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Question: Compare SharePoint to Jive as an enterprise content management tool.
Answer: Jive and SharePoint overlap to at least some extend. What are the issues driving the choice?
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Pros
"We are able to handle more than one hundred POs at any given time with their shipping docs and info, with only one person in charge."

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"The search feature is valuable.""SharePoint enabled the staff to share documents and work on a document simultaneously.""Document flows, storage, and numbering take off the actions for checking and assigning the numbering and running around with approvals and pre-approvals.""Helps with document collaboration and workflow.""I do like the collaboration around documents. The versioning history has proven useful in some instances as well.""Its configuration management ability is critical for document-based systems.""No code and low code, scalable, and stable collaboration platform. Straightforward to set up. Its support system is good and offers fast issue resolution.""Our staff found it simpler, as they did not have to work within a classification system."

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Cons
"The search engine could be improved and also provide some kind of indexing."

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"Processing data from multiple site collections is not easy as they reside in different databases.""Allow more functionalities for the on-premise version. Do not force the move of content to a non-private cloud.""The workflow engine cannot support the business needs.""It should have a Google-caliber search ability and a model-based GUI.""It does not integrate despite being part of the Microsoft family.""Replication needs improvement.""I understand that some functions are lost when you store the information in a file system, so maybe that's a way SharePoint can improve.""​Improve the user-friendliness."

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  • "As usual, Microsoft’s licensing structures don’t really seem to fit the needs of their products. This leads to always paying for a project you will never use fully or always be adding to."
  • "Licensing can be by server or by seat."
  • "It is very expensive.​"
  • "The data classification and search elements are cheap."
  • "The replacement costs for it are cheaper if you use only SharePoint."
  • "We have purchased add-ons to handle multiple site collections, form creation, and design."
  • "The cost is expensive, but worthwhile."
  • "The pricing works for us."
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    Anonymous User
    At Mediacurrent we often get requests to compare Drupal to other platforms used for intranet sites and social business platforms (like https://dev.twitter.com/ for example). This is often referred to as “Social Business Software”, which has grown in popularity in recent years. I decided to do a round-up of a couple of the more well known platforms and compare their products to Drupal. In this roundup we will be comparing Jive, Sharepoint and Drupal Commons. Drupal Commons is a popular distribution created by Acquia to compete with some of these other proprietary platforms. There are many other options out there, commercial and otherwise, to compare with Drupal but I want to focus on Jive and Sharepoint for a couple of reasons. I chose Jive because it is one of the leading competitors in this space in respect to market share. Next, I chose Sharepoint because I have some history with Sharepoint. This experience dates back to when I built www.adhe.edu with Sharepoint 2007 a few years ago. I subsequently wrote this blog entry about my experience shortly after joining Mediacurrent. This roundup will also act as a refresher for those who read my original “Drupal vs. Sharepoint” blog. Yammer, which was recently bought by Microsoft and is the tool we currently use for office communication will also get some mentions throughout this article. As I went through and tested each of these tools I used three main criteria in my evaluation Cost Ability to Customize Overall features… Read more →
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    it_user481668 - PeerSpot reviewerit_user481668 (Works with 501-1,000 employees)
    Vendor

    Jive is a communication and collaboration tool in the cloud. SharePoint has a record archival function as well as collaboration functions. However, neither Jive nor SharePoint qualify as a enterprise content management tool. SharePoint has many add-ons available from multiple vendors that can enhance its record management capabilities, but to my knowledge Jive has no such availability.

    it_user106605 - PeerSpot reviewerit_user106605 (Works)
    Vendor

    I think the most organization choose SharePoint because :
    1. SharePoint can integrated with the system.
    2. Microsoft support SharePoint.
    3. SharePoint is easy to work like Microsoft office.

    In conclude. I think SharePoint is better than Jive now.

    Thanks,
    Supornpis

    it_user478767 - PeerSpot reviewerit_user478767 (Works)
    Vendor

    Hi

    So to be perfectly honest with you if you are looking for an enterprise content management system then both JIVE and SharePoint are the wrong options. What you have to focus on is what the problem is that you are trying to solve. If you are after better ‘collaboration’ knowledge sharing and ways of working then I would suggest that you consider Confluence.

    Best
    G

    it_user446067 - PeerSpot reviewerit_user446067 (Managing Director Business Change and Quality Assurance at Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island)
    Real User

    Similar to @Arthur McLean before giving a response, it would be great to understand the use case of functionality driving the conversation. Also would be good to understand the persona of the group - are they marketing/sales, are they developers, are they administrative staff.

    Doesn't have to be comprehensive response, just enough so responses will be more driven to your needs.

    it_user131130 - PeerSpot reviewerit_user131130 (Works)
    Vendor

    SharePoint is still the best, well ahead of Jive, thats why there is a Jive connector for SP. Like BI tools, all of them have the Export to Excel button. With the SharePoint Online it is possible to have everything for less cost.
    If SharePoint Support is not so good, it is because service desk workers are not enough trained.
    By the way.. Microsoft is delivering all power to end users, It need just to deliver the environment and apply the security polices. Users can do everything else, including workflows.

    it_user78465 - PeerSpot reviewerit_user78465 (CEO at a consultancy with 501-1,000 employees)
    Consultant

    Having worked extensively on two different SharePoint projects over several years, and having conducted an extended trial use of Jive and several other enterprise social networking tools like it (Podio, Yammer, MangoApps, etc.), GIVEN JUST THOSE TWO OPTIONS, I would recommend Jive over SharePoint for the following reasons:

    1) Once you get established on Sharepoint, due to the cost of setup and annual subscription fees, you will get stuck on a very expensive merry go round ... NOT FUN!

    2) Operating SharePoint is extremely IT staffing expensive ... BUDGET AND STAFFING DRAIN FOR BOTH IT AND BUSINESS USERS!!

    3) You can accomplish the same things, better than you get from using SharePoint for much less cost ... FIND SOMETHING ELSE!!!

    PS - Sharepoint Support SUCKS, as well.

    To that end, there are a myriad cloud-based ECM/document storage and management systems out there, most easier, less expensive, and better than Sharepoint offers (Box, Dropbox, . Take your pick :)

    Do you really need an expensive and quite complicated ECM system ( ... ALSO, read staff drain, once again ... )? Or might a simpler, cheaper, more accessible, and easier to use solution work better for you?

    Additionally ...

    The enterprise social networking side of things is replete with much better opportunities than either SharePoint or Jive (MUCH too expensive and INFLEXIBLE to improvement ... BIG bureaucracy - JIVE Support also SUCKS).

    I would recommend MangoApps' enterprise social networking solution for the following reasons:

    A) Intuitive as hell.

    B) Open to improving it with simple means of engaging and discussing improvement ideas with customers.

    C) MUCH less expensive.

    D) Works well because people can easily use it, share their areas of expertise, ask questions, like it, use it, and gravitate to it naturally.

    E) Our goal is to use it instead of in house email ;)

    Hope this reply is of some help to you, Barb!

    Holler if you need anything at all ...

    John Becker
    727-735-1407

    it_user337656 - PeerSpot reviewerit_user337656 (Principal Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees)
    Consultant

    Both systems are brilliant in their own way and it will really depend on the user requirements.

    It'scan be much easier to make an intranet portal with jive than with SharePoint, but its capabilities are very limited. SharePoint is more complex but also offer greater connectivity and security with permission structures, useful publishing features, and the ability to create multiple site collections.

    We have a large amount of pre-configured SharePoint solutions if these would help and I would be happy to have an initial consultation FOC to see if these can help you.

    Please feel free to contact me if I can help alex.clifford@toolagen.com 07790 332 881.

    it_user166914 - PeerSpot reviewerit_user166914 (Works)
    Vendor

    You can think of using another tool than Sharepoint (like Jive or some dotzen others), but you'll never be able to shutdown Sharepoint, if you're already using it. All companys I know still do have Sharepoint in use, despite any other tool that does a lot of things better then Sharepoint. But some things, they don't/can't. The possiblity to have a sort of mini database functionality (lists/libraries) - a record management - is missing in every other tool I've seen. And the possiblity to quickly create workflows is missing often enough. And, finally, non of the will be able to integrate MS Office in the way Sharepoint can. And, even more, in the cloud, SP has some nice features like Delve/OfficeGraph. So go for it, get an additional tool, but be aware you still will need to work with Sharepoint. :-)

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    Also Known As
    Clearspace, Jive SBS, Jive Engage, Jive-x, Jive-n
    SharePoint 2007, SharePoint 2010
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    Overview

    The workplace has changed. It has become more mobile, and has become a place where communication and collaboration across all spheres of the business is key to success. This is where Jive comes in with its cutting-edge mobile portal, its enterprise social network, and its integrative platform that is compatible with current infrastructure and modern cloud applications.

    As a portal, Jive brings colleagues, content, and current news straight to your desktop or mobile device at the touch of your fingertips. The enterprise social software aspect of Jive connects business colleagues as never-before across geographical locations and throughout the organizational structure. The Jive platform is completely flexible and integrative, and will seamlessly integrate with current systems such as SharePoint and CRM tools, as well as cloud apps like Google Drive and Okta

    SharePoint is a Microsoft-based platform for building web applications. It covers a widerange of capabilities and while it is appropriate for experienced webdevelopers, even non-technical minded users can easily navigate through thesystem and execute functions such as collaborating data, managing documents andfiles, creating websites, managing social networking solutions, and automatingworkflow.

    Major areas that SharePoint deals with are websites,communities, content, search, insights, and composites. The purpose is to give usersthe ability to create or develop these key business components on their owneven without technical knowledge of, for example, how to build a website or howto integrate coding. Configuring SharePoint into a business's system is meantto cut out all of the complicated steps, and pave the way for easierimplementation all around.

    Sample Customers
    Eloqua, Hitachi Data Systems,T-Mobile, UBM, Thomson-Reuters, Groupon, Nike, Cisco, and others.
    Toyota, Aeroports de Paris, ASBBank Ltd., Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals, CambridgeshireConstabulary, D&M Group, NPL Construction Company, and The Regional Municipality of Niagara.
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company24%
    Financial Services Firm15%
    Government9%
    Healthcare Company7%
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    Financial Services Firm13%
    Energy/Utilities Company8%
    University8%
    Comms Service Provider8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Government12%
    Computer Software Company11%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Company Size
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    Small Business50%
    Large Enterprise50%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise19%
    Large Enterprise63%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business41%
    Midsize Enterprise20%
    Large Enterprise39%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business26%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise60%
    Buyer's Guide
    Enterprise Content Management
    March 2024
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    Jive is ranked 31st in Enterprise Content Management while SharePoint is ranked 1st in Enterprise Content Management with 146 reviews. Jive is rated 8.2, while SharePoint is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Jive writes "Used by our agile teams instead of email to track impediments". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SharePoint writes "Good integrations, helps with collaboration, and increases visibility". Jive is most compared with Atlassian Confluence, Yammer and Microsoft Teams, whereas SharePoint is most compared with Citrix ShareFile, Microsoft OneDrive, Dropbox, Box and WordPress.

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