Head to head

Blink vs LumApps

Same facts, side by side: starting price, free tier, MCP, API and what each one is actually built for.

Blink

$3.75/user/mo Free trial

Mobile-first frontline employee app for news, tasks, and chat. Core is $3.75/user/mo billed annually.

Where Blink fits

  • Deskless and frontline workforces
  • Comms teams that need a phone app, not a SharePoint homepage
  • Workday or ServiceNow customers
  • Buyers who want a public per-user number

LumApps

Sales-quoted

Enterprise intranet on Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace. Pricing is sales-quoted.

Where LumApps fits

  • Enterprises standardised on Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace
  • Internal comms teams that need a true intranet
  • Companies with desk plus frontline populations
  • IT-led buys that care about Workday and ServiceNow

At a glance

DetailBlinkLumApps
Starting price$3.75/user/moSales-quoted
Free tier–No–No
Free trialYesNot on record
MCP server–No–No
Public API–No✓Yes
Listed underInternal communicationsInternal communications
Capterra4.7 from 133 reviews4.1 from 39 reviews

Where they pull apart

Blink

Stands out: A public frontline-app price, with Workday, ServiceNow, Okta, and Google Workspace named, instead of an enterprise intranet quote.

Watch out: Core is the news-and-chat rung. Pro is $5.00/user/mo. Enterprise is custom. This is not a full intranet CMS.

Not the right fit for

  • Knowledge-worker companies that already live in Slack
  • Enterprises that need a full intranet CMS
  • Buyers who want a free plan

LumApps

Stands out: Intranet that sits on M365 or Google rather than replacing them, with Beekeeper frontline features now under the LumApps umbrella.

Watch out: Quote-only. This is an intranet and comms platform, not an ATS and not a cheap employee app.

Not the right fit for

  • SMBs
  • Buyers who need a public per-user price
  • Teams that only want peer recognition

Pros and cons

Blink

  • Public $3.75 Core seat billed annually
  • Built for frontline phones, not a desktop intranet
  • Workday, ServiceNow, and Okta named
  • Not a full intranet CMS
  • Integration list is not published in detail
  • Knowledge-worker Slack shops will not need it

LumApps

  • Native to Microsoft 365 and Google rather than a parallel intranet island
  • Workday, ServiceNow, Teams, and Slack named
  • Frontline plus desk in one vendor family
  • Quote-only, with no published rate card
  • Overkill for a Slack-only company
  • Another destination to maintain alongside M365 or Google

What each one costs

Blink

$3.75/user/mo

Public Core plan from about $3.75/user/mo billed annually. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 12 Sep 2026

LumApps

Sales-quoted

Sales-quoted. API available. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 12 Sep 2026

Common questions

Can you try Blink or LumApps for free?
Neither carries a free tier on our listing. Blink offers a free trial.

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Editorial listings, never paid rankings. Prices checked 12 Sep 2026. Confirm current terms on the vendor site. Spot an error?