# Involv — Employee Communication & Intranet

Involv by Involv holds a panel rating of 3/5 from 6 AI judges (category median 2.5/5), as of 2026-11-03. Provenance: provenance unknown; sovereignty: not determined.

- Vendor: Involv (https://involv-intranet.com)
- Category: [Employee Communication & Intranet](https://whats-best.ai/software/employee-communications.md)
- Provenance (editorial classification): provenance unknown
- Canonical page: https://whats-best.ai/software/employee-communications/involv
- Alternatives: https://whats-best.ai/software/employee-communications/involv/alternatives ([markdown](https://whats-best.ai/software/employee-communications/involv/alternatives.md))
- Data as of: 2026-11-04 · evaluated 2026-11-03 · oldest source captured 2026-11-03

**AI-generated.** Every score, rationale and verdict here is written by a panel of AI judges from public evidence — an analysis, not a hands-on test. Every fact quotes the vendor page it was read from. No score can be bought. How scores are made: https://whats-best.ai/methodology

## At a glance

- Vendor: Involv
- Headquarters: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 3 Nov 2026
- Data hosting: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 3 Nov 2026
- Free plan: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 3 Nov 2026

## The panel's verdict

Involv, from Belgian vendor Cognit BV, is a SharePoint-based employee intranet that runs inside the customer's own Microsoft 365 tenant. The bench is firmest where the product sits: content and knowledge is the only criterion with no spread, a flat 7, on a genuine CMS with version control, content expiry and health scoring that flags outdated pages; integration and administration scored 6-7 on native SharePoint, Teams and Entra ID with an open API; sovereignty scored 7-8 on the vendor's own pages — a published, versioned DPA, a public sub-processor list and service infrastructure on Azure West/North Europe — though the independent sovereignty check left those dimensions unconfirmed, and we found no public information on ISO 27001 or SOC 2. The genuine splits are engagement and feedback, 4-6, and works council and privacy, 4-6: judges crediting the DPA substance score high, judges weighing the co-determination silence and the analytics that name individual top authors score low. Persona-weighted verdicts run 5.5-6.5; we found no public price figures, only a QuickStart fixed in scope and price with the amount unstated.

**Speaks for it:**
- Content and knowledge scored a flat 7, the only criterion with no spread, on a drag-and-drop SharePoint CMS with version control, content expiry and health scoring that flags outdated pages and assigns ownership.
- Integration and administration scored 6-7 on an intranet running in the customer's own Microsoft 365 tenant, with permissions from Entra ID and AD security groups, the intranet as a Teams tab, Power BI and an open API.
- Sovereignty scored 7-8 on the vendor's own pages: a published, versioned DPA under Belgian law, a public sub-processor list with locations and a 30-day objection right, service infrastructure on Azure West/North Europe, and AI features running through the customer's own Azure OpenAI in the EU data boundary.
- Product telemetry is pseudonymised and can be switched off on request, AI features can be disabled at tenant and user level, and retention periods are stated per data category.
- Reach and targeting scored 6-7 on role, location and language targeting refined on user profile properties, with mandatory reading with read confirmation, push notifications, digital signage and reach reported per post.

**Held against it:**
- Works council and privacy split 4-6: we found no public information on works-agreement templates, quiet hours or separation of work and private data on private phones, and the analytics centre reports top authors, contributors and creators as named individuals.
- Engagement and feedback split 4-6: the documented listening mechanisms are communities, ideation and comments, and we found no public information on surveys, pulse checks, anonymity rules or moderation.
- Community membership is documented to require an Exchange mailbox, and we found no public information on login for staff without a company email address or Microsoft licence.
- We found no public information on ISO 27001 or SOC 2 certifications, and the captured pages give different names for the provider entity — Cognit BV and Conversal BV, both Belgian.
- Pricing transparency scored 1-2: we found no public price figures, only an Involv QuickStart described as fixed in scope and price without the amount and a free 30-minute demo.

**Best for:**
- You already run Microsoft 365 and want the intranet inside your own tenant — the fit behind the bench's highest weighted verdict, 6.5, from the Microsoft 365 administrator.
- Your problem is content discipline: pages that expire, health scoring that flags outdated content and dead links, ownership assignment, and search across pages, documents, people and OneDrive.
- You publish by role, location and language and need mandatory reading with read confirmation delivered across mail, mobile, Teams, the intranet and screens.
- Your privacy review requires a published DPA with stated retention periods, switchable telemetry and tenant- and user-level AI opt-out before signature.

**Avoid if:**
- A large share of your workforce has no company email address or Microsoft licence — community membership requires an Exchange mailbox, and we found no public information on login without one.
- A works council will scrutinise individual usage reporting — the analytics centre names top authors, contributors and creators, and we found no public information on minimum group sizes or aggregation rules; the bench's lowest weighted verdict, 5.5, came from the works council member.
- You need measured listening through surveys, pulse checks and anonymity rules — the pages document communities, ideation, comments and onboarding, and we found no public information on survey tooling.
- You must compute an annual cost from public pages — we found no public price figures, no per-user rate and no module prices for the mobile app, Involv Cast or Involv AI.

## Scores by judge and criterion

Scores out of 5, each judge scoring independently against the published rubric (v1). "n/r" = not rated: the vendor publishes no price, or the judge found no public information on that criterion.

| Criterion | The Internal Communications Lead | The Frontline Operations Lead | The Microsoft 365 Administrator | The Works Council Member | The Data Protection Officer | The Skeptic |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reach & targeted announcements | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3.5/5 |
| Pages, documents & knowledge | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 |
| Engagement, surveys & onboarding | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 3/5 | 2.5/5 | 2/5 | 2.5/5 |
| Works council, private phones & privacy by design | 2/5 | 3/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 3/5 | 2/5 |
| Integration, identity & administration | 3/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 |
| European sovereignty | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 4/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 |
| Pricing transparency | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r |
| **Weighted verdict** | **3/5** | **3/5** | **3.5/5** | **3/5** | **3/5** | **3/5** |

### The judges

- **The Internal Communications Lead** (v1.0): Heads internal communications at a 3,000-person manufacturer with eleven sites in four countries, a third of the staff at desks and the rest on the shop floor. Sends the CEO letter, the site news and the safety notice, and wants each to reach the right people in their language, a read confirmation where the law asks for one, and figures that show the board who actually saw it — not an email open rate.
- **The Frontline Operations Lead** (v1.0): Runs HR and operations for a logistics company with 1,800 drivers, pickers and store staff, most of them without a company email address and many on temporary contracts. The notice board and the WhatsApp group are what works today. Wants a login a new picker manages on day one, onboarding before the first shift, content in six languages, and a per-user price that still makes sense for seasonal staff.
- **The Microsoft 365 Administrator** (v1.0): Looks after Entra ID, SharePoint and Teams for a company of 4,000, of whom 2,500 have no Microsoft licence. Has seen an intranet project end as a second SharePoint nobody maintains. Wants provisioning from the HR system including staff without email, SSO and SCIM, the app inside Teams rather than beside it, delegated admin rights per site, a real API, and an export when the contract ends.
- **The Works Council Member** (v1.0): Sits on the works council of a retail chain and negotiates the Betriebsvereinbarung for every new system under § 87 BetrVG. Will not sign off an app that tells a store manager who read a post at eleven at night, or that colleagues must install on their private phones to get their shift news. Reads the analytics pages first and asks what a manager can see about one person.
- **The Data Protection Officer** (v1.0): External data protection officer for several mid-sized employers. Reads the DPA and the subprocessor list before the feature pages: where push notifications, translation and the AI assistant send employee data, how long messages and read receipts are kept, how voluntary use on a private phone stays voluntary, and whether the parent company sits under a non-EU law that reaches the whole workforce's data.
- **The Skeptic** (v1.0): Has seen an "employee super app" that was a news feed with a chat bolted on, "reach every employee" that needed a company email to log in, and "95 percent adoption" that counted downloads. Reads "GDPR compliant" next to a push provider and a translation API that sit outside the EU, and per-user prices that apply only above a thousand seats — and asks what leaving would cost.

## European sovereignty — proven facts

Built only from facts on the vendor's own pages; a dimension we could not prove is left open, never scored as zero. Headline: not determined.

| Dimension | Finding | Points | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legal entity | Not determined | — | — |
| Hosting location | Not determined | — | — |
| Hosting options | Not determined | — | — |
| Open source | Not determined | — | — |
| Data processing agreement | Not determined | — | — |
| Transfer impact assessment | Not determined | — | — |

## Key facts

Each fact is the vendor's own statement, cited to the source page it was read from ([S*n*] → Sources).

**Compliance**
- Breach notification: 72 [S3]
- Breach notification hours: 48 [S10]
- Cookie consent platform: CookieScript (CookieScript UAB, Lithuania, EEA) · yes [S3]
- DPA available: yes · yes [S3]
- Encryption: AES-256 · TLS 1.2+ [S3]
- GDPR and fadp: yes · yes [S10]
- Laws referenced: GDPR, Belgian Data Protection Act 2018, Belgian Electronic Communications Act 2005, EU AI Act 2024/1689 [S3]
- Processing role: processor for customers · Article 28 GDPR, documented instructions, DPA [S3]
- Subprocessor change objection: 30 · yes [S10]
- Tom MFA: yes [S10]
- Tom no customer data in dev: yes [S10]
- Trust center: yes [S1]
- Trust center: yes [S12]

**Data**
- Children min age: 16 [S3]
- Retention account: Customer account data · contract duration + 5 years [S3]
- Retention audit logs: Security and audit logs · 24 months [S3]
- Retention billing: Customer billing data · 7 years from end of financial year [S3]
- Retention prospects: Sales prospect data (CRM) · 3 years from last meaningful interaction [S3]
- Retention session recordings: Session recordings (Clarity) · 30 days [S3]
- Retention support tickets: Support tickets · 3 years after ticket closure [S3]
- Retention telemetry: Service usage / telemetry logs · maximum 12 months [S3]
- Return deletion: delete or return at controller's choice [S10]
- Special categories: no [S10]
- Subject categories: employees · contractors · temporary staff · guest users [S10]

**Hosting**
- Data residency: controller's Microsoft 365 tenant · yes [S10]
- Own tenant: Runs entirely in customer's own Microsoft 365 tenant; nothing hosted externally [S12]
- Provider: 0848.529.769 · Affligem, Belgium · Conversal BV [S2]
- Quickstart: Involv QuickStart · 4 · yes · yes [S1]
- Tenant: SharePoint Online in customer's own Microsoft 365 tenant · no [S1]

**Integrations**
- AI search: yes [S12]
- API open: third-party apps (HR, ticketing, analytics, media banks) connectable via open API [S12]
- Entra id: role-based access via Active Directory [S1]
- Entra id: yes [S12]
- Microsoft365 native: Involv lives inside the customer's Microsoft 365 tenant; SharePoint, Teams, Entra ID, OneDrive integrate natively [S12]
- Onedrive office: OneDrive · Word · Excel · PowerPoint [S1]
- Onedrive office: yes [S12]
- Power bi: yes [S12]
- Power bi APIs: Power BI embed · SharePoint API · Microsoft Graph API [S1]
- Rss feeds: yes [S12]
- Sharepoint: SharePoint · no [S1]
- Sharepoint: Builds on existing SharePoint; no migration required [S12]
- Social feeds: yes [S12]
- Teams: Microsoft Teams [S1]
- Teams: yes [S12]

**Legal**
- Award claim: Named Best for Value in ClearBox 2026 intranet report [S2]
- Change notice: 30 [S3]
- Commercial register: RPR Brussels (Dutch-speaking division) [S2]
- Company name: Cognit BV · Involv [S2]
- Controller: 0891.127.518 · Cognit BV · Gasthuisstraat 54, 1760 Roosdaal, Belgium · RPR Brussels (Dutch-speaking division) [S3]
- Controller spoc required: yes [S10]
- Dispute jurisdiction: Belgium · courts of Belgium [S10]
- DPA version: 3.2 · 2026-09-10 · Cognit BV · Belgian law [S10]
- Enterprise number: 0891.127.518 · BE 0891.127.518 [S2]
- Entity details: BE 0891.127.518 · Gasthuisstraat 54, 1760 Roosdaal, Belgium · Cognit BV [S10]
- GDPR reference: Personal data processing governed by Privacy Statement and Cookie Policy [S2]
- Incorporation date: 2007-08-07 [S2]
- Jurisdiction: Belgian · Dutch-speaking courts of Brussels [S2]
- Legal form: Besloten Vennootschap (Private Limited Company) [S2]
- Nace activities: 62010 · 62020 [S2]
- Odr platform: EU ODR platform available for consumer disputes [S2]
- Registered office: Gasthuisstraat 54, 1760 Roosdaal, Belgium [S2]
- Terms reference: General Conditions and End User License Agreement apply to the Involv intranet Service [S2]
- Third party trademarks: Microsoft, SharePoint, Microsoft 365, Azure are third-party trademarks [S2]
- Trademarks: Involv, Involv Intranet, Involv logo are trademarks of Cognit BV [S2]
- Trust center: yes [S2]
- Version: 3.0 · 2026-05-20 [S3]

**Product**
- Accessibility mode: increases contrast, enlarges text spacing, removes visual distractions · yes · yes [S11]
- Ad security group support: SharePoint permission groups can be populated with AD Security Groups [S13]
- Admin configuration access: Configuration accessed via Involv Admin panel or Editor view [S4]
- AI features: smart search, content suggestions, text summarisation [S3]
- AI features azure openai: yes · no [S10]
- AI no training on customer data: no [S3]
- AI opt out: yes · yes [S3]
- AI processing region: Microsoft Azure EU data boundary (West Europe / North Europe) by default [S3]
- AI risk classification: limited-risk · no [S3]
- AI search: AI-powered search with typo correction, summarization, people/document/page results [S1]
- AI transparency page: AI & LLM Transparency page exists [S3]
- Analytics: Involv Analytics: reach and engagement per post [S1]
- Analytics center: page visits · top authors · top contributors · top creators · top performing content · desktop · mobile · yes [S6]
- Audience properties config save load: yes [S5]
- Audience targeting: role · location · language [S1]
- Award: Named Best for Value in ClearBox 2026 intranet report [S12]
- Branding: full branding customization including mobile app [S1]
- Branding compatibility: Accessibility Mode and Dark Mode compatible with organization branding; colors and logos adjusted automatically [S11]
- Channel enable toggles: yes [S5]
- Cms description: Involv is a highly intuitive intranet CMS for employees [S6]
- Community public private join: Public communities allow instant joining; private communities require owner approval of join requests [S8]
- Community removal: Removing a community is done by deleting its Microsoft 365 group, which also removes the site and all posts [S8]
- Community rename: Renaming changes the Microsoft 365 group name everywhere; site address and group email stay the same; only owners/site collection administrators can rename [S8]
- Comparison pages: Microsoft Teams · Valo · Workplace (Meta) · SharePoint · non-SharePoint [S2]
- Content intelligence: Content health scoring, flags outdated content and dead links, assigns ownership [S1]
- Content type filters: yes [S5]
- Create community visibility: Only site collection administrators of the page's site see the New community button [S8]
- Custom post URL deprecated: custom POST URL option · yes [S4]
- Custom result source setup: Mixing is done by creating a custom Result Source in the SharePoint Admin Center under Search, using a query with ContentClass=urn:content-class:SPSPeople OR ContentSource:"Sharepoint Content" [S7]
- Customer count: 300+ [S1]
- Customer count: 300+ [S12]
- Dark mode: yes [S11]
- Default sites: Intranet Root, News, Events, FAQ, Jobs, Department sites, each with Owners/Members/Visitors groups [S13]
- Demo: yes · 30 [S12]
- Demo availability: yes [S6]
- Document management: Document management with version control in SharePoint [S1]
- Drag and drop builder: text · images · videos · widgets · yes [S6]
- Expiration: content expiration [S1]
- Font size selection: user can select font size when enabling Accessibility Mode [S11]
- Hosting platform: Involv sites are built on SharePoint Online / Microsoft 365 [S13]
- Installation sites: communication_sites · 6 [S13]
- Interactive tutorials: yes [S13]
- Involv cast: Digital signage displaying news on screens [S1]
- Involv version: 5.5 [S8]
- Join request pending 14 days: Join request pending status shows for at most 14 days, remembered per browser only [S8]
- Key features list: Office 365 integrated · Teams integrated · Personalized newsfeed · People directory · Organization chart · Analytics · Quick links · Live search · Social features · Involv Ideation · Mobile intranet app · Custom branding · Internal jobs ·… [S6]
- Lead scoring: CRM lead scoring for sales prioritisation only, no legal effect [S3]
- License telemetry: no · yes [S10]
- Membership requires exchange mailbox: Only accounts with an Exchange mailbox can become community members [S8]
- Microsoft365 integration: SharePoint · Teams · OneDrive · Power BI · Stream · Delve [S6]
- Mix people content search: yes [S7]
- Mobile app: iOS · Android · yes [S1]
- Mobile app: yes [S6]
- Mobile app: yes [S12]
- Mobile channels default: yes · mobile channels can be set as default delivery target [S4]
- Mobile key required: Mobile Key required for mobile notifications [S4]
- Mobile notifications access list: yes · yes [S5]
- Mobile notifications key setup: yes [S5]
- Mobile notifications property: Mobile Notifications enabled per component via Properties [S4]
- Mobile notifications realtime: yes · mobile notifications deliver real-time updates on mobile devices [S4]
- Modules: SharePoint intranet · Integrations · Mobile app · Involv Cast · Involv AI [S2]
- Multilingual: yes [S6]

**Subprocessors**
- Cloudflare: Cloudflare Inc. · CDN, bot protection and DDoS mitigation · Global edge network (EU processing for EU visitors) [S3]
- Cookiescript: CookieScript UAB · Cookie consent management platform · EU (Lithuania) [S3]
- Hubspot: HubSpot Inc. · CRM, marketing automation, live chat, meetings, knowledge base · EU (Frankfurt, Germany) [S3]
- List published: involv-intranet.com/sub-processors/ · yes · 30 [S3]
- Meta: Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd. · Meta Pixel retargeting (with consent) · EU (Ireland) + USA (DPF certified) [S3]
- Microsoft azure: Microsoft Azure / M365 · Cloud hosting for Service infrastructure · EU (West Europe / North Europe) [S3]
- Microsoft clarity: Microsoft Clarity · Session recordings, heatmaps (with consent) · USA (DPF certified) [S3]
- Microsoft not subprocessor for tenant data: yes [S10]
- Referly: Referly Inc. · Affiliate and partner referral tracking, B2B visitor identification · USA (DPF certified) [S3]

**Support**
- Authority complaint: complaints may be lodged with Belgian DPA (GBA/APD), Drukpersstraat 35, 1000 Brussels [S3]
- Demo: yes [S1]
- Dsr acknowledgement: one month, extendable by two months · 5 business days [S3]
- Mobile key contact: Mobile Key obtained via Involv support contact [S4]

46 more facts on the canonical page: https://whats-best.ai/software/employee-communications/involv

## Questions

### Is Involv European?

Not determined: the vendor’s pages as captured do not say where Involv is based.

### Where does Involv store data?

Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 3 Nov 2026.

### Does Involv have a free plan?

Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 3 Nov 2026.

### What are the best alternatives to Involv?

As of 3 Nov 2026, the panel rates [Flip (3.5/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/employee-communications/flip), [Workvivo by Zoom (3/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/employee-communications/workvivo) and [Staffbase (3/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/employee-communications/staffbase) highest among the other 17 Employee Communication & Intranet products evaluated. Ratings that look equal are rounded to half stars; the order uses the unrounded rating, then the name. The highest-rated European alternative is [Flip](https://whats-best.ai/software/employee-communications/flip) (EU-Made). Ratings are the AI panel’s opinion, formed from public evidence: [how scores are made](https://whats-best.ai/methodology#ordering). The full list, with European products first: [Involv alternatives](https://whats-best.ai/software/employee-communications/involv/alternatives).

## What this page leaves out

- We found no public information on pricing on the pages we read (involv-intranet.com, involv-intranet.com/legal-notice, involv-intranet.com/privacy, knowledge.involv-intranet.com/how-to-enable-and-configure-mobile-notifications, knowledge.involv-intranet.com/how-to-send-notifications, involv-intranet.com/intranet-cms and 7 more). If the vendor publishes it somewhere else, send us the page.
- 5 compliance facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 5 subprocessors facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 4 product facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 2 legal facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 5 sovereignty dimensions could not be confirmed on the vendor’s own pages and are shown as unknown.

## Sources

- [S1] Vendor page: https://involv-intranet.com (checked 2026-11-03)
- [S2] Legal notice — found from the homepage: https://www.involv-intranet.com/legal-notice/ (checked 2026-11-03)
- [S3] Privacy policy — found from the homepage: https://www.involv-intranet.com/privacy/ (checked 2026-11-03)
- [S4] Reach & targeted announcements — found from sitemap: https://knowledge.involv-intranet.com/how-to-enable-and-configure-mobile-notifications (checked 2026-11-03)
- [S5] Reach & targeted announcements — found from sitemap: https://knowledge.involv-intranet.com/how-to-send-notifications (checked 2026-11-03)
- [S6] Pages, documents & knowledge — found from sitemap: https://www.involv-intranet.com/intranet-cms/ (checked 2026-11-03)
- [S7] Pages, documents & knowledge — found from sitemap: https://knowledge.involv-intranet.com/mix-content-and-people-search-results (checked 2026-11-03)
- [S8] Engagement, surveys & onboarding — found from sitemap: https://knowledge.involv-intranet.com/how-to-create-and-manage-social-feed-communities (checked 2026-11-03)
- [S9] Engagement, surveys & onboarding — found from sitemap: https://knowledge.involv-intranet.com/involv-onboarding (checked 2026-11-03)
- [S10] Works council, private phones & privacy by design — found from sitemap: https://www.involv-intranet.com/dpa/ (checked 2026-11-03)
- [S11] Works council, private phones & privacy by design — found from sitemap: https://knowledge.involv-intranet.com/how-to-activate-accessibility-mode (checked 2026-11-03)
- [S12] Integration, identity & administration — found from sitemap: https://www.involv-intranet.com/intranet-integrations/ (checked 2026-11-03)
- [S13] Integration, identity & administration — found from sitemap: https://knowledge.involv-intranet.com/how-to-configure-sharepoint-permissions-on-involv-intranet-sites (checked 2026-11-03)

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