An intranet you launch, not one you build

Migrating to Jostle doesn’t mean rebuilding what you already have. The structure comes with the platform, so there’s no network of sites, pages, or navigation to recreate before you can go live. An onboarding specialist works with you to plan the move, prepare your employee data, and get communicators publishing before launch.

Most of the work is deciding what comes across. Teams usually find that a good portion of their SharePoint content is outdated or duplicated. Files don’t necessarily need to move at all, since the Library connects to OneDrive so documents can stay where they are while employees reach them through Jostle.

It comes down to whether you want to build the employee experience or launch one.

SharePoint is a strong choice if you need deep document management, complex permissions structures, or a highly customized experience, and you have the internal resources to design and maintain it.

Choose Jostle if you want employees using the platform without spending months building it first. It’s faster to launch, and the day-to-day work of keeping it current sits with the people who own internal communication rather than with IT. It’s also built for the complete employee experience rather than one piece of a broader suite you have to commit to fully, so news, recognition, people, and resources all live in the same place from day one.

Yes. Jostle’s Library connects to OneDrive, and permissions stay where they already live, so a file that’s restricted in OneDrive is restricted in Jostle without anyone maintaining a second set of access rules.

The same principle applies to people. Microsoft Entra ID handles single sign-on and automated provisioning, so employee records update as people join, change roles, or leave without an admin adding or removing accounts.

Teams notifications and Outlook calendar support cover the rest, and employees can create and co-edit Office documents without leaving Jostle.

Jostle is a ready-made employee platform with defined places for news, people, conversations, and files. Every organization using it gets the same core structure, which means employees know where to look and that doesn’t change as the company grows or reorganizes.

SharePoint is a broader content and collaboration platform you can configure into an intranet. The experience your employees see is one your team designs, builds, and maintains, which gives you more control and more responsibility. The structure also tends to drift as departments add sites and pages, so keeping it coherent becomes an ongoing job.

Most organizations launch within a few days. There are no sites to build and no information architecture to plan, so setup is mainly connecting your employee data, configuring your destinations, and deciding what goes live first. Plus, Jostle’s free onboarding team helps with both, and plans the rollout so employees know what’s changing and where to find things on day one.

Forming your communication strategy usually takes the most time during setup. Decisions like agreeing on who publishes what, picking which teams need targeted content, and preparing the first few weeks of news so the platform doesn’t launch empty are all more time-consuming than implementing Jostle itself.

No. HR and communications teams manage everyday publishing and upkeep themselves, including news, Library content, events, and the People directory. Publishing an announcement or updating a policy takes minutes and no technical knowledge.

IT is typically involved once, during setup, to connect single sign-on and user provisioning. After that, there’s no page layout to maintain, no permissions architecture to manage, and nothing that requires a developer to keep the platform running.