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ActivTrak vs Visier

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

Starting price

ActivTrak

$10/worker/mo Free tier 14 day free trial

ActivTrak is workforce analytics software for companies that want data on productivity, capacity and AI adoption without heavy surveillance features. Paid plans run from $10 to $21 per worker per month, billed annually, and there is a free plan for up to 3 workers. A 14-day trial covers the Workforce Management plus Productivity Optimization bundle.

Where ActivTrak fits

  • Operations leaders sizing team capacity and workload
  • Companies measuring AI tool adoption across staff
  • Hybrid teams tracking schedule adherence
  • Small teams starting on the free 3-worker plan

Visier

Sales-quoted

Visier is the enterprise standard for people analytics: one governed model of the whole workforce, thousands of pre-built metrics, benchmarks against other enterprises, and Vee, an AI agent that answers workforce questions wherever people already work. It is sales-quoted and built for large organisations, so a small team or agency will find it out of reach.

Where Visier fits

  • Enterprise HR and talent leaders who need one trusted picture of headcount, cost and attrition
  • People analytics teams that want to hand routine questions to an agent
  • HR and Finance teams planning headcount and org design from the same numbers
  • IT teams that want AI agents on people data with permissions enforced at the source

At a glance

DetailActivTrakVisier
Starting price$10/worker/moSales-quoted
Free tier✓Yes–No
Free trial14 day free trialNot on record
MCP server✓Yes✓Yes
Public API✓Yes✓Yes
Listed underPeople analytics, Workforce managementPeople analytics
Capterra4.5 from 591 reviewsNot enough reviews

Where they pull apart

ActivTrak

Stands out: Pricing is public and granular, from $10 Work Activity Tracking to $21 Workflow, with a free 3-worker plan. ActivTrak also ships its own hosted MCP server for Claude, so managers can ask productivity and utilization questions in plain language while their ActivTrak permissions still apply.

Watch out: Many useful pieces are add-ons: screenshots and full URLs need Screen Details, API and BI access need ActivConnect, and AI Insights and HRIS sync cost extra. Contracts are annual only, and more than 50 licenses requires a paid support plan.

Not the right fit for

  • Security teams that need DLP, keystroke logging or blocking
  • Buyers who want month-to-month billing

Visier

Stands out: Vee and the MCP server. Most analytics vendors give you dashboards; Visier gives every leader an agent that answers a workforce question in Slack, Teams or Copilot, and lets your own Claude or ChatGPT agents query the same governed data over MCP with each person's permissions intact. Sixteen years of benchmark data tell you whether your turnover or time to fill is normal.

Watch out: No public pricing and no free trial: this is a sales-led enterprise purchase, with independent estimates running well into five or six figures a year. It reads your HR systems rather than replacing them, so the value depends on how clean your HRIS and ATS data are, and answers reflect the last data load, not live records.

Not the right fit for

  • Small companies and agencies without an HRIS worth analysing
  • Teams that need recruiting-only reporting an ATS already provides
  • Anyone who needs a published price or a self-serve trial

Pros and cons

ActivTrak

  • Public per-worker pricing and a free 3-worker plan
  • 14-day trial of the top workforce bundle
  • Vendor-built MCP server for Claude
  • Screenshots, API and HRIS sync are paid add-ons
  • Annual contracts only
  • Paid support required above 50 licenses

Visier

  • One governed workforce model across HR, ATS and finance data
  • Vee answers questions in Slack, Teams and Copilot, not just in a dashboard
  • First-party MCP server with permissions enforced at the source
  • Benchmarks from a very large customer base
  • Pre-built connectors for the major HRIS and ATS platforms
  • Sales-quoted only, no free trial
  • Built for large organisations; overkill for small teams
  • Answers reflect the last data load, not live records

What each one costs

ActivTrak

$10/worker/mo

ActivTrak has a Free plan for up to 3 workers with 30 days of data history. Paid plans are billed annually per worker per month: Work Activity Tracking $10, Workforce Management $15, Productivity Optimization $17 and Workflow $21. Bundling Workforce Management with Productivity Optimization saves 30%. Add-ons include Screen Details, ActivConnect API, HRIS integration, AI Insights and extra data history at $1 per worker per month. Only annual contracts are offered, and a paid support plan is required above 50 licenses. The 14-day free trial unlocks the Workforce Management plus Productivity Optimization bundle, then drops to the Free plan. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 4 Nov 2026

Visier

Sales-quoted

Sales-quoted, with no public rate card and no free trial. Visier is sold to mid-market and enterprise organisations, priced by organisation size and the modules chosen; the Visier MCP Server is bundled with Vee, the people-analytics agent. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 4 Nov 2026

Common questions

Can you try ActivTrak or Visier for free?
ActivTrak carries a free tier on our listing. ActivTrak offers a 14 day free trial.
Does ActivTrak or Visier have an MCP server?
ActivTrak and Visier ship a first party MCP server, so an AI assistant can work the product directly.

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Editorial listings, never paid rankings. Prices checked 4 Nov 2026. Confirm current terms on the vendor site. Spot an error?