Microsoft Viva Goals (discontinued) vs. Workleap

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Microsoft Viva Goals (discontinued)
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft Viva Goals (formerly Ally, or Ally.io) was a Strategic Goal-Planning & Execution Management software. Ally.io became a Microsoft brand after the October 2021 acquisition, and is slated for retirement December 2025.
$108
per year per user
Workleap
Score 8.4 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Workleap is a Human Resources (HR) Management Platform that provides Workforce Analytics and utilizes an AI Manager Agent to automate administrative workflows. The platform generates 1:1 Meeting Agendas, produces Performance Review drafts, and monitors for Employee Engagement risks to support organizational follow-through. According to the vendor, the solution is used by over 70,000 leaders across more than 100 countries to consolidate people insights and streamline management tasks.
$4,999
per year per user
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
Microsoft Viva - Learn Module
$48
per year per user
Microsoft Viva - Insights Module
$48
per year per user
Microsoft Viva - Topics Module
$48
per year per user
Microsoft Viva Suite
$108
per year per user
Add-On - Manager Agent
$99
per month per user
Standard
$4,999
per year
Pro
$11,999
per year
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsWorkleap is priced as an annual platform fee. Standard starts at $4,999/year and includes performance management, employee engagement, compensation planning, and reporting. Pro starts at $11,999/year and adds API access, SAML SSO, and advanced customization. The Manager Agent is an optional add-on at $99 per manager per month. Enterprise pricing is custom for organizations with 250 or more employees and includes dedicated CSM, premium call support, custom security review, custom terms, and procurement through PO. All purchases are completed through a sales representative. No self-serve option is available. Prices on the website apply to new customers only.
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Community Pulse
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(4 ratings)
8.0
(5 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
Discontinued Products
Well suited for
  • Companies that have experience of using the OKR methodology and have a clear understanding of what it is
  • Companies that are planning to expand/scale the OKR program
  • Companies that are looking to reduce the effort involved in running the OKR program
Ill-suited for:
  • Companies that are using OKRs for the first time and do not have a clear understanding of the methodology
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Workleap
I think Officevibe is great for any office where management truly cares about how happy their employees are and is interested in making their company a great place to work. It's a quick and easy way for staff to give you honest thoughts and opinions that you can act on to make improvements
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Pros
Discontinued Products
  • Visualizing the hierarchy and relationship between objectives and key results. The nesting and double alignment functionality are especially helpful, as they can't easily be expressed on, say, a simple worksheet or Confluence page.
  • Reminding the team to make regular check-ins. What gets measured gets done. This prevents the common pitfall of setting goals and not revisiting them until the end of a project (when it is too late).
  • Integration with external sources for automated check-ins. Why do this manually when it can happen behind the scenes?
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Workleap
  • NPS Surveys.
  • Employee engagement.
  • Team Culture.
  • Measuring the effectiveness of leaders.
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Cons
Discontinued Products
  • Accelerate integrations and add more integrations.
  • Ally.io has room for improvement in providing benchmark in-depth analysis across industries, same-size companies, etc.
  • Ally.io can still improve upon some of its product features and communicating the releases. Videos have been extremely helpful.
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Workleap
  • I would like more analysis and next steps on how to address the problems that come up.
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Usability
Discontinued Products
No answers on this topic
Workleap
Officevibe's user interface for end users is straightforward and well-designed; it looks nice and intuitive. We did have confusion about the brand, with some new employees thinking they were spam emails. Also, the manager's view and getting access to the right visibility can be confusing unless well administrated internally.
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Alternatives Considered
Discontinued Products
Microsoft Viva comes with Teams. The Monday board is helpful too, but I just like Microsoft Viva better
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Workleap
The only good and bad thing about Officevibe is that it's laser-focussed. It only does employee engagement. If you want a do-it-all tool, there are many alternatives. But if you want to nail employee engagement on the head and go deep, I highly recommend Officevibe.
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Return on Investment
Discontinued Products
  • Ally.io has had a positive impact so far in reducing the effort involved in managing the entire OKR program.
  • It also has brought with itself the opportunities to avail training and Q&A sessions with experts
  • Increased the overall engagement of the company with its objectives
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Workleap
  • We were able to keep our finger on the pulse and preempt some issues before they became issues, allowing us to maintain the culture we hoped to have.
  • Employees enjoyed being asked short questions frequently.
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ScreenShots

Workleap Screenshots

Screenshot of Manager AI Assistant
HR configures which programs are active and what skills the agent runs within each one. The agent then executes across performance reviews, engagement, 1:1s, compensation, goals, and recognition without HR managing each step manually.Screenshot of Workleap agent skills run on a configurable schedule. HR sets the trigger, cadence, and delivery channel once. The agent executes automatically from that point forward.Screenshot of Employee Engagement
Workleap collects continuous engagement data through pulse and custom surveys, then surfaces an overall score, trends, participation rate, and flagged focus areas for HR to act on.Screenshot of Surveys reach employees directly in Slack. Responses are anonymous by default, removing friction from the feedback loop.Screenshot of When managers receive anonymous employee feedback, the agent drafts a response. The manager reviews, refines if needed, and sends with one click.Screenshot of Performance Management
Workleap consolidates goals, peer feedback, self-reviews, and signals from connected tools into a complete AI-drafted review before the manager writes a word.