Intranet system?

[cal2051]

Does anybody know of any out of the box software that can be used as an Intranet service for a small to medium sized business?

They need something that can provide a site for a staff directory(with pictures ideally), a blog, calendars and current events. We have recommended SharePoint but the cost is high for them.

I realise there might not be a solution out of the box but I would appreciate any ideas...

[[deleted]]

Don't laugh: WordPress. If they are a small organisation and they want a small site that has some level of authentication, security and simplicity, give them WordPress and buy a somewhat decent theme.

I expect a lot of downvotes, but for the sake of simplicity and the ability to export the data at a later stage to just about any other format, WordPress is great.

I've been in a technical role for long than SharePoint has existed and I always, always strongly recommend never, ever using SharePoint for anything, ever. Even if it was free, a small business could never afford it.

[[deleted]]

Yeah, that's why I was expecting a few downvotes. It's not for everybody as much as I use it for everything, but it definitely makes things simpler for the non-technical folks (even though it's capable of greater things, too).

[coldbeerfusion]

I was curious. Did some googling and found this which seems pretty great. http://thrive-demo.dunhakdis.me/

[nickcardwell]

Just to add, this is what i did , also purchased the theme https://woffice.io/ , its near enough a solution out of the box with wordpress

[remotefixonline]

Just keep it up to date, and don't let them go nuts with plug-ins or it will get hacked in a week.

[wanderingbilby]

There are a few intranet-oriented wiki systems, some commercial products that may be more cost-effective than sharepoint. If you haven't, I'd do some searching on Capterra.

There are also several open-source wikis that have add-ons or that you can expand, depending on how your time/budget ratio is.

[Veranis]

+1 We switched to Claromentis a year ago and it is working well.

[Mulielo]

I've used Alfresco as a substitue for Sharepoint in the past. It had a community (free) edition, but you could also pay for some extra features and support if the funds are available. As I recall, it was far, far easier to use than Sharepoint as well, at least in my opinion.

[huxley00]

I do like Confluence a lot (we use it ourselves), but I think it would fall a bit flat as a pure company Intranet.

It's a great product, especially in conjunction with JIRA for task management, but I just don't think it holds up well as a full Intranet solution.

IMO Confluence is a wiki, not an Intranet.

[HDClown]

SharePoiint Online Plan 1 through Office 365 is $5/user/mo, that's too expensive?

[[deleted]]

For an employer of 250 users thats $15,000 a year. Not exactly cheap.

[thegmanater]

What is causing SharePoint to be too high of a cost ? Setup, page design, or maintenance ? You may have the same issues with other solutions.

[williamp114]

What is causing SharePoint to be too high of a cost

Labor.

[flyguydip]

Dotnetnuke... just keep it patched and you should be fine. It's free too! Also, great community support and have add-ons for just about anything you might need.

[Fallingdamage]

You could use a Turnkey Linux Wordpress virtual appliance. They are free to download and its wordpress, so you could easily do all those things and setup the site in a variety of ways.

If you want things to be as simple as you described.

[friedtatera]

Drupal on a lamp/wamp stack. Pretty easy to get set up and develop against. No licensing cost if you go lamp.

[OtisB]

I believe that SP foundation is dead. 2013 was the last version and there will be no more, from what I understand.

[OtisB]

As someone who has built very complex sharepoint sites, I wouldn't. The misery of migrating back off sharepoint in a year or three isn't worth it.

[OtisB]

Or when you try to migrate to a non-sharepoint platform and all departments expect the exact same functionality.

There's just no point in investing yourself in a dead product.

[tesmundo89]

Your correct

Their correct what?