Workplace by Facebook alternative for G Suite users

Workplace by Facebook is an
Enterprise Social Network

What is Workplace? Facebook Workplace is a platform for internal collaboration and communication in companies. Launched in 2016, Workplace is a powerful tool for employee engagement, however, it won’t take care of your social intranet and productivity needs since it doesn’t integrate with Google Apps. It doesn’t have a page builder either, so it lacks static information.

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Comparison overview:
Happeo vs Workplace by Facebook

Digital Workplace	Happeo	Workplace
Integrated Drive editing	✓	✓
Integrated Docs editing	✓	X
Integrated Sheets editing	✓	X
Integrated Slides editing	✓	X
Third-party app launcher	✓	✓
Search	✓	✓
Social Intranet	Happeo	Workplace
Page builder	✓	X
Social channels	✓	✓
Branded file templates	✓	X
Analytics	✓	✓
Influencer analysis	✓	✓
Personalized news feed	✓	✓
Announcements	✓	X
Widgets	✓	X
Collaboration platform	Happeo	Workplace
Integrated Hangouts conferencing	✓	Proprietary chat
Integrated Calendar editing	✓	✓
People directory	✓	✓
Chat and Slack integration	✓	✓
User-creatable channels	✓	✓
Overall features	Happeo	Workplace
User-first design	✓	✓
Mobile app	✓	✓
Push notifications	✓	✓
Single Sign On	✓	✓
ISO compliant security	✓	✓
GDPR compliant	✓	✓
Fast time to deploy	✓	✓
Top-down communications	✓	X
Bottom-up communications	✓	✓
Training required	X	X
Custom branding	✓	limited
Multilingual	✓	✓
G Suite integration	✓	limited
Office 365 integration	X	Sharepoint

Conclusion 1

Workplace by Facebook is not an intranet

Since it functions solely as an Enterprise Social Network, you’ll need separate intranet software for your static communication needs.

Conclusion 2

Workplace by Facebook - not a digital workplace

Strong dynamic communication features with social information are great for conversation and collaboration – which isn’t productive if it’s not based around work-content. The lack of deep productivity integration (Drive, Docs, Sheets etc.) means it doesn’t work as a collaboration platform.

Conclusion 3

Workplace by Facebook - better than Yammer, but not a full Internal Communications suite

With limited G Suite integration and branding capabilities, Workplace by Facebook is a strong Enterprise Social Network but needs an intranet to compliment higher-level Internal Communications activity.

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