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Jostle: cost, fit and limits
Jostle is an employee platform made by Jostle Corporation that combines company news, a knowledge library, recognition and a people directory in one place, positioned as an alternative to a traditional intranet for organizations with office and frontline staff.
What to know first
Jostle sells four tiers named Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum, billed per user on a prepaid annual subscription in US dollars. The pricing page prints $0.00 per user on each tier, which reads as a placeholder, so the real cost has to come from a quote. What does differ between tiers is clear: Silver adds the Library and Ask a Question, and Silver, Gold and Platinum include 1, 3 and all 5 add-ons.
Jostle at a glance
| Maker | Jostle Corporation, Canada |
|---|---|
| Free plan | Free trial only |
| Entry price | Quote only |
| API access | Yes |
| Category | Best AI Intranet Software in 2026, rank 10 of 10 |
| Website | jostle.me |
Who Jostle is best for
Organizations with deskless staff
A mobile app, an email digest and a people directory in the entry tier let employees without a desk follow news and find colleagues from a phone.
HR teams running recognition programs
Employee recognition and shout-outs sit in Bronze already, and a connector to Bonusly is listed, so a team with an existing recognition habit can keep it.
Companies that want modular extras
Events, Tasks, Listings, Teams org charts and JostleTV can be chosen as add-ons, so a buyer pays for the pieces a workplace actually uses.
Jostle plans and pricing
| Plan | Price | What it includes |
|---|---|---|
| Bronze | Not published (page shows a $0.00 placeholder) | News, activity feed, employee recognition, discussions, email digest, mobile apps and a people directory, with onboarding and full support. |
| Silver | Not published (page shows a $0.00 placeholder) | Everything in Bronze plus Library, Ask a Question, Links and Custom Views, with a choice of one add-on from five. |
| Gold | Not published (page shows a $0.00 placeholder) | Everything in Silver with a choice of three add-ons from Events, Tasks, Listings, Teams and JostleTV. The page marks this tier as recommended. |
| Platinum | Not published (page shows a $0.00 placeholder) | Everything in the lower tiers with all five add-ons included. The page says prices are prepaid annual in USD and monthly billing costs 15% more. |
Checked November 2026.
What Jostle does
- News and activity feed
- Company news, an activity feed and an email digest handle internal communication, with discussions and employee recognition alongside them, and all of it is included from the Bronze tier upward.
- Library and questions
- The Library and Ask a Question features, which start at Silver, make Jostle usable as a knowledge base where staff post a question instead of searching file folders.
- Add-on modules
- Events, Tasks, Listings, Teams org charts and JostleTV digital signage are optional modules, and the number of them included in the price grows with the tier, from one on Silver to all five.
- JostleAI
- The vendor names JostleAI as AI-powered knowledge sharing. The pages opened do not detail what it does, so ask the vendor for specifics before counting on it.
- Governance and branding
- Security and governance controls, SSO and provisioning, and custom branding are listed, so the platform can sit behind a company login with its own look.
How Jostle handles your data
The privacy policy is the only data page that was opened, and it does not say whether customer content is used to train AI models. JostleAI appears there only as a navigation link. Retention wording is general: records are destroyed or made anonymous once the purpose is no longer served, with no fixed period. The policy names no hosting provider, country or region. It names no certifications either. GDPR, DPA and Security pages are linked from the footer but were not opened, so a buyer should request those.
Where Jostle falls short in practice
- Placeholder pricing. Every plan shows $0.00 per user per month, so the page gives no way to estimate a budget. Monthly billing is stated to cost 15% more than a prepaid annual term.
- Add-ons are part of the tier. Silver includes one add-on, Gold three and Platinum all five. A company that wants two specific add-ons on Silver may be pushed to Gold, and the cost of that step is not shown.
- Trial terms unclear. No free plan is listed. A free trial is linked from the homepage, but its length and limits are not stated on the pages opened.
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Jostle: common questions
What does Jostle cost per user?
The pricing page shows $0.00 per user per month on all four plans, which reads as a placeholder, so no real price can be quoted. The page states that prices are in US dollars on a prepaid annual subscription, that monthly billing costs 15% more, and that not-for-profit and educational discounts exist. Ask the vendor for a quote.
Is there a free trial for Jostle?
A free trial is linked from the homepage, but the pages opened as of November 2026 do not state its length or limits. No permanent free plan is listed. Confirm the trial duration and whether it includes add-ons such as Events or JostleTV before you start it.
Which Jostle plan includes the Library and Ask a Question?
Silver is the first tier with the Library, Ask a Question, Links and Custom Views. Bronze covers news, activity feed, recognition, discussions, email digest, mobile apps and the people directory. Gold and Platinum keep the Silver features and raise the number of included add-ons.
What is JostleAI?
The vendor describes JostleAI as AI-powered knowledge sharing and shows it as a navigation item. The pages opened give no feature list, model names or data terms for it. Ask for a written description and the vendor policy on training with customer content.
Can Jostle connect to Microsoft 365 and Slack?
The vendor lists Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Slack, MS Teams, Zapier and Bonusly as connections, plus a platform API and SFTP sync. The pages opened do not describe how deep each connection goes, so test the ones you depend on in the trial.