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Workiva pricing
Workiva publishes a single tier. Below is what it costs, what it covers, and how that compares with the accounting tools listed alongside it.
As of 31 August 2026, Workiva pricing is on request. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- On request
- Model
- Quote
- Tiers
- 1
- Free tier
- Not on record
Workiva plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Workiva Platform | On request | 5 | Entry tier |
What the product covers
The full Workiva feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Linked data
- Inline XBRL tagging
- SEC filing
- SOX and controls
- Sustainability reporting
- Audit trail
- Collaboration
- Data connectors
People bring Workiva in for a newly public company facing its first 10-k where the tie-out process in word and excel is not survivable at the deadline, a european group preparing csrd sustainability disclosure that must be assurance-ready rather than a marketing document, a finance team whose auditors keep raising review points about version control and unsupported changes in the reporting pack, a group with several statutory filers that wants one set of numbers feeding many jurisdictional reports. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Workiva are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Accounting
Too few accounting tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workiva (this page) | On request | quote | - | |
| Rydoo | $10/month | Per user per month | - | vs Workiva |
| Happay | On request | quote | - | vs Workiva |
| Moss | On request | quote | - | vs Workiva |
| Mesh Payments | Free, then $13/month | Per user per month | - | vs Workiva |
| Medius Expense | On request | quote | - | vs Workiva |
| Ottimate | On request | quote | - | vs Workiva |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Workiva badges page.
Before you pay for Workiva
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: a single tier at On request. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Workiva against the tools that do have one before committing.
Workiva runs on web, and is published by Workiva of Ames, Iowa, United States. The full record is on the Workiva review, and the rest of the category is under best accounting tools.
Workiva pricing questions
- How much does Workiva cost?
- Workiva publishes a single tier, Workiva Platform, at On request.
- Does Workiva have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: Workiva is listed as quote. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- Which accounting tools can I use without paying?
- 1 of the 8 accounting tools listed alongside Workiva have a free tier: Mesh Payments.
- What am I actually paying for with Workiva?
- The record lists 8 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for a newly public company facing its first 10-k where the tie-out process in word and excel is not survivable at the deadline, a european group preparing csrd sustainability disclosure that must be assurance-ready rather than a marketing document, a finance team whose auditors keep raising review points about version control and unsupported changes in the reporting pack.
- Does Workiva charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 1 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Workiva prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Workiva against before paying?
- The closest accounting tools in this directory are Rydoo, Happay, Moss, Mesh Payments. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Workiva covering price, platforms and features.