Compare/Head to head

Staffbase vs Workvivo

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

Starting price

Staffbase

Sales-quoted

Enterprise employee app, intranet, email, and SMS for desk and frontline workers. Staffbase says there is no generic price list because no two workforces look alike.

Where Staffbase fits

  • Enterprises with mixed desk and frontline populations (retail, logistics, manufacturing)
  • Internal comms teams that need app, intranet, email, SMS, and digital signage in one vendor
  • Global employers that need 75-plus language targeting
  • HR and IT partners already on Microsoft 365 who want that as a front door

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

DetailStaffbaseWorkvivo
Starting priceSales-quotedSales-quoted
Free tier–No–No
Free trialNot on recordYes
MCP server–No–No
Public API–No–No
Listed underInternal communicationsInternal communications
Capterra4.7 from 80 reviews4.7 from 136 reviews

Where they pull apart

Staffbase

Stands out: The vendor sells dedicated frontline pricing so you are not forced to pay full desk-worker licenses for shop-floor employees, and it claims 75-plus languages plus 16 million employees connected.

Watch out: staffbase.com/pricing is Get a quote. Typical go-live is quoted around 90 days, so this is a communications program, not a Slack install.

Not the right fit for

  • Startups that only needed Slack
  • Buyers who need a printed per-user price before a 48-hour sales call

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

Staffbase

  • Frontline-specific licensing instead of one PEPM for every badge type
  • App, intranet, email, SMS, and signage in one platform
  • Capterra 4.7 from 80 reviews
  • No generic price list. Every deal is scoped
  • Go-live is typically months, not a weekend
  • Unused licenses can still consume quota, per reviewer notes

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

Staffbase

Sales-quoted

Staffbase does not publish a generic price list. Quotes are tailored to desk versus frontline populations, channels (app, intranet, email, SMS, signage), and configuration. Frontline-specific pricing is offered so non-desk workers are not billed like office licenses. Typical branded go-live is described as about 90 days. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 4 Nov 2026

Workvivo

Sales-quoted

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

Checked 4 Nov 2026

Common questions

Can you try Staffbase 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 4 Nov 2026. Confirm current terms on the vendor site. Spot an error?