Best Software to Engage an Internal Community in 2025

Do you believe it's important to bring your members together to build community?

Do you agree that a sense of belonging and performance can go hand in hand ?

Do you need a tool to make managing your communities easier?

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Discover our top 10 software tools for engaging an internal community:

1. Talkspirit
2. Hivebrite
3. Workplace
4. Tribe
5. Yammer
6. Mobilize
7. Socio
8. Higher Logic
9. Mighty Networks
10. Discourse

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And choose the one that fits you best. ‍

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1. Talkspirit‍

The French internal social network that makes community engagement simple for companies, nonprofits and institutions

Talkspirit is an easy-to-use French enterprise social network that lets you bring your company's entire ecosystem together on a single platform, including your internal stakeholders (executives, managers, employees) and external ones (customers, suppliers, service providers, partners, subcontractors). Thanks to access-rights management, you can manage and engage your communities exactly the way you want, with ease. Talkspirit serves more than 500 customers today. Among them, the Food Émotion division, which managed to bring together and strengthen the cohesion of its community of 300 employees spread across 9 countries.

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Key features:

• platform customizable to your brand colors
• news feed and welcome portal
• chat
• email-free access available so you can include ALL your employees
• activity statistics available for administrators
• the ability to create groups by role, by team, and also by interest
• mobile & desktop apps
• responsive customer service & user support (FR and EN) 7 days a week
• GDPR: data hosted in the EU (with OVHcloud)
  

Limitations / drawbacks: while Talkspirit will fully meet your community engagement needs, it isn't the ideal solution if you're looking for software dedicated solely to that purpose

Pricing:

• paid plans starting at €5 / month per user (volume discounts from 500 users and special rates for nonprofits)
• free trial (15 days)
• free personalized demo
  

Read what Talkspirit users have to say.

2. Hivebrite

The online community management platform

Hivebrite is a multi-purpose community management SaaS platform. Useful for companies, alumni communities and the members of other types of organizations alike, Hivebrite lets you connect all of your members into a single network. ‍

Key features:

• intuitive to use
• admins can send email campaigns
• solution that supports online payment
• member directory
  

Limitations / drawbacks:

• mobile app needs work
• limited customization options
  

Pricing: More information on the vendor's website.

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3. Workplace

The enterprise social network built by Meta (formerly Facebook)

Workplace from Meta is a tool that's moving toward multi-purpose use but remains a platform that borrows most of the features and design of the Facebook social network. Workplace is therefore an enterprise social network useful for bringing together and energizing your employees' professional lives.

Key features:

• quick and intuitive to get started with
• chat and groups
• photo and video sharing
• custom group creation

Limitations / drawbacks:

• the platform's familiarity with the Facebook social network can lead to use that isn't suited to a professional setting, even for community engagement
• vendor subject to the Cloud Act *
  

Pricing:

• plan at $4 / month per user

4. Tribe

The solution for building your online community

Tribe is a cloud platform for community management. It lets you create an online space your members can log into. With Tribe, you can build a community engagement space reserved for your employees and third parties, but you can also design a space dedicated to your customers.

Key features:

• news feed
• polls
• questions
• easy integrations with other apps
  

Limitations / drawbacks:

• help documentation needs developing
• some features need improvement (notably the ability for a user to reply to a post with a photo)
  

Pricing:

• free plan
• Plus plan at $85 / month
• Premium plan at $249 / month
• Enterprise plan on request
• 14-day free trial, no commitment

5. Yammer

The Microsoft 365 social network for engaging your corporate community

Yammer is an enterprise social network integrated into the Microsoft 365 suite of tools (Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, OneDrive, Outlook, Teams). Built around groups, Yammer lets you engage your employees in their day-to-day work life.

Key features:

• ease of use
• accessible on mobile and tablet
• chat and groups
  

Limitations / drawbacks:

• internal integrations (with other Microsoft 365 tools) and external ones need developing
• interface could be improved
• vendor subject to the Cloud Act *
  

Pricing:

• Microsoft 365 Business Basic at €4.20 / month per user
• Microsoft 365 Business Standard at €10.50 / month per user
• Microsoft 365 Business Premium at €16.0 / month per user
• Microsoft 365 Apps at €8.80 / month per user

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6. Mobilize

The software that centralizes and simplifies managing your community

Mobilize is software designed specifically to help you engage your community in an age of information overload. Built on the idea that communities are the result of adopting new processes more than simply adopting new tools, Mobilize gathers and uses data to tailor the platform to your organization's needs.

Key features:

• all-in-one nature of the solution (community management, event management, chat communication, email management…)
• personalized onboarding
  

Limitations / drawbacks: high pricing

Pricing:

• free plan
• Premium plan at $800 / month
• Enterprise plan on request

7. Socio

The software that pinpoints what drives your teams' engagement in 10 minutes a week

Socio is community engagement software built specifically to make it easier to manage both in-person and online events.

Key features:

• ease of use
• responsive support team
• many customization options
  

Limitations / drawbacks:

• the video conferencing service needs improvement
• admin rights are fairly restricted
  

Pricing:

• free trial available
• request a quote on the vendor's website

8. Higher Logic

The software that bets on the engagement of your stakeholders

Higher Logic is a SaaS tool that lets you improve the engagement of your internal stakeholders and external ones (employees, customers…). Higher Logic lets you engage these various communities, give them the best possible experience and thereby maximize retention.

Key features:

• creating an online space reserved for your community is quick and easy
• a tool that allows regular measurement of member engagement
  

Limitations / drawbacks:

• limited customization options
• server stability needs improvement
  

Pricing: More information on the vendor's website.

9. Mighty Networks

The platform that brings your members together under your brand

Mighty Networks is a platform that lets you bring a community together online under a company's banner. Available on iOS and Android, the tool gives you a wide range of features: activity feed, sub-groups, member categories, CMS (content management system)...

Key features:

• quick information gathering
• peer recognition feature (high-five)
  

Limitations / drawbacks: lack of customization options

Pricing:

• free plan
• Community plan at $23 / month
• Business plan at $81 / month
• 14-day free trial

10. Discourse

The online discussion platform that brings your community members together

Discourse is a discussion platform that revolutionizes how the traditional “forum” works, with features such as real-time notifications, conversation view, the ability to quote a member, and more. Adaptable to your needs, Discourse makes it easy to build and engage your community.

Key features:

• infinite scrolling instead of traditional pages
• real-time notifications
• mobile- and tablet-friendly
  

Limitations / drawbacks: Discourse is first and foremost a social / community engagement tool that shouldn't be confused with other communication tools geared more toward collaboration

Pricing:

• Standard plan at $100 / month
• Business plan at $300 / month
• Enterprise plan on request
• 14-day free trial
  

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*Cloud Act: a U.S. federal law on the surveillance of personal data, passed in 2018, that requires U.S. service providers to hand over, on request, all stored data to federal authorities; regardless of where the servers are located (even in the EU) (Source: Wikipedia)

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Now that you have everything you need, it's your turn :)

Each of these community management tools has its own pros and cons. Choose the one that best fits your company. Don't hesitate to take advantage of the free trials these solutions offer, or to reach out to us for more information!