# Viktor sells a ready AI employee. Adapt sells a platform for your company agent. Which one should your team buy? And what does each really cost? Source: https://maito.app/blog/viktor-vs-adapt Date: 2026-10-14 Author: Dmitry Dubovetzky Facts checked: 2026-10-20 Viktor vs Adapt: Viktor is a ready AI employee for Slack and Microsoft Teams on bundled workspace credits, from $50 a month. Adapt is a configurable company agent platform with model routing, published infrastructure rates, and Enterprise deployment in your VPC, from $8 per user plus usage. How they differ on setup, control, security, and price. ## Which is better, Viktor or Adapt? **Viktor is better for a ready AI employee in Slack or Microsoft Teams with one credit bill that already covers the models. Adapt is better when your technical team wants to control the models, governance, and where the agent runs, or needs a SOC 2 Type II report today.** | | Best pick | | ------------------------------------------------ | --------- | | Working results this week, with nobody to run it | Viktor | | A company that also works in Microsoft Teams | Viktor | | One bill with model usage inside | Viktor | | Your own model keys at no markup | Adapt | | Self-hosting, VPC, or on-premises deployment | Adapt | | A SOC 2 Type II report on the standard plan | Adapt | Viktor is a finished AI employee you install and start working with. Adapt is a company agent platform you configure, with control over models, keys, infrastructure, and deployment. Both cover similar ground: company knowledge, connections to business and developer tools, recurring jobs, internal apps, and pull requests. The difference is how much of the agent you own. Viktor makes the decisions for you and bills the work in credits. Adapt hands you the decisions, and bills users, compute, storage, memory, and models separately. This guide is for an agency tracking client hours that wants an AI employee without hiring someone to run it. If Viktor already delivers your client reports, Adapt's extra control is worth it only for a hosting or governance requirement you actually have. ## What is Viktor best at? **Viktor is best for teams that want to start delegating business work in Slack or Microsoft Teams this week, without making infrastructure decisions.** It connects to more than 3,200 apps, produces reports, campaigns, dashboards, and internal apps, and opens pull requests. Its memory covers personal preferences, team knowledge, and workflow skills, and it asks for sign-off before money movement, code pushes, and customer emails. [Viktor](https://viktor.com/), [Viktor skills and memory](https://viktor.com/academy/skills-and-memory), [Viktor security](https://viktor.com/security). ## What is Adapt best at? **Adapt is best for technical teams that want their company agent built their way: models routed or on their own keys, detailed governance, and Enterprise deployment in a VPC or on premises.** It connects to tools like Salesforce, HubSpot, Snowflake, BigQuery, Stripe, QuickBooks, Zendesk, and GitHub, and works in Slack, the web, email, and iMessage. What it learns is split into knowledge, skills, memory, and live search. Engineering work comes back as tested pull requests, and a human reviews each one. [Adapt platform](https://adapt.com/product/overview), [Adapt company brain](https://adapt.com/product/company-brain). Templates cover recurring jobs like ad-spend checks, changelogs, and website checks, and developers extend it through APIs, MCP, and a CLI. The runtime is open source and free to host yourself. [Adapt agents](https://adapt.com/agents), [Adapt developer docs](https://adapt.com/docs), [Adapt pricing](https://adapt.com/pricing). ## How do Viktor and Adapt compare at a glance? **Viktor is ready out of the box, with the models paid for inside its credits. Adapt is configurable, with model choice, metered infrastructure, and self-hosting options.** | | Viktor | Adapt | | ---------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- | | What you buy | A ready AI employee | A platform for your company agent | | Where you use it | Slack and Microsoft Teams | Slack, web, email, iMessage | | Models | Bundled into credits | Routed, or your own keys | | Code changes | Branches and pull requests | Issues to tested pull requests | | Governance | Scopes, sign-offs, SSO | Scopes, budgets, traces; SCIM on Enterprise | | Deployment | Viktor's cloud; EU residency on Enterprise | Managed or self-hosted; VPC/on-prem on Enterprise | | Price | From $50 per workspace for 20,000 credits | $8 per user plus metered usage | | Integrations | 3,200+ apps | OAuth or API key; APIs, MCP, and a CLI | | Data export | Workspace export on request | Audit export to your SIEM on Enterprise | | Permissions | Admin-set tools; sign-off before code pushes and customer emails | Groups, roles, approvals | | Usage limits | 20,000 or 40,000 shared credits; work pauses at zero | Metered compute and inference on top of seats | | Support | Dedicated onboarding on Enterprise | Email; SLAs on Enterprise | | Security | SOC 2 Type 1 now, Type II audit underway | SOC 2 Type II and a DPA on Managed | | Setup | Install, connect tools; free credits, no card | Connections, model path, templates, rules | Sources: Viktor: [workflow](https://viktor.com/product), [access](https://viktor.com/security), [context](https://viktor.com/academy/skills-and-memory), [pricing](https://viktor.com/pricing). Adapt: [workflow](https://adapt.com/product/overview), [access](https://adapt.com/enterprise), [context](https://adapt.com/product/company-brain), [pricing](https://adapt.com/pricing). ## Which one lets you choose the model, Viktor or Adapt? **Adapt. Managed Adapt runs on your own model keys at no markup, or routes through its gateway for 5.5% on top. Viktor bundles model usage into your workspace credits, so you pay for models through Viktor instead of your own provider account.** Adapt's route suits a team that already has provider contracts or wants to switch models per job. Viktor's route suits a team that would rather never see a model bill. [Adapt pricing](https://adapt.com/pricing), [Viktor pricing](https://viktor.com/pricing). **Winner: Adapt**, for anyone who wants a say in which model does the work and what it costs. ## Who gets the credit for a commit, Viktor or Adapt? **Adapt has dealt openly with commit attribution for a shared agent and added personal integrations. Viktor puts every code push behind a human sign-off.** An Adapt engineer wrote about coding through Slack and finding commits attributed to the shared agent instead of the person who asked, which Adapt solved with personal integrations. [Slack is my IDE](https://adapt.com/blog/slack-is-my-ide). Viktor requires sign-off before code pushes and keeps credentials scoped by admins. [Viktor security](https://viktor.com/security). For a team that reviews every pull request, the question to ask both is simple: who appears as the author, and who approved the push. **Winner: Adapt** for commits that carry the name of the person who asked. **Viktor** for a mandatory human sign-off before anything is pushed. ## Is Viktor or Adapt more secure? **As of October 2026, managed Adapt comes with a SOC 2 Type II report and a standard DPA, and Enterprise adds SSO, SCIM, SIEM audit export, and VPC or on-premises deployment. Viktor holds SOC 2 Type 1, is partway through its Type II audit, and puts SAML SSO and EU data residency on Enterprise.** Neither trains models on customer data. Viktor makes a person approve money movement, code pushes, and customer emails before they happen; Adapt lets you write approval rules and budgets per group. [Adapt pricing](https://adapt.com/pricing), [Adapt enterprise](https://adapt.com/enterprise), [Viktor security](https://viktor.com/security). **Winner: Adapt.** It has the stronger report today, and it's the only one of the two that can run inside your own network. ## How much setup does each take, Viktor or Adapt? **Viktor takes an install and a few connections, and it starts on up to $100 in free credits with no card. Adapt's connections are quick too, but the platform asks you to choose a model path, templates, and governance, and someone on your team keeps those choices current.** Adapt connects tools by OAuth or API key without engineering work. The extra effort is in what makes it a platform: routing, budgets, approvals, identity roles, and which product path you choose. Adapt offers a free session with one of its engineers to design the agent. [Adapt platform](https://adapt.com/product/overview), [Adapt pricing](https://adapt.com/pricing), [Viktor pricing](https://viktor.com/pricing). **Winner: Viktor.** Nobody on the team has to own a platform before the first request. ## What do Viktor and Adapt cost? **As of October 2026, Viktor's Team plan is $50 a month per workspace for 20,000 credits or $100 for 40,000, with model usage inside the credits. Adapt Managed is $8 per user per month, plus metered compute, storage, memory, and models, and its runtime is free to self-host.** | | Viktor | Adapt | | ------------- | ------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- | | Billing unit | Workspace, no seats | Each user, plus metered usage | | Monthly price | $50 for 20,000 credits; $100 for 40,000 | Managed $8 per user; open source free to self-host | | Included | Credits that pay for models and work | 1,000 memories per user | | Leftovers | Unused credits roll over one month | Nothing to carry over; usage is metered | | More usage | Top-ups, automatic top-ups, spend caps | $0.045 per vCPU-hour; models on own keys or gateway +5.5% | | Trying it | Yes: Up to $100 in free credits, no card | No: No free tier on Managed; free design session | | Enterprise | Custom pricing, DPA, SLA, SAML SSO, EU data | Custom: SSO, SCIM, SIEM, VPC, on-premises | For ten people, here's a month on each: **Viktor Team: $100 per workspace per month** - 40,000 shared credits, models included - No seats; top-ups and spend caps - Smaller teams can start at $50 for 20,000 credits - Work pauses at zero credits **Adapt Managed: $80 per month for ten users + usage** - 10 × $8 seats - Compute: $0.045 per vCPU-hour, $0.0175 per GiB-hour - Your own model keys at no markup, or 5.5% via gateway - 1,000 memories per user, then $0.50 per 1,000 Adapt's seats pass Viktor's $50 plan at seven users and the $100 plan at thirteen, and the model bill comes on top. Parked compute is free, and snapshots count as storage for seven days. Viktor's bill moves only with how much work its credits pay for, never with headcount. [Adapt pricing](https://adapt.com/pricing), [Viktor pricing](https://viktor.com/pricing). **Winner: Viktor** for a bill you can predict, since the models are inside it. **Adapt** for a small technical team with its own model keys. ## How do Viktor and Adapt handle the same client hours check? **Ask Viktor and Adapt which clients went over their budgeted hours and draft alerts to their owners. Cedar is two hours over and Spruce five; Willow is under.** Cedar logged 22 of 20 hours, Willow 12 of 15, Spruce 30 of 25. Require approval before anything posts outside the thread. Viktor asks for sign-off on customer emails by default; in Adapt, you write that approval rule yourself. ## What do Viktor and Adapt users say in reviews? **As of October 2026, Viktor holds a 4.0 out of 5 on Trustpilot across 23 reviews. Adapt has no review-site listing we could confirm.** Viktor's reviewers single out finished work they didn't have to redo and the hours it handed back across tools like Slack and Shopify. The complaint that comes up most is long threads draining the credit balance. [Viktor on Trustpilot](https://www.trustpilot.com/review/viktor.com). ## What carries over between Viktor and Adapt? **Viktor exports workspace data on request; Adapt's instructions and company brain carry over as text. Integrations and scheduled jobs are set up again.** Recreate client access with the narrowest identity that works before the first scheduled alert. [Viktor security](https://viktor.com/security), [Adapt company brain](https://adapt.com/product/company-brain). ## So should you choose Viktor or Adapt? **Choose Viktor if you want a ready AI employee in Slack or Microsoft Teams with one credit bill. Choose Adapt if your technical team wants to control the models, the governance, and where the agent runs.** **Choose Viktor if:** - You want results this week, not a platform project - Part of your company uses Microsoft Teams - One bill that includes model usage suits you **Choose Adapt if:** - You want your own model keys or routing - The agent must run in your VPC or on premises - You need SCIM, SIEM export, or detailed traces ## Is there a Viktor or Adapt alternative that's ready to use and lets you pick the model? **Yes. Maito is a ready AI teammate like Viktor, runs on the AI provider you choose like Adapt, and costs $149 per workspace with unlimited people.** Install it in Slack, connect a provider and the tools a task needs, and your team can start. Your provider bills model usage directly, and Maito adds no markup to it. The same agent works by email and in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Codex, Grok, and Muse. [Maito FAQ](/faq). _Illustrative conversation:_ > **Daniel:** @Maito board meeting Thursday. Build the metrics pack from Stripe and the warehouse, and find out why the MRR chart on our dashboard doesn't match Stripe. > > **Maito:** Metrics pack is in Drive: MRR, net revenue retention, churn, and runway, each with its source query. > The dashboard counts paused subscriptions as active, which adds $4,180 to MRR. PR #227 excludes them and adds a test with a paused plan. Checks pass. ## Viktor vs Adapt: frequently asked questions ### Is Viktor cheaper than Adapt? From thirteen people up, yes, even before Adapt's usage. As of October 2026, Viktor costs $50 or $100 a month for the whole workspace with models included, while Adapt charges $8 per user plus compute and models, so thirteen seats alone come to $104. [Viktor pricing](https://viktor.com/pricing), [Adapt pricing](https://adapt.com/pricing). ### Can I try Viktor or Adapt for free? Viktor, yes: up to $100 in credits with no card. Managed Adapt has no free tier, but its open-source runtime costs nothing to host yourself, and an Adapt engineer will design an agent with you for free. [Viktor pricing](https://viktor.com/pricing), [Adapt pricing](https://adapt.com/pricing). ### Can Viktor or Adapt run on our own servers? Only Adapt. Its runtime runs on your infrastructure, and Adapt Enterprise adds VPC and on-premises deployment. Viktor runs in its own cloud, with EU data residency on Enterprise. [Adapt enterprise](https://adapt.com/enterprise), [Viktor security](https://viktor.com/security). ### Which one has a SOC 2 Type II report, Viktor or Adapt? Adapt. Managed Adapt includes a SOC 2 Type II report and a DPA; as of October 2026, Viktor has SOC 2 Type 1 and is still completing Type II. [Adapt pricing](https://adapt.com/pricing), [Viktor security](https://viktor.com/security). ### Can we use our own model keys with Viktor or Adapt? With Adapt, yes, at no markup. Viktor covers model usage out of its workspace credits instead. [Adapt pricing](https://adapt.com/pricing), [Viktor pricing](https://viktor.com/pricing).