create folders or workspaces. It's just cumbersome because the files and folders take a while to open. So that's the only issue I have. The rest of the solution is relatively user friendly. The deployment is relatively fast. From creating a brand new workspace to actually using it can be done within a day, depending on how complex it is. I know within our organization they are basically forcing us now to move away from our servers to Vibe. That started in July and there has been a significant change over to Vibe. So it's still new but for a big organization like ours, it's actually impressive how quickly people moved over to Vibe. We did the installation and deployment ourselves and, as an end user, it's been relatively user friendly. It doesn't take long to get familiar with the program, and if you know how it works, it becomes relatively easy to set up a workspace and save documents and edit it.
DB
Senior Technical Product Manager at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Creates user groups and streamlines communication
I think we should have some improvements in Yammer, similar to what we have in Facebook and others, where we can have targeted communications, so that we can filter some communications to go to a specific subset of that group, not to everybody. We would love to have some AI technologies included in Yammer, but I do not have a specific use case in mind right now.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"There were no stability issues; it just works."
"It's relatively easy to create folders or workspaces."
"HTML and JSP elements are the most valuable features."
"We were able to centralize all customer data: files, discussions and technical notes."
"What I like most about this solution, is the fact that I can access it anywhere and customize it to my needs."
"The features that I found most useful were being able to see who made changes to a document, where the document was in the chain of command, and being able to leave comments to make the process more collaborative."
"Our end users find great value in building team workspaces to collaborate not only with internal employees, but with third-party consultants and customers as required."
"I have found it to be a good tool for building communities and for improving communication."
"In its simplicity, it has given our people across our organization and around the world a voice Helped people to network, ask questions, and get answers Helped people to share activity and best practices Segments liked-minded people together Creates engagement Allows people to give feedback and improve our culture"
"Messaging and groups are the most valuable features."
"Yammer saves our time because we can communicate with a lot of people at the same time without sending a lot of emails."
"We have been able to have multi-country project teams where members can interact in their own language."
"Yammer allows collaboration anywhere, anytime, on any device."
"This product is very easy to use, and has been widely and easily adopted."
"It's really easy to use the solution."
 

Cons

"You have to press the BACK button at least three times till it will go back to the previous page. This is something that must be improved."
"The end user experience could be improved; some functions are a little too complicated for the average user."
"The following issues need some attention: better integration with MS Office suite, more flexibility in customizing the colors and themes, custom forms and workflows are powerful, but the interface needs revamping to be easier to work with."
"The user interface can be changed to 'look' more like a Microsoft one since this will help market the product more."
"The speed of opening files is too slow and should be increased."
"While we were working on implementing this product, the entire system crashed and we had to reinstall it from a previous version."
"One thing that really needs to improve, is opening files or folders. It takes much longer than when you are getting it to Windows Explorer on the desktop."
"Technical support wasn't great. Our touch points in Microsoft Ireland were not knowledgeable enough on the product; issue experienced while going from Freemiun to Enterprise."
"It looks slightly less clean on Chrome compared to Microsoft Edge, but it's a minor difference. There is room for improvement in user experience, like positions of elements."
"Perhaps keep working on the integration of other Office products."
"The only con was that it did not share the same transition speed between apps as SAP StreamWork, another platform that I reviewed in the CODIE Awards collaborative category."
"The solution must be able to stream by itself, without integration, the same way that you are able to do it on Facebook Live, Instagram, etc. Streaming must be embedded into it."
"Customer Service: Good through YCN, but sometimes I got frustrated by translation issue."
"The lack of integration into the Microsoft Office 365 made it difficult to champion throughout the organization."
"Navigation to different Yammer Groups could be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"I don't know about the pricing. Now that Microsoft has bought Yammer, it should be a part of our subscriptions for Office 365."
"I think that there is a need to make yearly payments towards the licensing costs of the solution."
"The pricing is not bad."
"Compared to other products like Amazon, Yammer's pricing is fine."
"Its cost is included in the license bundle for Microsoft."
"We get it as part of our Office 365 subscriptions, so I don't think we pay any additional cost for Yammer. It's included in the Office 365 subscriptions."
"Yammer is a pretty cheap solution, and it's included in multiple subscriptions."
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Top Industries

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Outsourcing Company
15%
Construction Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise4
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business24
Midsize Enterprise11
Large Enterprise31
 

Questions from the Community

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What needs improvement with Yammer?
I think we should have some improvements in Yammer, similar to what we have in Facebook and others, where we can have targeted communications, so that we can filter some communications to go to a s...
What is your primary use case for Yammer?
We create user groups in Yammer, so we use it mainly for communications and engagement. The features in Yammer that I find most beneficial for team collaboration, communication, and engagement are ...
What advice do you have for others considering Yammer?
I would recommend Yammer to others if someone wants to communicate with a big team and needs a good communication platform. I cannot think of any advice or recommendation to share with users who wo...
 

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Micro Focus Vibe, Novell Vibe
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