# Sistava vs Amazon Q Business

*Big Tech and Enterprise*

Amazon Q Business vs Sistava

Amazon Q Business is AWS enterprise AI assistant, connecting to 40+ data sources so employees can ask questions and get answers grounded in company documents, wikis and systems. It is priced aggressively at $3 per user per month for the Lite tier and $20 for Pro, billed through existing AWS accounts. Sistava is a different product category: employees that carry out work rather than an assistant that retrieves and summarises it.

> **Bottom line:** Sistava employees execute multi-step work across tools and report on it. Amazon Q Business answers questions grounded in connected data.

## Profile

- **Pricing:** Lite $3 per user per month for basic question answering. Pro $20 per user per month adding the full AI assistant, 40+ data source connectors and document intelligence. Billed through AWS.
- **Founded:** Announced by Amazon Web Services in 2023
- **Funding:** Part of Amazon Web Services, a division of Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN)
- **Focus:** Enterprise AI assistant grounded in company data across AWS-connected sources

## Why Sistava

- Sistava employees execute multi-step work across tools and report on it. Amazon Q Business answers questions grounded in connected data.
- Sistava employees own a schedule and act without being asked. Amazon Q responds to a prompt from a person.
- Sistava attaches a role, persona, memory and guardrails per employee. Amazon Q is one assistant serving all users against permissioned data.
- Sistava adds a leader, a shared board and sprints so work has an owner and a cadence. Amazon Q has no work management layer.
- Sistava is flat-priced per plan regardless of how many people look at it. Amazon Q is per seat, so cost scales with headcount rather than output.

## Feature Comparison

| Feature | Amazon Q Business | Sistava |
|---|---|---|
|  | ✗ | ✓ |
|  | Limited actions | ✓ |
|  | Core product, 40+ connectors | Knowledge base and training |
|  | ✗ | Schedules, duties, heartbeat |
|  | ✗ | ✓ |
|  | ✗ | ✓ |
|  | ✗ | ✓ |
|  | ✗ | ✓ |
|  | ✗ | ✓ |
|  | ✗ | ✓ |
|  | ✗ | ✓ |
|  | $3/user/mo Lite, $20/user/mo Pro | Free (2,000 lifetime credits) + $49/mo |