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Jive vs Yammer comparison

 

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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
16th
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Content Management (35th), Web Content Management (40th), Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) (7th), Knowledge Management Software (10th), Enterprise Intranet (5th)
Yammer
Ranking in Enterprise Social Software
4th
Average Rating
7.4
Number of Reviews
62
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the Enterprise Social Software category, the mindshare of Jive is 3.6%, up from 3.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Yammer is 6.8%, down from 8.2% 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.
PaulAnderson1 - PeerSpot reviewer
Ease of use and a familiar user interface
We transitioned directly from Workplace by Facebook to Yammer. From a front-end user perspective, they both look very similar and are easy to use. The main advantage of Yammer is that it's included in our Office 365 licensing suite, so it's a significant cost-saving compared to Workplace Facebook, which requires an expensive license.

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 user interface and the way we can share and search information are the most valuable. It is very easy to use."
"The most valuable feature of Yammer is its integration with all the services of Office 365."
"We can send out notifications and ask questions using Yammer."
"The tool allows us to post and keep track of company buzz and events without relying on email."
"The solution was stable."
"The posting features are valuable."
"Yammer is useful since it is a product you can easily integrate into our system since Microsoft supports it."
"The most valuable feature of Yammer is its interface."
 

Cons

"The search engine could be improved and also provide some kind of indexing."
"It should have integration with multiple third-party platforms."
"The permissions are a little bit over-complicated."
"Yammer has very limited features."
"Yammer's UX and UI are areas with certain shortcomings where improvements are required"
"The solution must be able to stream by itself, without integration, the same way that you are able to do it on Facebook Live, Instagram, etc. Streaming must be embedded into it."
"The solution's feature for sharing could be better."
"The interface is clunky and could be improved."
"The product seems to just add to the complexity of using existing tools."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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

it_user8925 - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 23, 2013
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
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Financial Services Firm
16%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
7%
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?
I can't think of anything that stands out as a problem. It has a very limited use. For the limited use it has, it performs well.
What is your primary use case for Yammer?
We primarily use it for internal communication and company communication.
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

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