Blink vs Lightspeed365
Blink
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| Figure | Blink | Lightspeed365 |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $4.50/mo | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 3 |
| Spec score · Intranet Software | 8.6 (#7) | 7.6 (#40) |
| Audience | Blink says its platform serves frontline and headquarters employees and lists industries including healthcare, retail, manufacturing, transit, and logistics. | The maker describes the product as suited to internal communications and HR teams publishing and targeting content, and IT teams managing governance and permissions. |
| Communications | The product includes secure one-to-one and group chats, company news feeds, and AI help for creating or improving feed posts. | News feeds can use video, hero carousels, category filters, and personalised feeds, while alerts and push notifications can target audiences. |
| Founded | 2015 | 2005 |
| Headquarters | Boston, Massachusetts, United States | United Kingdom |
| Integrations | Native integrations include ServiceNow, Salesforce, Zoom, and Microsoft 365; Zapier can connect Blink to over 1,000 other apps. | The product works with SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, Entra ID, Viva Engage, Microsoft Clarity, Power BI, Power Automate, and Copilot. |
| Product | Blink describes itself as an employee experience app that connects employees with workplace tools. | Lightspeed365 adds a branded, fully featured employee intranet to an existing Microsoft 365 and SharePoint environment. |
| Support | Blink advertises customer support 24/7, 365 days a year, and priority support on Pro. | Every licence includes self-serve installation materials and a customer success call, and each customer gets a dedicated account manager for the relationship's lifetime. |
| Trial | Blink offers a 14-day free trial through its help centre. | The 14-day trial includes full Core, guided setup, unlimited users in the customer's own environment, and no credit card or auto-renewal. |
Plans
Lightspeed365
- Lightspeed365 Core — Annual subscriptionPrice not published
- Lightspeed365 Core — PerpetualPrice not published
- Lightspeed365 Premium appsPrice not published
In their own words
Blink
Blink is an employee experience app that brings workplace communications and tools together for frontline and headquarters employees. It includes secure one-to-one and group chats, company news feeds, recognition, surveys, stories, and communities. AI help can create or improve feed posts. A knowledge hub, single sign-on, digital forms, and employee journeys are among its workplace tools. Native integrations include ServiceNow, Salesforce, Zoom, and Microsoft 365; Zapier can connect Blink with over 1,000 other apps. An organization administrator must configure integrations before users can access them. Blink says data is encrypted at rest with AES-256 and in transit over HTTPS using TLS, and states that it is ISO 27001 certified. The app is listed for Android, iOS, macOS, web, and Windows. Pricing starts at $3.75/user/mo (annual), and a 14-day free trial is available; there is no free plan. Core is $4.50 per user per month and Pro is $6.00 per user per month. Blink lists healthcare, retail, manufacturing, transit, and logistics among the industries it serves.
Lightspeed365
Lightspeed365 has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.