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Workplace from Meta

Overview

What is Workplace from Meta?

Facebook at Work allows users to interact with co-workers through the Facebook interface.

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It's just so much easier with Workplace

Rating: 10 out of 10
November 10, 2021
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Workplace from Meta is being used in the entire Africa Zone at AB InBev - supporting around 13000 employees. We use this platform to address the issues of employee communicati...
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Kevin McLennan
Strategist - Human Resources
Digital Specialist
Anheuser Busch InBev
Workplace from Meta2 years of experience

Workplace => The place that make you grow

Rating: 9 out of 10
November 1, 2021
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
It's used by the whole organization and different countries. It helps us out in our daily interactions and for our work. With the politic to stay at home, Workplace has been o...
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Alexandrine YALA
Project Manager - Customer Service
Quality Project Manager
DRA
Workplace from Meta3 years of experience

My Workplace by Facebook review

Rating: 10 out of 10
September 15, 2021
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Workplace by Facebook is used in my organization basically to carry out broadcasts of events, celebrations, announcements, or to provide information in a massive way to all ...
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Leonardo Gonzalez
Administrator - Engineering
Arquitecto en Soluciones de Colaboracion Cisco
DIRECTV Latin America
Workplace from Meta18 years of experience

Workplace is a great tool for smaller businesses to stay connected and on track in remote work settings

Rating: 8 out of 10
September 13, 2021
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use Workplace by Facebook as a central company messaging tool and project management space where we can post quick updates on projects, create group chats to keep updated o...
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Casey Cleary (LION)
Administrator - Marketing
Senior Marketing Coordinator
Velocity23 - The Home Builder Growth Agency
Workplace from Meta3 years of experience

Terrific Way to Stay Connected!

Rating: 9 out of 10
August 30, 2021
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Workplace by Facebook is now pretty much our company's main way of broadcast communication (outside of email, which is still used especially for very important or time-sensiti...
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Laura Gillenwater
Professional - Human Resources
Sr. Learning & Development Consultant, E-Learning Specialist
Sun Life Financial
Workplace from Meta3 years of experience
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Pricing

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Enterprise Live

$2.00

Cloud
per month per user

Enhanced Admin & Support

$2.00

Cloud
per month per user

Workplace Core

$4.00

Cloud
per month per user

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://www.workplace.com/pricing

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $4 per month per user
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Product Details

What is Workplace from Meta?

Workplace is a business communication tool from Meta that helps teams stay connected in a simple and secure way. With familiar features like Live Video and Groups, users can share information, engage your employees, build culture and connect people anywhere, anytime. It is designed so the user doesn't need to be an IT genius to use it, and so that anyone can pick it up and get started straight away.


Workplace integrates with tools like Office 365, Google Workspace and ServiceNow, or the user can build custom integrations to connect any other tools relied upon. The vendor states that security and privacy are at the heart of Workplace - user data belongs to the user, and it is kept separate from Facebook.


Workplace boasts over 7M users worldwide.

Workplace from Meta Screenshots

Screenshot of Use groups to communicate with a team, region or entire company. Make sure that important updates get to the right people, and listen to feedback through comments and reactions on posScreenshot of News Feed helps every employee stay up to date with the information they care about, without getting distracted by the rest.Screenshot of The Knowledge Library is a new home for your key resources. It's a single place to create, store and share static content such as HR policies or working from home advice on desktop or mobile, so your company knowledge is accessible and discoverable.Screenshot of Go live from a mobile phone or Portal. It's the perfect way to check in with your team, especially when you can't be together in person. And unlike email, you can get feedback or answer questions in real time through comments, likes and reactions.

Workplace from Meta Integrations

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Workplace from Meta Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android, Mobile Web
Supported CountriesGlobal
Supported LanguagesGerman, English, French, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, Vietnamese

Frequently Asked Questions

Facebook at Work allows users to interact with co-workers through the Facebook interface.

Workplace from Meta starts at $4.

Microsoft Teams, Slack, and Microsoft Yammer are common alternatives for Workplace from Meta.

Reviewers rate Support Rating highest, with a score of 8.4.

The most common users of Workplace from Meta are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Facebook Workplace, Not My Favorite

Rating: 3 out of 10
Incentivized
August 15, 2019
Verified User
Former Employee in Marketing
Internet Company, 11-50 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Workplace from Meta
1 year of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I was an editor for a website that reviews board games, video games, movies, books, etc. The community of writers was very large, and we had previously used Slack to communicate with one another in our departments, but didn't pay for the premium version of Slack, so messages would get deleted. The organization switched to Facebook Workplace as a way to try to keep track of things and communicate via chat.
Pros
  • Segmented groups for chat.
  • Different permission levels as far as admins or users.
Cons
  • There's little or no way to track tasks or manage items.
  • The personal "wall" feature seems very useless.
Likelihood to Recommend
It might be well suited for a large team to communicate and collaborate on projects. It's a fine communication tool, but very poor for scheduling, task management, etc. If I'm going to use a "workplace" tool, I'd like for it to function as more than just a glorified chat feature.

Workplace leads the pack

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
October 09, 2019
DF
David Faustina
Managing Partner
IF Creative, LLC (Media Production, 1-10 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Workplace from Meta
3 years of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Initially, I buried myself into trial overwhelm as I searched for a client communication and review portal. Each one I tried suffered from one or more of the following:
  • Having almost everything but one specific element being left out.
  • The cost was prohibitive.
  • Time to learn and then deploy and teach was not an efficient use of resources.
  • Segmenting the communication and levels of access not achievable.
After about 5 trials, I was connected to an offer to try Facebook Workplace. It stepped into a perfect role for us and we use it from time to time with clients, depending on the client. I continue to recommend it to clients and a few are now using the platform. We continue to use it as an intraoffice communication tool and it is a great tool for us.
Pros
  • It provides a user interface that is familiar and proven to assist in engaging people to use the platform. The layout is clean and minimal and pleasing and that helps staff become comfortable with interacting with one another.
  • Group insights are a fantastic feature that allows you to see how a certain topic, discussion or file is performing with the staff or audience. If you are seeking feedback on a particular memo, for instance, the insights will catalog who has viewed, how many comments, questions or interactions, etc. It helps to see in real-time, the things staff or clients are excited about and then the items where no one comments.
  • Cataloging of historical information is a real benefit. The dashboard has a notes section where I will keep a lot of private and or personal reflections that I can reference at a later time. I may jot a few notes about a project so I can recall them at a later point. Many programs do this, but again, this is all within the same house and for time and memory sake, this really works well.
  • Segmenting is very easy to do. We have set up Groups for various projects, teams, clients or cohorts. You can segment as much as you want and one person may be in more than one group but maybe not all groups. Basic segmenting that works well. Notifications are sent when new posts or news is released.
  • The platform is not the same portal as Facebook so there is no chance that posts get put on the wrong timeline. With this said, what I like most is the ease of onboarding and no one has had any trouble getting up and going on Workplace. It is like Facebook, easy and something most if not all will have familiarity in navigation.
Cons
  • It would be helpful if a review confirmation checkbox was able to be placed by files that needed to be read or reviewed. Along the same line, approve, review again, etc. would be helpful checkboxes to add by files, proposals.
  • The layout is clean but suffers a bit from the center column width with two sidebars and a lot of empty space. It almost looks like a going out of business sale retail store where you notice the empty shelves. Workplace feels a bit bare at times. I think some good design modifications can help. Now on mobile, it is a great layout. I am addressing specifically the desktop browser login.
  • An admin control dashboard would be really effective and even more so with more users on the platform.
Likelihood to Recommend
Workplace is great as a team collaboration and communication tool that is easy to deploy and eliminates friction. I would also recommend it to small agencies who need a client communication portal as it does a great job filling the need. It is also a great tool for associations, community teams, and specialty groups like a club or employee group. As long as guidelines are set and you do not have a predisposition towards paranoia, I would think any group that has a need for communication that needs to be centralized, this can serve you well.

Workplace makes it easy to communicate, but there are some problems

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
October 03, 2019
Verified User
Employee in Quality Assurance
Online Media Company, 11-50 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Workplace from Meta
1 year of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Our company uses Workplace on a daily basis. We use it for communication, both through text and audio calls, between team members. We also use many different groups within Workplace, like an Announcements group where we post important information, or Current Projects to share what we've been working on with the team, and even a Social group to post things from our everyday lives.
Pros
  • Team communication.
  • Announcements.
  • Social.
Cons
  • It could have a cleaner desktop interface.
  • I've had a lot of audio problems with calls.
  • Sometimes takes a while to refresh if my computer falls asleep.
Likelihood to Recommend
Workplace is great for keeping up with team members and easily chatting with them throughout the day. Our company focuses a lot on interrelated projects, so there are often many different people working on one project at the same time. Workplace makes it easy to discuss these projects with our team members without having to go through email.

A social approach to work

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
September 13, 2019
Verified User
Director in Sales
Internet Company, 201-500 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Workplace from Meta
1 year of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Workplace is being used across the organization in order to collaborate and be aligned on our shared goals. As the central hub of communication of the company, Workplace helps each member be informed and updated about the company´s current initiatives and plans as well as allows groups and teams to organize and communicate to focus the efforts on things that will have an impact.
Pros
  • Extremely easy to use as-is modeled on Facebook's platform.
  • Works well in any device (mobile and desktop).
  • Very easy to upload media and share it with the teams.
Cons
  • It can be used for distraction rather than focus.
  • Hard to keep track on threads.
  • Notifications system needs to be improved.
Likelihood to Recommend
Workplace is good for big organizations or remote locations where a central hub of communication is very useful and you can foster a sense of community and closure between different teams that work in different time zones. It is useful for big international companies but may not be best for smaller organizations.

Facebook WorkPlace: A new way of communicating

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
June 22, 2018
MB
Miguel Brito
Dj, Emprendedor y Community Manager en Eventos CAR-YAN
Eventos CAR-YAN (Music, 11-50 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Workplace from Meta
2 years of experience
View profile
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Our organization is musical. At first, we communicated through instant messaging applications of cell phones but decided to take a leap towards technology and we were convinced to start using this program. With Facebook Workplace we communicate with all the workers of our company, and the main Directors maintain a communication with their team that is quite good and effective.
Pros
  • It speeds up communications between workers, I mean, managing information about the company is much easier now.
  • It has a very competitive and achievable price
  • With this application, time is not lost. The workers use it to communicate with each other about work
Cons
  • It is not compatible with your personal Facebook profile
  • You do not have a free trial or a free 30-day version
Likelihood to Recommend
For example, you need to do teamwork where more than 4 people should meet and contribute ideas for a project. With this tool, you can organize, converse and exchange information about a teamwork project. At that moment this tool becomes quite useful. Also when the president or vice president of the Company wants to share with the workers and give them his message, he can easily do so through this program

If you want to talk about personal things or publish information about something that is outside your workspace, this application is not the most appropriate
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