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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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Haiilo GmbH

Haiilo

Composite Score
7.9 /10
CX Score
8.1 /10

Haillo is the communications platform that allows you to create a meaningful dialog within your business - connecting your people to purpose. You can create, distribute and control all internal communications within one secure platform that everyone loves to use.

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Pros

  • Includes Product Enhancements
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Fair
  • Helps Innovate
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
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
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

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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
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
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

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
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
Netpresenter

Netpresenter

Composite Score
7.0 /10
CX Score
7.4 /10

Netpresenter is an employee and emergency communications platform that keeps employees measurably better informed, engaged, productive, and safe. Netpresenter is a strategic employee communications platform that actually helps you to achieve your business goals. The platform is designed for the entire organization and can be used up to the boardroom level by every stakeholder. Netpresenter empowers companies to be more successful; with a data-driven approach, and a real-time pulse on how your organization is doing and how employees are feeling.

Pros

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