Poka vs Zaptic (2026): plant skills, Factory Feed and huddles, or shop-floor work tied to plant systems and QMS

I would pick Poka when I want plant knowledge, skills, Factory Feed and huddles. I would pick Zaptic when I want shop-floor work instructions tied to plant systems and QMS. I would pick Pilla when I want AI to act inside the work.

I ask the same twelve questions on every comparison. For Poka I used their public product, pricing, legal and Industrial AI pages. For Zaptic I used Intellect Connected Frontline Worker pages, live PDFs and store listings. I used their public docs and I have not used a paid account. Where they stay quiet, I stay quiet.

Poka holds work instructions, troubleshoots and skills in one plant library. You run checklists, audits and CIL on the floor. You log issues to a Kanban and escalate them through tiers. Shifts stay aligned on Factory Feed and huddle boards. Industrial AI writes content, answers questions and acts on issues under approval. Poka is an IFS company. You still log into Poka at poka.io.

I would pick Poka if I needed plant work instructions, skills, Factory Feed and huddle boards from one vendor. That connected-worker suite is a fair reason to stay.

Zaptic holds CIL, quality checks, changeovers and EHS observations on the shop floor. You prove the work with photos, video, audio, signatures and timestamps. You escalate a failed check into CAPA. You can pipe SAP PM, Maximo and MES onto the same to-do list, and you can add Intellect QMS. Intellect bought Zaptic on 17 November 2025. zaptic.com sends you to Intellect Connected Frontline Worker.

I would pick Zaptic if I needed shop-floor work instructions plus plant systems and QMS. That factory stack is a fair reason to stay.

If the job is plant work instructions, skills, Factory Feed and huddle boards, pick Poka. If the job is shop-floor work plus SAP, Maximo, MES and a QMS loop, pick Zaptic. I built Pilla for a different job. You draw the process on a canvas. The team runs it on a phone, tablet or the web app. Pilla checks the work as it comes in and follows up when something needs you. I did not build shift scheduling, payroll, HR, a plant skills matrix, Factory Feed, huddle boards or Maximo and SAP work orders. If you need those, keep them on Poka, Zaptic or another vendor. You can open Pilla the same day. Pay as you go is £199 a month with 1,500 processed workflows included, then 15p each. Enterprise is from £25k a year. Talk to us to get set up. People are unlimited.

I would pick Poka if I needed plant work instructions, skills, Factory Feed and huddle boards from one vendor. I would pick Zaptic if I needed shop-floor work instructions plus plant systems and QMS. If I wanted the work drawn on a canvas and AI acting inside the run, with DMs, I would use Pilla, and I would keep plant skills, the feed, huddles, SAP, Maximo and QMS somewhere else.