Brilliant Directories vs Sift

Brilliant Directories is a managed web platform for building directory, membership, community, marketplace and premium-content sites. Site owners can create membership plans, import and manage member records, and add custom fields to member forms. Content can be restricted to members or offered through paywalls, with subscriptions charged monthly, yearly or per listing; trials and coupons are also supported. Payment tools connect to Stripe, PayPal and Authorize.net and help manage transactions and past-due payments. Lead-generation tools collect inquiries and let site owners sell leads to members. Email tools handle newsletter subscribers, contact lists and scheduled campaigns. Hosting includes SSL, a global CDN, automatic backups and 24/7 monitoring. The platform also provides a REST API, real-time webhooks, API-key controls and an official MCP for AI agents, and advertises more than 5,000 integrations. Essentials costs $40 a month or $240/year, with capacity for 5,000 members. Builder costs $80 a month or $480/year and supports 25,000 members; Pro costs $120 a month or $720/year and supports 50,000. Every plan includes a free 7-day trial; a free demo offers full access without a credit card.

Sift helps organizations find colleagues, map reporting relationships, and understand how work is distributed. Its searchable people directory filters profile data by skills, roles, and other information. An automatically updated org chart uses company people data to show formal and informal reporting lines. Profiles can include skills, experience, projects, interests, pronouns, name pronunciation, and languages. Sift aggregates employee data from multiple systems into one profile, using prebuilt identity connectors and SFTP workflows. Listed integrations include Workday, UKG, Microsoft Entra ID, Google Workspace, Okta, Ping Identity, CSV files, Microsoft Teams, and Slack. Access is available in browsers, Windows and Mac desktop downloads, and iOS and Android apps, as well as through an API. Sift says customer data is encrypted at rest and in transit, segmented between customers, and regularly tested by third parties for penetration vulnerabilities. It also says it completed a SOC 2 Type 2 audit and is GDPR compliant. Plans start at $150 a month, billed annually, for 20 users; a 14-day trial provides access to Sift Complete. Sift does not offer native messaging or chat.