Head to head

Headspace for Work vs Modern Health

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

Headspace for Work

Sales-quoted

Employer mindfulness, coaching, and therapy SKU on top of the Headspace app. Pricing is sales-quoted. Sword has announced it is acquiring Headspace.

Where Headspace for Work fits

  • Employers that want mindfulness content people will actually open
  • Companies adding coaching and therapy on top of an existing meditation habit
  • Microsoft 365 shops that will surface sessions in Teams
  • HR teams that want one brand from stress content through EAP

Modern Health

Sales-quoted

Employer mental-health benefit covering therapy, coaching, and digital care across a global provider network. Pricing is sales-quoted per employee.

Where Modern Health fits

  • Global employers that need one mental-health vendor across countries and languages
  • Benefits teams replacing a low-utilization EAP
  • Companies that want coaching and clinical care on the same member app
  • HR leaders who need workforce-level utilization reporting

At a glance

DetailHeadspace for WorkModern Health
Starting priceSales-quotedSales-quoted
Free tier–No–No
MCP server–No–No
Public API–No–No
Listed underWellbeingWellbeing

Where they pull apart

Headspace for Work

Stands out: Employees already know the Headspace brand, so the work SKU is a daily-use meditation layer that can also route into coaching and clinical care instead of a net-new EAP login.

Watch out: This is not the consumer Headspace subscription. The work plan is a quoted employer contract covering EAP, Care, Companion, and Core SKUs. Sword's announced acquisition is a product-direction risk to put in the vendor-stability section of the RFP.

Not the right fit for

  • Buyers who only need the consumer app at App Store prices
  • Teams that want a gym network rather than mental-health content
  • Anyone who needs a public PEPM before talking to sales

Modern Health

Stands out: One Adaptive Care stack that can send someone to a coach, a therapist, a Circle, or a Pathway without a separate EAP login, which is why multi-country benefits teams buy it.

Watch out: This is a quote-only PEPM benefits contract. Session counts, family coverage, and substance-use care are plan terms, not a public seat price, so finance should price the actual utilization band before comparing it to a consumer meditation app.

Not the right fit for

  • Teams that only want a mindfulness app at consumer-app prices
  • Buyers who need a public self-serve price
  • Companies that will not fund clinical sessions

Pros and cons

Headspace for Work

  • Brand employees already recognize
  • One ladder from meditation through coaching, EAP, and care
  • Sits in Microsoft Teams for daily use
  • Employer plan is sales-quoted
  • Consumer free trial is not the work SKU
  • Announced acquisition introduces vendor-direction uncertainty

Modern Health

  • Coaching and clinical care in one member experience
  • Global provider network aimed at multi-country workforces
  • Adaptive Care is designed for prevention, not only acute cases
  • Sales-quoted PEPM with no public seat price
  • Session limits and family coverage vary by employer plan
  • No public integrations page listing HRIS connectors

What each one costs

Headspace for Work

Sales-quoted

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

Checked 12 Sep 2026

Modern Health

Sales-quoted

Sales-quoted per employee per month. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 12 Sep 2026

Common questions

Can you try Headspace for Work or Modern Health for free?
Neither carries a free tier on our listing.

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