What is Blink used for?

Blink is an employee app for frontline staff that brings chat, company news and forms together on a phone for workers who are away from desks. It is a good fit for sharing company news with shift workers and collecting simple forms from staff on the floor.

How much does Blink cost?

Paid plans for Blink start at $4.50 per seat per month, and there is no free plan. A free trial is available.

Is Blink open source?

No. Blink is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. In the Team Chat category, open-source options include Mezon, Rocket.Chat and Mattermost.

What are some alternatives to Blink?

Blink competes with Beekeeper, Workvivo and Staffbase.

Blink: features, pricing and alternatives

About Blink

Blink is a commercial employee app aimed at frontline staff. Based on its listing, it combines chat, company news and forms in one mobile application so that workers away from a desk can receive updates and submit information from their phones.

It is a hosted, proprietary service sold to businesses rather than software you run on your own servers. The vendor's website could not be read when this entry was prepared, so specific features, integrations and pricing should be checked on the official site.

Key features

Chat for frontline employees
Company news feed
Digital forms on mobile
Single app for deskless staff

Good fit for

→Sharing company news with shift workers
→Collecting simple forms from staff on the floor

Tags: frontline; employee-app; internal-communications; forms; team-chat; mobile

Blink: questions and answers

What is Blink used for?: Blink is an employee app for frontline staff that brings chat, company news and forms together on a phone for workers who are away from desks. It is a good fit for sharing company news with shift workers and collecting simple forms from staff on the floor.
How much does Blink cost?: Paid plans for Blink start at $4.50 per seat per month, and there is no free plan. A free trial is available.
Is Blink open source?: No. Blink is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. In the Team Chat category, open-source options include Mezon, Rocket.Chat and Mattermost.
What are some alternatives to Blink?: Blink competes with Beekeeper, Workvivo and Staffbase.