Comments on: PBwiki Drops The Wiki, Becomes PBworks

By: Collaboration Platform PBWorks Gets A Real-Time Makeover

Collaboration Platform PBWorks Gets A Real-Time Makeover — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:53:55 +0000

[...] PBWorks, which was formally known as PBwiki, specializes in helping businesses, non-profits, and educational institutions [...]

By: PBworks « Wir sprechen Online.

PBworks « Wir sprechen Online. — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:47:18 +0000

[...] Social Networking (123), Web (1,493), Wikis (58) Social collaboration update: PBworks (formerly PBWiki) adds profiles, micro-blogging, eMail uploads; http://j.mp/lHzMP [...]

By: PBworks Adds Microblogging And Email Upload Features To Wikis

PBworks Adds Microblogging And Email Upload Features To Wikis — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:01:54 +0000

[...] (formally known as PBwiki), a startup that specializes in helping businesses, non-profits, and educational [...]

By: Blair R

Blair R — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:49:09 +0000

Did anyone else get their old 1-3 free user plan downgraded to the free (basic) plan?

By: Blair R

Blair R — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:18:00 +0000

I agree with the need for a monthly payment option, not just a pricing option.

Also, it isn’t clear to me anywhere, apart from a support e-mail about the first 3 users still being free.

I’d love to see the guest users being free on all plans. For example, guests can only view and edit pages they are given permission to and can’t be more than a writer as far as permission levels go. Or something like that.

I concur that because salesforce do it, doesn’t mean it’s a good idea. If salesforce has the best product, people will pay whatever the pricing structure requires in the end. This isn’t necessarily an endorsement for the pricing structure though

By: Nepal Medical Embraces Wikis - Tech.Nepalko.info

Nepal Medical Embraces Wikis - Tech.Nepalko.info — Fri, 29 May 2009 22:31:30 +0000

[...] that they’re using was provided by PBWiki, or now PBWorks, whom recently changed their name to reflect more than just the wiki [...]

By: net@night 98 - April 30th, 2009: Evernote | SearchcommandN

net@night 98 - April 30th, 2009: Evernote | SearchcommandN — Fri, 01 May 2009 22:40:48 +0000

[...] PBWiki drops the Wiki, becomes Works [...]

By: Goodbye PBwiki, Hello PBworks! «

Goodbye PBwiki, Hello PBworks! « — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:09:14 +0000

[...] more information, read the TechCrunch article, or read the official announcement from the PBworks.com [...]

By: Joel Strellner

Joel Strellner — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 05:47:35 +0000

I didn’t even mention it in my post, but the annual payment requirement is the second reason we are looking around. As I said above, $32 per month is expensive for what we are getting. What is the real tipping point though is the yearly requirement. We go from $0 to $364 due the moment we add the fourth person to pbWorks.

Oh, and I’m trying to say this as nice as I can, but your study was wrong. Just because everyone else is billing a certain way doesn’t mean that you should too.

By: geekycoder

geekycoder — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 05:44:01 +0000

Pretty agree that anything that has “wiki” give the impression that it should be free. A change of name hopefully will make it “works”

By: Chris Yeh

Chris Yeh — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:40:00 +0000

Ian,

We decided to shift to the yearly pricing based on a study of other Software-as-a-Service companies in the enterprise space.

You can probably thank/blame Mark Benioff and Salesforce.com; they pretty much established the monthly fee charged 12 months in advance convention for the industry.

By: Ian

Ian — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:28:45 +0000

It’s a great product – however

I am a bit disappointed with their pricing model, which is ADVERTISED as a MONTHLY charge per user, but in fact CHARGED on a YEARLY basis per user. A bit misleading if you ask me since you don’t find this out until you want to upgrade.

You would think they would have the facility to charge monthly like basecamp do.

By: Hmmm

Hmmm — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 03:44:13 +0000

David Weekly should also change his name to David Daily, as that sounds more fitting in our fast paced, gotta have it now, ADD world.

By: Joel Strellner

Joel Strellner — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:13:55 +0000

Not sure why I feel the need to comment this, but we use them at Twitturly, and we all like it so far.

They are a bit pricey though. Would be nice if the pricing didn’t include the first 3 people that use it. e.g. 1-3 people are free, 4 instantly becomes $32. Would make it more enticing if the 4th user and beyond was $8, $16, etc.

We’re looking at other options specifically because of this reason. $32 for 4 people is quite steep for what it is.

By: technotopia

technotopia — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:32:52 +0000

socialtext.com may be a $5 billion dollar company. They are one of the key players in the smartist, web 2.0 revolution with huge growth. People need to stop complaining about recession http://iamned.com/blog/

By: Web Laureate

Web Laureate — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:54:51 +0000

looks like a yummy, peanut buttery update to me. my experience, thus far – http://web-poet.../04/28/pbworks/

By: Chris Yeh

Chris Yeh — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:08:24 +0000

@MarketingNinja:

Yes, PBworks is now WYSIWYG-only. No markup knowledge necessary. And it’s very well known for usability–that’s why so many elementary schools use it.

By: Aaronontheweb

Aaronontheweb — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:06:38 +0000

Quick question Chris since my company is looking for a tool for building an internal “marketing glossary” – does PBWiki support markup formats that are more intuitive than Wikipedia’s? and does it have an intuitive UI for people who are somewhat technophobic?

By: Chris Yeh

Chris Yeh — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:01:50 +0000

Thanks Leena! One minor correction: 50,000 refers to the number of businesses using PBworks. The service hosts over 800,000 different workspaces all told.

Also, a fun fact that might interest folks on the legal side: 24 out of the top 25 law firms in America are either PBworks customers, or have staff who use PBworks.

By: 2above

2above — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:00:26 +0000

really?

By: Ian Mikutel

Ian Mikutel — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:56:27 +0000

Heard about the upcoming name change via email from them a week or so ago.

The change seems appropriate given they want to expand into other service offerings. They’ve been great for educational implementation thus far through my experience.