Hey David,
This article seems to cover it pretty well:
https://help.mypurecloud.com/articles/add-workforce-engagement-management-to-your-subscription/
It's about permissions or if it's being used on interactions.
Administrator role (permission) – All users who have administrator permissions for WEM related capabilities will be billed for the WEM add on product. See the notes section below for a list of the permissions.
(This would apply to any role, out of the box or custom that utilizes a permission requiring the WEM license.)
Agent use
- When a topic is detected in an interaction involving an agent.
- When an agent's call segment is transcribed using Native Voice Transcription. However, transcribing an agent's call segment with Extended Voice Transcription Service (EVTS) does not incur WEM Add-On charges for the agent.
Note: For organizations that have a concurrent license, the billable user count will be calculated according to the concurrent peak for the set of users who used WEM features (as applicable for Genesys Cloud CX 1 WEM Add-on II or Genesys Cloud CX 2 WEM Add-on I) at some point in a given billing month. Concurrency is measured based on when users are logged in, not when they are using a feature.
I believe those are the only Speech and Text related events that trigger the use of the WEM license.
I hope that answers the question!
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Tristen Schwarzenberger
IT Engineer
GCP
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Original Message:
Sent: 10-29-2025 13:12
From: David Betoni
Subject: WEM License
Hi Team, do you know how to identify how the use of WEM licenses is calculated when a customer uses Speech Analytics?
Is it only when transcription is enabled, or when the content search option is enabled?
#SpeechandTextAnalytics
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David Betoni
Principal PS Consultant
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