Internal communication and chat for frontline teams
Internal communication for staff with no desk and no work email: a staff messaging app with private chats, group chats and shift chats in your own branded app, so work conversations move out of WhatsApp and other personal messaging apps and into a place the company controls.
Included in every Monotree plan, with no add-ons
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Manager chat
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Emilia JohnsonCopenhagen is ready for the summer 🔥
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Thomas JonesLooks incredible 🤩 Oslo will be ready too! -
Amazing job @Emilia 🎉
See you at 18:00 🍹 |
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Thomas Brooks
Emilia Johnson
Did the new uniforms arrive?
Yes, I have them ✌️
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CopenhagenWorking today • 5
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Work chat, without the workarounds
Included in every Monotree plan, with no add-ons
Chat is where your employees message each other in the Monotree app. Private and group chats reach anyone in the company, without sharing phone numbers and without anyone adding people to groups by hand.
It is built for people who work shifts, in restaurants, hotels, shops and anywhere else the team is not at a desk. When Monotree is connected to your shift planning system, a chat with the people working the same day is one tap away, and it is hidden again once the day has passed.
Messages are encrypted in transit and at rest on a dedicated server in the EU, and an employee who leaves the company loses access to the conversations when their account is closed.
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Fully encrypted for maximum safety
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One-click shift chats with people working that day
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Push notifications on messages, replies and reactions
Everything a work chat needs
Everything people expect from a messaging app, plus the parts a workplace needs.
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Encrypted messages
Messages are encrypted in transit and at rest, and stored on your own dedicated server in the EU.
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Shift chats
Open a chat with everyone working the same day in one tap. Shift chats come from your shift plan and are hidden again when the day has passed.
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Voice messages, photos and video
Send voice messages, images, videos, files and GIFs. Long voice messages can be played back at a higher speed.
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Replies, reactions and forwarding
Reply to a specific message, react with an emoji or forward a message to another chat. You can also add a content reference, such as a handbook chapter or a course, so colleagues open it straight from the chat.
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Pinned messages
Pin the message everyone needs to see at the top of a chat, and let the pin expire on its own.
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Search across chats
Find an old message in any chat without scrolling back through weeks of conversation.
Ready to chat from day one
Everyone is already in the app with their department and team, so the first message can go out the day you launch, without collecting a single phone number.
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Everyone is already there
Employees and departments come from your HR or shift planning system, so colleagues find each other by name. No phone numbers are shared.
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Start a chat
Message one colleague, create a group, or open the shift chat for the people you work with today. From any chat you can also start a voice or video call.
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Get notified
A push notification arrives on messages, replies and reactions. Quiet hours and vacation mode keep chat silent during time off.
Work chat for the floor, the office and HQ
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Employees
One place to reach colleagues and managers, kept apart from private messaging apps.
- Find any colleague by name, without a phone number
- Ask a quick question in the shift chat, or start a call straight from the chat
- Set quiet hours so chat stays silent off shift
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Managers
Reach the people at work today in seconds, not the whole department.
- One-tap chat with everyone on the same shift
- Pin the message the team must not miss
- Share photos, files and voice messages from the floor
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HQ
Work conversations stay in a system the company owns and can account for.
- Decide who is allowed to create group chats
- Access ends when an employee account is closed
- Hosted in the EU under a data processing agreement
What customers say
Read the storyThe cooperation within the hotel is driven a lot through Monotree and we are all part of it. It's made clear from the start that you have to be on that platform. Because that's where we get into contact with each other.
The platform behind chat
Every Monotree feature runs on the same groups, translations, notifications and security, so you set things up once and it works everywhere.
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Targeting by department and role
Reach the departments, job titles or custom groups something concerns. Groups can follow your HR or shift planning system.
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Automatic translations
Content is translated automatically, so every employee reads it in their own language.
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Push notifications with quiet hours
Employees get a push when something concerns them. Quiet hours, muting and vacation mode keep work out of their time off.
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One price, everything included
One price per user covers every feature, AI, integrations, personal onboarding and support.
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Hosted in the EU on your own server
A dedicated server per customer in the EU, encryption in transit and at rest, and an ISAE 3000 assurance report issued by BDO.
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Open to AI and your other systems
Connect Claude, ChatGPT or your own systems with the MCP server, Open API and webhooks.
See MCP & API
When a chat message is not enough
Chat is for conversations. These features take over when a message needs a wider audience or a longer life.
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Social walls
Posts the whole department should see, react to and comment on belong on a wall, not in a group chat.
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News
When a message must reach everyone and be confirmed as read, send it as news instead.
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Events
Every event has its own comment thread, so planning the staff party does not drown in the group chat.
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To-do lists
Tasks that come up in a chat are easier to keep track of on the to-do list for the shift.
More about to-do lists
Questions about chat
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Can I share a handbook or a course in a chat?
Yes. Add a content reference to a message, such as a handbook, a chapter, a course or a collection, and colleagues open it straight from the chat. The app tells you if some people in the chat do not have access to it.
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Can Monotree replace WhatsApp or Messenger for work chat?
Yes, and that is what most companies use it for. Employees chat in your own branded app, find colleagues by name instead of phone number, and lose access when they leave the company. Private messaging apps give the company none of that control.
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Are chat messages encrypted?
Yes. Messages are encrypted in transit and at rest, and each customer runs on a dedicated server in the EU.
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How do shift chats work?
When Monotree is connected to your shift planning system, the app knows who works when. An employee can open a chat with everyone on the same shift in one tap, and the chat is hidden again after the shift.
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Can employees call each other in the app?
Yes. Voice and video calls are part of Monotree and included in the price.
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Can employees turn off notifications outside working hours?
Yes. Each employee can set quiet hours per weekday, mute individual chats and turn on vacation mode.
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Can other systems send messages into a chat?
Yes. With incoming webhooks and bots, your own systems can post into a chat or send a direct message to one employee. The message is clearly marked as coming from a bot, not a colleague.
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Do we pay extra for chat?
No. Monotree has one price per user, and it covers every feature including chat, along with AI, integrations, personal onboarding and live chat support. There are no modules or add-ons.
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Can employees use chat on both iPhone and Android?
Yes. Your employees use Monotree as your own branded app on iPhone and Android, and administrators manage content and settings in a web-based CMS.
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Move work chat into your own app Private, group and shift chats.
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