The social software market is rapidly evolving with several different categories of vendors all rushing into the same space. We believe vendors are coming from one of three historical spaces:
We believe customers benefit when vendors are as transparent as possible about their products' strengths and weaknesses. This chart is a comparison of some of the leading vendors from each of these categories. However, because this space is rapidly changing, we can’t ensure this information is up-to-the minute accurate. We welcome your feedback to help keep the chart current, so please send suggested corrections to errors@cubetree.com.
| Features List | CubeTree | Yammer | Socialtext | Jive |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free Forever Edition |
Full capability
|
Full capability
|
No capability
|
No capability
|
| Weekly Upgrades |
Full capability
|
No capability
|
No capability
|
No capability
|
| Micro Blogging |
Full capability
|
Full capability
|
Partial capability
|
Partial capability
|
| Feed |
Full capability
|
Partial capability
|
Partial capability
|
Partial capability
|
| User Profile |
Full capability
|
Partial capability
|
Partial capability
|
Partial capability
|
| Wiki |
Full capability
|
No capability
|
Full capability
|
Full capability
|
| 3rd Party Feed Integrations |
Full capability
|
Partial capability
|
No capability
|
No capability
|
| Tasks |
Full capability
|
No capability
|
No capability
|
Partial capability
|
| Blog |
Partial capability
|
No capability
|
Partial capability
|
Partial capability
|
| File Sharing |
Full capability
|
Partial capability
|
Full capability
|
Full capability
|
| Link Sharing |
Full capability
|
Partial capability
|
Partial capability
|
Partial capability
|
| Groups |
Full capability
|
Partial capability
|
Partial capability
|
Full capability
|
| Polls |
Full capability
|
No capability
|
No capability
|
Full capability
|
| Travel Itinerary Sharing |
Partial capability
|
No capability
|
No capability
|
No capability
|
| User Communities |
No capability
|
No capability
|
No capability
|
Full capability
|
| Dashboard |
No capability
|
No capability
|
Full
|
Full
|
| Search |
Partial capability
|
Partial capability
|
Partial capability
|
Partial capability
|
| Tags |
Partial capability
|
Partial capability
|
Partial capability
|
Partial capability
|
| Track |
Full capability
|
No capability
|
No capability
|
No capability
|
| Access Control |
Full capability
|
Full capability
|
Full capability
|
Full capability
|
| iPhone |
Full
|
Full
|
No capability
|
No capability
|
| Blackberry |
Full
|
Full
|
No capability
|
No capability
|
| Desktop |
full
|
Full
|
Full
|
No capability
|
| Ease of Use |
Full
|
Full
|
Partial capability
|
Partial capability
|
| API |
Partial capability
|
Partial capability
|
None
|
None
|
| Administrative Controls |
Partial capability
|
Partial capability
|
Partial capability
|
Full
|
| Cloud Version |
Full
|
Full
|
Partial capability
|
Partial capability
|
| On Premises Version |
No capability
|
No capability
|
Full
|
Full
|
| Security Certifications |
Partial capability
|
No capability
|
No capability
|
No capability
|