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Jive vs Yammer comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 23, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Jive
Ranking in Enterprise Social Software
13th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Content Management (34th), Web Content Management (40th), Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) (7th), Knowledge Management Software (11th), Enterprise Intranet (6th)
Yammer
Ranking in Enterprise Social Software
4th
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
63
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Enterprise Social Software category, the mindshare of Jive is 4.1%, up from 3.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Yammer is 6.1%, down from 7.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Enterprise Social Software
 

Featured Reviews

it_user446067 - PeerSpot reviewer
Used by our agile teams instead of email to track impediments.
Stream activity could be better organized. Activities or content you are following will either be emailed to you or you follow in a stream. This is the largest issue to overcome for new people using the solution. When using email they receive way too many and it becomes noise. If they use streams, it's yet another thing to check along with email, IM, etc.
Rishi Pande - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud-based platform supports seamless collaboration but needs branding flexibility
I have transitioned to using Yammer in the cloud for about six to seven years People share their files and ideas and attend meetings in a collaborative manner. They work on specific sales-related documents. Yammer allows collaboration anywhere, anytime, on any device. Its adaptability and…

Quotes from Members

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

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."
"The solution was stable."
"It's really easy to use the solution."
"The user interface and the way we can share and search information are the most valuable. It is very easy to use."
"It was a stable solution...It was a highly scalable solution considering it was used in a very big company."
"The most valuable feature of Yammer is its interface."
"The tool allows us to post and keep track of company buzz and events without relying on email."
"We can send out notifications and ask questions using Yammer."
"The most valuable feature of Yammer is its integration with all the services of Office 365."
 

Cons

"The search engine could be improved and also provide some kind of indexing."
"This solution would be improved if it was well integrated with other communication applications."
"Although Microsoft is working on it, having a centralized network instead of creating multiple networks based on a domain would help businesses with multiple companies or child companies."
"It should have integration with multiple third-party platforms."
"Yammer has very limited features."
"The product seems to just add to the complexity of using existing tools."
"I would like to see a fancier user interface. That is one of the weak points of Yammer."
"Yammer should be able to integrate with Microsoft products, such as Outlook."
"Yammer should include more integrations."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Its cost is included in the license bundle for Microsoft."
"Compared to other products like Amazon, Yammer's pricing is fine."
"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."
"I don't know about the pricing. Now that Microsoft has bought Yammer, it should be a part of our subscriptions for Office 365."
"The pricing is not bad."
"I think that there is a need to make yearly payments towards the licensing costs of the solution."
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Comparison Review

it_user8925 - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 23, 2013
Jive vs Sharepoint vs Drupal Commons
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…
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
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Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Insurance Company
7%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

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What do you like most about Yammer?
We can send out notifications and ask questions using Yammer.
What needs improvement with Yammer?
Yammer should offer flexibility to allow branding without writing any code. It should also provide seamless integration with other products, utilizing Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.
What is your primary use case for Yammer?
I have transitioned to using Yammer in the cloud for about six to seven years.
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

Clearspace, Jive SBS, Jive Engage, Jive-x, Jive-n
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Overview

 

Sample Customers

Eloqua, Hitachi Data Systems,T-Mobile, UBM, Thomson-Reuters, Groupon, Nike, Cisco, and others.
Verizon, Rakuten,Nationwide, DHL, Westfield, Telefonica, 7-Eleven, Red Robin, Intuit, eBay,Darden, Suncorp, Tyco, Xerox, and ModCloth.
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