Cloud based communications
- Person-to-person channels on the team
- 66
- People each person must be reachable by
- 11
- Pairs a manager-only broadcast never covers
- 55
Every figure on this page is computed from the inputs entered, by the method stated below it. EmployeeDeskHQ publishes no acknowledgement rate, no engagement benchmark and no response-time standard: the defaults are a worked example to replace with your own team's figures.
Cloud based communications, for a small team, means one thing worth paying for: the messages and their acknowledgements live off the devices. A lost phone loses nothing, a leaver takes nothing, any browser shows the same roster and the same record, and nobody runs a server. The guidelines tool on this site sets the channel rules from your headcount, free and without an account; EmployeeDeskHQ Pro is the cloud half: the roster, the announcements and the acknowledgement record, kept and exportable.
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Off the device, on the record
The test of cloud based communications is the lost phone: if the announcement history and its acknowledgements survive it untouched, the communications are cloud based; if they lived in a chat app on that handset, they are gone.
Everyone, including the deskless
Cloud means reachable from anything, which only matters if the roster records what each person actually carries. The frontline half of a team is the half office tools never reach, and the per-person channel is the fix.
Nothing to run, everything to leave with
No server, no update round, and an export that works while you subscribe and for 90 days after. A cloud you cannot leave with your data is a lease on your own record.
The price
Per-user cloud pricing grows with every hire. From the vendor's own pricing page: Blink lists Core at $5.60 per user per month billed monthly or $3.75 billed annually, and Pro at $7.00 monthly or $5.00 annually. EmployeeDeskHQ Pro is $29 per month for the whole team, which undercuts the per-user benchmark from six seats.
Cloud based communications: common questions
What does cloud based mean for team communications?
The roster, the messages and the acknowledgements live off any one device, reachable from any browser, exportable at any time.
Do we need IT to run it?
No. There is nothing to install or maintain; the free tools work on the page and Pro is an account.
Can we get our data out?
Yes: the roster and every announcement with its acknowledgements, while subscribed and for 90 days after.
EmployeeDeskHQ Pro
Keeping what you send
The tools are free forever. Pro turns them into the record: the team roster kept once, every announcement sent from it, every acknowledgement dated against the person, the chase list produced instead of remembered, your name and logo on every sheet, and an export when anyone asks who was told and when.
- Download as PDF
- No EmployeeDeskHQ watermark
- Save every announcement and sheet and reopen it later
- Your business name and logo on every sheet
- Export every announcement and its acknowledgements in one go
- Announcements delivered to the team, acknowledgement chased automatically
$29per month, whole team
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Will it do what you need for Cloud based communications?
Tell us what your team's communication needs and we will tell you straight whether EmployeeDeskHQ Pro does it today, whether it is coming, or whether you are better off with something else. A person reads these and replies.