Orgvue

Orgvue lets you test changes to structure, roles and costs before you make them. It works from HR, finance and operations data held in one place. Its hosting choices, audits and human sign-off on AI changes count in its favour. But changes reach your HR system as files. Someone on your side must load them. The licence you buy also decides what you can model. The AI terms give no promise about accuracy. Order forms renew each year unless you give 90 days’ notice, and rise 7% a year.

By Ashish Manchanda Published 10 Nov 2026 Last updated 10 Nov 2026

Orgvue tests the shape and cost of your organisation before you change it

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Orgvue is a workforce transformation platform. It models your organisation’s structure, roles and costs, and tracks them month by month.

Buy it if

A restructure, a cost review or a long-range workforce plan is on your desk. The decision reaches HR, Finance, IT and Operations together. You are ready to name who loads agreed changes into your HR system.

Do not buy it if

You need to cancel mid-term. Its terms do not let you end a Work Order for convenience, and orders renew automatically. Your legal team will not accept AI terms that give no promise about accuracy.

Price

Published UK public contracts include values from £146,520 for 24 months to £7,070,895 over three years. Order forms carry an annual increase of 7%. Fees are invoiced annually in advance.

Looking at the whole field? Our people analytics guide and its comparison of 33 products cover the rest.

It joins your HR, finance and operations data, then lets you test changes

Orgvue holds a model of your organisation that you can test changes on. It connects HR, finance and operational data into one source of truth about people, roles, structure and costs. Orgvue calls itself a workforce transformation platform. It supports analysing, designing, planning and monitoring.

Analysis covers structure, spans, layers and costs. A span is how many people report to a manager. A layer is one step in the reporting chain. Orgvue also reports gender, ethnic diversity, age and tenure make-up. It can answer a question such as the gender split by grade. Its Orgvue Benchmarks add-on compares you with similar organisations on 17 or more organisation design measures. Similar means size or industry. The benchmarking offer includes a data refresh, quarterly reports and review sessions.

Design and planning use the same data. Job architecture creates a framework for new job structures, pay grades and career paths. Annual position planning gives a view of filled, vacant and approved positions. Strategic workforce planning models future workforce supply and demand. Succession planning suggests possible successors for each role. It uses employee performance data as a starting point. Critical positions are assessed for risk by vacancy trends, uniqueness, impact or turnover.

Monitoring is where the month-to-month work happens. Advanced Tracking compares actuals with budgets and plans. It tracks key measures against targets and explains why headcount and cost move each month. The causes include joiners, leavers and internal moves. It can also forecast a future state.

Data comes in through direct connectors to a range of HR systems, file shares and data warehouses. Workday and SAP SuccessFactors have direct connectors. You pick the reports, the fields and the refresh schedule. Files are read on a schedule or uploaded by hand. Orgvue puts the connection time at minutes, and the timeline depends on your approvals. It brings in outside labour market data through Lightcast and Revelio Labs.

Henshaw is Orgvue’s name for its AI features. Henshaw Assistant answers plain-language questions about workforce data. An example is which positions carry the most risk from retiring workers. Henshaw Cleaner finds inconsistencies and recommends corrections for you to approve. Henshaw Roles groups position data into role clusters and job families. Orgvue’s position is that Henshaw does not replace human decision-making. Henshaw Assistant entered a phased general release in January 2026.

WebMCP lets an AI assistant you trust work inside Orgvue. It connects the assistant to your Orgvue Workspace, which is the browser tab where you do your analysis. The assistant acts on behalf of the user. An example request is to move positions between sites. WebMCP appears in the Anthropic Claude connector directory. Set-up is co-built with partners or Professional Services. The early access trial runs six to twelve weeks.

You choose where your data lives, and a person approves the AI’s changes

A planning tool holds some of your most sensitive records. So data location, security and control of the AI come first.

You choose the region that stores your records

Employee records are sensitive, so where they are stored matters to your legal team. Orgvue hosts on AWS in us-east-1, eu-west-1 or ap-southeast-2, and you choose which. Each customer sits in one region, spread over at least three availability zones. Those are separate data centre locations. Orgvue has no access to client data by default. Data is encrypted at rest and in transit.

It plans for a bad day

If the service fails, you want to know how long you wait and how much data you lose. Orgvue’s targets are 4 hours to recover and no more than 1 hour of data lost. Backups run daily and are kept for 30 days.

Independent audits back up the security claims

Your security team will ask for proof, and Orgvue has some. It holds a SOC 2 Type 2 report on security. The certification body BSI audits it twice a year for ISO 27001. Orgvue announced ISO/IEC 42001 certification on 10 August 2026. It completes web application penetration testing every year. You can ask for the executive summaries.

A person approves what the AI changes

If AI touches your organisation data, you need to know who decides. Orgvue’s AI policy bans fully automated decisions that adversely affect legal rights. It also bans uses that discriminate on legally protected characteristics. Its WebMCP connection updates no organisational data without explicit human review. Henshaw AI is off by default, and you can choose to use it or stop using it.

It can help you build your own analysis team

Software only helps if someone in your company owns the analysis. Professional Services helps customers build an internal Centre of Excellence. That is a team that owns the analysis. Success Packages include bi-weekly coaching for that team. They also cover administration, extra training and content creation such as custom calculations. Not every customer needs Professional Services.

Changes leave as files, the AI carries no accuracy promise and some parts need a representative

A planning tool only helps once its decisions reach your systems and your people. So check how changes reach your HR system, what each licence allows and what the AI terms cover. Each point below is something to settle before you sign. Contract terms are under price and leaving.

Agreed changes reach your HR system as files

A restructure only counts once your HR system holds it. Orgvue does not write to the HR system directly. Agreed changes go out as structured files, so someone on your side has to load them. Orgvue’s platform diagram has approved updates landing back in the system of record. Decide who loads the files before you sign.

The licence you buy decides what you can model

Two licences can look alike and allow different work. An Org Insights licence lets you load internal employee, contractor and role data from any source. A third-party licensed dataset is the exception. Org Insights does not permit detailed position-level modelling of future structures. Org Design does. Your order form also sets how many unique records, people and roles you may analyse.

Some parts are early or confirmed through a representative

Check what is generally available before you rely on it. Access to Henshaw Roles is confirmed through an Orgvue representative. So is availability of the succession planning solution. WebMCP is in early access and becomes generally available from January 2027. Henshaw is an add-on that appears on the order form. Beta Henshaw functions are free, and fees may be introduced at general availability.

The AI terms give no promise about accuracy

If you act on an AI answer, the responsibility is yours. Under Orgvue’s Henshaw terms, Orgvue gives no warranty or other commitment about Henshaw or the accuracy of its outputs. You check every output. The decisions are yours. The same or similar output may be given to other users and customers. Orgvue may suspend or end Henshaw access if its outside AI provider suspends or ends access.

Two Orgvue documents differ on what the AI may see

Before you load data, you need to know which data the AI may handle. In a product update, Orgvue explains that Assistant analysis happens in Orgvue and respects the user’s access to data. In the Henshaw Addendum, clause 6.2, the customer agrees not to enter Customer Data into Henshaw Assistant. Under the addendum, an outside AI provider handles inputs and any applicable customer data for stated purposes. It may keep them for a short time. Ask Orgvue which data may go in.

Surveys and AI logs can point at named people

Settle who may see named results before you launch anything. Activity analysis runs a survey of employees. The results show the individual, the job title and the activities. Under its Henshaw terms, Orgvue also logs all inputs and outputs of Henshaw Assistant to record user activity.

Support runs on office hours and the guides sit behind a login

Check the support hours against your own working day. The support desk runs from 09:00 to 17:00 UK time and during US working hours. User guides are available only to customers with an Orgvue login. All live customer accounts run the same Orgvue version and get updates automatically.

A new owner is a reason to confirm who you contract with

Get the contracting company and the terms confirmed in writing. Main Capital Partners acquired a majority stake in Orgvue, announced on 8 September 2026. Companies House records that a director’s appointment ended on 26 August 2026. Filings of 23 September 2026 include a resolution approving financing arrangements. They also include a change to the articles.

It suits big structural decisions that several departments must agree

Orgvue suits a big structural decision that several departments must agree. It is built for executive decision making across HR, Finance, IT and Operations. It serves close to 200 global enterprise customers with about 250 professionals. More than 50 consulting firms use its platform. The customer stories below cover the kind of job they bought it for.

Danone trained its OD practitioners and HR leaders

Danone trained 67 OD practitioners and 171 HR directors and business partners. OD means organisation development. It modelled its workforce in half the time, using 30 data sources, and refreshes its Orgvue data daily.

Aviva modelled a large share of its people

Aviva is a 30,000-person organisation. It analysed, modelled and integrated 12,000 employees. It needed ten days to implement the product and train the team.

TVH committed to a five-year workforce plan

TVH has around 5,300 employees and 90 branches. It has committed to creating a five-year strategic workforce plan.

A healthcare organisation grouped 8,000 positions into clusters

The organisation replaced six months of role mapping with six days of Henshaw analysis. The work covered 8,000 positions in 83 clusters.

BDO and Britam report cost and time savings

BDO reports halving data preparation time and finding client savings of up to $20 million. Britam reports a 23% saving on labour costs.

A manufacturer tracked 150 HR partners against targets

A manufacturer’s CFO needed to see how 150 HR business partners in more than 30 countries were doing against targets. The same story gives a goal of cutting costs by $300m through a global workforce restructure.

UK public contracts include values from £146,520 to £7,070,895

Your order form sets what you buy and how many records, people and roles you may analyse. Public contracts give the order of size. These are contract values that UK public bodies have published. They cover different scopes and lengths, so none of them is a price for you.

Ministry of Justice£7,070,895

A workforce planning, organisation design and HR analytics platform, from 31 March 2023 to 30 March 2026.

HM Revenue & Customs£3,393,874

An organisation design, HR analytics and workforce planning platform, from 31 March 2025 to 30 March 2028.

Department of Health and Social Care£1,230,630

An online platform to manage workforce data, from 19 September 2025 to 18 September 2028.

UK Health Security Agency£904,322

The Orgvue subscription and associated support services over three years.

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero£356,400

An HR Establishment Control List on G-Cloud 14, from 14 March 2026 to 13 March 2029. An optional 12-month extension is valued at £118,800 excluding VAT.

Department for Business and Trade£297,480

Cloud-hosted position management for an initial 12 months, with an optional 12-month extension.

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency£287,600

An organisation design, HR analytics and workforce planning platform, from 22 April 2026 to 21 April 2028.

UK Research and InnovationUp to £146,520

A licence subscription for 24 months. The cap excludes VAT.

Plan for a bill that arrives once a year and rises every year. Subscription fees are invoiced annually in advance, with payment due 30 days from the invoice date. Order forms carry an annual increase of 7%. Under Orgvue’s terms, order forms for application services and Success Packages renew by themselves for one year at a time. Notice must come at least 90 days before renewal. The terms do not let you end a Work Order for convenience. Orgvue does not contract on customer-specific terms, so read the standard terms as the ones you sign.

Services add to the bill. Professional Services fees are invoiced monthly after the work, unless agreed otherwise. Success Packages are fixed support hours per calendar month. Activation through Expert Services includes security set-up, data uploads and user training. Pay on time, because Orgvue may suspend the services while a payment is overdue, under the Master Services Agreement. Interest on overdue amounts is the greater of 5% or the maximum rate the applicable law allows.

If something goes wrong, what you can recover is tied to what you paid. Under the Master Services Agreement, each side’s total liability has a limit. The limit is the fees paid in the twelve months before the cause of action. A separate cap covers breaches of confidentiality, the security terms, the data protection terms and claims by third parties. It is the greater of three times the annual fees or $1,000,000. Under its End User Subscription Agreement, Orgvue’s liability to the client for all claims is limited to £50,000. Ask which agreement you will sign. English, New York or Australian law typically governs Orgvue’s contracts.

The uptime promise is written down, but Orgvue may change it. Orgvue commits to 99.5% availability, measured monthly and excluding scheduled maintenance. It will use reasonable endeavours to keep maintenance downtime to no more than 14 days in a calendar year. Under the Master Services Agreement, Orgvue may amend that service level agreement in its sole discretion.

Your data stays yours, with one exception, and you should plan your exit before you sign. You own the data you upload and the outputs. Orgvue owns Usage Data, which includes anonymised data created from your data. When the Master Services Agreement ends, Orgvue deletes all customer data within three months. Personal data is deleted within ninety days of a written request or of termination. On written request, Orgvue gives reasonable migration help at your reasonable cost. Its duty to return Henshaw inputs and outputs covers only what it retains.

Two Orgvue pages differ on who handles your data. In its privacy information, AWS is the only third party involved in delivery. Client data is not transferred, shared or accessed by sub-processors. Its sub-processor list includes Amazon Web Services and Pendo.io. Under Orgvue’s Henshaw terms, some features may be powered by an outside AI provider. Its AI policy points to OpenAI’s terms. Ask for the full list in writing.

You could also get these reports and answers from agents built on your own systems. We have mapped what that looks like. The HR Agent Map

Eleven questions to put to Orgvue before you sign

These questions cover the points where a buyer’s needs and Orgvue’s standard terms may not match. Each one asks for a plain answer or a written change before you sign. A vague answer to any of them is worth noting.

Which licence do we need, and does it allow detailed position-level models of future structures? Good answer: Org Design is named on the order form for the work we plan to do.
What limit on records, people and roles will the order form carry, and what happens past it? Good answer: A written number, and the price of going over it.
What will a Work Order cover, and can we end one early or cap the 7% annual increase? Good answer: A written description of what it covers. Orgvue does not contract on customer-specific terms, so read the standard terms as the ones you sign.
Can you give us a price for our scope before a sales call? Good answer: A written price for the parts we buy, our number of records and our contract length.
Which of our data may go into Henshaw Assistant, given clause 6.2 of the addendum? Good answer: A written list of what may go in, which outside AI provider handles it and where.
Does anyone other than AWS handle our data, such as Pendo.io? Good answer: The full list of outside companies, and what each one receives.
What does Usage Data include, and can anonymised data made from ours be left out? Good answer: A written list of what Usage Data holds and an opt-out.
Who loads the agreed changes into our HR system, in what file format and how often? Good answer: A named owner on each side and a stated format.
Does the September 2026 change of ownership alter the contracting company, the support team or these terms? Good answer: The same contracting company, named in writing, and the same terms through the contract period.
Who will see named activity survey results, and can we restrict that to our analysis team? Good answer: Access rules that limit named results to a short list of people we choose.
What migration help do we get when we leave, in what format, and at what cost? Good answer: A stated format, a time window and a price range, written into the contract.

Alternatives to Orgvue

If Orgvue comes off your shortlist, look at Visier, ChartHop, Crunchr and One Model. You could also buy nothing this year.

Visier also sells org design. Its Organization Design became generally available in February 2026. It requires People Essentials, which provides the data on workers and hierarchy. Visier Workforce Plans consolidates plan inputs from HR, Finance and Operations into one view.

ChartHop covers headcount planning, HRIS, compensation, performance, engagement and goals on one data model. It works as a layer on top of an existing HRIS. Managers can request org changes through guided workflows. Approved requisitions can be pushed to Ashby, Greenhouse, Jobvite or Lever. Orgvue sends agreed changes out as files instead.

Crunchr covers headcount, FTE, workforce cost and span of control from one population and one set of definitions. It is a platform on top of the systems a customer already uses. One Model connects HRIS, ATS, payroll, engagement, performance, finance and other business data into a governed HR data model.

Your question may be a single count. An example is how many layers sit between the chief executive and the front line. A one-off export from your HR system may answer it. Orgvue may then be more than that question needs.

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