Beam AI vs Maisa (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Beam AI grades higher than Maisa: 1.8 against 1.6 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
Beam AI grades higher on the free plan. Maisa grades higher on value for money. They get the same grade on features, ease of use and platforms.
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
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 Maisa if
- Fits if you are in a regulated industry and want the vendor to do the first build
- Makes sense if you need agent runs you can trace afterwards
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want self-serve, as the vendor builds the first use cases with you
- Not for you if you want a published price, because none is shown
- Watch out: the cost, accuracy and speed figures on the site are the vendor's own, from named customer stories
- Watch out: no integrations are listed, so ask what it connects to
How we grade them
| 1.8GPABeam AIWeak | 1.6GPAMaisaWeak | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | CNo price is published; the site only offers a demo request. |
| Free plan and trial | CA free plan of 20 tasks a month with 1 base integration, which you will outgrow quickly. | FNothing free is offered: there is no free plan and no trial. |
| Features | CAgents, SOP-based workflows, confidence scores and triggers, but connectors beyond the base ones mean the Custom plan. | CA studio for defining processes, run traces and small models the customer owns. The listing shows no usage caps or integrations. |
| 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 the vendor builds the first use cases with you. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only, with one integration named and more by category. | CWeb only, with no integrations listed on the pages read. |
| Best for | agents for enterprise task automation | regulated firms wanting digital workers built for them |
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 Maisa. How we grade
Where they differ
At a glance
| Beam AI | Maisa | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Paid |
| Starts at | $50 per month | Not published |
| Free plan | 20 tasks a month, 1 base integration and self-healing outputs. | None |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Beam AI | Maisa Inc. |
| Price read from | beam.ai | Not confirmed |
| 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.
Maisa
- No prices are published; the site offers a demo request only, so pricing is recorded as unverified.
- The vendor builds the first use cases with the customer, so it is a services-led deployment rather than a self-serve sign-up.
- Cost, accuracy and speed figures on the site are the vendor's own and come from named customer stories.
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.
Maisa
- Maisa Studio
- Business teams describe the task, the data to use and the goal in natural language, connect systems, test a run before go-live and monitor runs in production.
- Process definition
- A worker is defined once with its objective, business rules, controls and exceptions, then runs the process across existing systems, including legacy ones.
- Run traces
- Every step is recorded, which the vendor says makes runs reproducible and audit ready.
- Owned small models
- The vendor says each worker's traces can train a small model the customer owns, which it says cuts cost per run; a customer case cites 14x lower cost per job.
- Guided rollout
- Maisa describes a 1-3-6 method: a first workflow version in one week, a live pilot by week three and production by week six.
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.
Maisa
Pricing could not be confirmed. See maisa.ai.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Beam AI or Maisa?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Beam AI starts at $50 per month, and Maisa has no price we could confirm.
Which has a free plan, Beam AI or Maisa?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Beam AI has a free plan. Maisa does not.
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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.