# LumApps (with Beekeeper) — Employee Communication & Intranet

LumApps (with Beekeeper) by LumApps SAS holds a panel rating of 2.5/5 from 6 AI judges (category median 2.5/5), as of 2026-10-30. Provenance: EU-Made; sovereignty: not determined.

- Vendor: LumApps SAS (https://www.lumapps.com/de)
- Category: [Employee Communication & Intranet](https://whats-best.ai/software/employee-communications.md)
- Provenance (editorial classification): EU-Made
- Canonical page: https://whats-best.ai/software/employee-communications/lumapps
- Alternatives: https://whats-best.ai/software/employee-communications/lumapps/alternatives ([markdown](https://whats-best.ai/software/employee-communications/lumapps/alternatives.md))
- Data as of: 2026-11-04 · evaluated 2026-10-30 · oldest source captured 2026-10-29

**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: LumApps SAS
- Headquarters: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 29 Oct 2026
- Data hosting: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 29 Oct 2026
- Free plan: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 29 Oct 2026

## The panel's verdict

LumApps, an employee communication and intranet platform from LumApps SAS of Tassin-la-Demi-Lune, France, now sells the Beekeeper frontline app. The bench scores it highest on integration and administration at 6-7, where over a hundred connectors including Workday, SAP and ServiceNow, single sign-on via Microsoft, Google, SAML and OpenID, a documented SDK and API, and a stated 99.97 percent SLA uptime are all listed. Reach and targeting, content and knowledge, and engagement and feedback land at 6-7, carried by the QR-code login that reaches workers without a company email address, permission-respecting search into Microsoft 365, and pre-boarding journeys in over 200 languages. Works council and privacy and sovereignty, both at 3-4, are the weak spots: the pages advertise visibility into who's seen what and real-time tracking of newcomers, the privacy policy states it applies only where LumApps acts as data controller, and hosting is named as Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure with no region, US transfers acknowledged. Scores sit within one point on every criterion — no meaningful split. No prices are published; the only documented step is a demo request.

**Speaks for it:**
- A QR-code login lets managers issue time-limited codes that download the app and confirm identity without email or password.
- Over a hundred connectors include Workday, SAP SuccessFactors and ServiceNow, with single sign-on via Microsoft, Google, SAML 2.0 and OpenID and a documented SDK and API.
- Search reaches into Microsoft 365, SharePoint and Microsoft 365 Copilot while restricting results to content each employee may see.
- Onboarding journeys cover pre-boarding, digital forms and real-time progress tracking in over 200 languages on the smartphone.
- ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II certifications and a stated 99.97 percent SLA uptime on Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure are published.

**Held against it:**
- The privacy policy states it applies only where LumApps acts as data controller, not as processor for the product.
- Read visibility is documented as individual-level insight into who's seen what, with no public information on aggregation or configuration.
- We found no public information on a works-agreement template, quiet hours, or separation of work and private data on personal phones.
- Hosting is named as Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure with no region stated, and transfers to the United States are acknowledged.
- We found no public information on anonymity rules or minimum group sizes for surveys and engagement reporting.

**Best for:**
- You need to reach frontline and seasonal staff without company email addresses before their first shift.
- Your landscape runs on Microsoft 365 with Workday, SAP or ServiceNow, and you want permission-respecting search and connectors rather than another silo.
- You manage identity through Okta or Entra ID and need admin access configured by role, location or department.
- You want the same onboarding and recognition for frontline and corporate staff in one platform.

**Avoid if:**
- Your works council requires aggregated analytics and quiet hours before rollout, while the documented offer is individual visibility into who's seen what.
- You must state hosting regions and a subprocessor list for employee data in your tender, and the pages name Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure as hosts without regions.
- You need public list prices to budget before a shortlist, and the only documented commercial step is a demo request.

## 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 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 |
| Pages, documents & knowledge | 3/5 | 3.5/5 | 3/5 | 3.5/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 |
| Engagement, surveys & onboarding | 3/5 | 3.5/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 |
| Works council, private phones & privacy by design | 2/5 | 2/5 | 1.5/5 | 1.5/5 | 1.5/5 | 2/5 |
| Integration, identity & administration | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3/5 | 3.5/5 |
| European sovereignty | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 1.5/5 |
| Pricing transparency | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r |
| **Weighted verdict** | **3/5** | **3/5** | **3/5** | **2.5/5** | **2.5/5** | **2.5/5** |

### 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**
- CCPA: yes [S8]
- Certifications: yes · yes · yes [S6]
- Dpf certification: LumApps Inc. · EU-US DPF · UK Extension to EU-US DPF · Swiss-US DPF [S8]
- Encryption: yes · yes · no [S6]
- GDPR commitment: yes · yes [S7]
- Google AI training: no [S8]
- US ftc: yes [S8]

**Data**
- Children: 13 [S8]
- Cookie consent management: yes [S7]
- Cookies trackers: ad personalization · visit statistics · yes [S7]
- International transfer: EU adequacy decisions · EU model clauses · United States · yes [S8]
- Retention: max 3 years from last contact [S8]

**Hosting**
- Provider: United States · Webflow [S7]
- Provider: Google Cloud Platform [S8]

**Integrations**
- API docs: yes [S15]
- Connector count: 100 [S5]
- Custom micro apps: 100 · yes [S5]
- Native integrations: Workday · SAP · ServiceNow [S4]
- Sdk custom integrations: yes [S15]
- Sdk purpose: SDK for IT teams and consulting partners to build micro-apps, widgets and extensions to third-party systems [S15]
- SSO: Microsoft · Google · SAML V2.0 · OpenID [S6]

**Legal**
- Activity code: 6202A [S7]
- Address: privacy@lumapps.com · 75 rue François Mermet, Tassin-la-Demi-Lune 69160 [S8]
- Entity: LumApps SAS [S8]
- Entity name: 788 743 474 · LumApps SAS · 75 rue François Mermet, 69160 Tassin-la-Demi-Lune, France [S7]
- Ip ownership: LumApps [S7]
- VAT number: FR18788743474 [S7]

**Product**
- Accessibility: Universal accessibility for all employees [S12]
- Admin access config: Admins configure access by role, location or department without development [S6]
- AI agent hub: Agent Hub provides IT a central place for company-wide shared AI agents [S1]
- AI content creation: yes [S11]
- AI content lifecycle: AI agents identify outdated content and suggest updates or archiving [S11]
- AI governance: AI agents and micro-apps operate within defined boundaries [S6]
- AI moderation: Embedded AI moderation flags sensitive data in real time [S12]
- AI search: AI-powered search across all tools [S2]
- AI search: LumApps content · Microsoft databases · Microsoft 365 Copilot [S14]
- AI search answers: AI-powered search provides smart answers based on company information, beyond keyword search [S11]
- AI writing agents: AI writing agents help draft, format, and translate content [S11]
- Analyst recognition: Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Intranet Packaged Solutions and Forrester Wave Intranet Platforms Q2 2026 [S4]
- Analyst recognition: Leader in 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Intranet Packaged Solutions, 4 years in a row [S9]
- Ask AI: yes [S3]
- Audience segmentation: yes [S13]
- Beekeeper lumapps acquisition: Beekeeper is now part of LumApps [S4]
- Central hub: Central hub bringing apps and files together [S11]
- Communities spaces: Dedicated virtual spaces / social hub designed for 100% of employees, including frontline workers [S12]
- Content analytics: yes [S11]
- Conversational actions: Conversational search supports business tasks like requesting PTO or reporting incidents [S11]
- Cross functional hubs: Central hub for cross-functional teams [S12]
- Customer modis idex: Modis · Idex Group [S13]
- Dashboards: dashboards for engagement and workflow performance [S4]
- Data controller role: data controller processing only [S8]
- Data login unchanged: yes [S4]
- Digital forms: checklists, forms and incident reports in real time on mobile device [S4]
- Digital forms and video: yes · yes [S13]
- Elearning workflows: yes [S3]
- Employee referrals: yes · yes · yes [S13]
- Flexible layouts: Dedicated spaces with flexible layouts and widgets centralizing news, files, and members [S12]
- Forrester leader: Leader in intranet solutions by Forrester and Gartner Magic Quadrant [S15]
- Frontline focus 80pct: built for the 80% of global workforce without fixed desk workplace [S4]
- Frontline support: Collaboration tools for email-less (frontline) workers [S12]
- Frontline support: yes [S13]
- Gartner leader: Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader · 4 [S1]
- Gartner leader: Named Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Intranet solutions for the 4th consecutive time [S2]
- Gartner leader: Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader for Intranet solutions, 4th consecutive time [S15]
- Gartner leader claim: 4 [S13]
- Google chat app: LumApps offers a Google Chat integration ('LumApps for Google Chat') [S8]
- Granular permissions: Granular permissions based on role, location and content type [S6]
- Intelligent search: yes [S11]
- Interactive feed: Interactive feed [S12]
- Intranet hub: LumApps combines communication, collaboration and knowledge in one intranet [S2]
- Journey types: Onboarding · Upskilling · Pre-boarding [S13]
- Journeys lifecycle scope: HR tool to guide entire employee lifecycle from first day to long-term career growth [S13]
- Languages 200: training and onboarding journeys in over 200 languages [S4]
- Lifecycle automation: yes [S13]
- Micro apps: yes [S3]
- Microsoft365 integration: LumApps integrates with Microsoft 365 [S14]
- Mobile app: secure employee app bundling communication, tasks and resources in company branding [S3]
- Mobile app no extra licenses: yes · no [S14]
- Mobile collaboration: Mobile collaboration [S12]
- Mobile employee hub: mobile employee hub for frontline teams [S9]
- Mobile first frontline: Beekeeper's mobile-first frontline experience is now integral part of LumApps [S4]
- No company email required: usable without a company email address [S4]
- No extra microsoft seats: yes [S14]
- Okta integration: Okta integration enables single sign-on to intranet with IT managing access from a single source of truth [S15]
- Okta SSO: One identity for the entire digital workplace [S15]
- Onboarding: yes [S3]
- Onboarding digital forms: yes · yes [S13]
- Onboarding progress tracking: yes [S13]
- Permission based search visibility: Search results are restricted to content employees have permission to view [S11]
- Personalization: yes [S3]
- Planner sharepoint integration: Microsoft Planner · SharePoint [S14]
- Qr code availability: all LumApps customers · yes [S10]
- Qr code login: QR code login feature for mobile app, announced via press release [S10]
- Qr code onboarding flow: scan private code · app auto-downloads · identity confirmed · syncs to individual profile [S10]
- Qr code time limited: authenticated mobile login without email or password · personalized, time-limited QR Code · managers and team leaders (empowered employees) [S10]
- Qr login SSO: yes · yes [S3]
- Read receipts: yes [S3]
- Read receipts: yes [S9]
- Role based permissions: Role-based permissions for multi-site content with automated flagging to protect data [S11]
- Sdk comeen case: Comeen built digital signage integration with LumApps SDK in under 15 days [S15]
- Security testing: regular · yes · yes [S6]
- SLA uptime: Google Cloud · Microsoft Azure · 99.97 · yes · yes [S6]
- Stats: 7000000 · 2000 · 500000 · 87 [S4]
- Targeted messaging: targeted messages by role, shift or location, without company email [S4]
- Targeted updates: yes [S3]
- Team use cases: internal communication · IT and digital workplace · HR & People · frontline operations [S1]
- Teams onedrive widgets: customer quote (Servier) citing Teams chat widget and OneDrive widget [S14]
- Time saving claim: Employees lose up to 5.5 hours per week switching between apps [S5]
- Training in workflow: yes · yes · bite-sized in flow of work [S13]
- Two way engagement: yes · yes · yes [S12]
- Unified platform timeline: unified product experience rolled out step by step in next 12 to 18 months [S4]
- User base: 7000000 [S1]
- Workflow automation: automation of shift swaps, approvals and compliance reminders [S4]
- Workspace integration: Google Workspace · Microsoft Teams [S15]

**Subprocessors**
- Dropcontact zoominfo: professional contact information enrichment · Dropcontact · ZoomInfo [S8]

**Support**
- Demo request: yes [S15]
- Rights response time: one month [S8]

## Questions

### Is LumApps (with Beekeeper) European?

Yes. whats-best.ai classifies LumApps (with Beekeeper) as EU-Made.

### Where does LumApps (with Beekeeper) store data?

Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 29 Oct 2026.

### Does LumApps (with Beekeeper) have a free plan?

Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 29 Oct 2026.

### What are the best alternatives to LumApps (with Beekeeper)?

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: [LumApps (with Beekeeper) alternatives](https://whats-best.ai/software/employee-communications/lumapps/alternatives).

## What this page leaves out

- We found no public information on pricing on the pages we read (lumapps.com/de, lumapps.com/de/plattform/mitarbeiter-intranet, lumapps.com/de/plattform/mobile-app, lumapps.com/de/beekeeper, lumapps.com/de/integrationen, lumapps.com/de/plattform/security and 9 more). If the vendor publishes it somewhere else, send us the page.
- 38 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.
- 6 integrations 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.
- 1 compliance fact could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and was left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 1 sovereignty dimension could not be confirmed on the vendor’s own pages and is shown as unknown.
- 6 of the readings below were written against an earlier fact sheet — a fact has been corrected, added or pulled since. Until the panel next runs on this product you are reading the older judgement.

## Sources

- [S1] Vendor homepage: https://www.lumapps.com/de (checked 2026-10-29)
- [S2] Features page (intranet): https://www.lumapps.com/de/plattform/mitarbeiter-intranet (checked 2026-10-29)
- [S3] Features page (mobile app): https://www.lumapps.com/de/plattform/mobile-app (checked 2026-10-29)
- [S4] Features page (frontline, Beekeeper): https://www.lumapps.com/de/beekeeper (checked 2026-10-29)
- [S5] Integrations page: https://www.lumapps.com/de/integrationen (checked 2026-10-29)
- [S6] Security / trust page: https://www.lumapps.com/de/plattform/security (checked 2026-10-29)
- [S7] Legal notice: https://legal.lumapps.com/legal/mentions-legales (checked 2026-10-29)
- [S8] Privacy policy: https://legal.lumapps.com/legal/lumapps-privacy-policy (checked 2026-10-29)
- [S9] Reach & targeted announcements — found from sitemap: https://www.lumapps.com/solutions/frontline (checked 2026-10-29)
- [S10] Reach & targeted announcements — found from sitemap: https://www.lumapps.com/insights/press-releases/lumapps-introduces-qr-code-login-feature-mobile-app (checked 2026-10-29)
- [S11] Pages, documents & knowledge — found from sitemap: https://www.lumapps.com/solutions/knowledge-sharing (checked 2026-10-29)
- [S12] Engagement, surveys & onboarding — found from sitemap: https://www.lumapps.com/platform/communities-and-spaces (checked 2026-10-29)
- [S13] Engagement, surveys & onboarding — found from sitemap: https://www.lumapps.com/platform/lumapps-journeys (checked 2026-10-29)
- [S14] Integration, identity & administration — found from sitemap: https://www.lumapps.com/integrations/microsoft-365 (checked 2026-10-29)
- [S15] Integration, identity & administration — found from sitemap: https://www.lumapps.com/de/integrationen/okta (checked 2026-10-29)

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Cite as: whats-best.ai, "LumApps (with Beekeeper) — Employee Communication & Intranet", AI panel analysis, as of 2026-11-04. https://whats-best.ai/software/employee-communications/lumapps

Corrections: https://whats-best.ai/correct/1172?target=page