15Five vs. Proliant

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
15Five
Score 8.2 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
Proliant
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Proliant provides a cloud-based human capital management solution designed to simplify payroll and HR processes, improves accuracy, and ensures industry compliance. Proliant is an all-in-one solution for workforce and talent management across the entire employment life cycle. Specializing in payroll, Proliant helps users pay people accurately, on time, and without risk from the IRS, supporting tax filings, contractor payments, and unlimited payroll runs. Proliant also streamlines…N/A
Pricing
15FiveProliant
Editions & Modules
Basic
$7
per person/per month
Plus
$14
per person/per month
Performance
Custom Pricing
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
15FiveProliant
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
15FiveProliant
Considered Both Products
15Five
Chose 15Five
15Five was more customizable and fit our under 50 employee team better for what we needed - a system for manager/employee one on ones, company wide as well as individual goal setting, performance reviews, reminders, and recognition (high fives). It was convenient and easier to …
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No other experience with this type of tracking.
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15Five offered our sales team more robust reporting and ease of use for navigating the dashboard features.
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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 …
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I have worked in Fortune leading companies, small start ups and leading healthcare organizations of every size and stature over the last 30 years. Never have I had a program I loved and looked forward to each week like 15Five. There is no comparison!
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We use each platform differently. We use Asana to make long-term and short-term priorities and assign each team member to specific tasks. Each task has different due dates spread out over a period of time. We use 15Five for individual weekly objectives and as a tool to check-in …
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I've used both lattice & 15Five. They both have their pros and cons but ultimately I feel that 15Five is more user-friendly and easier to understand for my employees.
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I haven't seen anything that offers what 15Five offers. We've been using it since they were very young and haven't considered switching. Why would we?
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I only have experience with 15Five in this capacity, and it was amazing. I really miss using this tool and I hope that we will have an option to get it back in our future; especially now that we have expanded and grown our number of staff that works on this project.
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Asana is geared toward project and task management with communication features while 15Five is geared toward team health down to the individual level.
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I've used asana and jira. Jira has too much functionality for a team like ours and asana didn't have enough gamification for our team. At the end we chose 15Five because it was simple to use and easy to follow, it also allowed the manager to review each individual on the team …
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I have never encountered another service or product that provides the same level of insight that 15Five affords, coupled with such a fluid and user-friendly experience. From the lowest-level employee all the way up the corporate ladder, there is a lot of value to be gained from …
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15Five has been more comprehensive and covers all facets of our business. Facebook Workplace served as more of an overall collaborative business tool with opportunities to post quotes and articles to share.
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bananaTag now has the built-in capabilities to include employee pulse surveys, which I love. 15Five is a little more direct as our manager required us to fill out the internal feedback section weekly.
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Specialized in performance management, easier to roll out and use than other products, the service, and people at 15Five are top-notch. The ease of doing business with 15Five is high.
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I haven't, as I was not a decision-maker in the purchasing. I've used others in the past, but frankly, can't remember their names!
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15Five has been a much better solution for our team. The feature suite is much broader and we found that Khorus at the time had a very subjective approach to measuring Objectives and Key Results. 15Five does so much more with one-on-ones, employee health, and performance …
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Asana isn't necessarily a performance tracking tool but we tried to use it in a way that would work. 15Five is much better since it specializes in this area specifically.
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The great advantage of Quick Base is that you can pretty much mimic the functionality of an app like 15Five on it. That, however, is easier said than done because it is difficult to find talented Quick Base developers and the cost model of Quick Base can make it prohibitively …
Proliant
Chose Proliant
We chose Proliant due to local customer service and pricing.
Chose Proliant
Proliant is outstanding in comparison to TimeClock Plus, Timeclock Plus was terrible when it came to reports, integrations. Not user-friendly at all, too many manual processes, not able to process the entire payroll, just a timekeeping tool basically.
Chose Proliant
Proliant is the only payroll software I have used, and I don't plan on changing that anytime soon. It gives me everything I need in simple, easy-to-use software. If I have questions they have quality customer service. I get calls weekly to change to other payroll services, …
Features
15FiveProliant
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
15Five
4.4
Ratings
53% below category average
Proliant
8.0
Ratings
1% above category average
Corporate goal setting4.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Subordinate goal setting4.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Individual goal setting4.70 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility2.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance tracking4.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
15Five
7.7
Ratings
6% below category average
Proliant
9.2
Ratings
16% above category average
Performance plans9.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Plan weighting6.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Manager note taking8.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance improvement plans7.20 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Review status tracking9.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Rater nomination workflow6.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Review reminders9.90 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Workflow restrictions5.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple review frequency10.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Reporting4.60 Ratings00 Ratings
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
15Five
-
Ratings
Proliant
8.3
Ratings
6% above category average
Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Employment history00 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Job profiles and administration00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Organizational charting00 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Organization and location management00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
15Five
-
Ratings
Proliant
9.6
Ratings
19% above category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings9.80 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings9.80 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
15Five
-
Ratings
Proliant
8.1
Ratings
1% above category average
Approval workflow00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Balance details00 Ratings7.40 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
15Five
-
Ratings
Proliant
8.4
Ratings
4% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Update personal information00 Ratings8.70 Ratings
View company policy documentation00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Employee recognition00 Ratings7.70 Ratings
View job history00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
15Five
-
Ratings
Proliant
10.0
Ratings
21% above category average
Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
15Five
-
Ratings
Proliant
8.5
Ratings
13% above category average
Report builder00 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Pre-built reports00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
15Five
-
Ratings
Proliant
9.3
Ratings
16% above category average
New hire portal00 Ratings9.30 Ratings
Manager tracking tools00 Ratings9.30 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
15Five
-
Ratings
Proliant
6.3
Ratings
21% below category average
Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Candidate ranking00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Candidate search00 Ratings4.00 Ratings
Candidate development00 Ratings4.00 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
15Five
-
Ratings
Proliant
4.0
Ratings
64% below category average
Job Requisition Management00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Company Website Posting00 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings3.00 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings3.00 Ratings
Applicant Tracking00 Ratings3.00 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings3.00 Ratings
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User Ratings
15FiveProliant
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
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8.8
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.6
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
10.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
15FiveProliant
Likelihood to Recommend
I believe if your managers can't make time to have in-person or live check-ins with their employees, the 15Five surveys and tools can create a semblance of care and follow-up, but many employees resent how impersonal it is. If you are able to have more face-to-face interactions or Zoom one-on-ones, those are almost always better-received by employees.
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This is solely based on two things: the fact that we have been unable to have issues fixed after more than a year of dealing with them AND since a key contact for us left we are unable to get a fast turnaround on many questions unless we contact the person who handles our payroll. I like the platform and it's easy to use, but when it's not functioning how we need it to, that's a problem. I still cannot see what my actual PTO balance is on my dashboard (the same for three other employees). This is an issue.
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Pros
  • 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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  • Fantastic customer service!!
  • Well implemented products.
  • Well rounded choices for all HR needs.
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Cons
  • The more business units and teams you adopt consistently using 15five, the more you see the full value.
  • Reporting - it would be helpful to see an entire org chart breakdown of the goals hit/missed at the end of each quarter.
  • Recommendations - focus points/alerts on OKRs that aren't progressing and auto-generated action items you should take would be really useful functionality.
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  • I cannot get RPO to be changed to how it needs to be for our business needs (when T&L employees move to salaried, for example). I have had several meetings regarding this and it still is not fixed -- more than a year later
  • Slow response from employee.helpdesk@proliant.com often leads me to send messages to payroll administrator for response
  • I believe we are paying for some added services; I do not know what these services are and I've asked on several occasions to have someone contact me about this.
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Likelihood to Renew
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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Usability
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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Super user friendly!
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Support Rating
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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Online Training
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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No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
It was very easy and support was super helpful!
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Alternatives Considered
15Five was more customizable and fit our under 50 employee team better for what we needed - a system for manager/employee one on ones, company wide as well as individual goal setting, performance reviews, reminders, and recognition (high fives). It was convenient and easier to have all these functionalities in one tool. Integration with Slack was also key to keep it visible to our team day to day.
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Proliant is the only payroll software I have used, and I don't plan on changing that anytime soon. It gives me everything I need in simple, easy-to-use software. If I have questions they have quality customer service. I get calls weekly to change to other payroll services, and I don't consider changing because there is no need to change - I have everything I need here. Proliant does exactly the job I am looking for it to do.
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Return on Investment
  • 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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  • All of my employees use the app on a regular basis and love it.
  • Proliant has helped us solve tax issues our last payroll company could not
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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.