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840 views|689 comparisons
83% willing to recommend
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1,827 views|987 comparisons
75% willing to recommend
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Executive Summary

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

Find out in this report how the two Enterprise Social Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Symphony vs. Yammer Report (Updated: March 2024).
767,667 professionals have used our research since 2012.
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Pros
"Symphony and Laravel are the most comfortable frameworks for any developer. It is also lightweight.""The solution is user-friendly, and it is very good security-wise.""The entire product is good.""I found the RAM Commander module in Symphony to be the most valuable.""The overall functions are good."

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"The posting features are valuable.""It's really easy to use the solution.""We can send out notifications and ask questions using Yammer.""Yammer brings in the most relevant posts to the users.""The solution was stable.""Its most valuable features are the storyline and communities.""It was a stable solution...It was a highly scalable solution considering it was used in a very big company.""The initial setup was simple and straightforward."

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Cons
"The area that needs to be improved is modular asset management. When we are uploading the assets in bulk, it is not aligned.""The solution is very expensive, and its pricing could be improved.""Compared to established vendors, it lacks user flexibility and customization, especially in the PM module.""The solution needs to improve CI.""To improve the situation, enhancing the functionality for integrating with other applications and addressing ticketing issues is crucial."

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"This solution would be improved if it was well integrated with other communication applications.""Yammer's UX and UI are areas with certain shortcomings where improvements are required""The permissions are a little bit over-complicated.""The interface is clunky and could be improved.""Microsoft should work on templating and provide some built-in templates so that the changes can automatically roll out to all the configured communities.""Sometimes, we lose access to the solution for unknown reasons.""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.""It should have integration with multiple third-party platforms."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "It's a costly product, but the number of available features justifies it."
  • "It is fairly an expensive product, but works for us."
  • "Symphony is expensive."
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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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    Anonymous User
    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 →
    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:Symphony and Laravel are the most comfortable frameworks for any developer. It is also lightweight.
    Top Answer:The solution needs to improve CI.
    Top Answer:We can send out notifications and ask questions using Yammer.
    Top Answer:Sometimes, we lose access to the solution for unknown reasons.
    Top Answer:We can create channels in Yammer and attach them to a particular team in Microsoft Teams. Anyone can join the channels, get notifications, and collaborate. We can send out notifications and ask… more »
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    Average Words per Review
    374
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    7.3
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    Overview

    Symphony’s secure, cloud-based communications service delivers the next wave in organizational productivity where markets and individuals come together to create vibrant communities in which to share content, insights and opinions without compromising on organizational compliance.

    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
    BNP Paribas, HSBC, Deutsche Bank, Citi, Credit Suisse, JP Morgan Chase
    Verizon, Rakuten,Nationwide, DHL, Westfield, Telefonica, 7-Eleven, Red Robin, Intuit, eBay,Darden, Suncorp, Tyco, Xerox, and ModCloth.
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm64%
    Computer Software Company6%
    Manufacturing Company4%
    Comms Service Provider3%
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm16%
    Comms Service Provider16%
    Insurance Company13%
    Non Tech Company13%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Computer Software Company10%
    Government8%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business10%
    Midsize Enterprise8%
    Large Enterprise82%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business39%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise43%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise63%
    Buyer's Guide
    Symphony vs. Yammer
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Symphony vs. Yammer and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
    767,667 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Symphony is ranked 8th in Enterprise Social Software with 5 reviews while Yammer is ranked 4th in Enterprise Social Software with 60 reviews. Symphony is rated 7.2, while Yammer is rated 7.4. The top reviewer of Symphony writes "Makes tasks like network planning and performance monitoring much easier". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Yammer writes "Ease of use and a familiar user interface". Symphony is most compared with Microsoft Teams, Slack, Drupal and SharePoint, whereas Yammer is most compared with Workplace by Facebook, SAP Jam, Chatter, Jive and Interact Intranet. See our Symphony vs. Yammer report.

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