Sift vs Workmates

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.

Workmates is an AI-powered employee engagement platform for frontline and distributed teams. It combines employee recognition, rewards, internal communication, and engagement listening. Maya can turn a prompt into a company announcement or kudos post for review before publication. Workmates supports live or replay broadcasts for all-hands meetings, town halls, and training. The Recognition plan includes peer-to-peer recognition, custom awards, automated milestones, and access to more than 1,400 global gift cards; reward funding is separate from the software subscription. Essential adds announcements, broadcasts, channels, communities, surveys, polls, employee advocacy, and engagement analytics. Premium adds the Maya AI agent, a branded mobile app, personalized journeys, checklists and forms, plus eNPS and pulse surveys. Integrations include ADP, UKG, Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, Slack, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Okta, and OneLogin. Workmates runs on web, iOS, and Android, and lists org charts, location views, SSO, and API access. HR Cloud states SOC 2 Type II certification, GDPR and CCPA compliance, and encryption in transit and at rest. Pricing is on request.