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We performed a comparison between Oracle Beehive and Yammer based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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"This solution has automated protection from downtime. High-availability is built into every component, and the backups are completely automated.""We have really high level of services, performance, availability, and it is stable. Everything works together really well."

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"The most valuable feature of this solution is the communication events.""Groups is the most valuable feature in Yammer.""The initial setup was simple and straightforward.""It was a stable solution...It was a highly scalable solution considering it was used in a very big company.""The design of the solution is its most valuable feature.""The user interface and the way we can share and search information are the most valuable. It is very easy to use.""The solution was stable.""Valuable features include the integration with Microsoft Office and the fact that it is in the cloud. Also, it's quite easy to use."

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Cons
"The price of licenses is high and should be improved."

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"Yammer has very limited features.""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.""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.""The interface is clunky and could be improved.""Yammer's UX and UI are areas with certain shortcomings where improvements are required""Sometimes, we lose access to the solution for unknown reasons."

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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."
  • "The pricing is not bad."
  • "Its cost is included in the license bundle for Microsoft."
  • "Yammer is a pretty cheap solution, and it's included in multiple subscriptions."
  • "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."
  • "I think that there is a need to make yearly payments towards the licensing costs of the solution."
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    There are several discussions on SharePoint’s social strategy going on at the moment. I had some great discussions with my MVP mate Adis during Summit last week. Since #SPC12 almost every SharePoint addicted developer, it-pro, power user has reviewed Yammer. If you don’t know what Yammer is, here a short introduction. Yammer is an enterprise social network, which allows you and your coworkers to communicate in a modern way as on Facebook. The huge difference between Facebook and Yammer is, Yammer is private. That means only people from your organization or the people you’ve invited to join your network can see and take part of the conversation which is going on in your Yammer network. With the common understanding of Yammer, you should be able to follow up the ongoing discussions. Adis wrote a great post, summarizing his thoughts on SharePoint and Yammer integration and the upcoming social future. I totally agree with Adis, there are a lot of things missing at the moment. But here my thoughts on Yammer vs. SPSocial Leak of integration In my eyes there is still too much missing, of course you can integrate yammer into your SharePoint, but key features are missing such as SSO, seamless look ‘n feel integration. Prebuild views on Yammer depending on the current SharePoint context or the mobile story. Microsoft shipped mobile Apps for SharePoint 2013 OnDemand and OnPrem. AFAIK are these apps currently available in preview, but each of them is based on SPSocial. SharePoint… Read more →
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    Top Answer:The product's initial setup phase was straightforward.
    Top Answer:Yammer's UX and UI are areas with certain shortcomings where improvements are required. Yammer's UX and UI should be made more user-friendly and organized. For improvements in the area of stability… more »
    Top Answer:The company primarily uses it as a communications hub for our business. When you open a browser window, our homepage is a Yammer page with news items and communication from management. Some teams also… more »
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    Overview

    Oracle Beehive provides an integrated set of communication and collaboration services built on a single scalable, secure, enterprise-class platform. Beehive allows users to access their collaborative information through familiar tools while enabling IT to consolidate infrastructure and implement a centrally managed, secure, and compliant collaboration environment built on Oracle technology.

    Yammer is an enterprise social network that allows employees,managers, executives, teams and different office branches to engage,collaborate and innovate over one interactive virtual network.

    Yammer creates a social workplace that drives innovationthrough the sharing of ideas and business intelligence, boosts productivity inteams and projects, and encourages communication and connectivity betweenemployees, no matter where they are located.

    Sample Customers
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    Verizon, Rakuten,Nationwide, DHL, Westfield, Telefonica, 7-Eleven, Red Robin, Intuit, eBay,Darden, Suncorp, Tyco, Xerox, and ModCloth.
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company16%
    Financial Services Firm10%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Comms Service Provider8%
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm16%
    Comms Service Provider16%
    Insurance Company13%
    Non Tech Company13%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Computer Software Company10%
    Government9%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise68%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business39%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise43%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise63%
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    Oracle Beehive is ranked 19th in Enterprise Social Software while Yammer is ranked 4th in Enterprise Social Software with 60 reviews. Oracle Beehive is rated 9.6, while Yammer is rated 7.4. The top reviewer of Oracle Beehive writes "Has an excellent Database Management System and high level of services, performance, and availability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Yammer writes "Ease of use and a familiar user interface". Oracle Beehive is most compared with , whereas Yammer is most compared with Workplace by Facebook, SAP Jam, Chatter, Jive and Interact Intranet.

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