# Sistava vs Ema

*AI Workforces*

Sistava vs Ema

Ema (ema.co) builds a "Universal AI Employee" for mid-market and enterprise customers. It targets departments like HR, customer support, finance, and legal with role-specific AI that integrates deeply with enterprise systems (ServiceNow, Workday, Salesforce). Ema is firmly enterprise: contact-sales pricing, SOC 2 compliance, and Fortune 500 logos. Sistava targets the opposite end — solopreneurs and growing SMBs who need a workforce without an IT team to deploy it.

> **Bottom line:** Sistava is self-serve with a free tier and transparent per-plan pricing. Ema requires a sales conversation, enterprise procurement, and IT integration. A solo founder or small team cannot realistically onboard Ema.

## Profile

- **Pricing:** Enterprise pricing — contact sales
- **Founded:** 2023, San Francisco
- **Funding:** $61M+ raised (Series A led by Accel Partners)
- **Focus:** Universal AI Employee for enterprise — HR, support, sales, finance workflows

## Why Sistava

- Sistava is self-serve with a free tier and transparent per-plan pricing. Ema requires a sales conversation, enterprise procurement, and IT integration. A solo founder or small team cannot realistically onboard Ema.
- Sistava ships a pre-built employee marketplace you hire from immediately. Ema customises AI Employees to enterprise workflows and data systems — powerful but slow. Sistava delivers value in minutes, not months.
- Sistava runs on a credit-based model with flat monthly pricing. Ema uses enterprise licensing, which means unpredictable costs and procurement cycles for any serious expansion.
- Sistava includes sprint management, work journals, team memory, and conversation-first onboarding for non-technical founders. Ema assumes an IT department configuring integrations and a change management programme.
- For a 1-10 person company, Sistava is purpose-built. Ema is purpose-built for 500+ person enterprises. The buyer, the purchase path, and the onboarding experience are entirely different products.

## Feature Comparison

| Feature | Ema | Sistava |
|---|---|---|
|  | ✓ | ✓ |
|  | Enterprise customisation | ✓ |
|  | ✗ | ✓ |
|  | ✗ | ✓ |
|  | ✗ | ✓ |
|  | HR, Support, Finance, Legal | Sales, Marketing, Support, Ops |
|  | Deep enterprise (Workday, ServiceNow, Salesforce) | Thousands of native + MCP |
|  | Per-workflow context | Layered short-term, long-term, graph |
|  | ✗ | ✓ |
|  | ✗ | ✓ |
|  | ✗ | ✓ |
|  | ✗ | ✓ |
|  | ✗ | ✓ |
|  | Contact sales only | Free + $49/mo |