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2026Updated 15 September 2026
The 10 best Moveworks alternatives for a 200 to 2,000 person company.
Moveworks is an employee assistant: IT and HR support in chat, web and mobile, in over 100 languages, with a Reasoning Engine that picks plugins and runs actions. This list is based on public product information, not a controlled test.

The short answer
Stay with Moveworks when the problem is tickets: IT and HR volume is large and resolution time is money. Look elsewhere when the problem is work that never files a ticket, the stalled deal, the quiet client, with a person's yes before every write.
10 Moveworks alternatives, side by side
Six columns that decide it. Bold is the value, grey is the qualifier, and every vendor row is copied from that product's own comparison page, where its sources are listed.

PickWorkElate Chief, the Brain. One memory across the systems you already run: it reads what they record, judges what needs a person, and asks before it changes anything. A two-week Sprint, then $30K–$100K fixed.
Why the Brain →| Tool | Sits on | Speaks first | Carries to done | Who approves a write | How it is bought | Best for |
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| The Brain Pick200 to 2,000 people, many systems | your systemsinstalled by WE_AINA, no rip and replace | ✓ranked list with reasonsafter deciding it is worth your time | ✓with a person's yesfind, read, draft, send, assign | ✓a person, alwaysthe AI cannot approve its own action | 2-week Sprintthen $30K–$100K fixed | One memory across the systems you already run |
| GleanEnterprise search and agents | its own index275+ connectors, permissions honored | ~agents on triggerssearch waits for the question | ~agents, depth to documentagents that reason and act | ✕not documentedgovernance and oversight, no per-action yes found | on request | Finding anything across a wide estate |
| Microsoft 365 CopilotSuite copilot | one suiteMicrosoft 365, grounded in Graph | ~agents on triggersCopilot Chat waits for a question | ~agents, depth to documentdeep inside its apps; Agent Store, Copilot Studio | ✕not documentedinherits your Microsoft 365 permissions | $18 per user per monthBusiness add-on, yearly, promotional to 31 Dec 2026; list $21 | Work that stays inside Microsoft 365 |
| Gemini for Google WorkspaceSuite copilot | one suiteGoogle Workspace and the Gemini app | ~agents on triggersWorkspace Studio flows you build; the rest waits | ~agents, depth to documentinside Workspace; flows for meeting prep, mail | ✕not documentedadmin controls decide who has Gemini | includedfrom Business Starter; priced per region | Work that stays inside Workspace |
| UnifyAppsAI platform for large enterprises | its own platformyour cloud or on-prem, 950+ connectors | ~automations on triggersno proactive briefing found | ~agents, depth to documentagentic AI and automations you build | ✕not documentedgovernance named, no per-action yes found | on requestno public pricing page found | Large enterprises with a platform team |
| Notion AIWorkspace teammate | a workspaceNotion, plus connected apps and MCP | ~agents on triggersCustom Agents on schedule, Notion Agent on demand | ~agents, depth to documentinside Notion, plus Slack, Mail, Calendar | ✕not documentedadmins limit who creates agents | $20 per member per monthBusiness; Custom Agents $10 per 1,000 credits | Teams whose record lives in Notion |
| GuruVerified knowledge | its own indexgoverned knowledge base, 100+ integrations | ~about knowledgeflags stale content and conflicts | ✕answersdrafts and corrections to knowledge only | ~documented approvalsverification routed to experts; other writes not documented | on requestscoped on the first call | Keeping company knowledge verified and cited |
| DustAgent workbench | a workspace70+ connectors into a Dust workspace | ~agents on triggersin workflows your team builds | ~agents, depth to documenttriage, CRM updates, review, by agents you build | ✕not documenteddual-layer permission model | 24 euro per monthPro, billed yearly; Max 120 euro; Enterprise on request | Teams that want to build their own agents |
| CoveoAI relevance and search | its own indexconnectors into ServiceNow, Salesforce, SharePoint | ✕waits for a questionrecommendations on a visit | ✕answersretrieval for people and agents | ✕not documentedreads dominate | on requestentitlement or seat based | Relevance for commerce, service and intranet |
| WorkatoOrchestration and iPaaS | its own platform12,000+ connectors, as an orchestration layer | ~on your own triggerevents, schedules and APIs | ~along the recipeDeep Action runs the process written | ~documented approvalsa person signs off on consequential actions | on request | Known processes that must run exactly once |
✓yes, as documented~partly, or only where you build it✕no, or not documented
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The Brain Pick
Best for: one memory across the systems you already runDiffers from Moveworks by starting from what changed and asking a person before it writes, where Moveworks waits for a ticket or question.
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Glean
Best for: finding anything across a wide estateDiffers from Moveworks by answering from its own index across 275+ connectors, where Moveworks waits for a ticket or question.
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Microsoft 365 Copilot
Best for: work that stays inside Microsoft 365Differs from Moveworks by working inside Word, Excel, Outlook and Teams at a published price, where Moveworks waits for a ticket or question.
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Gemini for Google Workspace
Best for: work that stays inside WorkspaceDiffers from Moveworks by coming included with Workspace Business plans, inside every Workspace app, where Moveworks waits for a ticket or question.
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UnifyApps
Best for: large enterprises with a platform teamDiffers from Moveworks by being a platform to build on, in your cloud or on-prem, where Moveworks waits for a ticket or question.
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Notion AI
Best for: teams whose record lives in NotionDiffers from Moveworks by working inside the Notion page at $20 per member per month, where Moveworks waits for a ticket or question.
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Guru
Best for: keeping company knowledge verified and citedDiffers from Moveworks by keeping company knowledge verified and cited, not carrying work, where Moveworks waits for a ticket or question.
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Dust
Best for: teams that want to build their own agentsDiffers from Moveworks by letting your team build its own agents from 24 euro per month, where Moveworks waits for a ticket or question.
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Coveo
Best for: relevance for commerce, service and intranetDiffers from Moveworks by ranking results for commerce, service and intranet search, where Moveworks waits for a ticket or question.
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Workato
Best for: known processes that must run exactly onceDiffers from Moveworks by running a written recipe exactly once, with documented approvals, where Moveworks waits for a ticket or question.
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Which one, and when
When to stay with Moveworks
The problem is tickets
IT and HR volume is large, and resolution time is money.
Every channel, every language
Chat, web and mobile in over 100 languages is Moveworks's whole game.
Time to value is measured
An 8-week path is documented on its own site.
When to switch
The work never files a ticket
The stalled deal and the quiet client do not ask; the Brain notices.
You want to be told first
A ranked list before standup, with what is blocking each line.
You want a person in front of writes
A documented yes before anything sends, on every system.
Moveworks alternatives, asked plainly
What is the closest Moveworks alternative for a mid-sized company?
Glean is the closest: an index over 275+ connectors with agents on top, answering the employee who asks. Guru is the closest for the answer itself, verified and cited into Slack and Teams. The Brain is the alternative when the work you care about never asks: it starts from what changed.
Is there a cheaper Moveworks alternative?
Moveworks prices by custom quote, so cheaper cannot be shown. Among the ten, Gemini is included from Workspace Business Starter, Microsoft 365 Copilot is $18 per user per month, Notion AI is $20 per member per month, and Dust starts at 24 euro per month. The Brain is a two-week Sprint, then $30K to $100K fixed.
Can the Brain replace Moveworks?
No. The Brain is not an employee help desk and does not answer a thousand IT questions a day in a hundred languages. It sits on the systems you already run, reads what changed, and asks a person before it writes. If tickets are the cost, Moveworks answers that better.
Comparison based on publicly available product information as of September 2026, not a controlled test. If we have something wrong, tell us and we will fix it. Sources read: www.moveworks.com/, www.moveworks.com/us/en/pricing, www.moveworks.com/us/en/platform. Third-party connectors are what a WE_AINA engagement builds, not a shipped list. The nine other rows are copied from each product's own comparison page, where its sources are listed. Product image from Moveworks's public site.
Updated 15 September 2026 · WE_AINA
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