Noodle
Noodle is a digital workplace that brings communication, collaboration, documents, knowledge, forms, tasks, and employee engagement into one product.
What Noodle is
Noodle is a digital workplace that brings communication, collaboration, documents, knowledge, forms, tasks, and employee engagement into one product. Its tools include a people directory, news, activity feed, tasks, forms, analytics, forums, chat, calendars, workflows, and a wiki. Organizations can customize navigation, branding, pages, widgets, portals, and group-based permissions. Noodle is available as a cloud service or for installation on an organization’s own infrastructure, and supports web, Windows, and Linux, with mobile access through a progressive web app. The Noodle Free plan is free for up to 5 users and 5GB of storage. Noodle Cloud is $4 a month, billed per user per month, with 250GB of storage and single sign-on. The site also lists Noodle On-Premise for a one-time fee of 7500.00 USD, and updates and support for $1,500 a year. Vialect says it has built intranet and digital workplace products for over 20 years.
Good
- Combines documents, tasks, communication, and employee engagement.
- Offers cloud-hosted and on-premises deployment.
- Supports group-based permissions and customized pages.
- Free plan includes up to 5 users and 5GB storage.
- Lists integrations including Active Directory and Google Workspace.
Watch out
- Free plan is limited to 5 users and 5GB storage.
- On-premises option has a listed one-time fee of 7500.00 USD.
- On-premises trial requires Windows or Linux servers and a supported database.
Who it suits
Noodle suits organizations of different sizes, including HR and IT teams, frontline staff, and remote teams. It may fit groups seeking a customizable workplace service with cloud or self-hosted deployment.
Verdict
Noodle brings a broad set of workplace communication and content tools together, with customization and deployment choices. Compare its plan details and on-premises requirements with your organization’s needs.
Plans and prices
From Noodle's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Noodle Free | Free | up to 5 users · complete app suite · custom intra.net domain · 5GB storage · unlimited sections |
| Noodle Cloud | $4 a month | AWS hosting · complete app suite · custom intra.net domain · SSO · 250GB storage · unlimited sections · automatic upgrades · setup support · per user / per month |
| Cloud Hosted | $800 a month | design · onboarding · prototyping · setup · user training · flat rate, per month |
| On-Premise Upgrades & Support | $1,500 a year | software updates and releases · security patches · maintenance updates · priority response for critical issues · per year |
| Noodle On-Premise | $7,500, paid once | Windows or Linux · SSO · automatic upgrades · unlimited sections · up to 1000 user access · installation and setup support · one-time fee |
| On-Premise | $7,500, paid once | design · onboarding · prototyping · setup · user training · flat rate, one time |
The facts
Each one read from Noodle's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI integrations
- The maker says Noodle connects with X, Google, Hugging Face, Anthropic and OpenAI models for content assistance.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Analytics and wiki
- The product offers workplace-usage analytics and a wiki for organizational knowledge.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API
- Vialect says Noodle has extensive APIs that can share Noodle content with third-party applications or push external content into existing systems.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API documentation
- Public technical documentation lists HTTP JSON and AJAX endpoints plus handlers for documents, tasks, users, calendars and other modules.checked 15 Oct 2026
- APIs
- Noodle says its APIs can share Noodle content with third-party applications or push content into existing systems.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Cloud security
- The security page lists encrypted off-site monthly backups, TLS, regular security updates, Active Directory authentication, and other cloud security controls.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Communication
- The platform provides news and blogs, shout-outs, activity feeds, polls, forums and chat.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Content management
- Users can store and share documents, create no-code pages, publish media, build portals and configure quick links.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Core features
- Features include documents, news, activity feed, tasks, people directory, forms, analytics, forums, chat, calendars, workflows, and a wiki.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Customization
- Administrators can customize navigation and branding, create department portals, use group-based access, set flexible permissions and drag-and-drop widgets.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Database options
- The download page states that on-premise Noodle supports MSSQL or PostgreSQL.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- Noodle is offered as AWS-hosted cloud software or as an on-premise installation on the customer’s infrastructure.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation depth
- The help site provides installation, upgrade, system-application, section-building, content, branding, groups, users and access-rights guides for administrators, builders, users and programmers.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Founder
- Crunchbase identifies Tim Dorey as Vialect’s founder.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The integrations page names Active Directory, Google Workspace, Okta, OneLogin, Google Drive, Unsplash and Google Calendar.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- Noodle is described as serving organizations of all sizes, including HR and IT teams, frontline staff, and remote teams.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Languages
- The FAQ lists English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Dutch, Arabic, Mandarin, and Portuguese, with customizable language files for additional languages.checked 8 Oct 2026
The company
- Company description
- Crunchbase describes Vialect as the provider of Noodle, a social intranet covering microblogging, wikis, document sharing and instant messaging.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company history
- Vialect says it has been building intranet and digital workplace solutions for over 20 years.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Company longevity
- Vialect’s own about page says it has supported organizations with Noodle for more than 20 years and serves thousands of end users.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company size
- Crunchbase lists Vialect as a private company with 11–50 employees.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company status
- Crunchbase lists Vialect as active and for-profit.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2004checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Crunchbase places Vialect in Tecumseh, Ontario, Canada.checked 15 Oct 2026
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