The Intranet built for Google Workspace
Jostle Alternative
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What is Jostle?
Jostle is a collaborative intranet used by small to large-scale businesses or organizations. Its goal is to make it easier for users to connect and share information to get work done efficiently.
With the tools they offer, they help increase productivity and employee engagement.
Users can align teams, share relevant information and news, invite participation from others, and many more!
You can also add “Powerups” such as task trackers, event management tools, listings, HTML pages, and many more with an additional fee.
Jostle’s Central Hub for Communication
Key Features of Jostle
News and Announcement – Send news and announcements to the target audience including departments, office locations, project teams, or divisions. With their advanced features, you can make sure that important announcements are read.
People Directory – Users are able to create profiles with their skills, work experience, and background. Seamlessly sync the data to or from Google, Azure, OKTA, Active Directory, and HRIS systems. When looking up users, you can easily find them by location, department, or role.
Discussions – a secured place where coworkers can connect instantly using any device. You can use discussions to chat with coworkers, share files, and create tasks.
Task Management – You can track the real-time status of your projects without the need for another tool. Create and assign tasks easily.
Jostle Offers Cross-team Collaboration
Additional Features of Jostle
Users are able to monitor, analyze, and measure if the software is hitting the goals and objectives.
Analyzing intranet adaptation by verifying where employees are having a hard time in using certain features.
There is a dedicated homepage customized according to the specific needs or roles of employees, groups, and locations.
Users can add forms to collect data.
Form workflows.
Users can store documents and media files in a centralized library. Users can add tags to make it easier for other employees to locate.
What is Google Sites?
Google Sites is the website building app from Google Workspace. It is used by many organisations to create internal websites for departments as well as corporate Intranets.
Steegle Dashboard
This site, Steegle.com, is built wholly on Google Sites.
Google Sites allows users to easily create websites without any background knowledge in programming or web development. It is part of Google Workspace’s Google Docs Editor family i.e. Sheets, Slides, Drawings, and Docs.
Website Builders
If you’re familiar with Wix, Squarespace or WordPress you may notice that they are somewhat similar to Google Sites, but the emphasis of those tools are public websites, rather than private intranets. Google Sites, however, gives the secure and private authentication offered by Google Workspace so it provides a seamless experience for Google Workspace users.
If you use Google Workspace already then you will find Google Sites easy to use, due to its familiarity with the other Google Workspace apps. Google Sites offers the same sharing model you are used to in Google Drive, so you can avoid any security concerns due to Google Workspace’s industry-leading security.
Steegle Tools
Google Sites offers the basic and fundamental features for most websites but lacks essential functionality for that many organisations need on an intranet. Steegle offers a very particular set of tools to provide a fully fledged Intranet via our Steegle.One Intranet solution.
Jostle Pricing vs Google Sites Pricing
Explore Jostle’s Subscription Features
Jostle Pricing?
Jostle costs c.$8 /per user/month
To this you will have to add set up costs and training.
Explore Steegle.One Add-on Tools
Google Sites Pricing?
Google Sites is Free if you have Google Workspace!
If you use add-on tools, that a company like Steegle provides in Steegle.One, incurs license fees.
Steegle.One license fees are a tiny fraction of Interact – to get a tailored quote for your situation get a quote.
Concessionary pricing is available for not-for-profits organizations.
Google Sites for Intranets
Features
Content Management
Managing content on Google Site is easy and often self-explanatory.
You can add and duplicate pages, hide pages, and archive pages.
Embedding documents is easy and fun.
Edit who can access and edit contents.
Media Management
Users can easily add:
Images
Videos
Complex text.
Users can also:
Move, edit, resize and drag images.
Create a responsive design with a grid layout.
Security
You can view and edit users who can access certain pages. Unauthorized users will not be able to access or make edits on your intranet.
Integrations
Seamlessly integrate with Google apps such as Docs, Sheets, Drawing, and Presentation.
Limitations
No Employee Engagement
People Directory - No simple way to create an employee directory nor an organizational chart.
Employee Recognition - Google Sites does not offer any tools to help you recognize and reward those who have gone the extra mile or if you want to spotlight someone for their achievements.
No News or Announcements
Summaries - Google Sites doesn't summarize recent updates.
Centralized Tool - there's no tool to allow you to post once and update in various locations.
Poor File, Document and Folder Handling
Folder Hierarchy - opening a folder takes you to Google Drive.
Search and Sort - Sites doesn't search your embedded Drive content nor can you sort the list of items.
Poor Calendar Display
Google Calendar - antiquated displays are not intranet friendly.
The Solution?
All of these shortfalls are addressed by Steegle in our comprehensive Steegle.One Intranet platform.
What is Steegle.One Intranet for Google Sites?
Steegle.One Dashboard
Key Features of Steegle.One
Steegle.One is an added value intranet solution for Google Workspace that is made using Google Apps Script embedded in Google Sites by Steegle.com.
Steegle.One allows you to easily build engaging and compelling intranets based on Google Sites.
Additionally, Steegle-developed, low-maintenance productivity tools make your intranet more efficient and effective. Some of the Steegle extensions you can use on your intranet are:
Steegle News – comprehensive news management tool;
Steegle People – employee directory and org charts based on your Google Workspace directory;
Steegle Heroes – employee recognition tool;
Custom Intranet Designs
Steegle Schedule – consistent calendar display.
Steegle Share – a powerful way of searching and sharing files and templates from a library
Steegle Affinity – creation of automatically subscribed employee affinity groups within Steegle.One
Why Choose Steegle.One Over Jostle?
STREAMLINED FOR GOOGLE
For businesses embedded within the Google ecosystem, Steegle.One offers a naturally integrated intranet solution that leverages Google Workspace’s full potential without the complexity of additional systems.
COST-EFFECTIVENESS
Steegle.One is significantly more affordable, particularly for small to medium-sized enterprises or those with a tight budget, providing essential intranet functions without the high costs associated with more complex platforms.
RAPID DEPLOYMENT
Promising quick implementation and easy management, Steegle.One enables organizations to swiftly launch their intranet with minimal disruption, prioritizing employee engagement and productivity.
SCALABLE AND FLEXIBLE
Steegle.One scales seamlessly for all businesses, from startups to enterprises, with its intuitive interface and robust features, avoiding excessive customization or complex setup.
SECURITY
All data is securely stored on Google Workspace, ensuring compliance with HIPAA and GDPR regulations, and meeting Google's industry-leading security and data protection standards.
REQUEST DEMO
Discover how Steegle.One can transform your Google Workspace into a powerful and integrated intranet. Request a live demo session today at Steegle and explore the features firsthand.
So… How do you create a Google Sites intranet?
Great question! Steegle is a Google Cloud Partner and has been using Google Sites since 2008. We have developed intranets for large and small organisations with a friendly team using built-in powerful robust and scalable Google Technology as well as our own specially adapted software widgets to make the intranet fly – become a hub of activity where people will want to come back to for years to come.
We can get basic sites customised exactly to your brand and house style within 5-days. You can use our templates for page structures that make sense (being based on the Nielsen Norman ideals of an effective Intranet) as a starting for your organisation without the need for complex wireframes or project planning. We’ll also be by your side as you start the big task of populating the system and setting it up to fit your company’s culture, and you can get user feedback on your draft site to quickly adapted and change it to meet their needs.
Step one is to get in touch with us so that we can give you a walkthrough of our system. Book a demo to kickstart the process!
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Acknowledgment of Intellectual Property Rights
As we compare the capabilities and offerings of various intranet solutions, it’s essential to recognize and respect the intellectual property rights of all companies involved, including Google and the intranet solution providers. The information presented in this comparison is based on publicly available sources or market insights and is intended for informational purposes only to the best of our knowledge at the time of compiling the information. We aim to provide potential users with an understanding of what each platform offers while acknowledging the unique features and contributions of each company to the digital workplace landscape. We express our respect for their copyrights, trademarks, and innovative solutions.
*Pricing information is based on publicly available sources or anecdotal evidence and may be subject to change.
Contact Us
Looking for an intranet solution for Google Workspace?
Since 2008, we here at Steegle.com have been delivering intranet development solutions for Google Sites. We have developed Steegle.One intranet system which builds directly to Google Sites for Google Workspace.
As a certified Google Cloud Partner, we specialize in Google Workspace based solutions. Give us a call at US +1 (302) 672 3007 or UK +44 (207) 871 502 or contact us today to view a demo of our intranet solutions, and see how it can help increase employee productivity and save time and money. Click below to learn more about the Steegle.One Intranet solution.
