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About

GroupNews is the simple intranet for small to medium sized businesses (SMBs). It helps you keep everyone in your company informed and up to date. GroupNews does this by providing a platform for your company to publish and discuss everything happening in your organization, all in one place. Post updates, events, and deadlines in a unified news feed that everyone in the company has access to by default. The events and deadlines also get posted a global calendar. Additionally, channels help you organize your content the way you want it. Every post has an optional full featured discussion thread for contextually related updates and follow up. Cut down on confusing email chains and start a discussion instead! You can also request acknowledgment on any post to ensure that employees see the important news they need, and have a record of their having read it. Every week, a digest of the past weeks news, and the coming week's events and deadlines get sent to everyone in your group.

About

Microsoft SharePoint is a secure, enterprise-grade collaboration and content management platform that connects teams, information, and workflows. With AI-powered Copilot and SharePoint agents, users can instantly generate pages, summarize content, and surface insights from within their sites. It enables seamless document management, version control, and real-time collaboration—both inside and outside your organization. Customizable templates and drag-and-drop tools make it easy to design visually engaging intranet sites and portals. SharePoint also provides robust security and compliance features, including access controls, data governance, and conditional policies. Integrated deeply into Microsoft 365, it helps businesses streamline communication, boost productivity, and accelerate their AI transformation.

Platforms Supported

Windows Not Supported
Mac Not Supported
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Cloud Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Supported

Platforms Supported

Windows Supported
Mac Not Supported
Linux Not Supported
Cloud Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Supported
iPad Supported
Android Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Audience

GroupNews is made for small to medium sized businesses that would benefit from having a centralized platform to share updates with employees.

Audience

Enterprises, IT leaders, and business teams seeking a secure, AI-powered content management and collaboration platform to streamline communication, automate workflows, and enhance knowledge sharing across their organization

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Supported
Online Supported

API

Offers API Not Supported

API

Offers API Not Supported

Screenshots and Videos

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Pricing

$5/user/month
We have three plans: Lite, Premium, and Enterprise. Lite is priced per person, and is the most cost effective for up to 100 people. Premium and Enterprise feature flat-fee pricing, suitable for groups of more than 100 people.
Free Version Not Supported
Free Trial Supported

Pricing

$1.00/one-time/user
Free Version Not Supported
Free Trial Not Supported

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 0.0 / 5
ease 0.0 / 5
features 0.0 / 5
design 0.0 / 5
support 0.0 / 5

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Reviews/Ratings

Overall 4.7 / 5
ease 4.6 / 5
features 4.4 / 5
design 4.5 / 5
support 4.6 / 5

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • It offers a robust ecosystem of third-party integrations that can extend its functionality and enhance its value. It has improved its user interface and ease of use over the years, making it easier to create, share, and access content across sites and devices. It provides a high level of security and compliance features such as version control, retention policies, records management, legal holds, electronic discovery, and auditing. It supports multiple document libraries, lists, calendars, wikis, blogs, forums, surveys, and other types of content that can be customized and organized according to the needs of each team or project. It enables real-time collaboration and co-authoring of documents with internal or external users, as well as commenting and voting capabilities. It allows users to create workflows and automate business processes using Power Automate or other tools. It has a powerful search engine that can help users find relevant content on sites and documents, as well as customizable search capabilities for advanced users.
  • Microsoft SharePoint has the strategic ways of making the sharing of information straightforward and simplistic. Microsoft SharePoint delivers suitable ways of scanning the authorized information users. It integrates with numerous systems that deals with information.
  • Microsoft SharePoint is a strong and reliable storage and sharing solution, where organization and other business needs are well determined. More so, Microsoft SharePoint has the compatibility with different social programs. The security of the stored files is high and systematic.
  • This tool is great and is one that I currently utilize for collaboration with one of the nonprofits we serve.
  • MS SharePoint is a great tool for project team collaboration. You can easily create a project team home page to store and share relevant documents, announcements, progress reports, and team information like contact list and organization charts.

Cons

  • It can be expensive and complex to implement, configure, customize, and manage, especially for large or distributed organizations. May require experts or consultants to ensure proper use and adoption. You may have some errors or crashes while creating or editing SharePoint pages or documents, such as the inability to change the number of columns or insert images. It does not have a desktop or app version that can be used offline or separate from the browser. It would be helpful to have a separate option with more features that align with Microsoft Office. It can be difficult to keep things organized within SharePoint, especially when there are multiple sites or libraries with similar or overlapping content. It would be helpful to have more options for filtering, tagging, or grouping sites or content.
  • Microsoft SharePoint has the value for every communications transaction, and useful mechanisms are well outlined to suit the business use. Further, Microsoft SharePoint is a resourceful platform in making changes.
  • Microsoft SharePoint offers efficient access sharing procedures, and there is proper follow u in all business needs. However, Microsoft SharePoint is pricey, and there is a challenge in new subscriber having the tool.
  • It is challenging to collaborate with external individuals.
  • Ironically, like most Microsoft tools, MS SharePoint keeps gaining functionality which is great, but then sometimes the basic things get more complicated because there are so many options. An example is that sometimes functionality that I use most often get buried into a "menu" or "layer" or something moves to another location unexpectedly...especially since as a SaaS solution the change can happen overnight.

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Not Supported
In Person Not Supported

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Not Supported
In Person Not Supported

Company Information

GroupNews
Founded: 2021
United States
groupnews.com

Company Information

Microsoft
Founded: 1975
United States
www.microsoft.com

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Categories

Categories

Collaboration Supported
Corporate Wiki Supported
File Sharing Supported
Intranet Supported

Intranet Features

Activity / News Feed Supported
Blogs Not Supported
Calendar Management Supported
Content Management Supported
Discussions / Forums Supported
Employee Directory Supported
Knowledge Management Not Supported
Policy Management Not Supported
Search Supported
Wiki Not Supported

Employee Communication Tools Features

Activity / News Feed Supported
Audio / Video Conferencing Not Supported
Blogs Not Supported
Chat / Messaging Not Supported
Employee Directory Supported
Event Calendar Supported
File Sharing Supported
Knowledge Management Not Supported
Newsletter Management Not Supported
Surveys & Feedback Not Supported

Intranet Features

Activity / News Feed Not Supported
Blogs Not Supported
Calendar Management Not Supported
Content Management Not Supported
Discussions / Forums Not Supported
Employee Directory Not Supported
Knowledge Management Supported
Policy Management Not Supported
Search Not Supported
Wiki Not Supported

Collaboration Features

Brainstorming Not Supported
Calendar Management Supported
Chat / Messaging Supported
Contact Management Not Supported
Content Management Not Supported
Document Management Not Supported
Project Management Not Supported
Real Time Editing Supported
Task Management Not Supported
Version Control Not Supported
Video Conferencing Supported

Integrations

ATOMIZED Not Supported
Cherwell Software Not Supported
Craft Not Supported
Darktrace Not Supported
Delinea Cloud Access Controller Not Supported
FlowForma Not Supported
GPT-5.2 Pro Not Supported
Hootsuite Not Supported
IRISPowerscan Not Supported
Kintone Not Supported
Mage Sensitive Data Discovery Not Supported
Metomic Not Supported
Mountain Duck Not Supported
PBRS Power BI Reports Distribution Not Supported
QPR ProcessDesigner Not Supported
Saleshood Not Supported
Staffbase Not Supported
Syskit Point Not Supported
Troopr Not Supported

Integrations

ATOMIZED Supported
Cherwell Software Supported
Craft Supported
Darktrace Supported
Delinea Cloud Access Controller Supported
FlowForma Supported
GPT-5.2 Pro Supported
Hootsuite Supported
IRISPowerscan Supported
Kintone Supported
Mage Sensitive Data Discovery Supported
Metomic Supported
Mountain Duck Supported
PBRS Power BI Reports Distribution Supported
QPR ProcessDesigner Supported
Saleshood Supported
Staffbase Supported
Syskit Point Supported
Troopr Supported
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