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The explosion of new Software-as-a-Service applications and cloud platforms in the past few years has made high-tech something that businesses of any size can use. It’s also created a slight “be careful what you wish for” scenario in that finding out what solutions would be the best means doing a ton of research to find out what’s right for your business. At least for three categorical solutions that bear comparison, we can help you out.
We’ve scoured the market for process automation, business intelligence, and project management tools for good comparisons between solutions. The following are just a few that we think would be perfect for your needs:
Remember ‘Don’t Be A Legacy, Be Digital.’
Zapier vs. Microsoft Power Automate They say that automation is the key to success. These two automated workflow solutions can be great tools for anyone who needs an effortless way to bring together all of their web applications and transfer data or information across apps without code.
Eliminate data entry and other time-consuming manual tasks. In comparison, both are cloud-based solutions and can be quickly onboard into your operations. For small businesses, MS Power Automate is natively built on Microsoft Office 365. It also comes equipped with more robust pricing options than Zapier does—though both offer free services if your business is on a tight budget (but don’t forget how expensive everything will become over time!). So there’s no need to worry about getting lost in the jungle when using this program.
Power Automate is native to Microsoft, so it’s ideal for seamless integration with Office 365 and other MS products and a longer learning curve. Zapier appears to be more intuitive for small businesses without a designated IT shop. Pricing models are also slightly different, with Zapier being the more costly overall but offering freemium services as part of its potential packages.
Jaspersoft vs. OpenText Magellan To transform your operations in a digital economy, you will require productivity applications that not only live in the cloud but operate with intelligence. The two most popular Business Intelligence apps outside the traditional BI tools used by enterprises today are Jaspersoft and OpenText Magellan. For Jaspersoft, some of its exciting features provide encoding to translate reports across any of the world’s languages and is considered a BI tool built for developers. At the same time, Magellan is a BI solution offered by OpenText, which has various information management solutions powered by AI to take your business to the next level. Magellan BI allows you to interactively explore data with the capability to embed it into bespoke applications and processes. It features an intuitive UI that anyone with basic computer skills can utilize yet produces reports in various formats–from intricate prints to web-hosted dashboards! If you are seeking something new and refreshing and strictly subscription based, Grow is a BI tool that may also suit your needs.
Jira vs. Workfront When it comes to project management, these two have big locks on the market. Both are excellent project management and work management tools for managing remote teams, offering massive value to keep a pulse on outcomes and team accomplishments.
Jira and Workfront are both excellent project management tools for managing remote teams.
Jira was designed initially with software developers in mind but is suitable for all agile teams to manage projects, iterative work, and complete project deliveries while tracking issues and bugs along the way. It serves as an excellent tracking system to obtain visibility on statuses, see who’s doing what, and identify changes made. Easy to follow progress along a specific roadmap, while Workfront excels at work management allowing supervisors to executive level managers to obtain more insights across various sectors and its allocated resources. From visibility into its people and resources in addition to projects and work in progress. There is no denying that a tool of this stature is beneficial to your operations in the digital economy. Workfront keeps security at the forefront and ensures data is visible to respective parties. Both tools offer role-based protection that is common for collaborative and project management tools, so you can’t go wrong with either.
We cannot close out this section without noting one of the critical benefits of Jira, which is the seamless integration with Confluence, a Knowledge-Based tool — both being Atlassian products. Jira offers seamless integration with Confluence, allowing you to gather project requirements, build wiki documentation, and other artifacts in a central location and track them throughout your process.
The key is understanding which tool will work best for your company’s culture—and that decision comes down mainly to the type of collaboration environment your company has or tends to promote. An extensive application library to integrate other software applications used internally by teams who need specific tools not widely used across departments.
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