Enormous scale and global reach, with the broad GuidanceResources suite covering counselling, work-life, legal and financial support almost anywhere.
ComPsych covers the world. October changes the organisation.
ComPsych is vast — the GuidanceResources breadth and global reach of the world's largest EAP. October Health is something different: clinically effective care the whole workforce actually uses, prioritised intelligence that tells leaders what to act on next, and embedded experts who execute the change. Scale provides coverage. October provides outcomes — burnout, retention, eNPS, performance — across every team.
Whole-organisation systemCare · intelligence · executionComPsych
Traditional EAPsIndependent comparisonIt carries legacy-EAP engagement — low utilisation — and favours volume over insight. It's a tick-the-box benefit with no embedded team driving org-wide change.
Software plus embedded experts across the entire organisation — 65% utilisation, prioritised insight on what to act on, and people who execute the change. Care and org-change in one measurable system.
What your people
actually get.
Alongside counselling and resources, October gives employees a daily live programme and gives HR a recurring cycle of measurement, planning and follow-up. Compare the practical scope below.
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| Feature or service | OctoberWhat you get — and why it matters | ComPsych |
|---|---|---|
| For employeesEveryday tools, personal insight and access to support. | ||
| On-demand content | Build skills people use at workShort courses on focus, leadership and resilience, plus articles, audiobooks and session recordings. Why it mattersGive employees practical steps they can apply the same day. | GuidanceResources articles, video and audio |
| Wellbeing assessments | A personal picture that keeps updatingQuarterly ThriveMeter, clinical screening and monthly personal wellbeing insights. Why it mattersEmployees can follow their progress; HR sees aggregate trends without individual answers. | Assess Me wellbeing assessment |
| Live group sessions | 20+ hours of live sessions every dayExpert-led, anonymous audio sessions, with recordings and podcasts to revisit. Why it mattersPeople on different shifts can join, listen or ask a question without going on camera. | Expert-led workshops; some carry extra fees |
| One-to-one counselling | Keep your EAP. Make it easier to reach.Connect your existing EAP inside October, or use October’s virtual or in-person EAP services. Why it mattersGive employees one entry point for everyday support and professional care. | Counselling through global provider network |
| Coaching and personal support | Support between appointmentsAsh AI coaching with goal check-ins, practical courses and private Clara AI voice support. Why it mattersEmployees can work on goals in the moment; clinical needs route to human care. Clara allowances vary by plan. | Coaching through provider network |
| For HR teamsTools to understand needs, support managers and engage people. | ||
| Manager development | Turn 360 feedback into a development pathwayLeadership 360 assessments, personalised pathways, coaching content and reassessment. Why it mattersGive each leader a clear next step and a way to measure their development. | Management training and consulting; extra fees |
| Workforce surveys and pulse | A weekly pulse. A quarterly baseline.Weekly check-ins, quarterly ThriveMeter and company surveys in the employee app. Why it mattersTrack how teams are doing between formal reviews and follow up after interventions. | Confirm custom workforce survey options |
| HR dashboard and insights | See where to focus and what to doTeam, tenure and location trends, industry benchmarks and AI-drafted action plans. Why it mattersHR gets proposed interventions and owners, reviewed monthly with a customer success manager. | Confirm reporting frequency and segmentation |
| Employee engagement support | A company hub with a monthly programmeCompany-branded hub, private expert sessions, challenges and a monthly planning cadence. Why it mattersHR has a place to reach employees and support to keep the programme active. | Workshops to build benefit awareness |
| For the businessEvidence to guide investment and support to act on it. | ||
| Measurement and action plans | Connect each action to a follow-up measureAction plans with named owners, baseline measures and follow-up, reviewed monthly. Why it mattersLeaders can see what was done and whether wellbeing measures moved afterwards. | Confirm outcome measures in your proposal |
| Hands-on organisational support | Experts who help carry out the planOctober Advisory can scope and deliver the interventions identified through workforce insights. Why it mattersAdd implementation capacity when your HR team needs help delivering change. Separately scoped. | Consulting services available at extra cost |
Based on public provider descriptions reviewed 9 September 2026. “Confirm” means the scope is not established by the linked sources.
Large multinationals that need broad, box-ticking assistance coverage almost everywhere and don't expect to measure or act on the results.
Leaders who want global reach AND real change — high utilisation, prioritised insight, clinically effective care, and experts who drive measurable outcomes across every team.
See October in contextQuestions,
answered.
Is October Health an alternative to ComPsych?
Yes. ComPsych is the largest traditional EAP — vast reach and a broad resource suite. October delivers clinically effective care the whole workforce uses, plus prioritised insight and embedded experts who drive measurable change — outcomes a volume-first EAP can't show.
How does utilisation compare?
ComPsych carries legacy-EAP engagement — typically low single-digit utilisation. October sees around 65% — roughly 10× — because the platform is built for everyday use across every team rather than waiting for someone to call in.
ComPsych has huge global coverage — can October match it?
October runs globally, including multinational and emerging-market workforces, with clinically effective care, embedded experts and measurable outcomes everywhere. The difference is depth: coverage that's actually used, not just available.
What about insight for leaders?
Where ComPsych reports volume, October gives prioritised insight — what's driving burnout, flight risk and eNPS and what to do next — plus embedded experts who execute the change, so the data becomes measurable action.
What about pricing and ROI?
ComPsych is typically a low PEPM benefit that's hard to tie to results. October uses predictable platform pricing with a costed ROI up front, tied to measurable change in burnout, retention and performance.
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