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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Small Improvements

    Score7.2 out of 10
    N/APerformance Reviews & 360s Provide employees with structured opportunities for reflection and assessment through performance reviews and peer feedback. Customize the questions, define who participates, establish a cadence that suits an organization’s schedule, and run reviews for different departments at the same time. Ongoing Feedback Praise coworkers for a job well done and request feedback at any time from anyone. Prepare for…

    $2

    per user, per month

    TINYpulse

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ATINYpulse is an employee surveying and feedback tool. It includes employee recognition, coaching, and performance tracking functionality.

    $5

    per month

    Pricing
    Small ImprovementsTINYpulse
    Editions & Modules
    Engagement and Retention Add-on
    $2
    per user, per month
    Performance Starter Pack
    $5
    per user, per month
    Feedback and Performance Suite
    $7
    per user, per month
    Engage
    $5
    per month
    Plan Upgrades
    Contact sales team
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Small ImprovementsTINYpulse
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsWe also offer volume discounts if you have over 200 employees! Please see the calculator on our pricing page to calculate your exact price.—
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    Community Pulse
    Small ImprovementsTINYpulse
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    Small Improvements
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    TINYpulse
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    75%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    75%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Small ImprovementsTINYpulse
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Small Improvements and TINYpulse
    Feature
    Small Improvements
    8.3
    9 Ratings
    6% above category average
    TINYpulse
    -
    Ratings
    Corporate goal setting7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Subordinate goal setting7.53 Ratings00 Ratings
    Individual goal setting10.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility7.83 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance tracking9.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of Small Improvements and TINYpulse
    Feature
    Small Improvements
    9.3
    9 Ratings
    10% above category average
    TINYpulse
    -
    Ratings
    Performance plans10.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Plan weighting8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manager note taking10.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans8.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Review status tracking9.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Rater nomination workflow10.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Review reminders10.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow restrictions9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency10.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Small ImprovementsTINYpulse
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    Reflektive
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Quantum Workplace Engagement Surveys and Pulses
    Score10 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Reflektive
    Score9.5 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
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    User Ratings
    Small ImprovementsTINYpulse
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (11 ratings)
    6.0
    (6 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.1
    (4 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Small ImprovementsTINYpulse
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Small Improvements
    I'm honestly not sure why my company chose to use Small Improvements. We used Lattice before for the all the same use cases I mentioned here. The employee performance review feature might be a bit better in Small Improvements, but the goal-setting tool and the 1:1 tool are very weak. I may not have benefitted yet from all the features that Small Improvements have to offer, but so far it looks like a pretty basic HR tool with much better alternatives out there. If it's cheaper than the competition, that might be the only argument to go with it.
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    TINYpulse
    Well-suited for companies looking to get better feedback from employees. It's probably perfect for my organization (around 80 employees) because our COO can respond directly to our concerns. It might be less effective for larger organizations, but I can't speak much to that.
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    Pros
    Small Improvements
    • Goal Tracking: Enables users to chart goals, track progress, and provide details about what they want/expect to achieve.
    • Praise Wall: A public place to post positive and encouraging comments about other employees.
    • 360 Reviews: Users can request and gain 1:1 feedback; this can be anonymous if desired.
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    TINYpulse
    • TINYpulse provides a nice, prepackaged survey platform with a library of suggested questions to use and hard-coded timelines and processes... so it is truly a "plug and play" tool.
    • The platform produces some graphics and other methodology for assisting HR in delivering survey results to the rest of the executive team and/or to share with employees.
    • TINYpulse does a DYNAMIC job in selling the message that the employee's responses are anonymous. Not sure if it is a generational issue or the result of younger generations watching a parent go thru a RIF or other job elimination, but the notion of radically-candid feedback is not one which I've found to be present with many Millennials (here or in past organizations), so this is a big selling point for TINYpulse.
    • The TINYpulse platform offers a "Cheers for Peers" program, allowing the company to promote another form of peer-to-peer recognition which can even be linked to Slack (or nearly any business-based instant messaging system) to create a constant feed for all to see those receiving recognition for going above-and-beyond.
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    Cons
    Small Improvements
    • Being able to edit projects more easily (and have a documented edit history) would be beneficial.
    • Possibly integrations with popular platforms (such as JIRA) to give expanded detail of project tracking.
    • Gantt charts would be a nice to have for a top level management view.
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    TINYpulse
    • TINYpulse sometimes makes updates to their app and website, and when navigating as an admin, I have found some of the links to be broken after an update.
    • The pricing structure of TINYpulse has changed since we first began using it, changing from a pay per user amount to a bulk-buy amount. This led to some confusion when we went to add more users.
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    Usability
    Small Improvements
    No answers on this topic
    TINYpulse
    Self explanatory and easy to use. Email notifications help to remind users what they have to do. Very simple and straightforward user interface.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Small Improvements
    No answers on this topic
    TINYpulse
    I have never experienced an outage or technical problem with TinyPluse.
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    Performance
    Small Improvements
    No answers on this topic
    TINYpulse
    Site always loads properly and running efficiently
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    Support Rating
    Small Improvements
    The customer support is quick and thorough, they have access to our account to answers are tailored to our needs. They also have a good knowledge base and self-help site with some video tutorials and FAQs which saved us time as opposed to just calling or emailing support. For the times that we did reach out, it only took one response to get our issue resolved.
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    TINYpulse
    I have not interacted with the support team.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Small Improvements
    Lattice was able to link in with core OKRs whereas from my memory, Small Improvements didn't support this goal setting and tracking framework. While it was good for sentiment and management frameworks, it was unable to connect with the greater company vision as well as Lattice - that was the reason that we moved.
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    TINYpulse
    TINYpulse provided the most-competitive pricing of all vendors considered, with the greatest flexibility of use with desktop, mobile app, and operating system. While customer support proposed by others appeared to be closer to "live" or real-time, with closer to the 24/7 kind of environment in which we live/work in today, budget was a driving factor for us.
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    Scalability
    Small Improvements
    No answers on this topic
    TINYpulse
    Easy to deploy, create and add accounts.
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    Return on Investment
    Small Improvements
    • Before we had Small Improvements, personal goal setting was completely disorganized. Some managers made sure it was done, likewise many did not.
    • Having past goals collected in one repository has been a blessing. I couldn't imagine not having Small Improvements or something comparable.
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    TINYpulse
    • It's an easy way to get feedback and suggestions. I think it contributes to the team culture of wanting to always question and improve.
    • It's an easy way to build rapport among teammates and I think contributes to overall sense of team building (especially for a dispersed team).
    • It's an easy way to keep your finger on the overall pulse of the team and allows management to be able to quickly address any frustrations or issues before they become bigger concerns.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Small Improvements Screenshots

    Screenshot of Provide employees with structured opportunities for reflection and assessment through Performance ReviewsScreenshot of Decide whether or not you want manager to approve nominations for 360 FeedbackScreenshot of Share agenda items, meeting notes, and follow-up discussions with 1:1 MeetingsScreenshot of Create templated 1:1 meeting agendas for your managersScreenshot of Identify goals, set success measures, and track the results with ObjectivesScreenshot of Give public kudos to your colleagues with Praise