Bundled economics · Last reviewed May 2026

One subscription. Six categories of SaaS. Replaced.

Quick answer: A typical 100-user organisation spends £2,000-£4,500 per month on a standalone org chart SaaS, a wiki SaaS, a policy management SaaS, a recognition platform, an events tool, and assorted noticeboard kludges. Athena Essentials at £290 per month per tenant bundles purpose-built webparts for every one of those, inside your existing SharePoint, with no per-user fee.

This isn't a “swiss army knife” pitch. Each webpart is purpose-built. The Org Chart pulls from Microsoft Graph automatically. The Knowledge Base self-provisions its backing list and gives you rich-text editing and search. Policy Pulse handles compliance acknowledgement with Entra audience targeting. The Noticeboard runs five use cases (internal jobs, kudos, safety alerts, classifieds, notices) out of one self-provisioning list. We just bundled them.

The arithmetic

For a 100-user company.

The cost of the standalone SaaS stack most companies accumulate over time, against the all-in Athena Essentials subscription.

What you're paying for separately todayTypical category leadersMonthly cost
Org chart & staff directoryPingboard, Sift, ChartHop£500-£800
Knowledge base / internal wikiConfluence, Document360, Helpjuice£500-£1,000
Policy management with acknowledgement trackingPowerDMS, ConvergePoint, Mitratech£500-£1,500
Employee recognition / kudosBonusly, Workhuman, Kazoo (WorkTango)£300-£700
Internal events / calendar toolsVarious add-ons, EventPro, custom builds£200-£500
Internal job board / mobility platformCustom builds, Workday Talent add-ons£0-£500
Total monthly spend on separate SaaSSix vendors. Six logins. Six invoices.£2,000-£4,500/mo
£2,000-£4,500 / month
becomes
£290 / month per tenant with Athena Essentials

Verify each competitor's current pricing on their site before purchase. Ranges shown are typical mid-market public pricing for the year ending May 2026.

Watch the bundle

A two-minute tour of every category.

Org Chart, Knowledge Base, Policy Pulse, Events, and the five-category Noticeboard, running on a live tenant.

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Athena bundle: every category in 90 seconds
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Inside the bundle

Seven purpose-built webparts. One subscription.

Each Athena webpart is purpose-built for the category it replaces. None of these is a “we have a feature called that” rough approximation.

Org chart & staff directory

Org Chart & DirectoryTypical SaaS: £5-8/user/mo

Graph-backed: job title, department, manager, photo, all auto-populated from Microsoft 365. Three chart layouts (auto-tree, department lanes, manual drag). Per-field manual override system with pink “OVERRIDE” badges so admins can fix stale Azure AD data without affecting other fields. Department and region filters. Render-time photo cache (no expired blob URLs). Toggles between hierarchical chart and searchable directory grid.

Replaces typical buy: Pingboard, Sift, ChartHop, OrgChart Now.

Knowledge base / internal wiki

Knowledge BaseTypical SaaS: £5-10/user/mo

Self-provisioning rich-text article catalogue with search, attachments, image upload, and deep-linking. One tenant list: no separate site collection required. Internal helpdesk / HR / IT KB without standing up a separate site or buying a third-party KB SaaS.

Replaces typical buy: Confluence, Document360, Helpjuice, ServiceNow KB add-ons.

Policy management & acknowledgement

Policy PulseTypical SaaS: £5-15/user/mo

Compliance acknowledgement workflows with six display modes: bottom-floating banner with pulses, sidebar/toast ring-pulse, CTA breathe variants. Entra audience targeting pre-resolved per policy. Self-provisioning lists for policy records and acknowledgement events. Hydrate-on-form admin editor defends against echo-render bugs. Sells itself to HR, Compliance, and IT Security teams who currently chase policy acknowledgements over email.

Replaces typical buy: PowerDMS, ConvergePoint, Mitratech (for the acknowledgement-tracking layer; full document-lifecycle management may still require a dedicated platform).

Internal job postings & mobility

Noticeboard / Job VacancyTypical alt: ad hoc / Workday add-ons

The Noticeboard's Job Vacancy category lets the talent or HR team post internal openings with pinning, urgent-sort, audience targeting per department, and rich descriptions. Current employees see open roles where they already look, on the intranet, instead of inside an ATS portal they rarely log into. Most SMBs have no internal-mobility platform at all today; Athena gives them one without a separate purchase.

Replaces typical buy: Workday Talent's internal-mobility add-ons (for the publishing layer); for full applicant tracking, interview scheduling, and structured assessment, a dedicated talent platform remains valuable.

Employee recognition & kudos

Noticeboard / KudosTypical SaaS: £3-7/user/mo

Public recognition published as Kudos noticeboard entries with pinning, audience targeting, and rich-text. For organisations whose recognition programmes are visibility-driven (publicly acknowledging wins, celebrating team members), Athena covers the core without per-user fees. For monetary rewards, points-based incentives, or analytics-rich recognition mechanics, dedicated platforms remain stronger.

Replaces typical buy: Bonusly, Workhuman, Kazoo (WorkTango), for the visibility layer of recognition programmes.

Events calendar & intranet events

Events HeroTypical SaaS: £2-5/user/mo

Self-provisioning Athena Events list. Filmstrip carousel (positionable right or bottom). Editorial date hero block (56px day numeral, month/year, time, atmospheric mesh background). Date-chip overlay on horizontal cards. Pulse-dot UPCOMING label. Split date/time inputs: no fiddly OS-native time spinners. Admin staff manage events from inside the webpart, not through SharePoint list views.

Replaces typical buy: standalone intranet event add-ons; custom event builds in SharePoint.

Safety alerts, classifieds, and general notices

Noticeboard / Notice · Safety Alert · Classified · OpportunityTypical alt: email blasts or nothing

The Noticeboard's remaining four categories handle high-volume internal communications that most organisations currently push over email or a literal corkboard: Safety Alerts (regulated industries especially), Classifieds (staff selling, asking, sharing), Opportunity (volunteering, project asks), and general Notices. Pinned and urgent sorting. Audience-targetable. Fullscreen admin CRUD. One webpart replaces five email mailing lists.

Replaces typical buy: nothing, but the operational cost of “email blasts and chase” is real and quantifiable.
Honest comparison

Where a standalone tool is still the right call.

Worked example

A 100-user company in year one.

Cost lineStandalone stack (typical)Athena Essentials
Org chart SaaS£600/moIncluded
Knowledge base SaaS£700/moIncluded
Policy management SaaS£800/moIncluded
Employee recognition SaaS£500/moIncluded
Events tool£300/moIncluded
Internal job board£0-£500/moIncluded
Noticeboard / safety / classifiedsemail kludgeIncluded
Athena Essentials subscription-£290/mo
Year-one cost~£35,000-£50,000£3,480

Ranges assume mid-market public pricing for each competitor category as of May 2026. Actual savings depend on which combination of standalone tools the organisation currently runs. A 100-user organisation already paying for 3 of the 6 categories typically still saves £15,000+ per year by consolidating into Athena. See the per-tenant pricing comparison against ShortPoint →

FAQ

Frequently asked questions.

Athena bundles several point-solution categories into one SharePoint-native platform. Each is a purpose-built webpart in Athena and a standalone SaaS subscription in most other organisations: Org Chart and Staff Directory (typically Pingboard, Sift, ChartHop, £5-8/user/month); Knowledge Base or wiki (typically Confluence, Document360, £5-10/user/month); Policy Management with acknowledgement tracking (typically PowerDMS, ConvergePoint, £5-15/user/month); Employee Recognition or Kudos (typically Bonusly, Workhuman, Kazoo, £3-7/user/month); Internal Job Postings and mobility (typically larger HR platforms like Workday Talent at significantly higher cost); Internal Events Calendar; and a general Staff Noticeboard with classifieds and notices. Athena bundles all of these into a single £290/month per-tenant subscription with no per-user charges.

One subscription. One tenant. One pricing line.

Athena Essentials covers org chart, wiki, policy management, kudos, internal job board, events, and noticeboard, for £290/month flat. 21-day free trial, no credit card.

Built by Lewis Enright Limited, United Kingdom. Last reviewed . Pingboard, Sift, ChartHop, Confluence, Document360, PowerDMS, ConvergePoint, Bonusly, Workhuman, Kazoo, Workday, and other product names are trademarks of their respective owners. References on this page describe publicly documented features and typical mid-market pricing at time of writing. Verify current pricing on each vendor's site before purchase.
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