Here’s why ContactMonkey outshines Workshop
Make your comms pop with the go-to internal email tool for interactive newsletters, instant surveys, and real-time insights—all from Outlook or Gmail.
“ContactMonkey lets us communicate consistently with our team and track engagement—no more guessing who’s opening or clicking our newsletters.”
Corey Kachigan
Engagement & Communications Lead
Drive measurable engagement with ContactMonkey
“ContactMonkey integrates with my internal distribution lists that are created on the fly via our HR data, so it’s up-to-the-minute accurate.”
Margaret P.
Enterprise Customer
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How the best internal comms software works
Create stunning emails in minutes
Drag and drop content or pick from ready-made email newsletter templates. Customize fonts, colors, and logos to match your brand.
Boost engagement with surveys
Add pulse surveys, polls, emoji reactions, eNPS, and comms right in your emails to spark engagement.
Send with confidence
Sync your HRIS and lists for better deliverability, ensuring your message reaches everyone.
Track what works
Measure performance with heat maps, real-time analytics, and automated reports to see what your audience loves.
Internal communication software that gets the job done
see a boost in internal comms
emails sent
faster response times
fewer comms errors
Best-rated employee communication software
Why ContactMonkey tops Workshop
Features
ContactMonkey
Workshop
Who it’s for
- Internal communications
- Marketing
- HR
- Operations
- Facility managers
- Corporate marketers
- Event managers
- HR
Use case
- Company newsletters & internal emails
- Gathering employee feedback
- Tracking campaign success
- Wayfinding
- Directories
- Digital signage in physical spaces
Ease of use
74% rate it as user-friendly on G2
70% rate it as user-friendly on G2
Email builder
No coding required, all drag and drop
Requires coding for HTML emails
Email template library
100+ responsive email templates
20+ elegant email templates
Dynamic content
Personalized content rows, multi-list selection, reporting & tracking, and send tests available.
No reporting or analytics with dynamic content.
Deliverability
Outlook, Gmail, and web app sending
Web app sending only
Integrations
20+ integrations
15+ integrations
Pricing
Free start
$250/month, no free options
Time to try
Instant sign up
Requires scheduling a demo with no trial
Onboarding
Less than 3 weeks
4 weeks
Customer support
Manager with regular check-ins
Manager for troubleshooting only
Demo capabilities
Free interactive and live demos
Pre-recorded videos
Product updates frequency
Monthly updates
Quarterly updates
Workshop is handy, but ContactMonkey fills in the gaps they leave behind
Scale communications 16x faster through Outlook
- Send to large lists (10,000+) without inbox limits
- Personalize emails while ensuring deliverability
- Avoid Workshop’s long send times and web-only sending
Tailor one email for each audience segment
- Use Dynamic Content to personalize one email to multiple segments
- Send audience-specific messages by location, department, or role
- Collect feedback and track analytics from custom content sent
Decode your campaigns with analytics
- Track every click, open, and interaction
- Get anonymous campaign tracking and click maps
- Workshop doesn’t even offer click maps
Plan events with built-in tools
- Organize, invite, and track RSVPs directly in Outlook or Gmail
- Skip third-party apps—everything you need is built-in
- Workshop doesn’t have event management tools
Write faster emails with AI
- Craft professional, engaging subject lines in seconds
- No need to spin the wheels—AI does the heavy lifting
- With Workshop? You’re on your own
“ContactMonkey’s Dynamic Content tool has saved me hours. I no longer have to copy and paste, I don’t have to duplicate emails—I can do it all in one. That also means I’m not trying to track 5 different emails. Instead, I’m just tracking one email that has gone to the entire company. It’s saving me time, brain space, and errors that happen in duplication.”
James Maiden
Sr. Internal Communication Specialist
“Great customer service and user-friendly. Love that their Microsoft integration syncs with our distribution lists.”
Torin Roher
Corporate Comms Specialist
“ContactMonkey does the job extremely well; took almost no time to integrate, and is less expensive than competitors.”
Danielle T.
Director of Communications
Enterprise (1,000+)
“ContactMonkey makes it quick to create dynamic, engaging emails for our team. It was easy to implement and everyone who uses it picked it up really quickly.”
Jeff Genung
Senior Director of Internal Communications
“Everyone loves the emojis. They always do the thumbs up, thumbs down, and that makes it easy for us to capture satisfaction.”
Jessica Davies
Senior Manager of Communications and Inclusion
Trusted by 10,000+ internal communicators