15Five vs Culture Amp Comparison

The simplicity. It really doesn't take long to fill out every week, yet I feel I have the perfect tool to communicate with my managers. I also believe the "High-Five" feature is a great way to drive hype and keep momentum going.

I wish there was a progress bar for completion.

Culture builder Ease of use Cute UI Takes up none of my time

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- Easy interface - Great customer service - Enforces accountability - Creates a space for communication and continued company culture - It's quick

I'd like to see analytics and suggestions from it. More company surveys and numbers offered--quizzes or other interactive components that would allow our team to have deeper insight into our employees challenges, happiness or frustrations.

Brittni, Thank you SO MUCH for the fantastic review! Your advice is spot on about being strategic with questions. Also, we have analytics! It's one of the big features we released in 2016. I'll connect with you separately with more details. Thanks for being our valued customer! High Fives all around! Priscilla, 15Five Customer Success Manager

This is great software to facilitate communication between employees and management. From both sides, the daily check-in or meetings can be hard, this software streamlines this software and makes the communication much more smooth and painless.

The larger your company gets, the more expensive this software gets, and at a certain point (once the culture is established), the value starts to diminish.

I really like how all it takes is 15 minutes a weeks to answer questions which are valuable for every level of management. Employees need to feel that they are learning and growing every week - 15Five helps with that in an organized insightful way. I find a lot of issues get brought up using the system that otherwise an employee wouldn't mention.

Changing the order of questions for different groups and employees is not user friendly.

I love the actionable items to track 1:1's so that my team and I reference the same listing and that it carries forward to the next meeting. I don't have to keep track of a spreadsheet or paper with notes. It is all there for me.

The OKR's can be clunky when wanting to see all the different inputs into a departmental or company goal. It would be helpful to see the direct links in a better way that is more easily digested.

Hi, Thanks so much for the review. Really glad you are benefiting from the new 1:1 agendas! One a separate note, I'm sorry you are having a bad experience with OKRs. I wonder if you are referencing our old OKR feature that was always in beta and never fully developed (it is indeed clunky). In its place, we created a new fully-fledged Objectives feature. I'd be happy to share more if you'd like to send me an email. I want you to have a great experience with every aspect of our software so please do reach out. Even if it is the new Objectives feature you are referencing we'd love to hear how we can improve. Thanks again for the review. Have a great day! Sincerely, Priscilla Zorrilla 15Five Customer Success Manager

I like the weekly questions and how they pertain to the culture and organizations. I also enjoy the high fives we get to give and receive.

Having to fill out the questionnaire every week.

Hi, Diana, Thanks for letting us know 15Five is helping you improve communication at Spur, and for sharing your feedback on the weekly cadence of questions. We really appreciate the recommendation to your previous employer! Feel free to refer others to 15Five at: 15five.com/customer-referral/ Best, Mike Siemasz Sr. Customer Marketing Manager

15Five keeps the task of updating your boss extremely simple. Depending on their questions you can keep them in the loop about projects, personal goals and company culture.

Nothing at all. The software is intuitive, easy to use and very quick.

15Five is a compelling tool that bundles individual performance measurement assessment with team-wide positive feedback. It makes it easier to build healthy rhythms and checkpoints into the culture of your team.

15Five is on the expensive side, especially when you consider how many organizations are now repurposing free or low-cost project management software to measure employee performance.

An amazing platform to boost culture at a business. I love filling out my 15Five every week, and the ability to send affirmation to teammates is super awesome. Positive reinforcement for the win!

Nothing I can think of. I really enjoy using the software so far and can't think of anything I would do to change it.

Hi, Blake, Thank you for sharing your experience using 15Five! I'm happy to hear the product is helping Gather Technologies evolve its culture, as that's exactly what we've designed 15Five to support. If there's anything you would like to elaborate on, I would love to learn more about how 15Five is helping you and your organization. Feel free to reach out! Best, Mike Siemasz Sr. Customer Marketing Manager

Ease of use combined with the features make this a fun tool for leaders and team members alike.

The only con is working in all the cool features as a new user. We want to use it all right now, but also need to grow into some of these features.

What I love about 15Five is the way it lifts a culture. I am new to my company and using 15Five has encouraged others to highlight my wins as I learn and grow. It also forces me at the end of the week when my review is due to think back on those who contributed to my success and growth and give them a high five (therein encouraging them). I cannot express what a joy it is to use this tool. I wish all of my former employers implemented 15Five to help lift up a more positive culture.

There is nothing I do not like about 15Five.

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I have been able to look all the way down to the lowest level of the org chart to identify issues much quicker. Allowing me to get a better sense of what is going on around the company to assist in the development of our culture.

I have not really used the home page at all. To much scrolling. Would like to see a single screen snap shot of what I need to see and clickable if I need to drill down. The content seen would be editable by individual users.

My favorite thing about this software is that you are able to tag users in within the review. A question often asked by managers to new employees is "Who would you like to get to know more within the company?" This is great for internal culture!

There isn't really anything I dislike - It sometimes get annoying to fill one out every single week, but that's the manager's discretion

I love the high five feature! It promotes a positive culture and just gives us an opportunity to thank each other for the hard work we are all putting in! I like how it forces me to think about what is coming up and reminds me of those commitments.

Nothing really... I wish I had time to do them well each week- some are better completed than others because of the time crunch.

"How are you feeling?" feature does a great job keeping track of the pulse on our culture and overall employee satisfaction as a company. High Fives are a brilliant way to keep our team motivated! In fact, we use this feature to fuel who chooses lunch for us on Fridays! Really love that I get to keep track of my objectives in the tool as well. Good way to keep me honest about my progress. The weekly reminders and reports that are emailed are super helpful!

None at this moment. Keep doing what you're doing!

What it is used for and the problem it solves for. It fosters consistent connection between managers and employees, which is so important for culture and performance, and can be very difficult in this jam packed, fast moving work world. The ability to ask questions also allows me to collect useful insights that can be applied to how we run our company.

I do have trouble scheduling questions - but I get the BEST customer service help, every single time.

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The software is intuitive, never a glitch, and part of our weekly routine. We use it to set weekly priorities, form the basis for our Managerial 1:1s and our quarterly Objective and Key Results (OKRs). It has been the single best investment for team and manager engagement. Peer-given 15Fives punctuate our culture and is great as we expand past HQ to more remote offices. I highly (and consistently) recommend this tool.

There is nothing I like least about this software.

15Five makes it easy to input and track personal, department, and company goals A great app UX makes it easy to use on the go The high five feature is great for company culture as it gives employees a forum to support each other and give public recognition The questions feature lets you easily survey your department or entire organization, which is a great way to discover new ideas that management might not have thought of.

I don't have a single thing about this software that would keep me from recommending. It is, in my mind, the best I have encountered when it comes to goal tracking.

This really helps great a platform where staff can feel heard and valued by management, and best of all, it's delivered in a way that is easy to use and engaging. The questions are well formulated, and often lead to deeper discussion in our 1:1's, helping to create a better team environment. It's helped our team culture, as each member feels invited and supported in speaking their truth and gets immediate feedback from their supervisor, and praise from their teammates!

For our set up as a scattered team, often based out of different locations, it can be difficult to sit down on a weekly basis to complete, but this is also exactly why it's needed.

Intuitive, user friendly. The high five system is great! A wonderful way tot build morale and encourage fellow colleagues. I believe in the workplace in order to maintain productivity and a positive culture we need systems like 15Five to keep the company on track. I like the ability to choose each week whether or not I want to elaborate on my responses, some weeks I want to express it all ( positive and/or negative) others I just want to be brief because there isn't much too to tell.

Not sure if this is a software concern or a company concern, I don't think it should be a weekly frequency, bi-weekly perhaps?

I like that 15Five is focused on frequent, easy, meaningful check ins between manager and team members rather than annual performance reviews. The weekly check ins on near term work develop a rhythm of weekly talking about what is going on now, the work's relation to the larger goals and initiatives and it provides opportunity to spin off thornier topics into one on one conversations. The weekly questions provide opportunity to go into topics of career development, culture, and other future focused areas. The High Fives are a great way to bring in peer to peer recognition. Everyone loves getting a High Five!

I would like to be able to have more freedom in creating reports. The reporting that is currently available is helpful but I sometimes have needs to create more custom reports than are currently possible. Also, I would like to be able to have control over which High Fives show on the public feed (sometimes High Fives mention sensitive employee situations that you wouldn't want to include on the public feed).

- It's easy to use week-to-week and serves are our "meeting space" - The use of "repeatable questions" has allowed my team to evolve from conventional performance management solutions to an ongoing discussion of each associates performance - The visuals in the Dashboards allow me to display to the rest of the organization how my team is trending and continues to get the chatter going with other teams who don't (yet) use 15Five - The OKR feature allows us to coach our team on ensuring that they are trending well towards both their professional and personal goals

- I still struggle with the Question Queue, but have developed my own work-around to deal with that - I wish that associates were not allowed to see other responses before submitting their own each week. There are some on my team that seem to look at other responses before submitting their own - Associates should not be able to submit their responses before a pre-set date. My team is supposed to submit on Monday mornings. We are trying to drive a culture of reflection on Monday's before starting the week, but often they submit early (like on the weekend) - which has caused issues of them submitting before new questions rolled in.