Facebook today launched a new service called Workplace. The service is aimed at the business sector allowing them to create their own Facebook clone, accessible only to its employees.
Facebook has been working for many years with this project, which has been in the last 20 months in a beta stage under the name Facebook Workplace.
Over 1.000 organizations and companies have helped in testing to perfect the product. The list of first testers includes big names such as Booking.com, Danone, Renault, RBS, Starbucks, Campbell's and others.
The manufacturer states that its product is actually an application of the Facebook platform, which Facebook employees use internally to build Facebook!!!. This new product is an on-demand social network Facebook, which companies can deploy as part of their internal network.
Workplace supports classic Facebook features such as News Feed, Facebook Live, an internal system conversations (Messenger), groups, reactions, posts, or searches. In addition, the company has created a custom dashboard for administrators where they can get reports and analytics about what has happened on their company's network in the past month.
Of course Facebook plans to make a profit from its new tool. The current pricing model will charge companies with base τον αριθμό των ενεργών υπαλλήλων κάθε μήνα. Αυτό σημαίνει ότι αν ο εργαζόμενος δεν uses the product, the company should not pay for him. This pricing model eliminates the need for an indefinite quota of employee usage and will help businesses keep costs down.
With Workplace's release, Facebook will become a direct competitor for companies like Google and Slack, which offer similar business communication tools. Companies wanting to try the Workplace can get the product for a three month free trial, after which they will have to pay between $ 1 and $ 3 per employee, depending on the number of active users. The more users a company has, the less they have to pay per employee.
Facebook estimates that with almost a total of 1,6 billionmillions ενεργούς χρήστες κάθε μήνα, οι εταιρείες θα προσεγγίσουν το Workplace επειδή οι εργαζόμενοι είναι ήδη καλά εξοικειωμένοι με την πλατφόρμα του Facebook, το οποίο έρχεται επίσης με συνοδευτικές εφαρμογές για κινητά.
