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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.

Starting price

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 4 Nov 2026

Modern Health

Sales-quoted

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

Checked 4 Nov 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 4 Nov 2026. Confirm current terms on the vendor site. Spot an error?