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Panel verdict
The AI panel rates Involv 3/5, the mean of 6 judges. Involv, from Belgian vendor Cognit BV, is a SharePoint-based employee intranet that runs inside the customer's own Microsoft 365 tenant. how scores are made
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Vendor pages captured 3 Nov 2026; evaluated by the panel 3 Nov 2026. all sources

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The Data Protection Officer

Weighted verdict

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.

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Scored by The Data Protection Officer

Panel median The Data Protection Officer This judge’s scores over the panel median. Each label opens its reasoning below.
Scores per criterion, in stars out of 5
Criterion Panel median The Data Protection Officer
Reach & targeted announcements 3 of 5 3 of 5
Pages, documents & knowledge 3.5 of 5 3.5 of 5
Engagement, surveys & onboarding 2.5 of 5 2 of 5
Works council, private phones & privacy by design 2 of 5 3 of 5
Integration, identity & administration 3 of 5 3 of 5
European sovereignty 3.5 of 5 3.5 of 5

Reach & targeted announcements

How this is scored

How a message reaches every employee: a news feed and announcements on phone, browser and shared devices, targeting by site, department, role and language, access for staff without a company email address (invite codes, phone number, personnel number, QR codes, kiosk or shared devices), push notifications, mandatory reading with read confirmation, urgent alerts, scheduled posts, and reach analytics per message and audience.

0 — Not a communication tool; the company cannot publish news or announcements to employees in the product.

3 — A news feed or announcement channel for employees with company accounts; targeting, access without a company email address and reach figures are basic or not described.

5 — News and announcements targeted by group, site or role, delivered to a mobile app with push notifications and to the browser, employees without a company email address able to log in, and views or reach shown per post.

8 — Targeting by site, department, role and language from HR data, login documented for staff without email or company devices (personnel number, SMS code, shared devices), mandatory reading with read confirmation and reminders, urgent alerts that override quiet settings, scheduled and multi-channel posts (app, email, intranet, screens), and reach analytics per audience.

10 — Reach that can be proved: delivery and reading tracked per channel against the whole workforce, offline access and low-bandwidth delivery documented, crisis messages with acknowledgement and escalation, aggregated reports exportable, and the reach analytics described with the data they use.

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The Data Protection Officer

Announcements can be targeted by role, location and language and refined on user profile properties, sent on four channels — mail, mobile, Teams and intranet — with scheduling, push for urgent updates and mandatory reading with read confirmation. Reach and engagement are reported per post, and screens in workshops are covered by the digital signage module. We found no public information on login without a company email address — community membership requires an Exchange mailbox — nor on read reminders or reach figures per audience. 1 4 5 8 12

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Pages, documents & knowledge

How this is scored

What employees can look up: intranet pages and a content management system, documents and policies with versions and owners, search across content and connected systems, a people directory and org chart, multilingual content with machine translation of posts and pages, content review and expiry, and access from the app as well as the browser.

0 — No pages or documents; the product carries only messages that scroll away.

3 — Files or simple pages can be shared; search, translation, a people directory and content governance are basic or not described.

5 — Pages and a document area with permissions, search across the content, a people directory, content available in the mobile app, and posts or pages translatable into several languages.

8 — A content management system with templates, page ownership, review dates and versioning, search across connected systems (SharePoint, Google Drive or similar), automatic translation of posts, pages and comments into named languages, an org chart from HR data, and pages readable offline.

10 — Knowledge that stays current: content lifecycle and expiry enforced, search and AI answers that cite their sources and respect permissions, analytics on what is searched and not found, accessibility of the content stated against WCAG, and a full export of pages and documents.

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The Data Protection Officer

A SharePoint-based CMS with a drag-and-drop builder, document version control, content health scoring that assigns ownership and flags outdated pages, expiry of content, and an AI search across pages, documents, people and OneDrive results. Multilingual content, a people directory and an organisation chart are described. We found no public information on automatic translation into named languages, on offline reading, or on accessibility of the content stated against WCAG. 1 6 7 12

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Engagement, surveys & onboarding

How this is scored

How the workforce answers back and gets started: comments, reactions and moderation, employee surveys and pulse checks with anonymity rules, recognition, user-generated posts and communities, onboarding journeys for new starters including those without a desk, event and campaign pages, and the measures the vendor offers to report engagement.

0 — One-way only; employees cannot react, comment or answer in the product.

3 — Likes and comments on posts; surveys, moderation and onboarding are basic or not described.

5 — Comments and reactions with moderation, surveys or polls sent to targeted groups with results shown, employee posts or communities, and an onboarding area or journey for new employees.

8 — Pulse and engagement surveys with a stated anonymity threshold, automated onboarding journeys timed from the start date and reaching new starters before their first shift, recognition, communities with moderation rules, and engagement reported per group without exposing individuals.

10 — Listening that leads to action: survey results tied to follow-up tasks and published back to the workforce, anonymity and minimum group sizes documented, onboarding journeys measured by completion, and engagement data exportable for analysis.

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The Data Protection Officer

Communities ride on Microsoft 365 group sites with public or private membership, owner-approved joins and comments, and the onboarding module is thoroughly documented — preboarding before day one, invitation by email, tasks with stages and step types. We found no public information on surveys or pulse checks, anonymity thresholds, recognition or moderation rules beyond private-join approval; the analytics center names top authors, contributors and creators, which is individual-level reporting a works council will notice. 6 8 9

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Works council, private phones & privacy by design

How this is scored

Whether the product can be rolled out under German co-determination and data protection: guidance or a template for a works agreement (Betriebsvereinbarung, § 87 BetrVG), no individual performance or behaviour monitoring by default, read and usage analytics aggregated or configurable, use on private phones without a company device (BYOD) with work and private data separated, quiet hours and availability settings, voluntary use without an employee email address, data minimisation and deletion, and accessibility.

0 — Built to monitor the behaviour or performance of individual employees, with that monitoring sold as a feature.

3 — A general GDPR statement; works council, use on private phones, analytics on individuals and quiet hours are basic or not described.

5 — Use on private phones described with what the employer can and cannot see, analytics shown in aggregate, notification or quiet-hour settings, and works councils or employee representatives named as a topic with information offered.

8 — A works-agreement template or checklist published, individual tracking off by default or switchable per tenant, read confirmations limited to messages that require them, quiet hours enforced, a login without a private email or phone number, data minimisation and deletion periods stated, and accessibility to WCAG or BITV stated.

10 — Co-determination built into the product: every analytics view and its granularity documented for the works council, configuration logged, employee-facing privacy notices in the app, minimum group sizes for every report, and published references of works-council-approved rollouts.

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The Data Protection Officer

There is real substance here: a published data processing agreement, pseudonymised product telemetry that can be switched off on request, a daily licence count containing no personal data, AI opt-out at tenant and user level, stated retention periods, and deletion or return on termination. What a German works council will not find: anything on works agreements or co-determination, quiet hours, or separating work and private data on a private phone — and the contributor rankings are individual-level. Accessibility is offered as a user mode, not declared against WCAG or BITV. 3 6 10 11

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Integration, identity & administration

How this is scored

How the product fits the company's systems and is run: Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Teams and Google Workspace integration, user provisioning from the HR system or directory (Entra ID, SAP SuccessFactors, Personio, Workday), single sign-on and SCIM, roles and admin rights by site or department, an API and webhooks, integrations with shift planning and payroll for frontline links, white-label apps, and an export of content and users when leaving.

0 — Stand-alone with manual user lists and no integration of any kind.

3 — Users imported from a file and a few links to other tools; single sign-on, provisioning and an API are basic or not described.

5 — Single sign-on with named identity providers, users provisioned from a directory or HR system, Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace integration, several named integrations, and a documented API.

8 — Automated provisioning by SCIM or HR connector including staff without email, delegated administration by site or department, integration in Microsoft Teams and SharePoint, connectors for named HR, shift and payroll systems, webhooks, a white-label app option, and an audit log.

10 — Runs as part of the company's systems: a public developer platform with versioned API and SDKs, every integration documented, a status page and stated SLA, and a full export of content, users and analytics that a successor system can import.

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The Data Protection Officer

Identity, permissions and administration run through the customer's Entra ID and standard SharePoint permission groups, the product lives natively in Microsoft 365 with Teams, OneDrive and Power BI, and an open API plus Microsoft Graph connect further tools. We found no public information on SCIM or HR-system provisioning, webhooks, an audit log, or a white-label app option; branding does extend to the mobile app. 1 12 13

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European sovereignty

How this is scored

Who the contracting entity and the parent company are, where employee profiles, messages, files and usage data are hosted, and who the subprocessors are (hosting, push notifications, email and SMS delivery, video, translation, AI models, analytics, support). Independently sourced by the sovereignty pipeline; an employee app holds data on the whole workforce, often on private phones, so the whole chain counts, not only the database.

0 — Non-EU vendor and contracting entity, hosting unstated, subprocessors unnamed, and no data processing agreement offered.

3 — A privacy policy and a data processing agreement exist, but hosting location is unstated or non-EU and the subprocessors are not listed.

5 — EU hosting available and an EU contracting entity or EU representative, but parts of the chain (push delivery, translation, AI, email, analytics, support) run through non-EU providers without a stated safeguard.

8 — EU hosting on named infrastructure, EU contracting entity, subprocessors listed with their locations, a data processing agreement published, and security certifications (ISO 27001, SOC 2) stated.

10 — Sovereign end to end and evidenced: European ownership, entity, hosting and every subprocessor, or self-hosting on the customer's own servers, data export and deletion documented, and certifications published with their scope rather than implied.

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The Data Protection Officer

The contracting entity is Cognit BV in Belgium under Belgian law and courts; employee data stays in the customer's own Microsoft 365 tenant with the geography set by that tenant configuration, the vendor's service infrastructure runs on Azure in West and North Europe, and AI features run through the customer's own Azure OpenAI within the EU data boundary by default. A sub-processor list with locations, a 30-day objection right and a published data processing agreement exist, and Microsoft is treated as the customer's direct relationship, not a sub-processor for tenant data. Security certifications such as ISO 27001 or SOC 2 are not stated, and the website chain includes US providers under DPF (Clarity, Referly, Meta Pixel) — marketing-site processing, not tenant data. 2 3 10 12

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Pricing transparency not rated — the vendor publishes no price

How this is scored

Whether a buyer can compute the real annual cost from public pages alone: price per user or per employee, whether frontline and desk staff are priced differently, platform or base fee, which modules (intranet, employee email, surveys, translation, AI, a white-label app) cost extra, minimum seats and term, and setup and onboarding fees.

0 — No public prices at all; every customer is a sales call.

3 — A starting price or a free tier exists, but how cost scales with users, modules or a branded app is unclear.

5 — Tiers are public with their per-user or base price and main inclusions, but at least one commonly needed piece (frontline users, translation, a branded app, extra modules) is unpriced or "on request".

8 — Every tier priced publicly with its scaling rule (per user, per frontline user, per active user), add-ons and a branded app priced, minimum seats and term, setup fees and VAT treatment stated.

10 — Complete price computability: annual cost derivable for a given headcount and module set, with every add-on, setup, support and branded-app fee and the cancellation and data-return terms published.

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The Data Protection Officer

We found no public price figures: the QuickStart package is described as fixed in scope and price without the amount, the demo is free, and the named modules — mobile app, digital signage, AI — carry no prices. No per-user rate, term, minimum seats or setup fee is published, so no annual cost can be computed from the captured pages. 1 2 12

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European sovereignty — proven facts

0 of 6 dimensions proven

Built only from facts shown on the vendor's own pages. A dimension we could not prove is left open, not scored as zero.

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Questions about Involv

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), Workvivo by Zoom (3/5) and Staffbase (3/5) 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 (EU-Made). Ratings are the AI panel’s opinion, formed from public evidence: how scores are made. The full list, with European products first: Involv alternatives.

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Sources (13)

The pages every claim on this page was read from — each one checked, dated, and kept verifiable.

  1. 1 Vendor page involv-intranet.com Checked 3 Nov 2026 Details →
  2. 2 Legal notice — found from the homepage www.involv-intranet.com Checked 3 Nov 2026 Details →
  3. 3 Privacy policy — found from the homepage www.involv-intranet.com Checked 3 Nov 2026 Details →
  4. 4 Reach & targeted announcements — found from sitemap knowledge.involv-intranet.com Checked 3 Nov 2026 Details →
  5. 5 Reach & targeted announcements — found from sitemap knowledge.involv-intranet.com Checked 3 Nov 2026 Details →
  6. 6 Pages, documents & knowledge — found from sitemap www.involv-intranet.com Checked 3 Nov 2026 Details →
  7. 7 Pages, documents & knowledge — found from sitemap knowledge.involv-intranet.com Checked 3 Nov 2026 Details →
  8. 8 Engagement, surveys & onboarding — found from sitemap knowledge.involv-intranet.com Checked 3 Nov 2026 Details →
  9. 9 Engagement, surveys & onboarding — found from sitemap knowledge.involv-intranet.com Checked 3 Nov 2026 Details →
  10. 10 Works council, private phones & privacy by design — found from sitemap www.involv-intranet.com Checked 3 Nov 2026 Details →
  11. 11 Works council, private phones & privacy by design — found from sitemap knowledge.involv-intranet.com Checked 3 Nov 2026 Details →
  12. 12 Integration, identity & administration — found from sitemap www.involv-intranet.com Checked 3 Nov 2026 Details →
  13. 13 Integration, identity & administration — found from sitemap knowledge.involv-intranet.com Checked 3 Nov 2026 Details →