Chatter vs SAP Jam comparison

Salesforce and SAP are both solutions in the Enterprise Social Software category. Salesforce is ranked #13, while SAP is ranked #11. Salesforce holds a 3.3% mindshare in ESS, compared to SAP’s 3.3% mindshare. Additionally, 66% of Salesforce users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of SAP users who would recommend it.

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 23, 2025

Chatter and SAP Jam compete in enhancing collaboration and communication within organizations. Chatter has the upper hand in pricing and customer support, while SAP Jam offers advanced features valued by users.

Features:Chatter offers real-time communication with instant messaging and activity streams, fostering team cohesiveness. SAP Jam includes document management, integrated workflows, and analytics, providing a robust solution for enterprises needing extensive collaboration tools.

Room for Improvement:Chatter could expand its feature set to include more comprehensive collaboration tools and improve integration with non-Salesforce platforms. Enhancing its analytics capabilities could also be beneficial. SAP Jam may improve by simplifying its user interface, enhancing mobile accessibility, and streamlining the integration process to increase ease of use.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service:Chatter deployment is straightforward with seamless Salesforce integration, offering efficient customer support. SAP Jam requires greater technical expertise for deployment but provides extensive documentation and support resources suitable for larger organizations.

Pricing and ROI:Chatter is cost-effective, allowing quick deployment with lower upfront investments, showing favorable ROI through Salesforce integration. SAP Jam has higher initial costs but delivers substantial ROI through advanced features and enhanced collaboration capabilities.

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Categories and Ranking

Chatter

Ranking in Enterprise Social Software

13th

Average Rating

7.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

SAP Jam

Ranking in Enterprise Social Software

11th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Enterprise Social Software category, the mindshare of Chatter is 3.3%, down from 4.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP Jam is 3.3%, up from 3.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Enterprise Social Software Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
SAP Jam	3.3%
Chatter	3.3%
Other	93.4%

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it_user669357

Salesforce Senior Cloud Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Contextualized collaboration on records allows you to have historical conversations that are accessible by other users.

Chatter is a great way to connect your users, especially if your team is working in multiple time zones or locations. If you're struggling with why to use collaboration tools at all, I'd suggest you watch this video. One the best examples that I've seen is a property team who were managing the entire process from leasing properties with branding to shop merges via Salesforce. All of their notifications were email-based and they were getting 100s per day. By moving these alerts to automated posts into particular groups, the users could not only access multiple updates by using digests instead of per alert, but also choose to control who (group members) and how often they get those alerts.

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AhmedHaridy

Managing Director at Emkan

A powerful tool for managing subscriptions within the organization

It's undoubtedly more complex compared to the initial part. It depends on the requirements. You can't categorically say that HubSpot is only suitable for smaller devices; it's adaptable to various needs. Depending on the requirements, you can have a project completed within as little as six months or as long as a few years. It's a flexible solution that can cater to your specific needs. However, it's essential to start from the beginning, designing the screens and pages within HubSpot. It's somewhat similar to building a website but generally more straightforward to use. You need to input the necessary information based on your specific requirements, and it's not limited to a predefined structure. The team initiates the process with what we term as solution design, but it's more appropriately labeled as enterprise design. This initial phase involves understanding the integration points with other systems and commencing the configuration process. It's essentially the starting point for our analysis. The analysis covers several aspects, including the language requirements, integration tools for interfacing with Java server solutions, and how to effectively use these tools. All these components must seamlessly complement each other. Once the team has everything in place and confirms the tools, they can proceed to elaborate on the specific requirements. The deployment timeline typically ranges from four to six months, specifically for straightforward or standard requirements. However, in the case of a large enterprise organization with numerous legal entities across different countries, each requiring unique interfaces for various purposes, the implementation duration is highly dependent on the specific requirements. It's not feasible to provide a fixed period for such a solution.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Salesforce being the number one cloud-based CRM product, I think one can recommend it in the first go."

"Salesforce Chatter allows for contextualized collaboration on records that allows you to have historical conversations, which are easily accessible by other users."

"It offers more than what you are looking for, for example, file sharing and "mentions"."

"It helped us to strengthen our digital community all over the world with a dedicated group to share project information and best practices."

"The conversation function to engage different groups is the most valuable feature."

"I love the streaming feed of information from the people that I'm following that encourages collaboration at a business level."

"It is now possible to share information instantly with all the company without sending emails, but also looking for a topic using the search function."

"It connects to SAP C4C (Cloud for Customer) and is a very useful collaboration tool for the sales, services, and marketing teams."

"SAP JAM has lots of possibilities and my client is using it for very specific matters, like social collaboration."

"Properly done, this software can be a great resource for your employees to stay engaged and connected to each other and to your organization."

"One notable feature is the "improvement training," which allows you to define groups, facilitate information sharing, enable participant rating, and establish rankings. This enables you to identify which participants are actively engaged and sharing information and which ones are less active."

"All employees, from the CEO to the warehouse personnel, have access to Jam and contribute to the news feeds and consume content."

Cons

"We would not select them again."

"Live consumption of the communication needs to be improved so that it can offer more features similar to Twitter/Slack, such as a live rolling news feed, notification bells (to avoid email alerts), ability to share multiple files or actions in one post, etc."

"Chatter invites should be possible from the UI on opportunity records."

"I would rate the technical support a 7/10 because Salesforce has its own way of looking at technical issues and sometimes takes its own time to implement or release changes as per their convenience."

"The storage of documents was quite limited when we used the tool."

"I wish an organization could create a company-wide Chatter that automatically follows everyone else in the company so that widespread access was guaranteed."

"Sometimes it's a bit confusing with so many options."

"Built-in integrations with other SAP products could be better. We use a SAP HCM product as well, but synching data is a tremendous issue."

"Both layout and branding could be improved."

"I'm hopeful for more integrations with SAP JAM in the future."

"The user interface is still quite rigid."

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"You need to pay for additional languages. It is somewhat expensive and the payment frequency can be annual or monthly, depending on the choice. There are no extra costs beyond the standard license and implementation fees."

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Large Enterprise	1

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Overview

Chatter is a part of the sales cloud service that SalesForce1 provides for businesses looking to optimize their efficiency by transferring most or all of their data onto a cloud server. Chatter is the social media platform aspect of this service. It has many functions, including the capability to post comments as status updates for others to view, a news feed to receive these updates immediately, user profiles, and groups.

Chatter is used widely to cut out the kind of inefficiencies that come from having a sprawling network of team members and locations for data that frequently never come together despite the fact that they are a9ll needed for the same project. With this service, team members are able to share,collaborate, and discuss ideas about their project, tweak each others progress, and create a more productive work force overall.

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Sample Customers

Coca Cola Enterprise, Blue Shield of California, Stanley Black & Decker, Wells Fargo Bank, Phillips, Toyota Motors, American Red Cross, Time Warner Cable, Virgin America,Canon, and Bayer Pharmaceuticals.

INEOS Melamines GmbH, Medtronic, Schaidt Innovations GmbH & Co. KG, Plan International, Sailing Team Germany, Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection, SHORE Solutions Inc., TranSystems Corporation, Day & Zimmerman, Serco Group, Harlequi

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