Names & Faces vs Sift

Names & Faces is an employee directory and org chart tool for organizing employee details and company structure. It includes org charts, custom fields, and location views, along with API access and mobile apps for Android and iOS. Listed platforms also include macOS, web, and Windows. A free plan is available. Integrated Pricing costs $1.50 a month, billed monthly, and includes automated HR-system sync, imports of custom HR fields, web and mobile access, an exportable org chart, and custom branding. Starter costs $129 a month for up to 100 people; Growth is $249 a month for up to 200; and Enterprise is $389 a month for up to 1000. Founder supports up to 50 people, but no price is listed. The stated employee limit is 100 employees, while some plan descriptions list capacities above that figure. Names & Faces is headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa.

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.