Google Currents

Google Currents

Google
5.0 out of 5 stars
Medium

Medium

A Medium Corporation
4.3 out of 5 stars
Google Currents Medium

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Google Currents:

About

Engage employees. Have meaningful discussions. Stay current — together. Work towards a common goal with Currents. Build a productive community where everyone stays on the same page. Communicate your ideas and get instant feedback. Share ideas with employees and gather input through meaningful, focused discussions on topics that matter to your organization. Work more efficiently with personalized content. Find previously siloed content and resources that are relevant to your work with customized help from Currents. Discuss key topics with employees across your organization through posts and comments that stay accessible on Currents so you can refer back to them over time. See the most important content first, using Current’s home stream, which is ranked by relevance for each user. Follow tags on topics, search for specific information, and find what interests you. Manage and moderate content faster with help from Currents. Key metrics help admins and users measure engagement.
Medium:

About

Where good ideas find you. Read and share new perspectives on just about any topic. Everyone’s welcome. The best ideas can change who we are. Medium is where those ideas take shape, take off, and spark powerful conversations. We’re an open platform where 170 million readers come to find insightful and dynamic thinking. Here, expert and undiscovered voices alike dive into the heart of any topic and bring new ideas to the surface. Our purpose is to spread these ideas and deepen understanding of the world. We’re creating a new model for digital publishing. One that supports nuance, complexity, and vital storytelling without giving in to the incentives of advertising. It’s an environment that’s open to everyone but promotes substance and authenticity. And it’s where deeper connections forged between readers and writers can lead to discovery and growth. Together with millions of collaborators, we’re building a trusted and vibrant ecosystem fueled by important ideas.
Google Currents:

Platforms Supported

Windows Not Supported
Mac Not Supported
Linux Not Supported
Cloud Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported
Medium:

Platforms Supported

Windows Not Supported
Mac Not Supported
Linux Not Supported
Cloud Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Supported
iPad Supported
Android Supported
Chromebook Not Supported
Google Currents:

Audience

Organizations that want to engage employees with a productive online internal community
Medium:

Audience

Writers and readers who want to read and support independent writers
Google Currents:

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Supported
Online Supported
Medium:

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported
Google Currents:

API

Offers API Not Supported
Medium:

API

Offers API Supported
Google Currents:

Screenshots and Videos

Medium:

Screenshots and Videos

Google Currents:

Pricing

$6 per user per month
Google Currents comes as part of G Suite.

Basic Plan: $6 per user per month
Business Plan: $12 per user per month
Enterprise: $25 per user per month
Free Version Not Supported
Free Trial Supported
Medium:

Pricing

$5 per month
Or $50 per year
Free Version Not Supported
Free Trial Not Supported
Google Currents:

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 5.0 / 5
ease 5.0 / 5
features 4.0 / 5
design 5.0 / 5
support 5.0 / 5
Medium:

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 4.3 / 5
ease 4.3 / 5
features 4.3 / 5
design 4.0 / 5
support 4.3 / 5
Google Currents:

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • An answer to Microsoft's Yammer Google Currents is an employee engagement platform with the aim to help build a productive online community. It is a part of G Suite bundle and it can even be used to communicate with people outside your organization. It brings in a lot of current social network trends and is quite simple to use.

Cons

  • Although it is pretty neat, it offers no reason to switch over from Yammer which has even more features.
Medium:

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • Good quality articles. TTS option - for listening to the article. Lots of curated collections to group together articles under common theme / topic. Reading list feature to save articles.
  • -Clean, intuitive app. -High quality content. -Real potential to earn as a writer if you can put in the time. -Affordable subscription fee to unlock all content. -Engaged community.
  • It's a solid place to upload information about your company or opinion pieces and start up a conversation in the comments. The look of Medium is very minimalistic, clean and modern. It's good if you've got more to say than can be condensed in a Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter post, and you won't need to do anything to make your content already look great.

Cons

  • Cluttered interface - the main reading window is narrow due to the sidebars. Ads and limited access for free users.
  • -Mobile app makes in-app writing cumbersome. -Tends to get laggy and need restarting/refreshing. -Extremely competitive/saturated market. -Curated feed lacks variety. -Unpaid membership only allows a few premium article views a month.
  • Medium looks good, but you will struggle to stand out from everyone else on the site. There's a lot of people on medium, and opportunities to make money there are slim if all you're doing is posting to Medium. It's okay for posting about your product or in conjunction with other platforms, but not really worthwhile by itself. You get that nice, clean look in exchange, likewise, for being able to customize much of anything.
Google Currents:

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Supported
In Person Not Supported
Medium:

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Not Supported
In Person Not Supported
Google Currents:

Company Information

Google
Founded: 1998
United States
gsuite.google.com/products/currents/
Medium:

Company Information

A Medium Corporation
Founded: 2012
United States
medium.com
Google Currents:

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Google Currents:

Categories

Medium:

Categories

Blog Supported
Creator Economy Supported
Google Currents:

Collaboration Features

Brainstorming Supported
Calendar Management Not Supported
Chat / Messaging Supported
Contact Management Not Supported
Content Management Not Supported
Document Management Supported
Project Management Supported
Real Time Editing Supported
Task Management Not Supported
Version Control Not Supported
Video Conferencing Supported

Employee Communication Tools Features

Activity / News Feed Supported
Audio / Video Conferencing Supported
Blogs Supported
Chat / Messaging Supported
Employee Directory Supported
Event Calendar Supported
File Sharing Supported
Knowledge Management Supported
Newsletter Management Not Supported
Surveys & Feedback Supported

Internal Communications Features

App Integration Supported
Blogs Supported
Chat/Messaging Supported
Email Management Supported
Employee Directory Supported
Event Calendar Supported
Newsletter Management Not Supported
Photo Gallery Supported
Social Sharing Supported
Survey Management Not Supported
Telephony Supported
Video Chat Supported
Voice Chat Supported

Intranet Features

Activity / News Feed Supported
Blogs Supported
Calendar Management Supported
Content Management Not Supported
Discussions / Forums Supported
Employee Directory Supported
Knowledge Management Supported
Policy Management Not Supported
Search Supported
Wiki Not Supported
Medium:

Blog Features

Analytics Supported
Collaborative Writing Not Supported
Comment Moderation Supported
File Sharing Not Supported
Group Posting Not Supported
Monetization Tools Supported
Post Management Supported
Search Supported
WYSIWYG Rich Text Editing Supported
Google Currents:

Integrations

AmpiFire Not Supported
Bruinen Not Supported
Craft CMS Not Supported
CurateIt Not Supported
Customer.io Not Supported
D-ID Not Supported
Gmail Supported
Grammarly Not Supported
Make Not Supported
Martini Not Supported
Monica Not Supported
Napkin AI Not Supported
Onlypult Not Supported
Outwrite Not Supported
PhantomBuster Not Supported
RELAYTO Not Supported
TwinMind Not Supported
Webscape Not Supported
Zoho RPA Not Supported
snappify Not Supported
Medium:

Integrations

AmpiFire Supported
Bruinen Supported
Craft CMS Supported
CurateIt Supported
Customer.io Supported
D-ID Supported
Gmail Not Supported
Grammarly Supported
Make Supported
Martini Supported
Monica Supported
Napkin AI Supported
Onlypult Supported
Outwrite Supported
PhantomBuster Supported
RELAYTO Supported
TwinMind Supported
Webscape Supported
Zoho RPA Supported
snappify Supported
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