Workplace by Facebook alternative for G Suite users

Workplace by Facebook is an
Enterprise Social Network

Workplace 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
Page builder	✓	X
Social channels	✓	✓
Branded file templates	✓	X
Analytics	✓	✓
Influencer analysis	✓	✓
Personalized news feed	✓	✓
Announcements	✓	X
Widgets	✓	X
Collaboration platform
Integrated Hangouts conferencing	✓	Proprietary chat
Integrated Calendar editing	✓	✓
People directory	✓	✓
Chat and Slack integration	✓	✓
User-creatable channels	✓	✓
Overall features
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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