What is Qualia, in one line?

A company brain with hands: a shared memory of how your studio actually works, plus a workforce of specialist agents that read it, decide, and do the work.

Game publishers, game and app studios, and multi-product companies operating several apps with a small team.

How is this different from an AI agent framework or a chatbot?

Frameworks give you building blocks. Chatbots answer questions. Qualia is the operating layer on top: shared portfolio memory, specialist agents, and an approval-first workflow that ships real changes across your stack.

Do the agents act on their own, or do I approve every step?

By default, approval is the step that ships. Autonomy is a ladder: task types with a proven approval record can be promoted to run unsupervised, and demoted anytime.

What does Qualia connect to?

Repos, ticketing, analytics, ad platforms, Sentry, Slack, storefronts. Read-only by default; write access is scoped per agent and per task type.

How is my data handled?

Read-only access by default, action log for every write, reversible operations, and no training on your data.

How do I get started?

Book a demo. We map your portfolio, plug in the memory, and run a first task under approval within the first week.

Alternatives · Viktor

Viktor Alternative: Qualia, the AI Employee for a Whole Portfolio

By Doğan Turan, Co-founder, Qualia · Updated August 2, 2026

TL;DR. Viktor is an AI employee shaped like an individual hire: one analyst, one ops lead, one engineer, priced per role. Qualia is an AI employee shaped like a chief of staff for a portfolio: one teammate that runs work across every product you ship, priced per portfolio. If you have one team and one product that needs a role owned, pick Viktor. If you have 2 to 10 people running 3 to 20 products, pick Qualia.

Last updated: August 2, 2026

At a glance

Viktor vs Qualia.

Dimension	Viktor	Qualia
Shape	AI employee (role-scoped)	AI employee (portfolio-scoped)
Category tagline	"Not a tool. A hire."	"The AI employee that runs your whole portfolio."
ICP	Any team, any size	Portfolio operators (2 to 10 people, 3 to 20 products)
Starting price	$50/mo + credits	Portfolio-based tier
Pricing model	Per user + credit-metered	Per portfolio
Surfaces	Slack, Teams	Slack, Teams, Gmail, Drive, WhatsApp
Drafts PRs from errors	Some engineering tasks	Yes, first-class
Writes agents on demand	No (fixed roles)	Yes
Cross-product memory	No	Yes
Fundraising	$75M Series A (May 2026)	Pre-seed, Sentez-parented

Positioning

Where they position.

Viktor stakes out the AI employee category with unusual clarity. The hero line "Viktor. Not a tool. A hire." coined the mental model that made $75M make sense. Viktor packages itself as role-shaped hires: an analyst, an ops lead, an engineer.

Qualia stakes out the same category (AI employee) but with a different shape. Instead of one hire per role, one hire that acts as chief of staff across every product you ship. Both are legitimate AI employees. They just serve different topologies.

Differences

Where they differ.

Scope shape. Viktor is role-scoped; Qualia is portfolio-scoped.

Configurability. Viktor ships fixed role packages. Qualia ships an agent workforce that writes new agents on demand when you describe a task.

Surfaces. Viktor is Slack + Teams. Qualia adds Gmail, Drive, WhatsApp in one shared memory.

Pricing model. Viktor is per-user + credit-metered. Qualia is per-portfolio.

Cross-product memory. Viktor's memory is team-scoped. Qualia's memory spans the whole portfolio: a signal in Product A informs a brief for Product B six months later.

Action verb depth. Viktor covers reports, dashboards, code, campaigns, automation. Qualia adds first-class: drafts PRs from error reports, writes agents on demand, sends emails, closes tickets, publishes content, produces morning executive briefs.

Pricing

Pricing comparison.

Viktor: Free ($100 credits) → Team from $50/mo → Small company $300-$5,000/mo → Medium $7,500-$30,000/mo → Enterprise $35,000-$50,000/mo. Credit-metered.

Qualia: Portfolio-tier pricing (see /book-a-demo). No per-seat scaling. Predictable monthly line item.

For a 5-person team running 5 products, Viktor's per-role stack often reaches $1,500-$3,000/month. Qualia's portfolio tier at that size is meaningfully lower.

Decision guide

Pick Viktor if.

You're a functional team inside a larger company.
Your bottleneck is one clear role you'd hire a human for.
You want a named AI employee for that role.
You value credit-based pricing flexibility.

Pick Qualia if.

You run 3 to 20 products with a 2 to 10 person team.
Your bottleneck is coordination across many roles, not any single role.
You want one AI teammate that spans your whole company.
You want portfolio-scale pricing.

Decision framework.

One product or many? One → Viktor. Many → Qualia.
Team specialized or wearing many hats? Specialized → Viktor. Many hats → Qualia.
Squad of specialists or one chief of staff? Squad → Viktor. Chief of staff → Qualia.

Compatibility

Can I use both?

Yes. Viktor for one high-volume role + Qualia for portfolio-scale orchestration. Most portfolio operators find one product enough.

FAQ

Questions studios ask
before switching.

Is Qualia trying to compete directly with Viktor?

Both are AI employees. The category overlap is real. The shape difference is real too.

Which raised more money?

Viktor: $75M Series A (May 2026). Qualia: pre-seed via Sentez.

Does Viktor integrate with WhatsApp like Qualia?

No. Viktor is Slack + Teams primarily.

Can Viktor draft PRs like Qualia?

Viktor has engineer-role capabilities. Whether it drafts PRs from error reports end-to-end the way Qualia does is a feature depth question. Ask Viktor's team for a live demo.

Which fits a 5-person team running 5 products?

Qualia. Viktor at that scale requires buying multiple role-shaped hires and the memory doesn't unify.

How do I try both?

Viktor: viktor.com free tier. Qualia: /book-a-demo.

Next step

See it on your own portfolio.

The fastest way to know whether Qualia or Viktor fits your studio is to put your real stores, ad networks, and analytics in front of it. Book a 30-minute call with a co-founder.

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