Compare · Reviews and 1:1s
Performance review and 1:1 software compared
For a manager or project lead choosing a tool for 1:1s, goals and reviews, or a head of people buying one for every manager. Facets’ manager tools beside Lattice, 15Five, Leapsome, Culture Amp, Workleap, Small Improvements, Teamflect and Betterworks: who pays, how 1:1s are kept, who writes the review and decides the rating, and what each publishes as a price.
Checked against each vendor’s public pages on . Sources at the foot.
What to compare
- Who has to pay. Per employee, per user, per manager or a flat fee. Priced per employee, the bill grows with headcount even for people who never open the tool, so check whether the people being reviewed need a seat, or an account, at all.
- The minimum. A minimum number of seats or a minimum yearly bill can matter more than the price per seat for a small team. Read it before the headline price.
- How 1:1s are kept. An agenda both people add to, or notes the manager keeps; and whether meetings repeat on the calendar people already use, or only inside the tool.
- Who decides the rating. If a model helps write reviews, check what it drafts, what is checked before the manager sees it, and who chooses the rating. A suggested rating changes what the review is.
- What feeds a review. Whether survey answers, colleagues' comments or development conversations flow into performance records. Once people learn that they do, they tend to answer differently.
- Where it reaches people. Email, a calendar, Slack or Microsoft Teams, a phone app. Check that invitations and reminders reach people where they already work.
Side by side
| Row | Facets | LatticeLattice Performance | 15Five15Five Perform | Leapsome | Culture AmpCulture Amp Perform | Workleap | Small Improvements | Teamflect | Betterworks |
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| Minimum purchaseThe smallest number of seats or the smallest bill. | One manager; the Organization plan from 5 managers | $4,000 a year | Not listed | Platform required with any module | Not listed | From $4,999 USD, billed annually | 20 users; Elevate 30 | No charge up to 10 users | Not listed |
| 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 seat | Priced per user | Priced per employee | Not listed | Flat fee plus a fee per manager | Priced per user | People who use it, not everyone | 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; an interactive tour | Demo on request | Yes · 14-day free trial | Demo on request; prices by quote | Demo on request | Yes · 30-day free trial | Yes · No charge to 10 users; 30-day trial | Talk to an expert; a guided tour |
| 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 · Shared agendas and action items | Yes · Agendas, action items, notes | 1:1s & Team Meetings module | Yes · 1-on-1s with templates | Yes · Agent prepares agendas | Yes · Shared talking points | Yes · Agendas on every plan | Yes · Shared agenda |
| Repeating 1:1s on the calendarOne-to-ones that land in the calendar you already use. | Yes · Every 1, 2 or 4 weeks; emailed invitations and a calendar feed | Set cadence; calendar not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Yes · Agent schedules meetings | Yes · Google Calendar or Office 365 sync | 1:1 prep in Outlook calendar | Yes · Google and Outlook calendar sync |
| Reviews or assessmentsWritten reviews of each person's work. | Yes · Quarterly and end-of-year, with colleagues' input | Yes · In Performance | Yes · In Perform | Yes · Performance Reviews | Yes · Reviews and calibration | Yes · Performance management | Yes · From Launch | Yes · Every plan | Yes · Review cycles |
| 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 · Reviews Writing Assistant | Yes · AI-assisted reviews | Yes · AI Review Assistant | Yes · AI Coach drafts and refines | Yes · Drafts in your voice | Yes · Writing Assistant and AI Coach | Yes · Writing help on every plan | Yes · AI assistance in reviews |
| GoalsGoals per person, tracked over the year. | Yes · Per person, with quarterly check-ins | Yes · Goals & OKRs | Yes · OKRs and goals | Yes · Goals & OKRs | Not listed | Yes · Goals & OKRs | Yes · Objectives, Grow and up | Yes · OKRs on every plan | Yes · Goals & OKRs |
| 360 feedbackColleagues' ratings of one person, in the same product. | Leadership 360, $99 a leader | Self, peer and upward reviews | Yes · Manager, peer and upward | Yes · 360° feedback in reviews | Yes · Effectiveness 360s | Yes · 360 performance reviews | Yes · Grow and up | Yes · Every plan | Not listed |
| Engagement surveysOrganization-wide surveys, in the same product. | Engagement cycles, bought per cycle | Add-on: Engagement, $4 a seat a month | Add-on: Engage, or Total Platform | Add-on: Engagement Surveys, €4 | Add-on: Engage, priced on request | Yes · Team health and engagement | Yes · Pulse Surveys, Grow and up | Yes · Engagement and pulse, every plan | Add-on: Engage: Enterprise or stand-alone |
| 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 Microsoft Teams | Yes · Slack and SMS notifications | Yes · Slack reminders | Yes · Slack and Microsoft Teams | Yes · Slack and Teams notifications | Yes · Two-way Slack integration | Yes · Microsoft Teams | Yes · Microsoft Teams |
| 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 integrations: 12 systems listed | Yes · HRIS Connector | Yes · HR-system integrations listed | Yes · HRIS sync: native connectors, more through Merge | Yes · HRIS integration: 47 systems listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Native mobile appAn app from the App Store or Google Play. | No · Not yet | Yes · iOS and Android | Yes · Check-ins, 1-on-1s, surveys | Not listed | Not listed | Yes · iOS and Android | Not listed | Through the Teams mobile app | Not listed |
Not listed: we did not find it on that vendor’s public pages on 29 October 2026; it may exist.
Published prices
| Tool | Published prices |
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| Facets |
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| LatticeLattice Performance |
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| 15Five15Five Perform |
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| Leapsome |
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| Culture AmpCulture Amp Perform |
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| Workleap |
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| Small Improvements |
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| Teamflect |
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| Betterworks |
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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.
Each price is in the vendor’s own unit: a user, a seat, an employee, a manager or a flat fee, by the month or the year. We do not convert them, because the unit is part of the price.
Where Facets is different
- Priced per manager. The seat is the manager’s. The people a manager leads, up to 35 of them, never pay, never sign in and never need an account, so the bill follows the number of managers, not the size of the company.
- 1:1s that repeat on your calendar. Set a 1:1 to repeat every 1, 2 or 4 weeks and, since 26 October, send the person an emailed calendar invitation for it. Repeating 1:1s, check-ins and other key dates show on one calendar feed you can follow in Outlook or another calendar app.
- Assessments where you choose the rating. Quarterly and end-of-year assessments start from your own answers, then written input from up to ten colleagues, then a draft a model writes from both. You choose the performance band and write why; the model never picks it, and the write-up fails its checks until the reason is written.
- Growth and stay conversations, since 26 October. 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 or a message is written in Drafts.
- More than reviews in the same seat. Drafts writes an email or message in your voice for you to send yourself, and idea boards and Projects let your team join by a personal link, with no account. Every AI tool draws on one allowance of 150 AI credits for each manager, counted over a rolling 30 days.
When another tool fits better
Choose another tool when one of these matters more to you than what Facets does differently:
- Lattice. Lattice puts reviews, goals, 1:1s and engagement surveys in one product, with iOS and Android apps. Its 1:1 agendas are shared, so both people add topics and track action items.
- 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.
- Leapsome. Leapsome sells reviews, goals and engagement surveys as modules on one platform, with a 14-day free trial. Its AI Review Assistant suggests clearer wording while a manager writes.
- Culture Amp. Culture Amp's AI Coach helps managers draft and refine reviews, and every plan includes Slack and Microsoft Teams integrations. Its 360s and engagement surveys sit in the same platform as its reviews.
- Workleap. Workleap's agents schedule 1:1s, prepare agendas and draft reviews in the manager's voice. Engagement surveys, 360 reviews and goals come in the same plan, with Slack and Teams notifications and iOS and Android apps.
- Small Improvements. In Small Improvements, manager and employee both add talking points before a 1:1, and meetings sync with Google Calendar or Office 365. It offers a 30-day free trial and a two-way Slack integration.
- Teamflect. Teamflect works inside Microsoft Teams and is free for up to 10 users, with 1:1s, reviews, 360s, goals and surveys on that plan. Above 10, you pay for the people who use it rather than every employee.
- Betterworks. Betterworks syncs 1:1s with Google and Outlook calendars, and employees can update goals and give feedback from Microsoft Teams. Its 1:1s keep a shared agenda, and unfinished topics roll over to the next meeting.
What Facets does not do
- 1:1s reach people by email and a calendar feed, not through Slack or Microsoft Teams. A channel you connect receives check-in and survey notices and project and board posts, one way.
- There is no organization-wide view of reviews for calibration. Each manager's assessments are their own.
- There is no native mobile app yet, for iPhone or Android.
- There is no plan at no charge, a pricing decision rather than a missing feature; the Manager plan has a 30-day trial.
Questions
How much does performance review software cost per employee?
Facets is priced per manager: $7 a manager a month, billed annually, and the people a manager leads are never charged. Each other tool's published price is in the table above, in its own unit.
Does every employee need a license?
No. In Facets only managers hold a seat. The people a manager leads, up to 35 of them, never sign in, never need an account and are never charged.
Can AI write performance reviews?
A model can draft one. In Facets it drafts from your own answers and colleagues' input, checks run on every draft, and you choose the performance band and write why. The model never picks the rating.
What is the difference between a 1:1 tool and a performance tool?
A 1:1 tool keeps the agenda, notes and schedule of regular meetings. A performance tool records goals, check-ins and reviews. Facets' manager seat does both, plus growth and stay conversations that are never rated.
Do survey answers end up in a performance record?
Not in Facets. 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. Growth and stay conversations are never rated or read into an assessment.
Sources
- Lattice: lattice.com/pricing, read ; lattice.com/platform/performance/one-on-ones, read ; help.lattice.com/hc/en-us/articles/26263030050839-Lattice-AI-Reviews-Writing-Assistant, read ; help.lattice.com/hc/en-us/articles/360060019514-Create-a-Review-Cycle-on-an-Automatic-Schedule, read ; lattice.com/integrations/microsoft-teams, read ; lattice.com/integrations, read ; help.lattice.com/hc/en-us/articles/1500001257802-The-Lattice-Mobile-App, read
- 15Five: www.15five.com/pricing, read ; success.15five.com/hc/en-us/articles/13921199539483-HRIS-Connector, read
- Leapsome: www.leapsome.com/pricing, read ; www.leapsome.com/blog/product-updates-nov-2025, read ; www.leapsome.com/product/engagement-surveys, read ; www.leapsome.com/leapsome-hris-software-na-v1, read
- Culture Amp: www.cultureamp.com/platform/plans-and-pricing, read ; www.cultureamp.com/pricing, read ; www.cultureamp.com/platform/engage, read ; www.cultureamp.com/platform/ai-coach, read ; support.cultureamp.com/en/articles/7048535-supported-languages-and-product-coverage, read ; support.cultureamp.com/en/articles/7048544-sync-culture-amp-with-your-hris-data, read
- Workleap: workleap.com/pricing, read ; help.workleap.com/en/articles/10281794-hris-integration, read ; workleap.com/industry/healthcare-industry, read
- Small Improvements: www.small-improvements.com/pricing, read ; www.small-improvements.com/features/1-1-meetings, read ; www.small-improvements.com/features/integrations, read ; www.small-improvements.com/features/ai, read
- Teamflect: teamflect.com/pricing, read ; help.teamflect.com/en/articles/8851188-does-teamflect-have-a-mobile-app, read
- Betterworks: www.betterworks.com/plans, read ; www.betterworks.com/product/one-on-one-meeting-software, read ; www.betterworks.com/integrations/ms-teams, read
“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.
Lattice, 15Five, Leapsome, Culture Amp, Workleap, Small Improvements, Teamflect and Betterworks are trademarks of their owners. Facets is not affiliated with any of them.
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Goals, quarterly check-ins, 1:1s, assessments, growth and stay conversations and Drafts, in one seat for each manager.