Viktor alternative · AI coworker for Slack
Viktor alternatives: an AI coworker whose credits can’t run away
Viktor credits can burn away fast: “$200 in two days”. Kipwise Agent is an AI employee in Slack with a spend cap per person that stops at zero, an Approve step before every write, and memory that carries across channels.
$10per user / month
AI credit included
7-day trial on install. No card needed.
@Kipwise refund Northwind’s last invoice and add a note on the customer
I’ll refund Northwind’s last invoice ($1,200) and add a note on the customer. Nothing changes until you approve.
how much of my AI credit is left this month?
$3.80 of your $5 is left this month, and the team has $11 of shared credit. At zero I stop and send a top-up link.
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Where Viktor gets in the way: credits, private channels, forgotten context
“I and other users have experienced blowing 60k to 80k credits ($200) within the first two days.”
With KipwiseEach person spends their own monthly credit, $5 of the $10 seat. When it and the shared team credit are used, the agent stops for that person and sends a top-up link. Everyone else keeps working, and an admin can cap how much shared credit one person may draw.
“It’s surprising how quickly you burn through credits.”
With Kipwise$10 per user a month, with AI at cost: a credit is $1 of model cost, no markup, and top-ups do not expire.
“…it went through 100+ channels and started analyzing everything including private channels.”
With KipwiseIt answers where you mention it. Memory keeps short facts with source links, and facts from private channels and direct messages are shown only to people who can read the source. A team admin can switch memory off.
“Viktor was doing work in one Slack channel and had no idea what it was doing in another, so I had to explain things it should have already known.”
With KipwiseMemory is on by default. Decisions, preferences and dates are kept as short facts with the source channel and a link, so context follows the work across channels. Facts are kept up to 365 days.
“I dislike how it's kind of a black box on how tokens are used / spent.”
With KipwiseA team admin can ask the agent for usage by person and day, and anyone can ask how much credit is left.
“…it still can get confused, do things it shouldn't, and make mistakes.”
With KipwiseFor a live request, every write waits for an Approve or Deny card that only the person who asked can press. It expires after 30 minutes.
What changes when you switch from Viktor
Same place to work, a different way to pay, a different gate on writes.
Spend
Your own credit, then a stop
Each paid user brings $5 of credit a month, plus $2 of shared team credit. A person who has used both is stopped while everyone else keeps going. Top-ups are $1 a credit and do not expire.
Writes
Approve before anything changes
Edits, records and messages show a card in the thread first. An admin can switch whole services or single tools off.
Memory
On by default, with an off switch
Short facts with source links, kept up to 365 days. Private-channel facts reach only people who can read the source, and an admin can turn memory off.
Price and reach
$10 a user, AI at cost
At least 3 users, so $30 for a team of three. Every integration is included, built in or connected as an MCP server.
Viktor vs Kipwise
Both are an AI coworker in your chat. They differ on how the bill is shaped, what happens at zero credit and who approves writes.
| Viktor | Kipwise | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it works | Slack and Microsoft Teams | Slack and Microsoft Teams |
| Price | $100 a month for the workspace with 40,000 credits; no seat charge | $10 per user a month, at least 3 users; $5 personal and $2 shared credit per user; AI at cost |
| When credit runs out | Top up, or auto top-up with a monthly cap; a per-user cap on Enterprise | Each person stops at zero and gets a top-up link; an admin can cap team credit per person |
| Changes to your tools | Asks first for actions it treats as sensitive | For a live request, every write waits for Approve or Deny from the person who asked |
| Memory across channels | Workspace memory, kept in skills; context does not always carry across channels | On by default: short facts with source links, kept up to 365 days; private-channel facts only for people who can read the source; admin off switch |
| Integrations | Every integration on every plan | Every integration on the one plan, built in or connected as an MCP server |
What to ask it first
@Kipwise how much of my AI credit is left this month?
It tells you how much credit is left.
@Kipwise refund Northwind’s last invoice in Stripe
It shows an Approve card first. Nothing changes until you press it.
@Kipwise what did the team spend on AI this week, by person?
A team admin gets usage by person and day.
@Kipwise remember that refunds over $500 need Dana’s sign-off
Saving a memory shows an Approve card too.
Other Viktor alternatives
- Automat
- An AI employee with its own computer, email and phone number. $1,800 a month on an annual plan or $2,000 monthly, flat, for teams of 2 to 50.
- Pocodot
- A coworker you add to WhatsApp, LINE, Telegram, Slack and email, paid plans from $19 a month per workspace. Microsoft Teams is listed as coming soon.
- Vellum
- An open-source personal assistant that runs on your Mac or in its cloud. Built for individuals first, with model choice.
- Pancake
- Now a sales outreach product: it finds buyers and drafts first messages. Slack is where approvals land, not where you ask for work.
One agent, four parts
Your knowledge base, support desk, request desk and tasks, run by one agent
Install the agent and you get all four. It answers from your pages, speaks to your customers, takes requests from your team and works your task boards, in the threads where your team already is.
Knowledge base
Ask in a thread and get the answer from your team’s pages, with the page it came from. Ask it to write the resolution down, approve the change, and the next question is answered faster. It only reads pages the asker can see.
About the knowledge base@Kipwise do we have a doc on refunds for annual plans?
Yes. Refund policy gives annual plans a full refund within 30 days of purchase.
We gave Acme 60 days because their migration slipped. @Kipwise can you write this up?
Add “Acme: 60-day window” to Refund policy in Customer Success?
Add “Acme: 60-day window” to Refund policy in Customer Success?
✓ Approved by Gus FerreiraRefund policy
Annual plans get a full refund within 30 days of purchase. After that, the account owner decides.
Acme: 60-day window
Acme gets 60 days instead of 30 because their migration slipped. Agreed in #support on 12 Sep.
Edited by Gus Ferreira · via KipwiseSample data
Customer support
A chat widget on your site answers from your public help center and hands the conversation to a person when asked. It lands in Slack with a draft reply, and nothing a customer can see goes out until you approve it.
About customer supportNew website chat: the customer wants to talk to someone. I drafted a reply.
Reply to Acme with the refund policy and offer a credit instead?
Reply to Acme with the refund policy and offer a credit instead?
✓ Approved by Gus FerreiraSample data
Internal requests
Employees ask for IT, HR or ops help in Slack, confirm in plain words, and get a request they can follow. The channel only sees a neutral line, and nobody needs a seat to ask.
About internal requestsI lost my laptop charger. Can I request a new one?
Send this request to IT: a replacement laptop charger?
Send this request to IT: a replacement laptop charger?
✓ Approved by Declan MossRequest #42 sent. Ask “what are my requests?” to follow it.
- Type
- Equipment
- Assigned
- IT
- Status
- Received
Request #42 was sent.
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Tasks
Boards the agent works. A card can run on a schedule or when something happens, stops at an approval step before it writes, and counts against a monthly budget.
About TasksTo do1
Working1
Needs approval1
Done1
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Questions
Why do Viktor credits run out so fast, and what stops that here?
Credits can go quickly: “$200 in two days”, long Slack threads, and scheduled prompts that keep running. Kipwise gives each person their own monthly credit ($5 of the $10 seat) and stops that person at zero with a top-up link, while everyone else keeps working. An admin can also cap how much shared team credit one person may draw.
What is an AI coworker, an AI employee or an AI chief of staff?
Three names for the same idea: an agent that lives in your chat, finds things, drafts, chases follow-ups and updates records when you ask. Kipwise Agent does this in Slack.
Is Kipwise cheaper than Viktor?
Kipwise is $10 per user a month, at least 3 users: $30 for three people and $100 for ten. A credit is $1 of model cost with no markup, so you can read the bill before the month starts. Viktor’s Team plan is $100 a month for the workspace with 40,000 credits, which its docs price at $2.50 per 1,000 credits.
Will it go through every channel, including private channels?
It answers where you mention it, and plain replies in that thread continue. With memory on, which is the default, it keeps short facts with source links from channels the app can read. Facts from private channels and direct messages are shown only to people who can read the source. A team admin can turn memory off by asking the agent.
Does it forget what happened in another channel?
No. Memory is on by default and keeps short facts, with the source channel and a link to the original message, so what was decided in one channel can be recalled in another. Facts are deleted after 365 days (90 on Free and Lite Slack workspaces and in Microsoft Teams), and asking “what do you remember?” shows what you can access.
Can it change things without asking?
No. Before it edits a page, updates a record or posts a message, it shows an Approve or Deny card in the thread. Only the person who asked can approve it, and the card expires after 30 minutes.
Which integrations does it have?
Every integration is included in the one plan: built-in integrations such as HubSpot, Stripe, Gmail, Notion, Jira and Zendesk, plus remote MCP servers you can connect, all used from Slack. The full list is on the integrations page.
What does it cost, and how do I try it?
$10 per user a month, for at least 3 users. That includes $5 of AI credit per person and $2 per person of shared team credit every month. Add it to Slack and a 7-day trial with $2 of credit starts on your first message, no card needed.
Does it work in Microsoft Teams?
Yes. The same agent runs in Microsoft Teams, with the same tools, approvals, memory and scheduled tasks.
Is there a wider comparison?
Yes: the best AI coworkers for Slack, with prices.