Ziik

Enterprise Social Intranet Softwareziik.io

Ziik is a Danish SaaS company offering a mobile-first social intranet platform for internal communications, knowledge management, and employee engagement, serving franchise organizations and mid-market enterprises across Northern and Western Europe.

Company typePrivate
Founded2011
HeadquartersCopenhagen, Denmark
Headcount11–50
GTM typeB2B
OfferingSoftware

What Ziik does

Ziik is a Danish software-as-a-service company operating as Chainintra ApS, founded in 2011 and headquartered at Købmagergade 67 in Copenhagen. The company sells a mobile-first social intranet platform that consolidates internal communications, knowledge management, and employee engagement for organizations ranging from small businesses to large multinational franchise networks. Core features include chat, news feed, group messaging, a centralized knowledge library with AI-powered search, document storage, event scheduling, read receipts, and auto-translation, deployed natively on iOS and Android alongside a web client.

The platform is built on an API-first, GDPR-compliant architecture hosted on Amazon Web Services with data residency in Germany, search functionality powered by Algolia (data in France), and translation and text-to-speech services from Google Cloud (data in Belgium). It is offered in three editions — Enterprise, Franchise, and Small Businesses — priced at €4.25–€6 per user per month, with a 10-day free trial that requires no credit card and a one-month cancellation notice. A public API at docs.ziik.io exposes account management, organization data retrieval, and restore functions for integration partners.

Ziik's go-to-market combines product-led self-serve signup with an enterprise sales motion for organizations of 200+ employees and a three-tiered channel program (Area Developers earning 50% recurring commission, Channel Ambassadors earning 30%, and Referral Partners). The company serves franchise-heavy industries including food and beverage (McDonald's, Subway Sweden's 170 restaurants, Bastard Burgers), retail (7-Eleven, R-Kioski), manufacturing (Espersen), transportation (DFDS), and software (Visma), with a geographic footprint across Denmark, Finland, Germany, Sweden, Norway, the United Kingdom, Portugal, the Netherlands, and Iceland. November 2024 saw the acquisition of Walor.io, extending the platform into EU whistleblower compliance under the sub-brand "Walor by Ziik," and a deepening partnership with Learningbank packages Ziik with an LMS into a combined communication and learning offering.

Ziik firmographics

Firmographics

Name: Ziik
Legal name: Chainintra ApS
Website: https://ziik.io
Company type: Private
Founded year: 2011
Operating status: Operating
Headcount range: 11–50 employees
Short description: Ziik is a Danish SaaS company offering a mobile-first social intranet platform for internal communications, knowledge management, and employee engagement, serving franchise organizations and mid-market enterprises across Northern and Western Europe.
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Ziik industry classification

Industry

Product category: Enterprise Social Intranet Software
NAICS: Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518)
SIC: Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)
akta.pro primary industry: Digital Employee Experience (DEX) & IT Experience Management (ITXM) Platforms (HDAEALAL)

Keywords

Social intranet software
Internal communication platform
Employee engagement software
Enterprise knowledge management
Mobile-first intranet

Where Ziik is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city: Copenhagen
HQ country: Denmark
HQ region: Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

Ziik business model

Business model

GTM type: B2B
Offering type: Software
Cost components: Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

SaaS Subscription: Monthly or annual subscription fee per user for access to the social intranet platform. Billed automatically via payment card. Invoicing available on request for larger organizations. Subscription includes maintenance, support, and all features.
Professional Services: Additional consultancy services such as system set-up, migration of data, training, and data restore requested for non-system failure reasons, billed at hourly rates.

Pricing tiers

Model	Billing	Price
Per seat	Monthly	Monthly subscription at €6 per user
Per seat	Annual	Annual subscription at €4.25 per user (15% discount)

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Ziik product offering

Product offering

Core offering

Ziik provides a cloud-based social intranet platform that combines internal communication tools (chat, groups, news feed, events) with knowledge management (manuals, handbooks, documents) in a single mobile-first application. The platform is sold primarily as a per-user SaaS subscription targeting franchise organizations, enterprises with 200+ employees, and small-to-mid-sized businesses across European markets.

Product overview

Ziik is a Danish software company (Chainintra ApS) offering a unified social intranet platform for internal communications and employee engagement. The core product is the Ziik Social Intranet, available in three editions: Enterprise (for large global organizations), Franchise (for multi-location franchise operations), and Small Businesses (for SMEs with 10+ users). The platform includes built-in features for chat, groups, news feed, important posts, events, knowledge library with AI-powered search, documents, and global search. Ziik has expanded through partnerships (Learningbank for workforce enablement and learning management) and acquisitions (Walor.io whistleblower solution branded as 'Walor by Ziik'). The platform is mobile-first with native iOS and Android apps, and supports integrations via a public API at docs.ziik.io.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

Walor by Ziik: Whistleblower solution operating as an independent entity under Ziik's ownership following the acquisition of Walor.io.

Products and services

Ziik Social Intranet All-in-one internal communication and information sharing platform combining chat, groups, news feed, important posts, events, knowledge library, documents, and global search in a single mobile-first application for businesses.
Ziik Enterprise Enterprise edition of the Ziik Social Intranet for global and local operations in one app, designed for large organizations with advanced administrative controls and dedicated onboarding support.
Ziik Franchise Specialized Ziik edition for franchise operations enabling central management of the franchise concept while allowing franchisees to establish their own groups and routines under corporate oversight.
Ziik for Small Businesses Plug-and-play Ziik edition for small to mid-sized businesses (10+ users) offering a professional intranet at low cost with no maintenance required and all features included.
Walor by Ziik Whistleblower compliance solution acquired by Ziik, enabling organizations to handle whistleblower reports and comply with EU whistleblower protection directives.

Quantifiable outcome

Usage more than doubles over the first 12 months
+1 more outcomes

Companies that use Ziik

Customer profile

Named customers13 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Ziik technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API: Yes
API docs
API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability2 records

Feature7 records

Ziik partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

Walor.iominorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 November 2024Ziik acquired whistleblower solution Walor.io to enhance its internal communication solutions. Walor.io continues its development and expands into international markets as an independent entity under the name 'Walor by Ziik'.
LearningbankcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAfter 10+ years of friendship and collaboration, Learningbank and Ziik have strengthened their partnership to provide a combined solution for communication, intranet, learning and workforce enablement. The integration offers one contract, one DPA, specialized support, and a seamless experience combining Ziik's intranet with Learningbank's learning platform.
Amazon Web Services (AWS)coreTechnology or IntegrationAWS hosts Ziik's platform and customer data on servers in Germany. AWS provides cloud infrastructure, hosting, storage and backup services.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Ziik competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Direct peers

Simpplr: AI-powered modern intranet platform for mid-market and enterprise, natively built on Microsoft 365. Direct competitor for enterprise intranet RFPs where Ziik is also considered.
Unily: UK-based enterprise intranet and employee experience platform built on Microsoft 365 / SharePoint, serving large global organizations. Direct peer for the enterprise tier of Ziik's go-to-market.
Staffbase: German employee communications and intranet platform serving enterprise frontline workforces with mobile apps, news, and integrations. Closest direct competitor in European enterprise intranet, often benchmarked alongside Ziik.
LumApps: France-based enterprise intranet and employee experience platform built on Google Cloud with deep Workspace integration. Direct competitor in the European enterprise intranet category overlapping Ziik on corporate communications.
Beekeeper: Swiss frontline employee app combining chat, intranet, and operational tools for hospitality, retail, and manufacturing — directly overlapping Ziik's mobile-first frontline positioning and European customer base.
Happeo: Nordic-headquartered intranet platform tightly integrated with Google Workspace, founded and operating out of the same regional talent pool as Ziik. Direct peer competing for SME-to-mid-market Google-centric accounts in Europe.
WorkJam: North American frontline workforce engagement platform with scheduling, communication, and intranet features. Direct peer competing for the same franchise and retail frontline accounts Ziik wins in Europe.
Workplace by Meta: Meta's now-sunset social intranet platform that Ziik explicitly positions against, offering a comparable news-feed/groups/knowledge social experience for distributed workforces. Ziik's Amnesty migration program targets Workplace customers in the EU.

Emerging players

Notion: General-purpose workspace increasingly adopted as an internal wiki/lightweight intranet by SMEs. Adjacent competitor for the SME segment where Ziik's plug-and-play intranet competes on price and ease of use.

Broad incumbents

Microsoft Viva: Microsoft's employee experience platform bundled into Microsoft 365 covering Connections, Engage, Learning, and Insights. Broad incumbent with overlapping intranet/communication capabilities priced as part of M365.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Ziik compliance and trust

Trust signal

Compliance2 records

Ziik financial estimates

Financial estimate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Ziik leadership team

Management profile

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Ziik subsidiaries and ownership

Company hierarchy

Subsidiaries1 record

Ziik funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Ziik M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A1 record

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Ziik

What does Ziik do?

Is Ziik a public or private company?

Ziik is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.

When was Ziik founded?

Ziik was founded in 2011. It employs 11 to 50 people.

Where is Ziik based?

Ziik is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, in the Europe region.

How does Ziik make money?

Two revenue lines are on record. SaaS Subscription is the primary driver. The others are professional Services.

Who are Ziik's main competitors?

Direct peers on record are Simpplr, Unily, Staffbase, LumApps, Beekeeper, Happeo, WorkJam and Workplace by Meta. Notion is listed as an emerging player. Microsoft Viva is listed as a broad incumbent.

Does Ziik have an API?

Yes. Ziik offers a public API accessible at https://docs.ziik.io/ that enables organizations to integrate third-party software and automate workflows. The API supports creating or importing user accounts manually or via API, and retrieving organization data via the Admin Account. Data restore can also be performed via the API. Developer documentation is at docs.ziik.io.

What industry is Ziik in?

Ziik's product category is Enterprise Social Intranet Software. Its primary akta.pro industry code is HDAEALAL, Digital Employee Experience (DEX) & IT Experience Management (ITXM) Platforms. Its NAICS code is 518 and its SIC code is 7372.