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Wisq vs Workativ

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

Starting price

Wisq

Sales-quoted

Wisq sells Harper, an AI HR agent for enterprise HR service teams that answers employee questions in Slack, Teams and email and resolves routine cases such as leave requests and benefits questions end to end. It is built by the team that founded Glint, runs on its own HR-trained model, and is sold by quote after a demo.

Where Wisq fits

  • Enterprise HR service and HR operations teams buried in repeat questions
  • Companies with large frontline workforces that need HR answers outside office hours
  • HR teams that want an agent to complete routine cases, not only answer them
  • Organizations already running HR support through Slack or Microsoft Teams

Workativ

$349/mo

Workativ is an AI help desk for HR and IT questions that live in Slack or Microsoft Teams. The AI-agent pricing page starts at Business, $349 per month for 500 chat sessions and 2 agents. Yearly billing saves 15 percent.

Where Workativ fits

  • SMB and mid-market HR or IT teams that want a Slack or Teams agent at $349/mo
  • Companies that need 500 sessions and 2 agents without per-employee fees
  • Teams that prefer session caps over per-employee billing
  • Ops leaders who need live-agent handoff without standing up ServiceNow

At a glance

DetailWisqWorkativ
Starting priceSales-quoted$349/mo
Free tier–No–No
MCP server–No–No
Public API–No–No
Listed underHR help deskHR help desk

Where they pull apart

Wisq

Stands out: Harper is built to close cases, not just answer them. It acts in connected HR systems to complete routine requests, cites the policy behind each answer, and its Autopilot feature builds new workflows from your own past tickets and emails for your team to approve. Wisq trains its own HR language model rather than wrapping a general chatbot, and its founders previously built Glint, the employee engagement platform LinkedIn acquired.

Watch out: There is no published price and no free trial, only a demo. The site names chat channels but not the HRIS or ticketing systems it connects to, so confirm your stack is supported before a pilot. Resolution rates such as 90%+ of routine cases are the vendor's own customer figures, and there are no independent reviews yet.

Not the right fit for

  • Small businesses that want a self-serve tool with a posted price
  • Recruiting teams looking for candidate-facing chat or screening
  • Buyers who need independent reviews before committing

Workativ

Stands out: Session-based pricing with no per-user fees, so the whole company can talk to the agent. Business is a published $349/mo session SKU, unusual in this category.

Watch out: Business caps you at 500 AI chat sessions, 2 agents, 5 actions, 3 live agents, and 60 days of data retention. The old $99 Starter plan is no longer listed. Enterprise is custom.

Not the right fit for

  • Enterprises that need a quote-only HRSD suite on top of Workday
  • Buyers who need unlimited sessions on the cheapest card

Pros and cons

Wisq

  • Resolves routine HR cases end to end instead of only answering FAQs
  • Cites the policy behind every answer, which helps HR trust and audit it
  • Works inside Slack, Teams, email and SMS, so employees need no new app
  • No published price
  • No free trial, only a demo
  • HRIS and ticketing integrations are not listed by name
  • No independent reviews yet

Workativ

  • Published Business plan at $349/mo with no per-user fee
  • Business is a flat session SKU rather than PEPM
  • Slack and Teams deployment without buying a full ITSM
  • 500 sessions on Business may not cover a very busy HR inbox
  • Capterra has only 4 reviews
  • Enterprise connectors and extra sessions leave the public table

What each one costs

Wisq

Sales-quoted

Wisq does not publish prices. It sells to enterprise HR teams by quote after a demo, and no free trial or self-serve plan is listed. The vendor says a typical rollout goes live in about six weeks. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 3 Nov 2026

Workativ

$349/mo

Business is $349 per month on monthly billing for 500 AI chat sessions, 2 AI agents, 5 actions, and 3 admins or live agents, with 60 days of data retention. Yearly billing saves 15 percent. Enterprise is custom. The Starter plan is no longer listed. Pricing is session-based with no per-user fees. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 4 Nov 2026

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Editorial listings, never paid rankings. Prices checked 3 Nov 2026. Confirm current terms on the vendor site. Spot an error?