Internal communications platform for branded news, onboarding, and policy hubs
Give company news, onboarding, and policies one branded address your comms or HR team builds without code, and see which employees read each page.
Internal communications software that replaces the all-staff email with one branded address
Zoomforth is an internal communications platform that gives company news, policy changes, and onboarding material one permanent, branded address and tells the comms team who opened it. Without one, that content lives in email threads and shared folders, employees search for the latest version, and comms teams resend it.
Zoomforth builds each internal hub as a branded microsite from a template, without code: a company news hub, a new-hire welcome site, a policy and benefits reference, or a leadership update page. The comms or HR team publishes and updates it directly, without an IT-managed intranet project. To compare this approach with employee apps, intranets, and email newsletter tools, read our review of internal communications tools for 2026, and to decide what each channel is for, start from this internal communications plan template.
Internal comms analytics: which employee opened each update, which sections, and for how long
Zoomforth reports what happened on the page after an announcement: visits per hub, the sub-pages and documents employees viewed most, and, for named visitors, which sections each person opened and for how long. Email tools stop at the open.
That answers the questions comms teams get asked after every announcement: did the managers read the policy change, did the new hires reach the benefits page, and which leadership update got watched. The Zoomforth analytics overview shows every report.
Keep each hub employees-only with SSO, email domain or password
Zoomforth sets access per hub, so internal news, policies, and org changes stay with employees. A hub can use a password, a list of approved email addresses or your whole company email domain, multi-factor authentication, or SAML single sign-on through your identity provider. SSO access can be limited to specific groups.
Inside a hub, sub-pages and documents can be limited to specific people, so a manager-only briefing sits next to the all-staff version. Zoomforth is SOC 2 Type II audited and encrypts content in transit and at rest; the security overview has the detail your IT team will ask for.
Company news and leadership updates hub
Announcements, all-hands recordings, and leadership video in one hub employees bookmark, with past updates still findable months later.
New-hire welcome and onboarding hub
One link with the first-week plan, key people, tools, and the new employee announcement, instead of a folder of PDFs.
Policy and benefits reference pages
Policies and benefits explained in pages with video and FAQs, updated in place so employees always land on the current version.
Branded hub, employee app, or SharePoint intranet: which employee communication platform fits your workforce
Zoomforth is one of three types of employee communication platform, and each solves a different problem; many companies run two of them side by side.
| Criteria | Branded internal hub (Zoomforth) | Native employee app | SharePoint intranet |
|---|---|---|---|
| Main job | Present news, onboarding, and policies as designed pages | Reach employees on their phones with push notifications | Store and manage documents across Microsoft 365 |
| Who builds it | The comms or HR team, from templates | Vendor app, configured by comms and IT | Usually IT or a SharePoint partner |
| Read data | Which named employee opened which section, and for how long | Reach and engagement per post | Site and page usage reports |
| Best for | Desk-based teams and campaigns that need a polished, permanent page | Large deskless or frontline workforces | Companies standardized on Microsoft 365 with heavy document needs |
If most of your employees work away from a desk, start with an employee app such as Staffbase or Workvivo; our comparison of internal communication platforms and apps covers both.
Internal communications hub examples: news portals, SharePoint alternatives, and benefit sites
- Company intranet examples
Six patterns: news hub, all-hands portal, new-hire hub, policy reference, team hub, and events calendar.
- SharePoint intranet examples
What a SharePoint intranet does well, and where a branded hub fills the gaps.
- Employee benefit portals at The Orientation Company
How a benefits communication firm builds a password-protected portal for each client's employees.
7,000+ internal microsite users at one Big Four firm
A Big Four accounting firm that started with Zoomforth for proposals now runs internal microsites with more than 7,000 users across the firm. Zoomforth is rated 4.6/5 on G2.
Zoomforth is essentially our company's intranet - we link various sites and pages to share information and resources with our internal employees. This has allowed us to cut down on mass emails, convey information in a visually impactful way, and empower our employees to find information they're looking for whenever they need it.
From our G2 Reviews
Documents are outdated and generally avoided by customers and employees or any organization. Whereas, short sites with interactive information are much more intuitive and beneficial. Zoomforth has allowed us to better communicate things and create a sense of eagerness in our employees to read, learn with interaction.
From our G2 Reviews
Internal communications platform FAQs
What is an internal communications platform?
An internal communications platform is software that a comms or HR team uses to publish company news, leadership updates, onboarding material, and policies to employees, and to measure who read them. The category includes native employee apps, intranets, email newsletter tools, and branded hubs; most companies combine more than one.
Is Zoomforth an intranet replacement?
For many teams it works as one. A G2 reviewer wrote that Zoomforth is essentially their company's intranet, used to link sites and pages for employees and cut down on mass emails. Zoomforth does not offer document management or a native mobile employee app, so companies that need those keep SharePoint or an employee app alongside it.
Can we restrict an internal hub to employees only?
Yes. Each hub can be password protected, limited to approved email addresses or to your whole company email domain, protected with multi-factor authentication, or placed behind your SAML single sign-on. Inside a hub, sub-pages and documents can be limited to specific people.
How do we know whether employees read an update?
Zoomforth reports visits per hub, the most-viewed sub-pages and content, and, for named visitors, which sections each person opened and for how long. That shows whether managers read a policy change or new hires reached the onboarding page.
Is Zoomforth a good fit for deskless or frontline employees?
Only partly. Zoomforth hubs are responsive and open in a mobile browser, but Zoomforth is not a native mobile employee app with push notifications. For a mostly deskless workforce, a dedicated employee app such as Staffbase or Workvivo is usually the better first tool.
How much does Zoomforth cost for internal communications?
Zoomforth pricing is quote-based: it depends on the number of user seats, with discounts for multi-user workspaces, and on add-ons such as a custom domain, single sign-on, or translation. See the pricing page or request a demo for a quote.
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