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Kollective Reviews & Product Details

At Kollective, we make corporate networks smarter so your people can work better. The Kollective platform scales existing IT infrastructure to accelerate content delivery to the edge of the enterprise while minimizing network congestion. From live town hall meetings, global presentations and on-demand video training, to major operating system updates and the delivery of critical patches, Kollective keeps your network secure without impacting critical business applications. We are a passionate team of experts that work by your side every step of the way. With Kollective it's as easy to reach a device on your network across the world as it is to reach one in the cubicle next door.

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Kollective

Languages Supported

German, English, French, Japanese, Spanish

Product Description

Kollective Software Defined ECDN enables live video and file delivery on a global scale, without the need for new hardware.

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Ariana Sexton (Global Channel Marketing and Events Director, B2B SaaS)

Value at a Glance

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Time to Implement

4 months

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Kollective Reviews (14)

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Paige W.

Supply chain

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5/27/2019

"Little difficult to use!"

4/5

What do you like best about Kollective?

I like the availability of the program, and how it works Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Kollective?

IT's not the easiest program to use, it's just a bit confusing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Kollective:

I would definitely use it if you had a knowledgable IT staff. We only have one employee and it's not simple to figure out, so it's just not the best for us personally. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Kollective solving and how is that benefiting you?

Mostly media sharing, and it's convenient to be able to share so quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kelly O.

Specialist IT

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5/16/2018

"The very best in distributing video content"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Kollective?

One of the best features is the minimum load on the network. This is very usefull in a large organisation where some branches does not have the broadest lines. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Kollective?

Whats not to like? Lower load on internal network. Better destribution of video content and better feature list compared to the old video platform Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Kollective:

Test it out, you will regret it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Kollective solving and how is that benefiting you?

Kollective replaced an aging video platform that did not support HD and was out of support. Before implementation we tested load on different types of lines internally and found the results very satisfactory. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Farming

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5/10/2018

"Building Collaboration"

5/5

What do you like best about Kollective?

What I like best about Kollective is the reductionof load on the network which allows locations without high capacity bandwidth to view content, then the Simplicity and ease of use of the product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Kollective?

I would like to have the product integrate with video conferencing solutions such as WebEx or Skype via encrypted connections. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Kollective:

It is a very good solution if you have the IT staff and Audio Visual staff to run large events. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Kollective solving and how is that benefiting you?

We have executive townhalls that we want all countries / locations to experience real time as well and video on demand. Our previous solution did not support the amount of locations / users we needed to broadcast to. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Eric P.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5/8/2018

"Kollective has worked as advertised"

5/5

What do you like best about Kollective?

I like the ease of uploading videos and how non-disruptive the video deliveries are to the network. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Kollective?

Management of videos/channels can be difficult. it would be nice if alerts could be set or videos could be auto-deleted. Also, being able to run reports of what videos a specific user has uploaded would be nice. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5/8/2018

"Large Impact with little work"

4/5

What do you like best about Kollective?

Ability to communicate without killing bandwidth. With multiple communications across various business units every month this product helps us preserver other business functions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Kollective?

Not yet enabled to be used natively with ZOOM. Currently only able to use thru other business partner due to existing contract in place. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Kollective:

Perfect for corporate communications Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Kollective solving and how is that benefiting you?

Webcast global communications with all employees. Meanwhile corporate networks stays intact. Up and coming SCCM integrations helps with distributing desktop engineering packages throughout our network. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Banking

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

6/8/2018

"replacement of an old video platform"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Kollective?

Easy to share video to many user at the same time in HQ and that you can have different Channels. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Kollective?

Haven't seen anything that I dislike yet Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Walter H.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5/8/2018

"My company is using the solution in the past 7 years"

4/5

What do you like best about Kollective?

The peering technology as it allows us to brodcast live events to location where we have bandwidth constrains. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Kollective?

It requires flash installed for Chrome and Edge Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Chemicals

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5/8/2018

"Review of Kollective"

4/5

What do you like best about Kollective?

Deploying the service without hardware or major network-change requirements Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Kollective?

Difficult to long-term manage content in media center. No expiration and auto-delete of content. Hard to know how much space is used. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Farming

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5/11/2018

"Will be better once they ditch Flash"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Kollective?

The peer-to-peer functionality is realy helpful to saving on Internet bandwidth for townhalls, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Kollective?

Use of Flash...supposedly HTML5 support is on the way, but it needs to be here now. Flash is a security problem across the board, and to still be delivering new code based on it is getting more and more difficult. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Telecommunications

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5/8/2018

"Great User Experience"

5/5

What do you like best about Kollective?

The ability to seamlessly and automatically download the patches and fix the issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Kollective?

None at this stage. However, would be good to have less flickers sometimes with the poor internet connection. Also, the picture initially appears blurry when the video starts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.