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Buddy as a Service

Every new hire gets an AI onboarding buddy grounded in your real handbook and culture — private by design, with a real human handoff for the things AI can't do.

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Why traditional buddy programs fall short

Most workplace buddy programs fail in predictable ways: the assigned person is busy with their own job and treats it as an obligation, quality varies wildly depending on who a new hire happens to get paired with, and the company usually has zero visibility into whether it's even happening — someone could go their entire first quarter barely talking to their "buddy" and nobody would know.

Buddy as a Service gives every employee the same baseline of genuinely thoughtful support — available any time, consistent across your whole team, and grounded in your actual company materials instead of generic advice.

How it works

Private by design

Admins only ever see aggregate usage — never conversation content. This is the same principle behind a real human workplace buddy: the company sponsors it, but the conversation stays between the employee and their buddy. Read the full breakdown on our Security & Trust page.

Pricing

Starter

$199/mo

Up to 10 employees

Growth

$599/mo

Up to 50 employees

Additional seats beyond your plan: $8/employee. Larger team? Contact us for Enterprise pricing.

Questions

What is Buddy as a Service?

A company-customized version of Riseply's Job Buddy, built to digitize the traditional workplace practice of assigning new hires a buddy. Your admin uploads real onboarding material — handbook excerpts, culture notes, team and tool info — so every new hire's AI buddy is grounded in your actual company, not generic advice.

How is this different from just assigning a human buddy?

Human buddy programs are inconsistent by nature — the assigned person is busy with their own job, quality depends entirely on who a new hire happens to get paired with, and most companies have zero visibility into whether it's actually happening. Buddy as a Service gives every employee the same baseline of genuinely useful support, available any time, while still preserving a real human handoff for the things AI structurally can't do — an office tour, a face-to-face introduction.

Can managers or HR read employees' conversations?

No. Conversation content is private to the employee, always. Admins only ever see aggregate usage — how many employees have joined, how many onboarding plans were generated, average message counts — never what anyone actually said. The one exception is fully employee-initiated: if someone explicitly requests a handoff to a real contact, only the note they personally write gets sent, never their chat history.

What does it cost?

Starter is $199/month for up to 10 employees. Growth is $599/month for up to 50 employees. Additional seats beyond your plan are $8/seat. Larger organizations can contact us for Enterprise pricing.

How do we get our employees set up?

Create an organization and you'll get a join code to share with new hires — they enter it once when adding their role. For faster rollout, admins can also upload a CSV roster (exported from Workday or any HRIS) to pre-register expected hires' titles, so employees don't have to type anything in themselves.

Does it work if we already use Workday or another HRIS?

Yes, via CSV export — works with Workday, BambooHR, ADP, or any system that can export a roster. There's no live API integration with Workday specifically yet; CSV upload gets you most of the practical benefit today without a lengthy IT-mediated integration process.

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