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Employee Communications Software

Employee Communications

What is Employee Communications Software?

Employee Communications software is an important tool for internal communicators to reach, engage, and listen to employees. For the employees themselves it provides a way to interact with co-workers and collaborate on projects.

Common Features

  • Mobile
  • Employee Directory
  • Instant Messaging
  • Surveys and Polling
  • News Feeds, Alerts & Notifications
  • Rewards Recognition
  • Pulse Surveys
  • Application Integration
  • Single Sign-On (SSO)
  • Emergency Notification
  • Intranet
  • Newsletter Creation

Top Employee Communications Software

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Products: 15
Next Award: Jan 2027

Top Employee Communications Software 2026

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

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LumApps

LumApps

Composite Score
7.8 /10
CX Score
7.7 /10

LumApps Social Collaborative Intranet helps companies in all industries improve communications and much more. Lets get in touch! LumApps is the next step in the evolution of the employee intranet. Fully integrated with Microsoft Office 365, as well as G-Suite and other tools, the powerful LumApps Platform lets employees connect and collaborate to create a more efficient and engaged workforce.

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Pros

  • Reliable
  • Inspires Innovation
  • Helps Innovate
  • Respectful
Firstup

Firstup

Composite Score
7.7 /10
CX Score
8.3 /10

Firstup is redefining the digital employee experience to put people first and lift companies up. Firstup makes communication solutions that build authentic engagement and create two-way conversation between employees and companies. The Firstup orchestration engine connects every worker, everywhere, on any device with personalized information that helps them do their best work.

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Pros

  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Enables Productivity
Badge Winner
Composite Score
7.5 /10
CX Score
7.9 /10

Unily is the employee experience platform that connects, informs, and engages your enterprise.

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Pros

  • Continually Improving Product
  • Trustworthy
  • Generous Negotitation
  • Friendly Negotiation
Simpplr

Simpplr

Composite Score
7.4 /10
CX Score
7.6 /10

Simpplr's modern intranet software helps connect and engage employees to boost productivity, increase retention, and drive engagement.

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Pros

  • Altruistic
  • Respectful
  • Transparent
  • Continually Improving Product

Products below are ineligible for awards due to insufficient recent reviews

WorkJam

WorkJam

Composite Score
8.0 /10
CX Score
8.2 /10

Drive the Customer Experience through the Employee Experience. Deploy Task Management, Employee Learning, Communication and more all on one app. As your Frontline Digital Workplace, WorkJam can sit within collaboration suites like Microsoft Teams or on its own to deliver a comprehensive competitive advantage to your operations. WorkJam offers proven ROI that delivers breakthrough results for your organization - Locally and Globally — enabling enterprises to achieve what we call frontline workforce orchestration.

Pros

  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Enables Productivity
Composite Score
7.9 /10
CX Score
8.3 /10

Cerkl Broadcast is a forward-thinking employee communications suite. Unlike existing email-only or platform-centric mobile solutions, Broadcast unites your existing employee comms channels to deliver a modern employee experience. Employees can receive targeted comms to their email, SharePoint, Teams, Broadcast mobile app, and more. Broadcast’s cross-channel experience encourages employees to consume content on their preferred platform. Share real-time, cross-channel analytics with your team and leadership to track your organizational comms goals.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing

The Beekeeper team communication app provides real-time unified communications for your frontline and mobile workforce. Internal teams benefit from communication and engagement tools such as secure group messaging, chat bots, HR tools, analytics, employee surveys, and polls.

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Pros

  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Unique Features
  • Fair
Connecteam

Connecteam

Composite Score
7.5 /10
CX Score
8.0 /10

Connecteam is the employee management app that connects everything a business needs from field to office, all in one place. It is one complete solution for managers to easily run everyday operations, share knowledge, keep teams connected, so they could focus on growing their business. Connecteam simplifies everyday work with deskless teams and keeps them connected, so you can focus on growing the business

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Enables Productivity
Composite Score
7.3 /10
CX Score
7.3 /10

DSMN8 is a Cloud-based SaaS platform enabling employees to share company related content such as blogs and articles to their owned social media networks such as LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and others. DSMN8 is available as both a desktop application as well as a mobile application as an opt-in tool for all employees. DSMN8’s innovative technology helps brands tap into the power of their number one asset - their employees through an all-in-one platform.

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Pros

  • Reliable
  • Enables Productivity
  • Efficient Service
  • Effective Service
Powell Software

Powell Intranet

Composite Score
7.2 /10
CX Score
7.4 /10

Powell Software helps customers drive their digital transformation by offering customizable Digital Workplace Solutions built on top of the Microsoft 365 platform. Founded in 2016, Powell Software has now more than 300 customers across the globe with offices in North-America, Europe and Asia. Powell Software works with a network of certified partners who resell and implement the Powell Software solutions.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Trustworthy

Cons

  • Under Delivered
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