Beam AI vs Kognitos (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Kognitos grades higher than Beam AI: 2.2 against 1.8 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
Kognitos grades higher on value for money and platforms. They get the same grade on the free plan, features and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Beam AI
Agent platform for automating business processes at enterprises
Free plan · from $50/mo
Which one is for you
Pick Beam AI if
- Fits if you want to try agent workflows from your own SOPs on a small task count
- Works for an enterprise team that wants a task hub with confidence scores
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free: 20 tasks a month and 1 base integration
- Pricey if you pass Pro: Scale is $3,990 a month, with nothing published between
- Watch out: Pro is capped at 200 tasks a month
- Not for you if you need more connectors, as Free allows 1 and Scale 3 base integrations
- Watch out: the page does not say whether monthly prices are billed monthly or annually
Pick Kognitos if
- Fits if you run finance or operations processes and want them written down in plain English
- Makes sense if you want to try a free workspace before any contract
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you need a published price, as paid use is quoted by sales
- Watch out: the free workspace's limits are not stated on the pages read
- Tight if you want short terms, since contracts are annual or multi-year and shorter terms are for pilots
- Watch out: the security claims on the page, such as SOC 2 and HIPAA, are the vendor's own
How we grade them
| 1.8GPABeam AIWeak | 2.2GPAKognitosFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | DPro is $50 a month for 200 tasks and Scale is $3,990, so the step above Pro is far beyond the $52 where the dearest tenth begins. | CPaid pricing is quoted by sales and priced by transactions and agent complexity, so there is no figure to compare with the category. |
| Free plan and trial | CA free plan of 20 tasks a month with 1 base integration, which you will outgrow quickly. | CA free workspace lets you write and run automations, but the FAQ states no limits, so we can't say where it stops. |
| Features | CAgents, SOP-based workflows, confidence scores and triggers, but connectors beyond the base ones mean the Custom plan. | CEnglish-as-code automation, exception handling and prebuilt AI employees. The listing shows enterprise system connections but no published usage caps. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. Workflows are built from your SOPs and integrations are by category. | CNo store rating on record, and you learn how to describe processes and connect SAP, Oracle or NetSuite. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only, with one integration named and more by category. | BWeb, with connections to SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, Workday and Salesforce. |
| Best for | agents for enterprise task automation | writing back-office automations in plain English |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Beam AI and Kognitos. How we grade
Where they differ
In commonFree planWebAI featuresWorkflow automationAI agentsNo-code
At a glance
| Beam AI | Kognitos | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $50 per month | Free workspace; paid use is consumption-based and quoted by sales |
| Free plan | 20 tasks a month, 1 base integration and self-healing outputs. | A free workspace where you can sign up, write automations in plain English and run them. The FAQ states no limits. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Beam AI | Kognitos |
| Price read from | beam.ai | kognitos.com |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Beam AI
- Free and Pro are capped at 20 and 200 tasks a month; Pro is the only published price below $3,990.
- Only 1 base integration is listed on Free and 3 on Scale; further connectors mean the Custom plan.
- The pricing page does not say whether monthly prices are billed monthly or annually.
- Custom pricing is not published, and the vendor frames the product for enterprise automation.
Kognitos
- Paid pricing is not published. The FAQ describes consumption-based pricing, and a quote comes from the sales team.
- The vendor offers enterprise contracts with annual and multi-year terms; shorter terms are mentioned only for pilots and mid-market.
- Security claims such as SOC 2, HIPAA and GDPR readiness come from the vendor's own FAQ.
- The free workspace's limits are not stated on the pages read.
Key features
Beam AI
- Pre-trained agents
- Ready-made agents come with domain expertise, and you connect your own databases and integrations to put them to work.
- Agentic workflows from SOPs
- Agents are set up to follow an organization's standard operating procedures, with consent steps where a person must approve.
- Task hub with confidence scores
- The product demo shows a task list with status per task and a confidence figure on each step, such as vendor validation and three-way matching.
- Triggers and embedding
- Agents can be started in several ways, such as when work arrives, and can be embedded elsewhere.
- Integrations by category
- The integrations page groups connectors into CRM, finance, HR, IT, management, marketing, sales and software development.
Kognitos
- English as Code
- Automations are written as plain-English instructions rather than code or screen-scraping bots, so business users can build and maintain them.
- Exception handling
- When an agent meets an exception it pauses, a person answers in plain English, and the run resumes from where it stopped. The vendor says the answer is kept for next time.
- Deterministic execution
- The vendor says agents follow the process as defined and log each decision, and it describes the engine as neurosymbolic rather than a pure language-model agent.
- Prebuilt AI Employees and apps
- The navigation lists 61 AI Employee roles and more than 100 apps, with solutions for finance, banking, healthcare and manufacturing.
- Enterprise system connections
- The FAQ says Kognitos connects to SAP and more than 200 other enterprise systems, including Oracle, NetSuite, Workday and Salesforce.
Plans
Beam AI
Free$0
per month for up to 20 tasks
1 base integration and lower complexity, with self-healing outputs.
Pro$50
per month for up to 200 tasks
Unlimited steps per workflow, premium AI models, output evaluation and self-healing outputs.
Scale$3,990
per month
High-volume task execution, 3 base integrations, frontier AI models, enterprise-grade security and full self-learning.
CustomCustom
Custom integrations, on-demand solution engineers, enterprise-grade security and full self-learning.
Kognitos
Free workspace$0
Sign up, build automations in plain English and run them without a paid engagement. The FAQ does not state usage limits.
EnterpriseCustom
Consumption-based: priced by transactions processed and agent complexity, with annual or multi-year contracts, quoted by sales.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Beam AI or Kognitos?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Beam AI starts at $50 per month, and Kognitos starts at Free workspace; paid use is consumption-based and quoted by sales.
Which has a free plan, Beam AI or Kognitos?
As of Nov 12, 2026, both Beam AI and Kognitos have a free plan.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.