15Five vs. Pingboard

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
15Five
Score 8.1 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
15Five in San Francisco offers their employee performance management platform, which emphasizes employee engagement via pulse surveys and an emphasis on frequent feedback, fast one-on-one meeting planning, objective tracking, and other related features.
$7
per person/per month
Pingboard
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
Pingboard, headquartered in Austin, aims to give employees access to essential information about people, teams, and the company. The Pingboard org chart is designed to be how people keep up with who's who and what’s new, see when coworkers are available, and celebrate each other. The vendor states Pingboard helps new hires onboard faster, surfaces engaging info at just the right time, and helps people connect with their coworkers on a deeper level.N/A
Pricing
15FivePingboard
Editions & Modules
Basic
$7
per person/per month
Plus
$14
per person/per month
Performance
Custom Pricing
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
15FivePingboard
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
15FivePingboard
Top Pros

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Top Cons

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Features
15FivePingboard
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
15Five
4.4
37 Ratings
52% below category average
Pingboard
-
Ratings
Corporate goal setting4.930 Ratings00 Ratings
Subordinate goal setting4.532 Ratings00 Ratings
Individual goal setting4.536 Ratings00 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility3.129 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance tracking5.033 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
15Five
7.0
37 Ratings
13% below category average
Pingboard
-
Ratings
Performance plans7.326 Ratings00 Ratings
Plan weighting6.89 Ratings00 Ratings
Manager note taking6.432 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance improvement plans7.118 Ratings00 Ratings
Review status tracking6.827 Ratings00 Ratings
Rater nomination workflow6.75 Ratings00 Ratings
Review reminders9.430 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow restrictions5.616 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple review frequency9.624 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting4.227 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
15FivePingboard
Likelihood to Recommend
7.2
(44 ratings)
8.0
(2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.6
(24 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
15FivePingboard
Likelihood to Recommend
15Five
We love the ability to recognize peers and align the High Fives with core values (and having it integrate with Slack creates visibility which encourages use of the feature) The Performance Review features are quite customizable and do most of what we'd like. The goal setting function is robust, however I wish that area was a bit less complicated as we'd like to be able to zoom out for company milestones, it just looks busy. In terms of managing an employee's lifecycle from hire on past their 30/60/90 day goals, that piece is customizable however I'd love it if check-ins were completely custom.
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Pingboard
Pingboard is very much suitable for new employees to understand the organizational structure and who is handling what. This gives them the freedom to approach the right person for any work and it saves a lot of time. Also, the platform is very much convenient and secure which allows us to share it across members
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Pros
15Five
  • The Pulse Check feature is both easy to use and allows staff and management to gauge how team health is.
  • The metric and key performance tools are very well designed.
  • Automated reminders and reporting are great features.
  • I find the customer services to be best in class.
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Pingboard
  • Illustrated org chart.
  • search for individuals, understand where they fall in the org.
  • Find individual's details - role, email, boss, direct reports.
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Cons
15Five
  • I think 15Five dashboards can be quite clunky and difficult to use
  • I think their One-on-one management feature makes it difficult to track action items or search histories across time or multiple employees--a simple Google Doc is much more effective or Notion if you want even more functionality
  • In my opinion, 15Five's customer service is among the worst I have experienced from a software company. They will nickel and dime you and use hidden fine print to wring as much money as they can from you.
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Pingboard
  • There can be a featured with which we can track an employees performance
  • 1:1 meetings is buggy and can be drastically improved
  • More integrations with meeting and peer review software is needed
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Likelihood to Renew
15Five
This program is the absolute best I've ever used in 30 years with organizations. Not only do I enjoy being a user and "filling it out" every week- but I would personally buy it if available for goal tracking in my personal life I love it that much!
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Pingboard
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Usability
15Five
It's very simple to use - not overly complicated. You wouldn't need training to use. There are some features I never use because I don't understand -- like one on ones. However we use without and still find a lot of value in it!
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Pingboard
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Support Rating
15Five
15Five support is quick and helpful. We work with other vendors in the people management space and performance tracking/management who offshore their support or force us into long queues to chat for support and it just doesn't support our needs very well. 15Five is responsive and speedy. We constantly evaluate our vendors for their support and have switched vendors in the past in other areas because of limited support capabilities
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Pingboard
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Online Training
15Five
Very helpful webinar training. They answer questions, the slides are all very helpful, and they send you the presentation once the webinar is complete so that you can share with your team.
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Pingboard
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Implementation Rating
15Five
It was very easy and support was super helpful!
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Pingboard
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Alternatives Considered
15Five
Visually 15Five blows Yammer out of the water! Yammer was easy to use as well, but it felt very difficult to get on to and was not single sign-on when we were using it. 15Five allows for easy login with single sing on feature and has less "clicks" to get to where I need to be on the program. I also love the app way more than Yammer!
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Pingboard
I have not utilized other solutions.
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Return on Investment
15Five
  • It holds each employee to a certain standard by having them select their own list
  • Gives them the opportunity to reach their list of goals
  • Being able to accomplish each set goal and/or priority gives a sense of pride in each person's work as they are able to check off what has been done
  • On the negative, it can also show what the employee is not being done and may show poorly if there is a consistent pattern of not completing tasks
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Pingboard
  • A lot of time is saved to make new employees know about the organizational structure
  • We get a single place to access all information
  • 20% improvement in employee onboarding speed
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ScreenShots

15Five Screenshots

Screenshot of Celebrate wins, tout progress, and give good feedback where good feedback is due.Screenshot of 15Five Home DashboardScreenshot of Connect managers with their teams through regular Check-Ins that lead to actionable insights.