Unily Review
Unily is an enterprise intranet and employee experience platform for organizations of about 1,000 to 10,000+ employees: governed multilingual publishing, broadcast email, push alerts with mandatory reading, profiles and AI search.
- Company size
- Mid-market companies, enterprises
- Pricing model
- Quote only
- Deployment
- Cloud
Best for
- Large organizations that want one governed intranet across regions and languages
- Communications teams that need mandatory reading and push alerts for critical news
- Companies whose employee profiles and org charts come from SAP or another HR system
Not ideal for
- Smaller companies looking for a lighter intranet
- Buyers who want a self-serve plan or a free trial
How we evaluated Unily
This review rests on 15 facts checked against Unily’s official pricing pages and documentation, most recently on . We did not test the product hands-on: the score and the pros and cons use only those verified facts, as our methodology explains, and third-party ratings are quoted, never scored.
Our verdict
Unily is an enterprise intranet and employee experience platform from Surrey, England, founded in 2005 and aimed at organizations from about 1,000 to 10,000+ employees. It covers intranet publishing, broadcast email, push alerts with mandatory reading, employee profiles, social communities and AI search, and states ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II. Pricing is a quoted base package plus add-ons.
Strengths
Governed multilingual intranet
Authors publish in their own language inside a centrally governed structure, with AI translation across comments, media and captions.
Evidence: Content authoring and publishing: Yes
Critical news that lands
Mandatory reading, push notifications and targeted pop-ups carry urgent updates to desk and frontline staff.
Evidence: Read and acknowledgment tracking: Yes
People data in one place
Employee profiles, a searchable directory and org charts are synchronized from HR systems such as SAP.
Evidence: Directory and org chart: Yes
Security standards
Unily builds its security program on ISO 27001 and adheres to SOC 2 Type II.
Evidence: ISO 27001: Yes
Weaknesses
Quoted base package plus add-ons
No price list is published; campaigns, journeys and premium support are add-ons on top of the base package.
Evidence: Price transparency: Quote only
Built for larger organizations
Unily positions itself from about 1,000 employees upward, so it is less suited to small companies.
Evidence: Best for: Mid-market companies, enterprises
Price at a glance
Pricing model
Quote only
Quick answers
- How much does Unily cost?
- Unily does not publish prices. Every plan is quoted from your size, capabilities and deployment needs, starting with a base package and adding add-ons such as campaigns, journeys or premium support.Based on Price transparency: Quote only
- Is Unily ISO 27001 certified?
- Yes. Unily builds its security program on ISO 27001, with re-certification and surveillance audits, and adheres to SOC 2 Type II standards.Based on ISO 27001: Yes
- Does Unily have a mobile app?
- Yes. Unily Mobile is on the App Store, and the employee app offers push alerts and offline access for frontline staff.Based on Mobile apps: iOS
- Who owns Unily?
- Unily is a private company founded in 2005 and headquartered in Surrey, England, near Guildford. Silversmith Capital Partners and Farview Equity Partners invested $68 million for a significant minority stake.Based on Ownership: Private
Coverage of core employee intranet capabilities
Each core capability we evaluate in Employee Intranet, checked against Unily’s own documentation. “Not verified yet” means we have not confirmed it either way, not that it is missing.
9 verified of 11 core capabilities
Employee Intranet
- Intranet search
- Content authoring and publishing
- Audience targeting
- Permissions and security · not verified yet
- Directory and org chart
- Document management · not verified yet
- News and social features
- HR and business integrations
- Mobile and frontline access
- Analytics
- Accessibility
Specifications
Pricing
- Price transparency
- Quote only
Product
- Modules
- Intranet CMS, Internal communications, Broadcast emails, Employee app, Employee profiles, Social intranet, AI search (Unily Glass), Analytics, Campaigns and employee journeys
- Mobile apps
- iOS
- AI features
- Indi AI assistant for drafting, translation and targeting, Unily Glass AI search and actions, AI reporting, AI voice search and text-to-speech
Support
- Support channels
- Customer success manager, technical success manager, support tickets, Universe knowledge center and community
Unily integrations
Native integrations
Unily integration coverage
The 10 apps that employee intranet products document most often, and whether Unily documents each.
7 of the 10 most-connected apps documented by Unily; median of the 8 products compared: 6
- Microsoft Teams · documented by 7 of 8
- Workday · documented by 7 of 8
- Google Workspace · documented by 6 of 8
- Slack · documented by 6 of 8
- ServiceNow · documented by 5 of 8
- Microsoft 365 · documented by 4 of 8
- Okta · documented by 4 of 8
- SharePoint · documented by 4 of 8
- Salesforce · documented by 2 of 8
- SAP · documented by 2 of 8
Integrations each vendor documents (native, marketplace, Zapier or API), 8 live employee intranet products. Not documented does not mean not possible.
Where it ranks
- #5 of 7 scoredEmployee Intranet
- #7 of 7 scoredInternal Communications
- #4 of 6 scoredEmployee Intranet for Enterprises
- #5 of 6 scoredEmployee Intranet for Mid-Sized Companies
- #7 of 7 scoredInternal Communications for Enterprises
- #6 of 6 scoredInternal Communications for Mid-Sized Companies
Unily alternatives
Security and compliance
- SOC 2 Type IIYes
- ISO 27001Yes
- Single sign-onOpenID Connect
About Unily
- Founded
- 2005
- Headquarters
- Lower Eashing, Surrey, United Kingdom
- Ownership
- Private
Official profiles
Unily: frequently asked questions
What company size is Unily designed for?
Unily targets organizations from their first 1,000 employees to more than 10,000.
Does Unily support single sign-on?
Yes. Unily integrates with single sign-on and supports multiple OpenID identity providers, so employees reach the intranet without extra passwords.
Can Unily send urgent alerts to frontline staff?
Yes. Push notifications reach employees on any device, and mandatory reading tracks that critical updates such as outages or safety notices are seen.
What is Unily used for?
Unily, on the market since 2005, is an employee intranet product built for mid-market companies and enterprises. Its modules include Intranet CMS, Internal communications, Broadcast emails, Employee app, and 5 more.
What are the best alternatives to Unily?
In our employee intranet ranking, the highest-scored products other than Unily are Jostle, Simpplr, and Haiilo. Compared side by side, by reason to switch: Unily alternatives.
What are the pros and cons of Unily?
Strengths documented on the vendor’s own pages: governed multilingual intranet, critical news that lands, and people data in one place. It is less suited to smaller companies looking for a lighter intranet and buyers who want a self-serve plan or a free trial.
What does Unily integrate with?
Unily documents integrations, including Microsoft Teams, Slack, Google Workspace, SAP, and 5 more. Every documented connection: Unily integrations.
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