ClearBox Choice Awards 2026

The one question we’re always asked is, “Which platform is best?” 

And our response (as classic consultants) is, “It depends.” 

It depends on what you want to achieve, the landscape of your existing digital workplace, and what matters to your organisation both strategically and tactically. In the past we’ve highlighted those platforms we expect to see on many shortlists, but we feel this hasn’t reflected the potential across many of the platforms we’ve reviewed to meet your needs and the needs of the next reader. 

We’re now awarding more Choices as a way to signpost which platforms meet different needs. We’ve explained what each one is and which platforms have won which award, plus you’ll find the badges on the individual reviews too.  

Download our review report to find out more about each of our winners and why they’ve won their awards. 

Top 5 score 

This category is for those platforms that have the top five overall scores, including ties. Note that when considering total scores we exclude ‘potential’ points, as we want to reflect what’s available without additional effort or cost.  

• Interact 
• MangoApps 
• Oak   
• Omnia 
• Staffbase 
• Unily 

Best for value 

This category reflects where the platforms’ average price is 3.5 dollar symbols or lower and where the total score is high. This is useful for those on a budget who are looking for effective solutions. 

• Appspace 
• Flip 
• Involv  
• MangoApps 
• Oak   
• Omnia 
• Powell 
• Workai 

AI innovator 

Four themes have emerged from current AI trends across the platforms we assessed, and many vendors’ marketing channels are full of AI functionality. With this badge, we wanted to highlight those we felt were doing something unusual and truly beneficial at the point of demonstration. 

• Appspace 
• Atlas 
• Flip 
• Fresh 
• Interact 
• LumApps 
• MangoApps
• Oak  
• Unily 
• Workai 

Comms excellence 

Internal communicators have become a key audience for these vendors and we know many people reading the report are part of this function too. So this award reflects where we feel vendors have understood this group’s needs and are offering a strong set of features to help people manage their communications.  

• Firstup 
• Interact 
• Staffbase 
• Unily 
• Workvivo 

Strong knowledge & search 

The handling and retrieval of reference or evergreen content is often a core use-case for an intranet and can make or break the overall success of the platform in an organisation. In this award we recognise those platforms that deliver a strong experiences in the Knowledge and Content Management and Information Finding and Search scenarios.  

• Atlas 
• Fresh 
• Interact 
• Omnia 
• Unily 

Frontline & mobile focus 

Everyone deserves to have a good experience, whether they’re on desktop or mobile. Frontline workers in particular are likely to need mobile access and functionality specific to the demands of their roles. This award reflects those platforms that performed particularly well in the Mobile and Frontline Support scenario.  

• Blink 
• Firstup 
• Flip 
• MangoApps 
• Staffbase  
• Workvivo 

Community builder 

Giving employees a place to come together digitally for work and / or social purposes can be valuable for knowledge transfer and building relationships. This award reflects those who performed best in the Community and Engagement scenario. 

• Blink 
• MangoApps 
• Oak   
• Workvivo 

Highly commended 

Many of our awards use our scoring to select our winners, but there are some excellent platforms in our Product Overview section that deserve recognition. These platforms are fully featured and / or offer valuable services to organisations, so are worth exploring for your longlist. 

• Accelerator 365 
• Akumina 
• Beekeeper 
• Poppulo 
• Sociabble