Sift
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Sift, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Sift's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Sift Org Chart | $150 a month | 20-user minimum · $1.50/mo per additional user · unlimited people charted · automated org chart · basic profiles · annually |
| Sift Directory | $175 a month | 20-user minimum · $2.00/mo per additional user · unlimited employee profiles · custom profiles · search · API · analytics · annually |
| Sift Complete | $200 a month | 20-user minimum · $3.25/mo per additional user · unlimited profiles and people charted · Org Chart plus Directory · annually |
| Sift Enterprise | Priced on request | Organizations over 1,000 employees · security reviews · 99.9% SLA · volume discounts · extended sandbox or proof of concept |
The facts
Each one read from Sift's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Analytics
- The Directory plan includes 13 prebuilt people-analytics reports.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API
- Sift exposes a REST API at https://api.justsift.com/v1 for searching and retrieving organization people data.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API authentication
- API applications use administrator-created bearer tokens, with optional IP allowlists and separate data and media access levels.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API documentation
- The public developer site publishes an OpenAPI specification, search endpoints, parameters, schemas and example responses.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Collaboration integrations
- Profiles can link to email, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Outlook, Office 365, Gmail and Zoom for communication.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Compliance
- Sift states that it has completed a SOC 2 Type 2 audit and complies with GDPR.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Data integrations
- Supported data sources named by Sift include Workday, UKG, Microsoft Entra ID, Google Workspace, Okta, Ping Identity, LDAP, SFTP and CSV.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Diagramming limit
- Sift says it cannot create org charts from scratch like Visio or Lucid and instead represents live source data.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Directory search
- Its people directory search can search profile data and filter results to find colleagues by relevant skills, roles, and other information.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Downloads
- Sift lists browser access, Windows PC and Mac desktop downloads, and mobile apps for iOS and Android.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Funding status
- Crunchbase labels Sift a private Series B company and lists two funding rounds, while withholding the amounts publicly.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Sift describes integrations with Workday, UKG, Microsoft Entra ID, Google Workspace, Okta, Ping Identity, CSV files, Microsoft Teams, and Slack.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Intranet widgets
- Sift offers embeddable widgets that extend directory functionality into an organization's intranet.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Legal identity
- Crunchbase identifies the legal entity as Sift Enterprises Corp. and lists Charles Hilliard and Ryan Bickham as founders.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: chart export
- G2 reviewers report that exporting a complete org chart can be tricky and would benefit from more customization or preview controls.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: PowerPoint output
- Capterra reviewers say org-chart exports lack clean page breaks and may require manual work or another charting tool.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: product clarity
- Gartner reviewers criticize unclear explanations of what Sift offers, lack of reminder emails and low awareness of the product among employees.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: profile flexibility
- G2 reviewers say profile fields and personal-detail completion could be more flexible or comprehensive.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Native chat limit
- Sift says it has no native messaging or chat feature, instead linking profiles to tools such as Teams or Slack.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Notable limitation
- Sift does not currently offer native messaging or chat, but can link profiles to tools such as Microsoft Teams or Slack.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Org chart
- Sift builds an automatically updated interactive org chart from existing people data and shows formal and informal reporting lines.checked 15 Oct 2026
Money
- Billing limits
- Sift charges by users with login access; plans start at 20 users and additional users are added in increments of 5 through 100, then increments of 20.checked 7 Oct 2026
The company
- Company facts
- LinkedIn lists Sift as a privately held software-development company founded in 2015, headquartered in Detroit, with 11–50 employees.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Maker
- The site identifies the company as Sift Enterprises Corp. and says it is handcrafted in Detroit.checked 7 Oct 2026
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