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Onboarding and support
Everything you need to get started — like a custom domain — plus a 24/7 help center -
Content library
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Writing help
Tap a virtual assistant and HQ's Smart Brevity tips to accelerate your writing -
Collaboration
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Audience segmentation
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Analytics
Essential metrics — like open and click rates — to see how your audience is engaging
Advanced
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Dedicated success team
Hands-on support throughout your journey to help you meet your goals faster -
Premium branding
Create custom templates and brand guidelines for your own communications -
Polls
Anonymously poll your audience to get direct feedback about your communications -
Calendar
Manage all your comms in one view and set up, schedule, or reschedule when they send -
Routines
Stay consistent by automatically setting up your next edition on any cadence you create -
Single sign-on and approvals
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Integrations
Sync to HRI systems, Hubspot, or Salesforce, and send to email, Slack, Teams, SharePoint
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Strategic communication support
Access HQ's comms and editorial experts for strategy, training, and other best practices -
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Custom rules
Create your own language checks to standardize your org's communications
Smart Brevity Services
Our training and editing programs can level up your team's Smart Brevity skills.
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Total communication series | 3 included* | 3 included* | 3 included* | |||
Messages sent annually | 5,000 included* | 5,000 included* | 5,000 included* | |||
Workspaces available to you | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||
💬 Support
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Onboarding session | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |||
Email support | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |||
In-app chat | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |||
24/7 help center | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |||
Dedicated success team | ✔️ | ✔️ | ||||
Customized onboarding | ✔️ | ✔️ | ||||
Live technical support | ✔️ | ✔️ | ||||
Strategic communication support | ✔️ | |||||
📊 Analytics | ||||||
Content analytics | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |||
Audience analytics | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |||
Audience polls & feedback | ✔️ | ✔️ | ||||
🧠 Strategy | ||||||
Plain text emails | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |||
Content library | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |||
Comments | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |||
Routines | ✔️ | ✔️ | ||||
Calendar | ✔️ | ✔️ | ||||
🗣️ Audience | ||||||
Segmentation | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |||
Resend to unread | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |||
Directory sync | ✔️ | ✔️ | ||||
Org-level audience | Public Audiences Only | ✔️ | ✔️ | |||
✍️ Writing | ||||||
Communication series templates | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |||
Smart Brevity Guidance | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |||
Card templates | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |||
Assistant | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |||
Language review | ✔️ | |||||
🎨 Branding | ||||||
Custom domain | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |||
Custom formatting | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |||
Brand kits | ✔️ | ✔️ | ||||
Custom templates | ✔️ | ✔️ | ||||
Custom rules | ✔️ | |||||
🔗 Integrations | ||||||
Slack & Teams | ✔️ | ✔️ | ||||
Microsoft SharePoint | ✔️ | ✔️ | ||||
Hubspot & Salesforce | ✔️ | ✔️ | ||||
🗓️ Admin | ||||||
Role-based access | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |||
Single sign-on | ✔️ | ✔️ | ||||
Approvals | ✔️ | ✔️ | ||||
*Users have the option to upgrade communication series and message limits |
Frequently asked questions
Don't see the answer you're looking for? Email us at hello@axioshq.com
What is Smart Brevity?
Smart Brevity is a communications formula built by journalists — then perfected inside of hundreds of organizations — to help professionals prioritize essential information, explain its impact on readers, and deliver both in a concise and visual format.
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Most Smart Brevity communications are 40-50% shorter than typical updates, with all the same vital details preserved.
It works because it's built on brain science. We spent years digging into data and changing reader behaviors to learn what keeps folks engaged.
How does Axios HQ calculate pricing?
We work with teams of all sizes — from small nonprofits to the Fortune 500.
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Our plans have volume-based pricing by campaign and message.
How is Axios HQ different from other communications tools?
Axios HQ helps you curate, compose, optimize, and send essential workplace updates that are shorter, clearer, and more engaging than traditional updates.
While most tools give you endless options — and leave you lost trying to figure out a way to engage your readers — Axios HQ gives you proven best practices.
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HQ's template is pressure-tested to boost focus.
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Smart Brevity writing tips are proven to keep readers engaged.
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HQ's analytics track performance — plus competitive benchmarks.
In short: Axios HQ takes the guesswork out of clear communication. It gives you the power to preserve your messaging, branding, voice and tone — with the guidance to make sure your insight is unmissable to busy readers.
Is Axios HQ only for writers or communicators?
No! Axios HQ can help anyone write and send essential updates that get their audience smarter, faster on what matters.
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Executives send all-staff, investor, and board updates.
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Chiefs of staff send executive briefings and cross-functional updates.
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Department leaders send team priorities and progress.
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Employees send project- and manager-level updates.
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Association and nonprofit leaders send community updates.
Communication is part and parcel of everyday life – regardless of your audience — and good comms are essential to helping others understand your point quickly and accurately.
Can I use Axios HQ if I am a consultant or self-employed?
Axios HQ is an innovative software platform designed for companies with more than 50 employees or nonprofits and associations with growing communities.