Poka
What it is
Poka is an industrial connected worker platform for standardizing work and making frontline knowledge available across shifts. Its tools include digital work instructions, learning and development, forms and checklists, issue management, huddle boards, skills management, daily management, communications, and dashboards and analytics. Poka describes its Industrial AI as supporting connected work on factory floors, with AI Agents and AI Studio. The platform is designed for manufacturing organizations, including frontline factory workers and operations teams. It connects with ERP, MES, LMS, and CMMS systems; Poka Automate offers more than 1,000 pre-built app connections. An open RESTful API supports custom integrations, and a Data Lake streams operational data to analytics platforms such as Power BI, Tableau, and Looker. Poka is available on iOS, Android, and web. The company says it runs as SaaS on AWS, encrypts data in transit using TLS 1.2 and at rest using 256-bit AES, is SOC 2 Type II compliant, and is registered with Canada’s Controlled Goods Program. Customer data remains available during a subscription and for 60 days after termination, after which it is securely deleted. Pricing is available on request.
For and against
For
- Includes work instructions, checklists, and issue management.
- Available on iOS, Android, and web.
- Offers an open RESTful API and Data Lake.
- Lists more than 1,000 pre-built app connections.
- States encryption in transit and at rest.
Against
- Pricing is available on request.
- Customer data is deleted 60 days after termination.
- Pricing page provides no numerical price or plan limits.
The verdict
Poka combines frontline work tools with integrations, analytics data streaming, and mobile and web access. Its price is not published, and customers have a 60-day retrieval period after a subscription ends.
Who it suits
Poka suits industrial and manufacturing organizations seeking tools for frontline work, operational communication, and knowledge sharing. It may fit teams that need connections to business systems and analytics platforms.
Plans and prices
Enterprise / Poka platform
Connected-worker platform; customized enterprise plans; demo required
Read 15 Oct 2026 · poka.io
Poka
Pricing by request; page provides no numerical price or plan limits
Read 4 Oct 2026 · poka.io
On the record
- AI
- Poka describes its Industrial AI as supporting connected work on the factory floor and links it to AI Agents and AI Studio.poka.io · read 4 Oct 2026
- Analytics
- Role-based dashboards report skills coverage, form completion, SQDCP measures, open issues and other operational indicators.poka.io · read 15 Oct 2026
- Android limitation
- Poka's IT policy says the Android application was still beta and might not function correctly on every Android device.artifacts.poka.io · read 15 Oct 2026
- API
- The platform provides an open RESTful API for custom integrations involving users, skills, work instructions, forms and production data.poka.io · read 15 Oct 2026
- API and data
- Poka offers an open RESTful API for custom integrations and a Data Lake that streams operational data to analytics platforms such as Power BI, Tableau, and Looker.poka.io · read 4 Oct 2026
- API documentation
- Poka's IT requirements document identifies api-docs.poka.io as its API documentation host, and the security page says data can be retrieved through the REST API.artifacts.poka.io · read 15 Oct 2026
- Apple app details
- The Poka App is free, published by Poka Inc., requires iOS 17 or later, supports iPhone, iPad and Apple Vision, and lists English plus 42 additional languages.apps.apple.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Communications
- Factory Feed and Huddle Boards provide social-style shift communication, structured meetings, SQDCP metrics and action tracking.poka.io · read 15 Oct 2026
- Company facts
- LinkedIn lists Poka Inc. as a privately held software-development company headquartered in Quebec, founded in 2014, with 201–500 employees.linkedin.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Company origin
- Poka says CEO Alex Leclerc and Antoine Bisson co-founded the company to help factory workers learn from mistakes and build knowledge for continuous improvement.poka.io · read 4 Oct 2026
- Compliance
- Poka says it has SOC 2 Type II compliance and supports GDPR-related controls; its SOC 2 report is available to customers and prospects under NDA.poka.io · read 15 Oct 2026
- Core features
- The platform lists digital work instructions, learning and development, forms and checklists, issue management, huddle boards, skills management, daily management, communications, and dashboards and analytics.poka.io · read 4 Oct 2026
- Data retention
- Poka says customer data remains available for retrieval during the subscription and for 60 days after termination, after which it will securely delete the data.poka.io · read 4 Oct 2026
- Digital work instructions
- Workers can create and use multimedia, AI-assisted digital work instructions that replace paper procedures and tribal knowledge.poka.io · read 15 Oct 2026
- Forms and checklists
- Digital forms support conditional logic, multimedia capture, electronic signatures, scheduling, alerts and audit trails.poka.io · read 15 Oct 2026
- Funding history
- Crunchbase lists five funding rounds, the latest a Series B announced June 7, 2021, and records the IFS acquisition on June 20, 2023.crunchbase.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Hosting and encryption
- Poka says it runs as SaaS on AWS and encrypts data in transit using TLS 1.2 and at rest using 256-bit AES.poka.io · read 4 Oct 2026
- Hosting regions
- Customers can choose AWS hosting in the United States, Canada or Germany.poka.io · read 15 Oct 2026
