You probably already use Facebook at work. Now, Facebook is creating a separate version aimed at helping you do actual work instead of catching up on baby photos and political chatter.

Facebook is launching a communications tool Monday for businesses, nonprofits and other organizations.

Called Workplace, the platform is ad-free and isn’t connected to existing Facebook accounts. Instead, employers sign up as an organization. 

Businesses have to pay, but Facebook is offering it to schools and nonprofits for free.

Organizations have used Workplace, previously called Facebook at Work, on an invite-only basis for the past 18 months. Facebook says more than 1,000 places use it, up from 450 six months ago.

“Now, more than 1,000 organizations around the world use Workplace (formerly known as Facebook at Work). People have created nearly 100,000 groups and the top five countries using Workplace are India, the US, Norway, UK and France. We’re excited by the progress we’ve made and the level of adoption and engagement we’re seeing,” Facebook said in a blog post about the new service..

“So today we’re announcing that Workplace will now be available to any company or organization that wants to use it.”

Besides group chats and video calls, Workplace has live video and a news feed, much like the regular Facebook.

Pricing:

  • Free 3-month trial period
  • $3 Up to 1k monthly active users
  • $2 1,001 – 10k monthly active users
  • $1 10,001+ monthly active users
  • Free for Non-Profits and Educational Institutions

The service includes:

  • Unlimited file, photo, and video storage
  • Unlimited team and project groups
  • Live video streaming
  • Monitoring tools for IT teams
  • 1:1 support for administrators
  • Secure collaboration between companies
  • Single-sign on (SSO) support
  • Integration with G Suite, Okta, OneLogin, Ping, Windows Azure AD

What Workplace is all about

“The workplace is about more than just communicating between desks within the walls of an office. Some people spend their entire workday on the go, on their mobile phone. Others spend all day out in the field, or on the road. We’ve been amazed by the breadth of organizations who’ve embraced Workplace — from a shipping company that can now connect with their ship crews using Live video, to a bank that now uses Workplace instead of fax machines and newsletters to share updates with its distributed bank branches,” facebook said.

“Large multinational companies like Danone, Starbucks and Booking.com, international nonprofits such as Oxfam, and regional leaders such as YES Bank in India and the Government Technology Agency of Singapore have all embraced Workplace. People work in different ways, around the world, and Workplace’s mission is to help them stay connected.”