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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%, down 6.8% compared to last year.
Yammer, on the other hand, focuses on Enterprise Social Software, holds 5.1% mindshare, down 6.1% since last year.
Enterprise Intranet Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
OpenText Vibe6.6%
SharePoint21.0%
Jive9.8%
Other62.599999999999994%
Enterprise Intranet
Enterprise Social Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Yammer5.1%
Slack Business - Enterprise10.5%
Microsoft Teams7.2%
Other77.2%
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

"What I like most about this solution, is the fact that I can access it anywhere and customize it to my needs."
"We were able to centralize all customer data: files, discussions and technical notes."
"HTML and JSP elements are the most valuable features."
"There were no stability issues; it just works."
"It's relatively easy to create folders or workspaces."
"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."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to reach all parts of the organisation to share ideas and best practices."
"Messaging and groups are the most valuable features."
"Yammer brings in the most relevant posts to the users."
"There are so many features, everything you could ever want, which is great for team collaboration."
"Yammer is useful since it is a product you can easily integrate into our system since Microsoft supports it."
"External collaboration with partners: There is a unified way to send updates about departments and the enterprise, rather than sending separate communications."
"Yammer is a good collaboration tool for the entire organization."
"From the point of view of knowledge sharing, we created a group per project, and while we had SharePoint for storing documentation, we were able to link to these and give them content in Yammer."
 

Cons

"The user interface can be changed to 'look' more like a Microsoft one since this will help market the product more."
"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."
"The end user experience could be improved; some functions are a little too complicated for the average user."
"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 speed of opening files is too slow and should be increased."
"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."
"I would rate the stability of Yammer as six out of ten."
"I would say the whole experience was negative, so that is why we stopped using it."
"There is a need for full integration with the other features of Office 365."
"The permissions are a little bit over-complicated."
"The solution's feature for sharing could be better."
"Ability to edit posts and also rich text would be good. Currently, unlike other social tools like Facebook at Work and Chatter, Yammer does not have the ability to edit posts."
"I faced some issues with Yammer's mobile app when I shifted from Android to iPhone, and it got a little bit tricky to use it on an iPhone, which took away some of my time."
"MS made us plenty of promises for Yammer and have not delivered."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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

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Outsourcing Company
16%
Construction Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

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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