Create Simple

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Create Simple inc. is a Canadian software company that develops hello-intranet, a SharePoint-based digital workplace hub, and a suite of add-on business applications (HR, compliance, risk, governance) for organizations using Microsoft Office 365. It sells enterprise subscriptions globally from offices in Edmonton and Calgary.

Company typePrivate
Founded2010
HeadquartersEdmonton, Canada
Headcount11–50
GTM typeB2B
OfferingSoftware

What Create Simple does

Create Simple inc. is a privately held Canadian software company founded in 2010 and headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta, with a secondary office in Calgary. The company develops and sells hello-intranet, a digital workplace hub fully integrated with Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft Office 365, along with a suite of add-on applications covering vacation and absence management, employee onboarding, time tracking, legislation compliance, risk management, and board and committee management. All products are built natively on top of SharePoint (supporting both Online and On-Premises deployments) with Microsoft Azure serving as the integration layer that connects the products to broader enterprise systems. The product architecture follows a platform-plus-modules model, with hello-intranet acting as the central hub and the add-on applications extending functionality into HR, compliance, risk, and governance workflows.

The company's go-to-market is a direct enterprise field-sales motion, with dedicated phone lines for Edmonton, Calgary, and a toll-free number, and with sales targeting organizations already using Microsoft Office 365 and SharePoint as their core workplace technology platform. Revenue is generated on a subscription basis, with quote-based custom pricing and annual billing cadence; no published price list or self-serve tier is offered. The customer base is segmented horizontally (by use case) rather than by vertical, and the company positions itself as serving organizations globally despite operating from a single country.

The business has been bootstrapped: no funding rounds, acquisitions, leadership changes, regulatory actions, or patent activity are disclosed in the available data. The company reports a headcount band of 11-50 employees and claims a decade-plus of continuous SharePoint product development since 2010. There are no disclosed awards, certifications, or named customer references, and no AI/ML capabilities are referenced in the product descriptions. The principal strategic dependency is on Microsoft's continued openness to third-party SharePoint add-on applications, and the principal strategic risk is competitive displacement as Microsoft itself embeds equivalent functionality (including AI-driven features) directly into Office 365 and SharePoint.

Create Simple firmographics

Firmographics

Name: Create Simple
Legal name: Create Simple inc.
Website: https://createsimple.com
Company type: Private
Founded year: 2010
Operating status: Operating
Headcount range: 11–50 employees
Short description: Create Simple inc. is a Canadian software company that develops hello-intranet, a SharePoint-based digital workplace hub, and a suite of add-on business applications (HR, compliance, risk, governance) for organizations using Microsoft Office 365. It sells enterprise subscriptions globally from offices in Edmonton and Calgary.
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Create Simple industry classification

Industry

Product category: Enterprise Intranet Software
NAICS: Software Publishers (5132), Software Publishers (513210), Software Publishers (51321), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)
SIC: Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)
akta.pro primary industry: Enterprise Application UX, Portals & Low-Code Extensions (BPAEAGAM)
akta.pro secondary industry: Custom Application Development (Web/Mobile/Desktop) (BPAEAFAA)

Keywords

SharePoint intranet software
Digital workplace platform
Employee management apps
SharePoint add-on applications
Microsoft 365 integration

Where Create Simple is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city: Edmonton
HQ country: Canada
HQ region: North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

Create Simple business model

Business model

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

Revenue model

SharePoint Product Sales: Create Simple generates revenue by developing and selling SharePoint-based software products including hello-intranet and various add-on applications. Products are sold as solutions integrated into Microsoft Office 365 environments. The company operates on a subscription model typical for SaaS products delivered via Microsoft ecosystems.

Pricing tiers

Model	Billing	Price
Subscription	Annual	Custom enterprise pricing - Quote-based

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Create Simple product offering

Product offering

Core offering

Create Simple inc. develops and sells SharePoint-based software products, with hello-intranet as its flagship digital workplace hub integrated with Microsoft Office 365. The company offers a suite of add-on applications for vacation management, employee onboarding, time tracking, legislation compliance, risk management, and board governance, all built natively on SharePoint and connected through Microsoft Azure.

Product overview

Create Simple offers a platform-plus-modules architecture centered on hello-intranet as the core product, which serves as a hub for the Modern Digital Workplace integrated with SharePoint and Microsoft Office 365. The company has built various SharePoint product solutions since 2010 including intranets, extranets, reporting hubs, document management systems, time tracking applications, and CRM applications. The product ecosystem is extended through a suite of add-on applications that work within the hello-intranet platform: Vacation & Absence Management App, Employee Onboarding App, Time Tracking App, Legislation Compliance App, Risk Management App, and Board & Committee Management App. All products are built on SharePoint with Azure serving as the integration layer connecting different systems.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

hello-intranet: Digital workplace hub fully integrated with SharePoint and Microsoft Office 365.

Products and services

hello-intranet
Vacation & Absence Management App A SharePoint-based application for managing employee vacation requests and absence tracking within the digital workplace environment. Designed for HR and operations teams at organizations using SharePoint.
Employee Onboarding App A SharePoint-based add-on application designed to streamline employee onboarding processes within the intranet environment. Used by HR teams to standardize and manage new hire workflows.
Time Tracking App A SharePoint-integrated time tracking application for recording employee work hours within the digital workplace. Used by managers and operations teams to track billable or project time.
Legislation Compliance App A SharePoint-based add-on application for managing legislation compliance requirements within an organization. Targeted at compliance officers and legal teams.
Risk Management App A risk management application built on SharePoint for identifying, tracking, and managing organizational risks. Used by risk and compliance teams at enterprises.
Board & Committee Management App A SharePoint-based application for managing board and committee meetings, documentation, and governance processes. Targeted at corporate secretaries and governance teams.

Companies that use Create Simple

Customer profile

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Create Simple technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API: No
API docs
API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature7 records

Create Simple partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

Microsoft Office 365coreTechnology or IntegrationCreate Simple develops products that integrate directly into Microsoft Office 365. The company leverages Office 365 as the foundational platform for its product suite, including hello-intranet and all add-on applications.
Microsoft SharePoint (Online & On-Premises)coreTechnology or IntegrationAll Create Simple products are built on top of SharePoint, providing the core infrastructure for intranet solutions and business applications. Products support both SharePoint Online and On-Premises deployments.
Microsoft AzurecoreTechnology or IntegrationAzure serves as the integration layer that connects different systems together, enabling Create Simple products to work seamlessly across various Microsoft and third-party systems.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Create Simple competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Emerging players

Akari Solutions: Akari Solutions builds SharePoint-based intranet and digital workplace products for Microsoft 365, with comparable module offerings around HR and compliance — an emerging ISV in the same SharePoint-native niche as Create Simple.
Sitrion (One Domino): Sitrion is a Microsoft 365 / SharePoint ISV focused on employee experience, HR self-service, and intranet scenarios on top of SharePoint — overlapping meaningfully with Create Simple's HR and intranet add-on modules.

Broad incumbents

AvePoint: AvePoint is a large, well-funded Microsoft 365 / SharePoint ISV offering a much broader portfolio spanning migration, governance, compliance, and intranet/employee experience — overlapping with Create Simple's SharePoint-based governance, compliance, and intranet apps, but at significantly greater scale.
LumApps: LumApps is a larger, well-funded intranet and employee experience platform that integrates with Microsoft 365 / SharePoint (and Google Workspace), competing for the same enterprise digital workplace budget that Create Simple addresses with hello-intranet.
Workplace from Meta: Workplace from Meta is a broader enterprise collaboration and intranet platform; while not SharePoint-native, it competes for the same employee-experience and digital-workplace budget that Create Simple targets with its hub-and-module suite.
Microsoft Viva: Microsoft Viva is Microsoft's natively bundled employee experience platform for Microsoft 365, including Viva Connections (intranet hub), Topics, Learning, and Insights — the most consequential incumbent threat to Create Simple's hello-intranet and engagement modules.

Direct peers

Valo Solutions: Valo (now part of Limeade) is a SharePoint-based intranet and digital workplace platform with a portfolio of add-on apps for HR, knowledge management, and branding, competing head-to-head with hello-intranet inside Microsoft 365 tenants.
Lightning Tools: Lightning Tools has built SharePoint add-on products for over a decade, including intranet, document management, and reporting tools — closely comparable to Create Simple's SharePoint product development heritage and module-based catalogue.
Beezy (Xplus): Beezy (now part of Xplus) offers a SharePoint-based modern intranet and digital employee experience platform, directly competing with hello-intranet for Microsoft 365 customers seeking an out-of-the-box intranet hub.
Powell Software: Powell Software builds intranet and digital workplace solutions natively on Microsoft 365 and SharePoint, including a hub platform plus modular apps for HR, communications, and employee engagement — the closest direct comp to Create Simple's hello-intranet plus add-on suite.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Create Simple financial estimates

Financial estimate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Create Simple leadership team

Management profile

Number of profiles

Create Simple funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

Create Simple M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A

Investments

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

Frequently asked questions about Create Simple

What does Create Simple do?

Is Create Simple a public or private company?

Create Simple is a private company. It is classified as unknown and is currently operating.

When was Create Simple founded?

Create Simple was founded in 2010. It employs 11 to 50 people.

Where is Create Simple based?

Create Simple is headquartered in Edmonton, Canada, in the North America region.

How does Create Simple make money?

One revenue line is on record: sharePoint Product Sales.

Who are Create Simple's main competitors?

Emerging players on record are Akari Solutions and Sitrion (One Domino). Broad incumbents are AvePoint, LumApps, Workplace from Meta and Microsoft Viva. Direct peers are Valo Solutions, Lightning Tools, Beezy (Xplus) and Powell Software.

Does Create Simple have an API?

No public API is recorded for Create Simple.

What industry is Create Simple in?

Create Simple's product category is Enterprise Intranet Software. Its primary akta.pro industry code is BPAEAGAM, Enterprise Application UX, Portals & Low-Code Extensions, with a secondary code of BPAEAFAA, Custom Application Development (Web/Mobile/Desktop). Its NAICS code is 5132 and its SIC code is 7372.