Interact Reviews

While a lot of freestanding, third party recognition software exists, the system that comes free with the Interact intranet platform gets the job done without organizations having to have yet another system/vendor in place. The recognition feature is what drove traffic to our intranet and it was used by 98% of the organization. A huge success.

I would have kept my contract with Interact had they been able to offer better customer service. Because they are based in the UK, the times during which their team was available to have a conversation with my tech team didn't align with my US-based tech department's availability. I struggled to get in touch with a real person and the back-and-fourth of the ticket system was too tedious for some of the situations we faced. The system is far better and easier than SharePoint, but in my opinion, not as user friendly as Simpplr.

The collaborative capabilities of the software have enabled our network (that is dispersed in almost 200 independent local offices across the UK) to communicate easily with one another, sharing their knowledge, ideas and resources with one another. We use a variety of Interact features to enable open communication across the platform, for example comments/feedback are welcomed on pages, discussion forums that everyone can use, users can add their own news items/blogs and there are groups for specific offices, projects etc.

We have had a few issues with emailing from the software however the broadcast emails work really well and when used with the persona feature they enable us to send targeted emails to specific sectors of our network (for example, all trustees, all senior managers etc.).

It is really easy to install, build and maintain by non technical staff. Great user experience, very easy for content owners to create good quality content. Great social features, such as blogs, comments and forums. Regular updates and a comprehensive online support community.

Some basic building blocks need updating, most importantly the forms and workflows functionality. Whilst you can build useful workflows for business processes, the suer expeirnece is currently poor.

I love the fact it's totally intuitive, you can do what you want because it is so flexible, you are not stuck to a particular look, feel or layout - only limit is your imagination! It's also quick with various methods such as banners and pop up's for quick send info. The support from day one to every day is great, no question or problem too daft to be addressed! The Uni is great to talk to other customers and get ideas.

A hard question, as my answers are slim! Maybe linking pages together, but this is more to do with my lack of knowledge rather than the product itself.

Easy to use, both as a straightforward page editor and for controlling the flow of content in larger organisations, including role-based authorisation and limiting of content to specific user groups or departments. I also liked the forms module, which enables the collection of data across multiple sites or locations.

As an experienced programmer I found the forms module easy to use and customise for specific customer requirements, but most users may find themselves limited to the range of functions available out of the box.

Interact is a great choice to run an intranet that is user-focused without the need for IT staff or developers. The content management platform is easy to learn and posting content is simple. Plus, the site looks like a real website, not a sharepoint or IT site. We love the megamenu and search capabilities.

Like any pre-built product, you can't do everything you want -- but the tradeoffs have been worth it. We've experienced some challenges in the eight years of being with the product (random bugs, etc.) but they are typically updated fairly quickly.

There are many great out-of-the-box landing page widget options and a decent wysiwyg page editor that allows for customization. You can generally accomplish what you want to do – but there might be some random workarounds you need to do to get there. They have a great support team that can help you accomplish your goals if you can't figure it out on your own. Once you're familiar with the product you can do a lot, and with ease - but there is a steep learning curve to get to that point. It looks like Manchester provides some easier and cleaner options, which is also good. (We're currently migrating from Dallas to Manchester.)

Search functionality is the biggest complaint we receive from our users. You can do things to improve search, like add best bets and keywords, but our teammates expect a Google search and that is not achievable in our experience.

To simply have access to a CMS in our business was a massive plus as it means that content can be kept up to date by our content liaison officers community who I manage. Being able to customise homepages, content for certain audiences and having forums for certain groups has been great for overall engagement at all levels. We also have the option of integrating with our other business systems but we haven't followed this up yet. This is something we may explore in the future if business needs require it.

No, all of the current features we have are easy to use, fit for purpose and very intuiative. It is very easy to train new members of staff who join the business on our to edit and manage their own content. This give me the ability to focus on the overall development of the intranet which has been great with Interacts technical and product support.

There are 3 key things that make Interact a great intranet software:

1 - I work in an non-IT background and software is very easy to use. With a logical set up, you can play about with features to make them work for you. The software is very intuitive and adaptable. With the logical set up it is easy to set up security, teams, departments and structure of the intranet.

2 - The community is an amazing resource to help not only with guides but what others are doing well. This sharing of best practice helps to continue develop to the intranet. The community also allows the users to have a voice as a collective - and Interact listens to what the community want to see developed next.

3 - The support received is great. Again, as a non-IT user, I have on occasion asked a stupid question but the support team are great at getting back to me quickly and in terms that I understand. We have very few actual issues with the software, but when we do the fixes come quickly and with no negative impact to us.

I would like to see some more development about customisation of widgets (change in colours etc).

Once you get to know the software, it's fairly easy to work in and manage. We were recently assigned a new customer success manager and that made a huge difference in our engagement and success.

The solution could benefit from tighter integrations with other solutions like Office 365, Zoom and Teams.

Had never created a website. It was very easy to learn and grow in my skill with the amount of support and training available.

Had to think hard about this. Spoiled with the amount of analytics available, which makes us more hungry for additional customizable analytics.

Moving from a static html inhouse-built intranet to the Interact product has been a major step forward for our organisation. We are only just beginning to scratch the surface of the collaborative nature of the product. The ability to manage our content is a massive improvement for us compared to the past and we are able to ensure content is up to date and staff can rely on. From a content editor point of view, it is a really easy system to use and the feedback from my editors has been overwhelmingly positive - even from users with no web background.

There have been a few bugs in the system in our first year of operation, but most of them have been resolved quickly. The migration of content was a bit painful - help with that would have been useful, but that was not part of the offering when the project was initiated.