Selecting an Intranet solution among intranet platforms can be a daunting task. Various vendors offer a diverse set of capabilities under the umbrella of the term “Intranet”. The following list presents the most well-known options, along with a quick summary of what they offer. Hopefully, this will help you create a shortlist. Here goes:
1) HyperOffice Atlas
$3 - $5 user/month
HyperOffice brings a good balance of simplicity and feature depth. Features include:
- Customizable intranet landing pages for departments, teams and projects
- Drag and drop intranet page designer
- Document Management
- Project Management
- Shared contacts and calendars
- Team chat and video conferencing
- Do it yourself business apps and web forms
2) Microsoft Sharepoint
$5 - $8 user/month
Sharepoint is one of the most widely used intranet platforms around thanks to Microsoft’s clout. Sharepoint brings tremendous depth, but can be complicated to configure and use. You get:
- Custom intranet sites
- Drag and drop intranet designer
- Document libraries
- Sharepoint lists (data tables to handle information)
- Integrations with other Microsoft products
- Integration with third party products
3) Podio
$9 - $15 user/month
Podio is a simple and intuitive Intranet platform owned by Citrix. It offers the following:
- Intranet workspaces, with a limited degree of customization
- Document management
- Project management
- A large library of business “apps” - vacation tracking, contact management, calendars etc.
- Do it yourself business apps and web forms
4) Jive Software (intranet platforms)
Price not published
Jive is one of the deeper intranet platforms on the list, like Sharepoint. However, as indicated by it not publishing prices, it is also pricier compared to other options. You get:
- Intranet landing pages
- Document management
- Project management
- Contacts and calendars
- Enterprise social network
- Badges and peer recognition
- Third party integrations
5) Simpplr (intranet platforms)
$8 user/month
As its name suggests, Simpplr represents a new generation of intranets focusing on user experience and simplicity. You get:
- Enterprise social network
- Team sites with limited customization
- Blogs
- Photo and video library
- Third party integrations
- Calendars