Head to head

Firstup vs Workvivo

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

Firstup

Sales-quoted

Enterprise communications across email, app, and workplace tools. Pricing is sales-quoted.

Where Firstup fits

  • Enterprise internal comms teams
  • Companies that must reach desk, email, and frontline in one campaign
  • Workday or ServiceNow customers
  • Buyers comparing Firstup to an intranet they already have

Workvivo

Sales-quoted Free trial

Employee experience intranet (now under Zoom). Pricing is sales-quoted.

Where Workvivo fits

  • Companies replacing email-blast intranet
  • Frontline and deskless comms
  • Orgs already on Zoom
  • HR and IC teams that want a feed plus spaces

At a glance

DetailFirstupWorkvivo
Starting priceSales-quotedSales-quoted
Free tier–No–No
Free trialNot on recordYes
MCP server–No–No
Public API–No–No
Listed underInternal communicationsInternal communications
CapterraNot enough reviews4.7 from 136 reviews

Where they pull apart

Firstup

Stands out: Orchestration of comms across channels, not another intranet CMS. Workday and ServiceNow sit on the integrations story.

Watch out: Quote-only enterprise comms. A 50-person company does not need Firstup.

Not the right fit for

  • SMBs
  • Teams that only need Slack announcements
  • Buyers who need a public per-user price

Workvivo

Stands out: A social intranet with a news feed employees will actually open, now sitting in the Zoom estate for companies already standardised there.

Watch out: Quote-only. Zoom ownership is a procurement fact: you may be buying inside a Zoom conversation, not from a standalone intranet vendor.

Not the right fit for

  • SMBs that wanted Slack plus a Google Site
  • Buyers who need a public per-user price
  • IT teams standardised on SharePoint/Viva and unwilling to add a feed

Pros and cons

Firstup

  • Multi-channel comms orchestration rather than a single intranet page
  • Workday and ServiceNow named
  • Built for enterprises that already have an intranet and still miss people
  • Quote-only
  • Wrong size for SMB
  • Not a full intranet replacement by itself

Workvivo

  • Feed-style intranet people open
  • Zoom-owned, useful if that is already the comms spine
  • HRIS connectors including BambooHR and Gusto
  • Sales-quoted only
  • Another destination besides Slack/Teams if you are not careful
  • Not an HRIS

What each one costs

Firstup

Sales-quoted

Sales-quoted. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 12 Sep 2026

Workvivo

Sales-quoted

Sales-quoted. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 12 Sep 2026

Common questions

Can you try Firstup or Workvivo for free?
Neither carries a free tier on our listing. Workvivo offers a free trial.

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Editorial listings, never paid rankings. Prices checked 12 Sep 2026. Confirm current terms on the vendor site. Spot an error?