Compare SocialEngine and Microsoft Visual Studio - Mar 2022

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / Mar 26, 2022

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - SocialEngine or Microsoft Visual Studio?

SocialEngine is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Microsoft Visual Studio, and Microsoft Visual Studio is rated higher (75/100) than SocialEngine (60/100). Both tools offer the same amount of features.

Looking for the right Social networks solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

SocialEngine Vs. Microsoft

SocialEngine : SocialEngine gives individual webmasters and small organizations a comprehensive yet simple way to build fully custom social networks. In 2007, SocialEngine founders Alex Benzer and Charlotte Genevier witnessed an obvious trend: the long tail of the social web was being born. Thousands of people, inspired by the fledging mainstream social networ...

Microsoft: Microsoft Corporation is an American corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses and supports a wide range of products and services related to computing. The company was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4, 1975. Microsoft is the world's largest software maker measured by revenues.

Who is more expensive? SocialEngine or Microsoft Visual Studio?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Social networks software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for SocialEngine and Microsoft Visual Studio.

SocialEngine price starts at $29 per user/month , On a scale between 1 to 10 SocialEngine is rated 4, which is lower than the average cost of Social networks software. Microsoft Visual Studio price starts at $45 per month , When comparing Microsoft Visual Studio to its competitors, the software is rated 4 - lower than the average Social networks software cost.

Bottom line: SocialEngine cost is around the same cost of Microsoft Visual Studio.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared SocialEngine Vs. Microsoft Visual Studio based on some of the most important and required Social networks features.

SocialEngine: Data Import/Export, Basic Reports, Online Customer Support.

Microsoft Visual Studio: Data Import/Export, Basic Reports, Online Customer Support.

Target customer size

SocialEngine Cloud can be used for creating a custom social networking site for anything like brands and fans, organizations, startups and businesses and affinity groups. Microsoft Visual Studio is perfect for companies that are operating and developing highly scalable Windows software services and applications.

SocialEngine

ITQlick rating
(3.1/5)

starts at $29 per user/month

SocialEngine Cloud is a social network software that can help users to create their very own online community custom social network site without any design or coding skills. Users can build and launch e...

Categories: Team Collaboration, Social Media.

Microsoft Visual Studio

ITQlick rating
(5/5)

starts at $45 per month

Microsoft Visual Studio is an integrated development environment that comes with a collection of services and tools to help users develop applications for the desktop, devices, web and the cloud. The software c...

Categories: .

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SocialEngine: 3 Features

Data Import/Export
Basic Reports
Online Customer Support

Microsoft Visual Studio: 3 Features

Data Import/Export
Basic Reports
Online Customer Support
ITQlick rating ITQlick Rating is based on the software score (below) and aggregated online reviews
ITQlick score ITQlick Score is a 1 to 100, the calculation is based on pricing, and functionality Vs. alternative solutions
Pricing score pricing Score is a 1 to 10 (10 is high cost), based on the TCO (cost of licences, customizations, training, hardware when relevant) Vs. alternative solutions
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SocialEngine
ITQlick rating
3.1/5
Score
60/100
Pricing
5.2/10
License pricing
$29 per user/month
Functionality
5
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Microsof...
ITQlick rating
5/5
Score
75/100
Pricing
4.6/10
License pricing
$45 per month
Functionality
4
Hiveflar...
ITQlick rating
4.4/5
Score
68/100
Pricing
2.2/10
License pricing
$25 per month
Functionality
3
Movable ...
ITQlick rating
4.9/5
Score
62/100
Pricing
3/10
License pricing
$499 per year
Functionality
5
Socialware
ITQlick rating
5/5
Score
56/100
Pricing
3.6/10
License pricing
$197 per license
Functionality
7

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Shlomi Lavi is an entrepreneur and founder of ITQlick.com. He holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Information Systems Engineering from Ben Gurion University in Israel. Shlomi brings 17 years of global IT and IS management experience as a consultant and implementation expert for small, medium and large-sized (global) companies. Shlomi’s goal is to share the best knowledge and news about information systems so you can make smarter buying decisions for your business.