Market report · Oct 2026
Internal Communications & Intranet
41 vendors tracked and 1,351 case studies read: what teams report, who signs off, who is winning switches, and where vendors fall short.
Market leaders
Top Internal Communications & Intranet vendors by known customers
- 1.Microsoft216 known customers · 19 case studies · 1 documented switch won
- 2.Staffbase186 known customers · 46 case studies · 1 documented switch won
- 3.Humand150 known customers · 206 case studies
- 4.Blink143 known customers · 48 case studies · 4 documented switches won
- 5.GoIntegro140 known customers · 36 case studies
- 6.LumApps135 known customers · 100 case studies · 3 documented switches won
- 7.Simpplr134 known customers · 53 case studies · 3 documented switches won
- 8.Firstup133 known customers · 78 case studies
- 9.Speakap118 known customers · 66 case studies · 1 documented switch won
- 10.Poppulo111 known customers · 54 case studies · 1 documented switch won
Ranked by publicly known customers · Airframe, Oct 2026
Loss reasons
Why Internal Communications & Intranet vendors lose deals
- Weak search blocks staff from news and files
- High cost and unclear price stop deals
- Slow mobile app harms frontline use
- Heavy setup effort delays live use
- Complex admin use lowers team output
Loss reasons across the category · Airframe, Oct 2026
Buyer questions
What buyers ask Internal Communications & Intranet vendors
- How deep does your Teams and SharePoint link go for our daily work?
- How do you prove that staff saw key news?
- How do you reach staff with no desk or mail?
- How do you send news to mail, app, chat and web at once?
- What Microsoft 365 tenant fit do you need from us for Teams use?
- How do you group staff by role, site, team or trait?
- How do you adapt news to each staff profile?
- How do you target news by role, site and shift with read proof?
Most decisive first, from pre-purchase questions and RFPs · Airframe, Oct 2026
For buyers
Buying internal communications and intranet?
The market at a glance
- 41 vendors tracked
- 1,351 case studies read
- 957 buyers mapped
Airframe, Oct 2026
Who signs off
- Marketing: 292
- HR: 147
- Operations: 120
- IT (Corporate Engineering): 59
Of 957 buyers mapped in this market · Airframe, Oct 2026
Ask what matters
- How deep does your Teams and SharePoint link go for our daily work?
- How do you prove that staff saw key news?
From the market's RFP question bank · Airframe, Oct 2026
For vendors
Who's winning your category?
Documented switches in
- Mattermost: 31
- Blink: 4
- Jostle: 4
- Simpplr: 3
From 1,606 customer stories · Airframe, Oct 2026
Find the gaps rivals leave open
- Read engagement analytics: 88%
- Employee mobile app: 64%
- Push sms notifications: 43%
Share of vendors offering each · Airframe, Oct 2026
Know why deals are lost
- Weak search blocks staff from news and files
- High cost and unclear price stop deals
- Slow mobile app harms frontline use
Loss reasons across the category · Airframe, Oct 2026