Jostle vs Openbook

Jostle is an employee success platform for sharing company news, finding information, and connecting colleagues across office, field, remote, and branch locations. It combines targeted content, discussions, email newsletters, mobile access, and digital signage with people profiles, organizational charts, recognition, company values, and birthday and hire dates. Its Library holds curated information, while JostleAI provides answers contextualized by role, location, and department. Integrations include Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Slack, Bonusly, Zapier, HRIS/HCM systems, SSO, and a platform API. All plans include integrations, SSO and provisioning, APIs and SFTP sync, custom branding, engagement analytics, unlimited storage, governance features, and multiple languages. Bronze includes news, an activity feed, recognition, discussions, email digest, and mobile apps. Silver adds the Library, questions, links, custom views, and one add-on; Gold adds three add-ons plus onboarding and full support; Platinum includes all add-ons and support. Pricing is on request. A free 30-day trial unlocks Platinum features for up to 15 users. Jostle says data is encrypted in transit and at rest, backed up daily, and hosted in customer-selected data centers in the US, Europe, Australia, or Canada.

Openbook is a team workspace organized into organizations, spaces, and rooms, with 21 room types for planning, writing, discussion, and tracking. Its build agent can connect to GitHub and GitLab repositories, make changes, run builds, and open pull requests. Organizations can use platform-run AI models or configure provider keys for OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepSeek, xAI, Google, and Azure OpenAI. Built-in connectors include WordPress, Slack, Figma, Shopify, Stripe, Google Calendar, Cal.com, Calendly, five helpdesks, HubSpot, and Salesforce. Connector writes are disabled by default and require explicit enablement; irreversible third-party actions run only in auto mode. Files can be stored on Openbook, S3-compatible storage, Dropbox, or Microsoft SharePoint/Teams; default server storage is limited to 30MB. A read-only Board API exposes Kanban boards as JSON and supports change webhooks. Free costs nothing and allows up to 10 editing members and 3 spaces; viewers and guests are free. New organizations start with a 14-day Pro trial without a card. Business costs $15 a month. The intended audience includes product managers, founders, small teams, and agencies.