In comparing these two leading performance management platforms, we found that 15Five excels in rapid deployment and system integration, making it ideal for organizations prioritizing quick implementation and seamless data flow across their HR tech stack. Lattice, on the other hand, stands out with its comprehensive external review capabilities and robust performance improvement planning, better serving organizations needing detailed employee development tracking and external stakeholder input. Both platforms offer strong functionality ratings (both 9/10) but serve different organizational needs - 15Five for efficiency-focused teams, and Lattice for those requiring more extensive performance management features.
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Lattice vs 15Five - Comparison 2025
Lattice vs. 15Five
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Reviewed by Paddy Stobbs
Stackfix Co-Founder & CEO
Advantages of Lattice
Lattice has superior external review capabilities compared to 15Five
Lattice offers better performance improvement plan management than 15Five
Advantages of 15Five
15Five is significantly easier to set up than Lattice
15Five has better integration capabilities than Lattice
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
15Five is best for
- Businesses with comprehensive performance management needs seeking an intuitive, automation-rich platform
- Businesses with a strong focus on continuous feedback and development through 1:1s and reviews
- Who need to automate and schedule sophisticated review cycles
- And/or who need to align individual performance with organizational goals through OKRs
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
15Five is less good for
- Businesses needing external stakeholder feedback and advanced performance improvement planning
- Businesses with complex external stakeholder feedback requirements, such as client-facing teams needing input from customers in their review cycles
- Who need advanced performance improvement planning capabilities integrated directly within employee profiles
- And/or who need AI-powered review question generation for customized feedback templates
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Pricing, features & ratings
 Lattice Starting at $11user / month Billed monthly |
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| Functionality | 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> | 9 <p>15Five provides a robust performance management solution with nearly all essential features needed in this category. Our testing revealed well-implemented functionality across the platform. The few noteworthy gaps include the inability to create or edit performance improvement plans within employee profiles, no AI assistance for question generation, lack of compensation review and benchmarking tools, and limited options for incorporating external sources in reviews.</p> |
| Ease of Use | 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> | 8 <p>We thoroughly enjoyed using this product. Between the engaging and intuitive interface as well as the easy to set up automations, we found a compellingly powerful software suite relative to its ease of use.</p><p>Using 1-2 modules should be sufficient for a user to feel confident with the platform. With the automations and templates available, we can see limited need to access the configurations of the platform. Instead, users can focus on the actual content of the site such as reviews, feedback, and acting on insights from the data suite.</p> |
| Look and feel | 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> | 9 <p>15Five is fantastic at consistently executing a modern and engaging user interface across all its modules and pages. This looks and feels like a platform that has been meticulously bult as a cohesive whole.</p><p>In our own usage, we particularly liked the warm feeling imparted by the UI, and the only thing holding this back from a perfect score could be occasional pops of colour or visual variance to make this comfortable to use for days on end.</p> |
| Customisability | 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> | 7 <p>15Five offers solid customization options with data sources, appearances, and text inputs, placing it ahead of many competitors though not at the segment's leading edge.</p><p>During testing, we found essential features like company logo uploads and custom question templates.</p><p>However, the platform lacks more granular controls for certain elements including form customization, comprehensive interface branding, and custom data visualisations.</p> |
| Ease of Setup | 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> | 7 <p>15Five provides a straightforward setup process, offering immediate sandbox access to begin implementation. The platform features a category leading HRIS integration list to efficiently populate your data. During actual operation, navigating the goals framework required a brief learning period (approximately half a day), but overall configuration and deployment should require no more than 2 days to complete.</p> |
| Customer Support | 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> | 5 <p>Support access requires navigating through menus to reach an external support page. The support team operates Monday-Friday from 8 AM to 8 PM EST, with a response time target of within 2 business days for all tickets.</p> |
| Integratability | 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> | 9 <p>15Five features an extensive integration library for HRIS software and connects with management tools like Jira. While custom API integration remains necessary for unlisted software, the platform's robust integration options increase the likelihood of seamlessly importing your employee data.</p> |
| Ease of Migration | 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> | 5 <p>We found the typical export functionalities of CSV and PDF within the reports, and some level of integrations with Slack amongst others to bring 15Five's data beyond the software. This is largely in line with the average exportability in the segment.</p> |
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