Cerkl Broadcast

Cerkl Broadcast is an employee communications platform for internal communicators creating and delivering messages. Its Foundations plan includes an email builder, templates, an audience manager, and analytics. The audience manager supports dynamic segments, HRIS syncing, CSV uploads, and permissions for segment access. Omni AI supports personalized delivery through SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, Slack, a mobile app, and AI newsletters. Listed integrations include Workday, SAP, PeopleSoft, ADP, Paycor, Active Directory, SharePoint, Teams, Slack, Outlook, and Gmail. Analytics bring channel performance together and can be viewed by audience attributes such as role, location, department, and language. The iOS and Android mobile app can deliver push notifications. Foundations is free and includes 5,000 email sends per month; additional sends cost $.09 each. The plan includes three communicator seats, with additional seats listed at $75/mo, and one instance. Foundations+ and Omni AI have audience-size pricing available through sales. Cerkl states that Broadcast completed a SOC 2 Type II examination and encrypts data in transit and at rest.

Cerkl Broadcast combines email creation, audience management, and delivery across several channels. The free Foundations plan has send and seat limits, while higher plans are priced by audience size.

Cerkl Broadcast is suited to internal communicators working alongside communications, HR, and IT leaders. Its audience tools and channel integrations are relevant to organizations delivering messages across employee groups.

Overview

Cerkl Broadcast is an employee communications platform for organizations that need to create, target, and distribute internal messages. It is best suited to communications teams working with HR and IT, particularly where employee outreach spans email and workplace channels. Its free tier is a useful starting point, but tight send and seat limits—and audience-based pricing beyond it—make scale the key trade-off.

Built and supported in Cincinnati, Broadcast supports email publishing, audience targeting, content approvals, and 133 languages. It is available on Android, iOS, and the web, with API also listed as a platform.

Compare it with other Employee Communication Software.

Key features

Email and audience management

Foundations combines an email builder and templates with analytics and Audience Manager, giving a small team the core tools to create messages and direct them to employee groups. Audience Manager supports dynamic segments, HRIS syncing, manual CSV uploads, and permissions for segment access. That flexibility is useful when audiences change by role or other attributes, while approvals and targeting support controlled, focused publishing.

The free plan's 5,000 monthly sends and three communicator seats are meaningful constraints: additional sends cost $.09 each, and each additional seat costs $75/mo. Those terms can quickly matter to a growing communications team.

Channels and measurement

Omni AI adds personalized delivery through SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, Slack, the mobile app, and AI newsletters. Its omni-channel analytics bring channel performance together and allow views by audience attributes including role, location, department, and language. This is a stronger fit for organizations coordinating communication across channels than for teams that only need a basic email publisher.

The Cerkl Broadcast mobile app is available through the iOS App Store and Google Play and can deliver push notifications. Integrations include Workday, SAP, PeopleSoft, ADP, Paycor, Active Directory, SharePoint, Teams, Slack, Outlook, and Gmail, connecting the product with a broad set of HR and workplace systems.

Security and support

Cerkl says Broadcast has completed a SOC 2 Type II examination, encrypts data in transit with TLS 1.2+ and at rest with AES-256, and supports GDPR and CCPA/CPRA obligations. SAML-based single sign-on is supported with providers including Okta, Azure AD, and Google Workspace. VPAT documentation is available upon request.

Foundations includes self-serve onboarding, a help center, and in-app support. Foundations+ adds guided onboarding and a success team, a practical upgrade for organizations that want more help implementing the service.

Pricing

Foundations

Foundations costs nothing. It includes 5,000 email sends per month, three communicator seats, and one instance. Additional sends cost $.09 each, and an additional seat costs $75/mo. This is the sensible entry point for a small team with modest email volume; the caps make it less attractive as a long-term choice for larger programs.

Foundations+

Foundations+ has custom pricing based on audience size. It includes unlimited email sends and communicator seats, calendar invites, API access, SSO, and three instances. It suits organizations that have outgrown Foundations' quotas or need those added capabilities, but requires a conversation with Sales for exact pricing.

Omni AI

Omni AI also has custom pricing based on audience size. It includes Foundations+ features, channel integrations, omni-channel analytics, enterprise implementation and support, and six instances. This tier is the clearest fit for organizations planning coordinated delivery across workplace channels and needing enterprise support; its audience-based price makes cost comparison dependent on a sales quote.

There is no free trial. Foundations is the available no-cost plan, while the two higher tiers are priced by audience size.

Platforms

Broadcast supports Android, iOS, web, and API. Its mobile app adds push notifications, while Omni AI's delivery channels include SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, and Slack.

Who it's for

Broadcast is aimed at internal communicators and teams working alongside HR and IT leaders. It is a good match for organizations that need employee audience segmentation, email publishing, and the option to coordinate delivery across workplace channels. Small teams can start on Foundations, but organizations with high send volumes or more than three communicators should weigh its per-send and per-seat charges against audience-priced upgrades.

It is less compelling for a buyer seeking a straightforward, low-cost email-only tool, or for an organization that needs a clear fixed price for a larger deployment before speaking with Sales.

Pros and cons

• Flexible audience management: dynamic segments, HRIS syncing, CSV uploads, and segment permissions support varied employee groups and access needs.
• Broad delivery and analytics: Omni AI connects workplace channels and brings performance into audience-aware reporting.
• Useful free starting point: Foundations includes email creation and audience tools at no cost, with 5,000 sends per month.
• Caps can add up: send overages cost $.09 each, and extra communicator seats are $75/mo apiece.
• Higher-tier costs require a quote: Foundations+ and Omni AI are audience-priced, limiting upfront price certainty.

Alternatives

• Appspace Workplace is worth comparing if a free plan with a stated allowance of two Premium Users, one Appspace Device ID, and 5GB of monthly storage and bandwidth better matches your needs.
• HubEngage offers a free Starter plan for up to 200 users with communications, social, recognitions, surveys, and instant messaging; consider it if that stated user cap and feature mix fit better.
• Netpresenter is another option for teams considering a 14-day free trial.
• Talkspirit has a listed entry price of €5 a month, billed per user per month; consider it if that entry price is a useful point of comparison.
• Blink may suit buyers comparing a per-user Core plan with internal communications, real-time collaboration, and a knowledge hub.
• DeskAlerts is another internal communications option to compare.
• Haiilo is worth considering if an Employee Advocacy — Starter plan priced from $15 per seat/month is relevant to your needs.
• Mumba is another paid option to compare for employee communications.

Verdict

Cerkl Broadcast is a strong choice for internal communications teams that need audience management alongside email and want a path to coordinated delivery through workplace channels. Foundations makes it possible to begin without a subscription, but its send and seat limits can make continued use costly as a team grows. Choose it for the combination of segmentation, cross-channel delivery, and analytics; look elsewhere if predictable pricing or generous free-plan limits matter more.