15Five vs. SurveyMonkey

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
15Five
Score 8.0 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
SurveyMonkey
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
SurveyMonkey provides free, customizable surveys, and a suite of paid, back-end programs that include data analysis, sample selection, bias elimination, and data representation tools. SurveyMonkey also offers large-scale, enterprise options for companies interested in data analysis, brand management, and consumer focused marketing.
$99
per month
Pricing
15FiveSurveyMonkey
Editions & Modules
Basic
$7
per person/per month
Plus
$14
per person/per month
Performance
Custom Pricing
Team Advantage
$25
per month (billed annually) per user (starting at 3 users)
Team Premier
$75
per month (billed annually) per user (starting at 3 users)
Standard Monthly
$99
per month
Individual Plan - Advantage Annual
$468
per year
Individual Plan - Premier Annual
$1,428
per year
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
15FiveSurveyMonkey
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
15FiveSurveyMonkey
Features
15FiveSurveyMonkey
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
15Five
5.2
38 Ratings
38% below category average
SurveyMonkey
-
Ratings
Corporate goal setting5.831 Ratings00 Ratings
Subordinate goal setting4.133 Ratings00 Ratings
Individual goal setting6.637 Ratings00 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility2.230 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance tracking7.434 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
15Five
7.0
39 Ratings
18% below category average
SurveyMonkey
-
Ratings
Performance plans8.528 Ratings00 Ratings
Plan weighting6.89 Ratings00 Ratings
Manager note taking6.334 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance improvement plans6.520 Ratings00 Ratings
Review status tracking6.629 Ratings00 Ratings
Rater nomination workflow6.75 Ratings00 Ratings
Review reminders9.132 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow restrictions4.918 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple review frequency7.226 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting7.629 Ratings00 Ratings
Survey Format & Appearance
Comparison of Survey Format & Appearance features of Product A and Product B
15Five
-
Ratings
SurveyMonkey
7.2
76 Ratings
10% below category average
Survey templates00 Ratings8.075 Ratings
Themes00 Ratings7.367 Ratings
Custom logo/branding00 Ratings6.367 Ratings
Survey Content
Comparison of Survey Content features of Product A and Product B
15Five
-
Ratings
SurveyMonkey
7.6
78 Ratings
11% below category average
Changes to live survey00 Ratings7.062 Ratings
Question design help00 Ratings6.872 Ratings
Multiple question types00 Ratings9.078 Ratings
Survey Logic
Comparison of Survey Logic features of Product A and Product B
15Five
-
Ratings
SurveyMonkey
7.3
72 Ratings
13% below category average
Survey logic flexibility00 Ratings7.372 Ratings
Survey Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Survey Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
15Five
-
Ratings
SurveyMonkey
7.1
78 Ratings
13% below category average
Response tracking00 Ratings7.577 Ratings
Data export00 Ratings6.374 Ratings
Standard reports00 Ratings8.077 Ratings
Custom reports00 Ratings6.864 Ratings
Analytics00 Ratings7.065 Ratings
Survey Administration & Security
Comparison of Survey Administration & Security features of Product A and Product B
15Five
-
Ratings
SurveyMonkey
8.3
67 Ratings
4% below category average
Access controls00 Ratings8.067 Ratings
Compliance00 Ratings8.558 Ratings
Survey Distribution
Comparison of Survey Distribution features of Product A and Product B
15Five
-
Ratings
SurveyMonkey
7.5
48 Ratings
7% below category average
Vendor-offered crowdsourcing00 Ratings7.332 Ratings
Respondent restrictions00 Ratings7.846 Ratings
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User Ratings
15FiveSurveyMonkey
Likelihood to Recommend
7.2
(46 ratings)
8.7
(110 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(3 ratings)
9.0
(26 ratings)
Usability
9.5
(5 ratings)
9.0
(41 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
6.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
8.6
(24 ratings)
9.4
(35 ratings)
Online Training
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
15FiveSurveyMonkey
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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Momentive (SurveyMonkey, Inc)
SurveyMonkey is well suited for external, professional, client-facing forms and complex question types. I've tried generating forms on HubSpot, and it's not nearly as intuitive or clean-looking, and not all question types are supported (e.g. Likert scales). For quick, internal forms that don't need to be as pretty or professional, I find that Google Forms is the quickest and easiest to pull together, especially since it has a single, universal respondent link. If I wanted to embed a link in a mass email, SurveyMonkey doesn't allow multiple respondents to use the same link on my plan.
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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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Momentive (SurveyMonkey, Inc)
  • Keeps identifiable information anonymous.
  • Being able to close the survey at a set time without having to remember to do so.
  • Takes the guess work out of response collecting.
  • Makes it easy to categorize responses within the same survey. Being able to add tags to open-ended questions makes it easy for us to identify patterns in responses.
  • An array of survey options and questions.
  • An all around great product that meets multiple needs.
  • Can have multiple collectors for the same survey to included manual input.
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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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Momentive (SurveyMonkey, Inc)
  • I would like to have more customizable options for branding it to our hospital colors. Some survey options allow you to enter html color codes. SurveyMonkey allows you to change colors and you have to pick from selected options.
  • Embedding the surveys into a webpage, like WordPress is not as seamless as other services.
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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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Momentive (SurveyMonkey, Inc)
Compared to other competitors in the market (including a few I've used internally), if you're looking for a survey application, this one does the job and it's quite inexpensive too. Considering the fact that it comes with a handy mobile application too (on iOS and Android), you also get flexibility thrown in the deal too.
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Usability
15Five
The platform is too easy for use, you will find by hand all the main tools and the interface put in front of you what you need without enter to define or open complex options to add things.
No, you just need to open a new report and start to type things, the system automatically will start to add fields or show the desired options based on your current context.
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Momentive (SurveyMonkey, Inc)
It does everything a survey software should do, and it does it very well. I can't speak for how well it would work for a business that was surveying tens of thousands of people - but for a small business of 50 employees with a couple of thousand clients, it does everything it needs to do.
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Performance
15Five
No answers on this topic
Momentive (SurveyMonkey, Inc)
still to many limitations for more complex surveys --skips, filtered questions, etc.
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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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Momentive (SurveyMonkey, Inc)
I've never had to contact the SurveyMonkey customer care team directly, but they have a pretty good library of help articles on their website. Everything from designing and executing your survey to account and billing questions. I never had a need for further support from Survey Monkey.
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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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Momentive (SurveyMonkey, Inc)
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
15Five
It was very easy and support was super helpful!
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Momentive (SurveyMonkey, Inc)
Implementation not required.
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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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Momentive (SurveyMonkey, Inc)
SurveyMonkey is easier to customize and provides much more in depth analytics. SurveyMonkey also provides better templates providing us with a better presentation to our employees. SurveyMonkey also comes with a more trustworthy platform that ensures confidentiality, which is incredibly important to our employees and means we're getting more reliable results from the surveys.
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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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Momentive (SurveyMonkey, Inc)
  • The speed at which we can develop, program, execute and generate actual usable results provides significant value, particularly when we need fresh numbers to illustrate a point.
  • The fact that we can execute a research project so quickly means that new research is always a primary option when we're developing campaigns. That's a huge value proposition.
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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.