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Sana Coach

AI agent

by Workday

Talent coaching agent for employees and managers that orchestrates the performance management process, surfaces sentiment trends and burnout and retention risks, and drafts evidence-based coaching and review notes.

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What it does

• Workflow automation

Sources

Pricing

Official documentation · 18 Oct 2026

"Workday Flex Credits is a pay-as-you-go pricing model that gives you immediate access to AI agents and platform innovations."

Description

Official documentation · 18 Oct 2026

"Sana Coach is Workday's unified talent coaching experience for employees and managers. It orchestrates the performance management process from start to finish".

What it does

Official documentation · 18 Oct 2026

"Sana Coach surfaces sentiment trends, makes suggested fixes, and recommends coaching that helps with employee development and satisfaction."

Sold within

Not found · 18 Oct 2026

Read the page: it names its product family ("Sana") but states no plan or add-on terms.

Name

Official documentation · 18 Oct 2026

Page headline and Agents menu entry "Sana Coach".

URL

Official documentation · 18 Oct 2026

Workday's own product page, listed in the Agents menu.

Deployment

Official documentation · 18 Oct 2026

Runs "inside your Workday environment" (a hosted Workday tenant).

Intended for

Official documentation · 18 Oct 2026

Workday customers: enterprise HR, finance and IT teams ("your secure Workday environment").

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