Small Improvements and Workleap offer distinctly different strengths in performance management. Small Improvements excels in core HR processes with superior 360-degree reviews, comprehensive 1:1 meetings, and exceptional ease of setup, making it ideal for SMBs prioritizing manager-driven performance management. Workleap, on the other hand, stands out with excellent goal alignment tools, advanced pulse surveys, and stronger security certifications, better serving organizations focused on goal tracking and employee engagement. While both platforms score similarly on overall functionality, they serve different primary use cases - Small Improvements for comprehensive performance reviews and Workleap for goal management and engagement tracking.
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Workleap vs Small Improvements - Comparison 2025
Workleap vs. Small Improvements
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Reviewed by Paddy Stobbs
Stackfix Co-Founder & CEO
Advantages of Workleap
Workleap offers superior goal alignment capabilities compared to Small Improvements
Workleap has more advanced pulse survey capabilities than Small Improvements
Workleap provides better security certifications than Small Improvements
Advantages of Small Improvements
Small Improvements is significantly better at 360-degree reviews than Workleap
Small Improvements provides superior 1:1 meeting functionality compared to Workleap
Small Improvements excels in ease of setup compared to Workleap
Workleap is best for
- Businesses with straightforward goal-tracking needs who prioritize pulse surveys and engagement
- Businesses with manager-driven performance requirements who value simplicity over customization
- Who need an intuitive goal-tracking system that clearly shows organizational alignment
- And/or who need automated, research-backed pulse surveys with minimal setup effort
Small Improvements is best for
- Businesses with lean teams seeking an intuitive, manager-driven performance management platform
- Businesses with managers who need to handle performance reviews without dedicated HR support
- Who need an exceptional 1:1 meeting and feedback system
- And/or who need streamlined 360-degree feedback capabilities
Workleap is less good for
- Businesses with complex review needs requiring extensive customization and automation
- Businesses with comprehensive 360-degree review requirements that need external reviewer integration, automated recurring cycles, and question templates
- Who need granular performance metrics tracking and customizable reporting dashboards
- And/or who need advanced automation features like recurring review scheduling and compensation milestone tracking
Small Improvements is less good for
- Businesses with complex performance tracking needs requiring detailed metrics and customization
- Businesses with dedicated HR departments requiring advanced controls and comprehensive performance analytics
- Who need extensive integration capabilities with their existing tech stack
- And/or who need advanced compensation management tied to performance
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Pricing, features & ratings
 Workleap Starting at $6.25user / month Billed monthly |  Small Improvements |
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| Functionality | 7 <p>Workleap falls short on features compared to major competitors like 15Five, Lattice and Leapsome. However, it excels in pulse surveys/engagement and goal tracking/management, offering straightforward, ready-to-use solutions for teams valuing simplicity.</p><p>Significant limitations exist in their 360 review capabilities, particularly regarding automations and templates. The platform also struggles with cycle progress monitoring and performance metrics tracking.</p><p>That said, if Workleap's available functionality aligns well with your team's specific workflow needs, it's worth consideration.</p> | 7 <p>Small Improvements provides engaging, intuitive performance management tools well-suited for most SMBs. While it lacks features like detailed performance metrics tracking, AI-assisted analysis, compensation reviews, granular goal-to-objective linking, and performance improvement plans, it excels in usability and functionality focused on frequent manager-driven reviews rather than broad HR initiatives. Exceptionally well designed anytime feedback, 1:1 meetings, and pulse surveys features in particular aid in use by managers instead of requiring dedicated HR resources to manage.</p> |
| Ease of Use | 6 <p>Workleap offers notably inconsistent user experiences across its various functions. The reports tab and specific modules like surveys provide excellent, immediately accessible insights.</p><p>However, daily use of certain tools—particularly the performance module—can be quite time-consuming due to the absence of proper scheduling automations and templates. At worst, these limitations make the experience frustratingly incomplete especially for teams looking for more control over their processes.</p> | 9 <p>Small Improvements delivers exceptional day-to-day usability. During testing, we found the platform particularly easy and enjoyable for both employees and managers, with an interface that effectively guides users to appropriate tasks and provides clear direction when setting up new workflows.</p><p>For example, creating a new 360 review involves a simple vertical scrolling interface with distinct card sections for selecting templates, review audiences, scheduling, and other options.</p><p>The admin view proved highly intuitive—something most team managers could likely configure and manage independently when needed.</p> |
| Look and feel | 8 <p>Workleap offers a modern, welcoming interface comparable to other comprehensive performance management solutions in its category. Navigation is exceptionally straightforward with intuitive design guiding user journeys. The platform maintains sufficient visual interest for extended use, and we anticipate no friction regarding visual appeal for new users.</p><p>However, it's worth noting that the minimal design somewhat reflects the limited feature set. The platform can occasionally feel sparse and lightweight, particularly in areas where functionality lags behind leading competitors.</p> | 10 <p>Small Improvements features excellent design with an intuitive user experience. Its attractive interface uses consistent card layouts throughout all pages, creating a polished look. The system maintains this consistency even in complex areas like surveys and reviews by using a guided approach.</p><p>The warm color palette and friendly illustrations make the platform approachable, though some larger companies might prefer a more traditional business appearance. Our only minor issue was with occasional dense text on some cards, which can be slightly harder to read.</p> |
| Customisability | 4 <p>Workleap offers minimal customisation beyond basic branding. The platform essentially limits users to creating custom forms, with notable absences including customisable review and feedback templates, branding options, customisable exports and even adjustable dashboard views.</p><p>Users prioritising customisation should consider alternative solutions—the platform's simplicity in certain functions directly corresponds to a significant lack of customisation options.</p> | 4 <p>Small Improvements offers limited customization, with minimal options for changing branding, appearance, data visualizations, and page layouts.</p><p>While the cohesive user experience typically comes at the expense of customizability, we expected more flexibility within the platform's feature set.</p> |
| Ease of Setup | 6 <p>Workleap presents contrasting experiences with setup. The well-developed functions like pulse surveys and goals are remarkably straightforward to configure and launch. However, other features such as the performance module's reviews lack even basic templates to begin with.</p><p>Setup complexity varies significantly by module. Navigation, however, is consistently intuitive across the platform.</p><p>We estimate that an HR executive or team manager could have the well-designed features operational within a day for tracking surveys, NPS and goals. Conversely, more challenging functions like the reviews module might require a dedicated HR professional up to two days to configure properly, with potentially longer timeframes for less experienced administrators.</p> | 10 <p>Small Improvements provides exceptional setup and onboarding. Our testing began with a generous 30-day free trial before even booking a demo. This offered immediate access to a populated sandbox with multiple employee viewpoint toggles.</p><p>After just 45 minutes exploring the sandbox, we could confidently navigate the platform, load information, and set up initial reviews within the first few hours. User onboarding is straightforward, with most organizations able to implement their first reviews and recurring surveys within a day. Becoming proficient with the platform takes only an additional day or two.</p> |
| Customer Support | 5 <p>Workleap's customer support starts with a standard AI chatbot interface on the main screen. We found it relatively straightforward to receive AI-powered answers (using retrieval-augmented generation) for our feature queries, with options to view relevant documentation or escalate to a human agent. When using this pathway, chat conversations are forwarded to their support team, which typically responds within 4 hours or one working day at most.</p> | 7 <p>We liked the clean and easy to access customer service tab on the platform, offering a chat bubble in the bottom right corner that pulled up several options.</p><p>When we opted to chat, we found a much appreciated label of when support would next be online. When prompted with a question on implementing a feature we weren't sure was available, an AI chatbot responded with some relevant resources. From there, users have the option to then connect to a human.</p><p>In testing, we got a response within an hour of opting to connect to a human.</p> |
| Integratability | 7 <p>Workleap integrations are on the higher end of the native integration list, offering 15+ HRIS connectors alone.</p> | 5 <p>Small Improvements offers a limited set of native integrations, connecting primarily with common HRIS platforms and Slack for communication. While they provide a Single-Page Application based on a REST API that allows developer teams to connect data with your HRIS, organizations seeking extensive yet ready-to-use connectivity may find integration capabilities challenging.</p> |
| Ease of Migration | 5 <p>In our testing, we found no export functions or capabilities beyond the industry standard of CSVs, PDF, and their own API.</p> | 5 <p>Small Improvements offers standard data export options, including CSV and PDF formats, along with basic sharing capabilities via link, email, and Slack. There are no exceptional or standout features in its exportability functions.</p> |
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