Hudson vs Obi by Cor
Both are in-app voice agents with screen awareness. Hudson adds the intelligence layer — structured knowledge, persona governance, and the analytics to prove ROI.
Live onboarding + closed-loop intelligence
Hudson is your always-available onboarding specialist. It guides new users live, learns from every session, and surfaces exactly where your product loses people — giving your team the data to fix churn at the root.
In-app voice assistant, enterprise-grade security
Obi is a screen-aware in-app voice agent with strong enterprise credentials (SOC 2 Type 2). It handles conversational support inside your product. The knowledge and analytics layer is more limited, and the sales-led model means slower time-to-value.
Where Hudson wins
The onboarding-specific capabilities Obi by Cor doesn't cover
- Video avatar — Hudson shows up as a face, not just a voice — driving higher engagement and trust during critical first-session moments.
- Structured persona governance — Version history, diffs, and rollback mean your onboarding persona is managed with engineering rigour. Obi offers partial knowledge management, no versioning.
- Transcript → training feedback loop — Sessions automatically feed Hudson's knowledge base. Obi has no equivalent closed loop.
- Churn & drop-off signals — Hudson surfaces exactly where users disengaged. Obi provides partial analytics at best.
- Minutes to first agent, not days — Obi requires custom onboarding and a sales-led setup. Hudson is self-serve and live in minutes.
Where Obi by Cor leads
Honest credit where it's due
- ⚡SOC 2 Type 2 today — Obi holds Type 2 certification. For enterprise deals with strict security review, this is meaningful while Hudson's certification is in progress.
Head-to-head feature breakdown
Every capability, side by side
| Feature | Hudson | Obi by Cor |
|---|---|---|
| Persona & Training | ||
| Structured persona schema | Yes | Partial |
| Version history & rollback | Yes | No |
| Knowledge & RAG | ||
| RAG over your own docs | Yes | Yes |
| Knowledge review workflow | Yes | Partial |
| Transcripts become knowledge | Yes | No |
| Conversation Engine | ||
| Video avatar | Yes | No |
| Turn-taking & interruptibility | Yes | Partial |
| Perception | ||
| Screen-share / in-app awareness | Yes | Yes |
| Visual awareness | Yes | Yes |
| Analytics & Closed Loop | ||
| Auto insights / themes | Yes | Partial |
| Churn / drop-off signals | Yes | Partial |
| Transcript → training loop | Yes | No |
| Commercial | ||
| Pricing model | Per-session | Custom / Sales-led |
| Time to first agent | Minutes | Days |
| Self-serve onboarding | Yes | No |
Ready to cut early churn?
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