Effy AI and Lattice represent opposite ends of the performance management spectrum. Effy AI is a focused, AI-powered review tool ideal for small businesses needing simple review management, while Lattice is a comprehensive platform suited for organizations requiring full performance management capabilities. Effy AI stands out for its AI-powered review question generation and ease of use, but lacks the breadth of features Lattice offers including 1:1s, goals, and analytics. Lattice excels with superior functionality, polished design, and extensive features, but comes with a steeper learning curve. Choose Effy AI for streamlined review management, or Lattice for complete performance management needs.
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Effy AI vs Lattice - Comparison 2025
Effy AI vs. Lattice
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Reviewed by Paddy Stobbs
Stackfix Co-Founder & CEO
Advantages of Effy AI
Effy AI is significantly easier to learn and use than Lattice for basic review management
Effy AI offers superior AI-powered review question generation compared to Lattice
Advantages of Lattice
Lattice offers vastly superior functionality across the full performance management spectrum compared to Effy AI
Lattice provides superior 1:1 meeting management capabilities that Effy AI lacks entirely
Lattice offers significantly better visual design and user experience compared to Effy AI
Effy AI is best for
- Businesses with lean to no HR teams seeking AI-powered 360 reviews and feedback collection
- Businesses with minimal HR resources and limited performance management needs
- Who need AI assistance in creating and customizing review questionnaires
- And/or who need a streamlined, single-purpose 360 review tool integrated with Slack
Lattice is best for
- Businesses with complex performance management needs seeking an intuitive, comprehensive solution
- Businesses with established OKR frameworks and goal-setting processes
- Who need to run sophisticated 360-degree feedback programs
- And/or who need advanced 1:1 meeting management capabilities
Effy AI is less good for
- Businesses needing comprehensive performance management beyond basic AI-powered reviews
- Businesses with complex performance management needs requiring goals tracking, OKRs, or detailed analytics
- Who need to schedule and manage recurring reviews or 1:1s automatically
- And/or who need extensive integrations beyond Slack for their HR tech stack
Lattice is less good for
- Businesses with simple performance needs who want quick, recurring review automation
- Businesses with basic performance management needs who want a lightweight, straightforward solution
- Who need quick-glance performance dashboards for daily reporting
- And/or who need extensive integration options beyond basic HRIS connections
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 Effy AI Starting at $0Billed monthly |  Lattice Starting at $11user / month Billed monthly |
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| Functionality | 4 <p>Effy AI specializes exclusively in the review cycle of Performance Management. It creates a seamless, easy feedback system where you can add employees, write reviews (or let AI generate them using natural language), and collect completed reviews. The review builder includes standard options like self-reviews and external reviewers for 360 feedback.</p><p>While Effy's natural language AI review template generation is innovative, the platform lacks all other performance management features - no 1:1s, goals, surveys, analytics, or anything else.</p> | 9 <p>Lattice is a top-tier Performance Management platform that packs extensive features and AI tools throughout its system. While it excels in most areas, it lacks some quality-of-life features found in competing platforms - most notably, pre-built pulse surveys that are ready for immediate use.</p> |
| Ease of Use | 8 <p>Effy excels at simplicity for its single feature: performance reviews and feedback. Testing showed the process is straightforward—queue a review once, let the cycle run, close it, review data, and you're done. While its minimalist approach makes daily use effortless, the tool would be even more valuable if it included basic features like advance scheduling or recurring cycles. These additions would make it a truly low-effort solution for SMBs that could run automatically in the background.</p> | 8 <p>Lattice's consistent interface design helps users get up to speed quickly. The personalized landing page gives immediate access to tasks, goals, and key information. Once users master 1-2 modules, they can easily navigate the rest of the platform. A standout feature is the guided workflow that walks users through outstanding tasks via an information-rich yet well-designed interface. For administrators, expect a somewhat steeper learning curve due to the platform's extensive functionality.</p> |
| Look and feel | 8 <p>Effy features a slick, modern interface with clear navigation, consistent design, and efficient workflows. While the site has limited functionality, its contemporary design is appealing, even if it feels somewhat template-based throughout.</p> | 9 <p>Lattice offers intuitive interfaces for both managers and end users. Managers and team members enjoy a professional, visually appealing platform with consistent design across all modules. HR executives and administrators benefit from a clean, comprehensive console that remains visually engaging even during long sessions. However, a few pages (like the Explorer and personal development sections) suffer from visual clutter and feel more complex than the rest of the platform.</p> |
| Customisability | 2 <p>Other than the questions portion which offers Google Forms level customisability, nothing else on the platform can be changed. This omits branding changes, form layout changes, visualisation dashboard changes, and more.</p> | 7 <p>Lattice provides standard visual customization options including logos and themes.</p><p>Where it truly excels is in its extensive data configuration capabilities, allowing administrators to load chosen datasets into an explorer tab for further analysis and visualisation.</p><p>Each feature page also includes multiple data views, complemented by the dedicated explorer for creating custom visualisations.</p><p>However, Lattice's customisation capabilities are somewhat limited when it comes to documents, forms, and surveys compared to some competitors like ThriveSparrow which offers extensive visual and structural changes to their review forms.</p> |
| Ease of Setup | 9 <p>Effy's setup process is straightforward, mainly due to its limited connectivity and minimal feature set. Testing showed you only need to add team members (via email invites or Slack integration) and create a review by either prompting a question, specifying a use case, or using an existing template. We missed the ability to bulk import data via CSV—currently only available by contacting their team directly. Most users can master the platform in under 30 minutes and begin sending reviews within 2 hours of implementation.</p> | 8 <p>Lattice provides a smooth onboarding process with helpful guided walkthroughs and a well-designed trial account. The pre-populated sample data effectively demonstrates all platform functions and serves as a setup guide. During testing, we had accounts running and surveys deployed within a day—suggesting most organizations could be operational just as quickly. One area for improvement is Lattice's integration capabilities, which are only slightly above average and might limit data importing options.</p> |
| Customer Support | 7 <p>Effy AI has a relatively responsive chatbot, and we got a response within 20 minutes of our first contact with them. Effy claims personalised support from their founders, and we found a personalised contact point from their CEO himself offering a tour and to reach out with any questions regarding the platform.</p> | 5 <p>We found Lattice's chat support bot to be easily accessible with a single click. However, its effectiveness is limited by one significant drawback: conversations don't persist when users navigate between pages, forcing them to restart their support queries with each page change.</p> |
| Integratability | 2 <p>Other than their native integration with Slack, there are no integrations available. The useful connection with Slack is the only saving grace in a segment that typically has HRIS, Communications, and some calendar functionality.</p> | 6 <p>Whilst not the most extensive in the category, Lattice offers a decent suite of native integrations. These span your typical top HRIS platforms plus a few across ATS, communication, IAM, background checks, and benefits.</p><p>We would have liked to have seen some native integrations for project management software like Jira, having to instead rely on their API.</p> |
| Ease of Migration | 4 <p>You can export results via CSV and that's it, missing the option often available at full suite products like PDF, XML, and more.</p> | 5 <p>Due to the limited number of native integrations, Lattice only connects and exports through the typical formats of PDF, CSV, and pushing to Slack amongst others.</p> |
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