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Facets vs 15Five: features and prices

15Five sells engagement surveys (15Five Engage) and reviews, 1:1s, goals and 360s (15Five Perform), priced per user, with a mobile app: it suits a company that wants check-ins, reviews and surveys for every employee in one place. Facets suits a manager, leader or HR team that wants manager tools priced per manager, and confidential engagement cycles and Leadership 360s bought one at a time.

Checked against each vendor’s public pages on 29 October 2026. Sources at the foot.

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Each line the two products share, on the rows 15Five’s own pages document, with Facets’ answer beside each, then both sets of prices.

Engagement surveys · 15Five Engage

Engagement surveys: Facets beside 15Five, row by row
Row	Facets	15Five15Five Engage
Try before you buyA trial, a plan at no charge, or only a demo.	No trial; bought per cycle	Demo on request
Smallest group shownHow many people must answer before a group's results appear, by default.	5 by default; you may raise it to 50 when you set up a cycle	5 by default; can be 3 or 4
Smallest group for commentsThe same rule for written answers, which identify people more easily than scores.	Themes only for a shown group, each from 3 or more people; never quoted; needs AI on	Same as for scores
Compared with the last surveyEach group's movement since the previous survey.	Yes · From the second cycle; marked only when reliable	Yes · Previous survey and trend
AI summary of commentsWritten answers grouped into themes by a model.	Yes · Where AI is on: themes and a written summary of the results	Yes · AI Synthesized Feedback
Suggested actions after a surveyWhat to try next, offered once results are in.	Yes · Options to consider beneath the summary, from a library of 27 cited options	Yes · Recommended areas for action
Action plans with a check-inManagers record what they will try and are asked later how it went.	Yes · A 30-minute team conversation for each manager whose group is published; commitments checked at 6 weeks	Action plans; check-in not listed
Slack or Microsoft TeamsSurvey invitations or reminders sent through chat.	Yes · Email, or a Slack or Teams direct message with the email for anyone not reached; survey notices in a manager's own channel and a cycle's channel	Yes · Slack and SMS notifications
Syncs with an HR systemThe survey roster kept in step with an HR system or identity provider, instead of a file.	Yes · Entra ID or Okta push the roster through SCIM 2.0; applied when an owner or admin confirms	Yes · HRIS Connector
Survey languagesLanguages people can answer in.	English and Spanish, one language a cycle; the translation by a language model, back-translated and reconciled, not reviewed by a professional translator; results in English	English and Spanish
External benchmarksYour scores set beside other companies' scores.	No · Not offered; you are compared with your own last cycle	Yes · Percentile against its benchmark
Native mobile appAn app from the App Store or Google Play, not only a mobile web page.	No · Not yet; people answer by a web link	Yes · Mobile app covers surveys

Not listed: we did not find it on that vendor’s public pages on 29 October 2026; it may exist.

Engagement surveys: published prices, each in the vendor’s own unit
Tool	Published prices
Facets	Engagement cycle, up to 100 employees · $999 · a cycle · $599 for a second cycle in the same calendar year Engagement cycle, 101–250 employees · $1,799 · a cycle · $1,079 for a second cycle in the same calendar year Engagement cycle, 251–500 employees · $2,999 · a cycle · $1,799 for a second cycle in the same calendar year Engagement cycle, 501–1,000 employees · $4,999 · a cycle · $2,999 for a second cycle in the same calendar year Engagement cycle, 1,001–2,500 employees · $9,499 · a cycle · $5,699 for a second cycle in the same calendar year
15Five15Five Engage	Engage · $4 · a user a month, billed annually · Updated February 2026; pricing subject to change Total Platform · $16 · a user a month, billed annually · Engage and Perform together

Engagement survey software compared: Facets beside 8 tools, 15Five among them.

360 feedback · 15Five Perform

360 feedback: Facets beside 15Five, row by row
Row	Facets	15Five15Five Perform
Who can run itBought and run by anyone, or only through a certified practitioner.	Yes · Anyone, self-serve, or a coach for a leader who accepts; under 5 responses the brief waits for a facilitator	Companies, in Perform
Raters' commentsWhether the leader reads comments as written or summarized.	Summarized in other words; never quoted	As written; the admin sets visibility
Leader predicts firstThe leader guesses how they were rated before seeing it, which shows the gap as well as the score.	Yes · Before seeing results	Self-rating
Written reportWhat the leader receives.	Yes · A written brief: self, expected and actual	A summary the manager writes and shares

Not listed: we did not find it on that vendor’s public pages on 29 October 2026; it may exist.

360 feedback: published prices, each in the vendor’s own unit
Tool	Published prices
Facets	Leadership 360 · $99 · a leader · 3–25 raters, with a follow-up pulse Practitioner plan · $89 · a month · Unlimited Leadership 360s
15Five15Five Perform	Perform · $11 · a user a month, billed annually · Includes 360° Feedback Total Platform · $16 · a user a month, billed annually

360 feedback software compared: Facets beside 8 tools, 15Five among them.

Reviews and 1:1s · 15Five Perform

Reviews and 1:1s: Facets beside 15Five, row by row
Row	Facets	15Five15Five Perform
Who needs a paid seatEveryone in the company, or only the people who use it.	Managers only; the people they lead never pay or sign in	Priced per user
Try before you buyA trial, a plan at no charge, or only a demo.	Yes · 30-day trial of the Manager plan; none on the Organization plan	Demo on request
1:1 agendasTopics and notes kept for each one-to-one.	Yes · Kept by the manager; the person adds topics by a personal link, with no account	Yes · Agendas, action items, notes
Reviews or assessmentsWritten reviews of each person's work.	Yes · Quarterly and end-of-year, with colleagues' input	Yes · In Perform
AI help writing reviewsA model drafts or improves review text.	Yes · A model drafts the text; the manager sets the band and the reason	Yes · AI-assisted reviews
GoalsGoals per person, tracked over the year.	Yes · Per person, with quarterly check-ins	Yes · OKRs and goals
360 feedbackColleagues' ratings of one person, in the same product.	Leadership 360, $99 a leader	Yes · Manager, peer and upward
Engagement surveysOrganization-wide surveys, in the same product.	Engagement cycles, bought per cycle	Add-on: Engage, or Total Platform
Slack or Microsoft TeamsReminders and updates through chat.	Check-in and survey notices, project and board posts, one way to a Slack or Teams channel	Yes · Slack and SMS notifications
Syncs with an HR systemThe people a manager tracks kept in step with an HR system or identity provider.	Offered from the identity-provider feed; the manager adds them in one press	Yes · HRIS Connector
Native mobile appAn app from the App Store or Google Play.	No · Not yet	Yes · Check-ins, 1-on-1s, surveys

Not listed: we did not find it on that vendor’s public pages on 29 October 2026; it may exist.

Reviews and 1:1s: published prices, each in the vendor’s own unit
Tool	Published prices
Facets	Manager, billed annually · $7 · a manager a month · $84 a year; the people tracked are never charged Manager, billed monthly · $10 · a manager a month Organization, billed annually · $7 to $5 · a manager a month · From 5 managers; the rate falls as you add managers
15Five15Five Perform	Perform · $11 · a user a month, billed annually Total Platform · $16 · a user a month, billed annually Kona Coach (add-on) · $19 · a manager a month, billed annually

Performance review and 1:1 software compared: Facets beside 8 tools, 15Five among them.

Where 15Five fits better

From what 15Five’s own pages say, line by line:

Engagement surveys

15Five. 15Five ranks your scores as a percentile against other organizations in its benchmark. Employees can answer surveys in its mobile app, and notices go out by Slack and SMS.

360 feedback

15Five. 15Five includes 360 reviews from managers, peers and direct reports in Perform, beside its performance reviews and goals.

Reviews and 1:1s

15Five. 15Five's 1:1s keep agendas, action items and notes, and its mobile app covers check-ins and 1-on-1s. Perform adds 360 reviews from managers, peers and direct reports.

Where Facets is different

Priced per manager. A manager with eight reports pays the Manager plan's $7 a month, billed annually ($84 a year), and the eight people are never charged. The people a manager leads never sign in or need an account, so the bill follows the number of managers, not the headcount.
Growth and stay conversations, never rated. Since 26 October 2026 a manager can record a growth conversation, about where someone wants to grow, and a stay conversation, about what keeps them. Neither is ever rated, and neither is read when an assessment is drafted.
Engagement priced per cycle, by headcount. An engagement cycle is priced once per survey of the whole organization, by headcount: from $999 up to 100 employees to $9,499 up to 2,500. A second cycle in the same calendar year is 60% of list. Two cycles in a year at 100 people cost $999 and $599, $1,598 in all: about $1.33 a person a month.
A range on every score. Every group’s score comes with a 95% range, how far it could move by chance, and a change since the last cycle is marked only when it is reliable, so a small movement is not read as a real one.
A Leadership 360 for one leader, with its follow-up. A Leadership 360 is $99 a leader, and anyone can buy and run one. The leader predicts their ratings first, and raters’ comments are summarized in other words, never quoted. Since 29 October 2026 it includes a follow-up pulse 60 to 90 days after the brief, and a review that follows an earlier one is compared with it.

Using both

Facets does not have to replace 15Five. Its surveys are bought one at a time, so a company that keeps 15Five Perform for reviews can still run a Facets team survey for one team of 3 to 12 people, a Leadership 360 for one leader, or an engagement cycle, without a second subscription.

What a Facets survey finds stays out of performance records. Team survey and engagement answers do not move into the manager tools; the one route is a Leadership 360 summary the leader chooses to send.

Questions

Is Facets an alternative to 15Five?

For parts of it. 15Five sells engagement surveys, reviews, 1:1s and 360s, priced per user. Facets sells engagement cycles and Leadership 360s one at a time, and its manager tools per manager.

How do Facets' prices compare with 15Five's?

15Five's pages list Engage at $4 a user a month, billed annually; Perform at $11 a user a month, billed annually. Facets' engagement cycle is $999 up to 100 employees; its manager tools are $7 a manager a month, billed annually.

What is the smallest group Facets shows?

Five people by default, and you may raise it to 50 when you set up a cycle; a group that could be worked out by subtraction is hidden too. On 15Five's pages: 5 by default; can be 3 or 4.

Are Facets' engagement surveys anonymous?

They are confidential, not anonymous. Facets links each response to the person who gave it, so they can finish later and answer only once, but nobody with an account can read another person's answers as written.

Can I try Facets before buying?

Yes: the Manager plan has a 30-day trial, and an engagement cycle or a Leadership 360 can be bought on its own, one at a time. On 15Five's pages: demo on request.

Sources

15Five: www.15five.com/pricing, read 29 October 2026; success.15five.com/hc/en-us/articles/8359259684507-Confidentiality-for-engagement-surveys, read 29 October 2026; success.15five.com/hc/en-us/articles/35717079449371-Analyze-Engagement-Results-Engagement-Report, read 29 October 2026; success.15five.com/hc/en-us/articles/50988402013979-Create-an-Action-Plan-from-Engagement-Survey-Results, read 29 October 2026; success.15five.com/hc/en-us/articles/13921199539483-HRIS-Connector, read 29 October 2026; success.15five.com/hc/en-us/articles/50988316932251-Enable-Spanish-for-engagement-surveys, read 29 October 2026; success.15five.com/hc/en-us/articles/50988326579227-Configure-peer-and-upward-review-settings-Admin, read 29 October 2026; success.15five.com/hc/en-us/articles/50989074170395-Review-types-in-a-performance-review-cycle, read 29 October 2026; success.15five.com/hc/en-us/articles/50988265822107-Complete-share-and-finalize-review-summaries, read 29 October 2026

“Not listed” means we did not find it on that vendor’s public pages on 29 October 2026; it may exist.

Prices are as each vendor published them on 29 October 2026, in their own units, and they change.

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