eXo Platform Reviews & Product Details

eXo Platform is an open-source, AI-augmented digital workplace and intranet software that brings internal communication, team collaboration, knowledge management and employee engagement together in one platform. Developed by eXo, a French software vendor in business for more than 20 years, it is used by over 1,000,000 people worldwide and can run as SaaS, in a private cloud or on-premises. Organizations choose eXo as an open-source alternative to SharePoint, Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace when they want one place where employees get informed, work together and find what they need, while keeping full control of their data, their AI and their hosting. 👥 WHO eXo PLATFORM IS FOR eXo Platform serves mid-size and large companies, public administrations, local and regional authorities, hospitals, universities, research organizations and associations, from a first team to several thousand users. • IT departments that must decide where data is hosted, integrate with an existing directory and avoid vendor lock-in. • Internal communication teams that need to reach every employee, including frontline, field and mobile staff. • HR and engagement teams that want onboarding, recognition and a stronger company culture. • Managers and project teams that want to stop switching between email, shared folders, chat and task tools. ✅ KEY FEATURES 📰 Intranet and internal communication • No-code page and site builder with drag and drop, templates, branding and mobile preview. • Targeted, scheduled and multilingual news, with automatic translation, alert banners and event pages. • Communication spaces that decentralize news by department, region or topic, with writer and publisher roles. • People directory, rich profiles and org chart. 💬 Team collaboration • Collaborative spaces for teams, departments, projects and communities, with subspaces and guest access. • Activity streams with posts, mentions, reactions, polls and stories. • Built-in chat and video conferencing with screen sharing. • Shared agendas with Google, Office 365 / Exchange and CalDAV calendar connectors. 📁 Document management and file sharing • Personal and shared drives with automatic versions, categories and full-text search. • Online co-editing of Office and OpenDocument files (OnlyOffice included). • Network drive access (WebDAV) and protected external links with password and expiry date. 📚 Knowledge management • Notes organized in trees for procedures, guides, wikis and FAQs. • Tags, categories and links between contents. • Unified search across notes, documents, posts, people and spaces, always within each user's permissions. ✔️ Tasks and projects • Projects with custom workflows and kanban, list or timeline views. • Owners, due dates, priorities, labels and comments, with one view of all of a user's tasks. 🏆 Employee engagement and recognition • Kudos between colleagues, quests, points, badges and leaderboards. • Engagement campaigns for onboarding, ideation, advocacy or safety. 📊 Analytics • Ready-made adoption reports on users, spaces and contents, plus custom charts and tables. 🤖 AI YOU CONTROL With the eXo AI module: • AI assistants that answer from your own spaces, documents and notes, and show their sources. • Writing help in the editor: write, rephrase, summarize and illustrate. • Multi-LLM: choose the AI models your organization trusts. • A secure MCP server (Model Context Protocol) with more than 100 tools lets external assistants such as Claude, ChatGPT and Le Chat work with eXo content. Administrators approve each connected service, assistants only see what the user is already allowed to see, and access can be revoked at any time. 🔒 DEPLOYMENT, SECURITY AND DATA SOVEREIGNTY • Three deployment options: SaaS (eXo Hubs), private cloud operated by eXo, or on-premises on your own infrastructure. • Sovereign hosting in France is available through Orange Business "Live Collaboration", hosted in an Orange Business SecNumCloud data center. • Single sign-on with OpenID Connect, OAuth or SAML v2, LDAP / Active Directory synchronization and optional two-factor authentication. • Information segmented by space, with open, on-request, invitation-only or hidden spaces. • Open source code: no black box and no vendor lock-in. 🔗 INTEGRATIONS AND OPEN STANDARDS • Documented REST APIs to connect business applications and data. • App center with single entry point to your web and desktop applications. • Connectors for calendars, IMAP email, BlueMind, DeepL and Google Translate, OnlyOffice and Jitsi. • Open standards: WebDAV, iCal / CalDAV, IMAP / SMTP, OpenID Connect, SAML v2 and LDAP. 📱 MOBILE ACCESS • iOS and Android apps with news, chat, documents, tasks and push notifications. • Installable web app on desktop and mobile, with favorite documents available offline. 🌍 MULTILINGUAL • Interface available in several languages, including right-to-left languages. • Multilingual pages, menus, articles and notes. ⭐ WHY ORGANIZATIONS CHOOSE eXo • One platform instead of a patchwork of tools, with one search and one login. • Data, AI and hosting under your control. • Open source and standards-based, so you can extend it and leave without lock-in. • An interface employees actually adopt, on desktop and mobile. 🏛️ CUSTOMERS AND RECOGNITION eXo Platform is used by organizations such as Région Occitanie, Groupe Gilbert and Schiever. Région Occitanie, for example, moved from Office 365 to eXo for its agents and external partners. eXo Platform won the OW2 Best Project Market Award 2026, and eXo partners with Orange Business and Axians. 💶 PRICING eXo Hubs, the SaaS edition for teams, starts at €4 (about $4.47) per user per month, billed annually. Intranet & Portal, Team Collaboration and Digital Workplace offers for larger organizations are priced on quote. A free online trial is available. 🤝 SUPPORT, IMPLEMENTATION AND TRAINING Every subscription includes support and maintenance, and access to new versions. eXo's team or a partner integrator configures the platform, connects it to your directory and single sign-on, and trains administrators, contributors and community leaders. Change management support helps launch the platform and drive adoption. ❓ FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Is eXo Platform open source? Yes. eXo Platform is open source, and organizations can host it themselves or use eXo's cloud. Is eXo Platform an alternative to SharePoint and Microsoft 365? Yes. eXo covers the intranet, document management, collaboration, chat and video needs usually met by SharePoint and Microsoft 365, and can replace them or work alongside existing tools. Can eXo Platform be hosted on-premises? Yes. eXo runs on-premises, in a private cloud operated by eXo, or as SaaS. Does eXo Platform include AI? Yes. With the AI module, assistants answer from your own content and cite sources, using the AI models you choose. The MCP server also connects external assistants such as Claude, ChatGPT and Le Chat. Does eXo Platform work on mobile? Yes. iOS and Android apps and an installable web app give access to news, chat, documents and tasks. How much does eXo Platform cost? eXo Hubs starts at €4 per user per month, billed annually. Larger offers are priced on quote.