Hitchhiker
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Hitchhiker, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Hitchhiker's own pricing page, checked 9 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Pilot | Priced on request | 12-month pilot · cancellable at each month-end · no setup costs · no per-seat licence · no minimum commitment · Monthly flat fee; price and scope are negotiable and set in an individual pilot agreement. |
The facts
Each one read from Hitchhiker's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Analytics
- Dashboards give HR and management information about skills in demand, unused skills, and exchange between units.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Data access
- Employees see their own profile and assignments, managers see their team, HR sees aggregated reports, and applications are visible only to the gig owner and approving manager.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Data handling
- The product page says it processes only marketplace data—profiles, gigs, applications, and feedback—and uses roles to control report visibility.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Gig types
- It supports project assignments, micro-gigs, job shadowing, and mentoring or learning gigs.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Integration status
- A Microsoft Viva Engage connector is described as in progress with pilot partners; it runs in the company’s own tenant and Hitchhiker says it writes but reads nothing.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Matching
- It compares employee profiles, interests, and availability with open gigs and suggests suitable assignments.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Pilot scope and rollout
- The pricing page describes a pilot for one unit or region with 50 to 300 employees, with rollout in the existing Teams environment taking a few weeks.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Profiles and feedback
- Completed gigs and feedback are recorded in employee profiles as “My Accomplishments.”checked 9 Oct 2026
- Security and compliance
- Hitchhiker says it is developed and operated in Switzerland, with data held on Swiss infrastructure under the Swiss FADP and GDPR.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Support and contact
- The company invites prospective customers to book a demo and lists [email protected] as a contact address.checked 9 Oct 2026
- What it does
- Hitchhiker is an internal marketplace where employees find and offer short assignments, projects, and learning gigs within their company.checked 9 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Approvals
- Applications go through the employee’s manager, who agrees capacity and workload relief before an assignment starts.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Browser access
- The same application is available in a browser for people who prefer it.checked 9 Oct 2026
The company
- Headquarters
- Köniz near Bern, Switzerlandchecked 28 Sep 2026
- Microsoft Teams
- Hitchhiker runs as an app inside Microsoft Teams and uses employees’ existing company accounts for sign-in.checked 9 Oct 2026
