Hi Tom, What are the external users' limitations (if any)?
Seems strange to only charge for same email domain if that's so easy to spoof. If that's the case, why do you even bother to pay for two members and not just one? Thanks! oren On Thursday, September 5, 2013 9:25:37 AM UTC-5, Tom Lewis wrote: > > I think we started with them about 18 months ago > > Bear in mind that even if their policy has changed, you can get away with > using Podio with very few chargeable users. We have 10 users as part of > our agreement with them, and despite having over 50 people on Podio across > the various workspaces, we only use 2 'paid' accounts as we have two > members of staff running the hub- Podio doesn't charge for 'external users' > which it defines as those with different email domains as the 'paid users', > so if there are two of you running a hub with 100 members, you only need > two paid users at $5/month each. > > On Thursday, 5 September 2013 15:12:54 UTC+1, Matthew Straub, Avenue HQ > Community Manager wrote: >> >> Tom, >> >> How long ago did Podio do that? I believe their website (now, anyways) >> specifically states that they don't do special nonprofit pricing. I wanted >> to get in touch with them recently about exactly that until I saw their >> site. >> >> Thanks! >> Matthew >> >> On Thursday, September 5, 2013 4:23:35 AM UTC-5, Tom Lewis wrote: >>> >>> Hi there- we use Podio, and hugely recommend it. It's similar to >>> Yammer, but you can build your own drag and drop apps (or use thousands of >>> community built ones for free), so you can customize it to your particular >>> space/workflow. We have tens of workspaces on it- and used it for our >>> redevelopment, for our staff onboarding/training/HR, for our marketing and >>> brand library, our press cuttings, and yes, even for our members >>> intranet/chat (it's got a great built in chat client as well as campfire >>> style commenting chat/likes/voting buttons etc. >>> >>> If you are a not for profit (as we are) then it's worth getting in touch >>> with Podio- I think it's $5 a user per month but they waived that for us in >>> return for a link on our site. >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> TOm >>> >>> On Wednesday, 4 September 2013 14:56:46 UTC+1, en...@indiegrovejc.comwrote: >>>> >>>> Hello everyone, >>>> >>>> We are a coworking space in Jersey City, NJ area and seeking a platform >>>> that helps our members communicate/chat and also start some discussions >>>> between them. This would help them to collaborate, socialize and help each >>>> other with any needs. >>>> >>>> For example, they could be able to post some requests based on their >>>> needs as well as just share some useful information about anything. >>>> >>>> Based on some research we came up with Hipchat, Campfire and some other >>>> IRC platforms. However, we are not just looking for chat softwares. As I >>>> mentioned above, the conversation should remain permanently instead of >>>> disappearing chat windows. >>>> >>>> We also have found Alche.my and requested from them to try demo but >>>> they didn't contact with us yet. >>>> >>>> Hope you understand what we need and come up with a solution or idea >>>> for us! >>>> >>>> Thanks!.. >>>> >>>> Please check out Indiegrove Coworking Space: >>>> >>>> http://www.indiegrovejc.com/ >>>> >>> -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
