Linchpin vs Noodle
Linchpin
linchpin-intranet.com
Noodle
vialect.comSide by side
| Figure | Linchpin | Noodle |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $2,437.50/mo | $4/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 10 | 6 |
| Spec score · Intranet Software | 8.2 (#15) | 8.9 (#4) |
| Communication | Community functions let users exchange ideas, ask questions, and discuss topics in context. | The platform provides news and blogs, shout-outs, activity feeds, polls, forums and chat. |
| Deployment | Customers can operate their own Linchpin instance, while Seibert also offers hosted operation packages for Server and Data Center. | Noodle is offered as AWS-hosted cloud software or as an on-premise installation on the customer’s infrastructure. |
| Founded | 1996 | 2004 |
| Headquarters | Wiesbaden, Germany | Crunchbase places Vialect in Tecumseh, Ontario, Canada. |
| Product | Linchpin transforms Atlassian Confluence into a social intranet and central collaboration hub. | Noodle combines communication, collaboration, documents, knowledge, forms, tasks, and employee engagement in a digital workplace. |
| Support | Seibert offers Linchpin support by email, live chat, and telephone in addition to Atlassian support. | The site links to technical documentation, installation guides, how-to videos, and GPT chat support; the cloud plan includes setup support. |
Plans
Linchpin
- Linchpin intranet — up to 500 users$29,250 a year
- Linchpin intranet — up to 1,000 users$38,600 a year
- Linchpin intranet — up to 2,000 users$50,200 a year
- Linchpin intranet — up to 3,000 users$55,915 a year
- Linchpin intranet — up to 4,000 users$63,900 a year
- Linchpin intranet — up to 5,000 users$72,950 a year
- Linchpin intranet — up to 10,000 users$79,275 a year
- Linchpin intranet — up to 15,000 users$79,275 a year
- Linchpin intranet — up to 20,000 users$85,650 a year
- Linchpin intranet — up to 25,000 users$92,000 a year
Noodle
- Noodle FreeFree
- Noodle Cloud$4 a month
- Cloud Hosted$800 a month
- On-Premise Upgrades & Support$1,500 a year
- Noodle On-Premise$7,500, paid once
- On-Premise$7,500, paid once
In their own words
Linchpin
Linchpin has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
Noodle
Noodle is Vialect’s digital workplace combining communication, collaboration, documents, knowledge, forms, tasks, and employee engagement. Its tools include a people directory, news, activity feeds, forums, chat, calendars, workflows, analytics, and a wiki. Organizations can customize navigation, branding, pages, widgets, portals, and group-based permissions. Deployment is available as a cloud service or on an organization’s infrastructure, with Windows or Linux servers and MSSQL or PostgreSQL for on-premises trials. Integrations include Active Directory, Google Workspace, Okta, OneLogin, Google Drive, Google Calendar, Unsplash, and AI services including X, Google, Hugging Face, Anthropic, and OpenAI. APIs can share content with other applications. Listed plans include Noodle Free at free for up to five users and 5GB storage, Noodle Cloud at $4 a month per user, and on-premise options.