15Five
by 15Five · Performance & Learning
AI-powered performance management platform for reviews, engagement surveys and manager coaching.
Updated August 2026 · By the ERP Research Editorial Team · Independent and vendor-neutral.
- Works with
WorkdayADPBambooHRUKGPaylocityRippling- Deployment
- Cloud
- Company size
- Mid-market, Enterprise
- Pricing
- Per-user/month subscription, billed annually
- Founded
- 2011
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, United States
Overview
15Five is a cloud-based performance management platform that combines performance reviews, continuous check-ins, OKR tracking, engagement surveys and manager coaching in a single system. It targets HR and People teams at mid-market and enterprise organisations that want to move beyond annual review cycles toward ongoing, data-informed performance and engagement management.
The platform is organised around two core products, Perform and Engage, which can be bought separately or combined into a Total Platform plan. Perform covers AI-assisted performance reviews, 1-on-1s, 360-degree feedback, OKRs and goal management, calibrations, career paths, and Growth Studio for development planning and succession nomination. Engage covers employee engagement surveys, eNPS, heat maps, predictive analytics and action planning. A compensation add-on connects pay decisions to performance data with pay-band management and real-time benchmarking, and manager-focused add-ons include Kona, an AI meeting assistant and coach that joins 1-on-1 calls to generate notes and coaching nudges, plus live and on-demand manager training content.
15Five reports serving more than 3,000 customers and roughly 250,000 employees. It does not connect directly into ERP financial modules; its integration surface is HRIS, SSO and collaboration tools (an HRIS Connector syncs employee data from systems including Workday, ADP, UKG, BambooHR, Paylocity and others), plus Slack, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Google Workspace, Jira and Salesforce.
Screenshots & demo
Screenshots sourced from 15Five.
Features & capabilities
Performance Reviews & Feedback
Structured review cycles and continuous feedback tied to performance data.
- AI-assisted performance reviews
- Continuous check-ins and 1-on-1s
- 360-degree feedback from managers, peers and team members
- Calibrations and 9-box talent matrix
- Manager Effectiveness Indicator (MEI) scoring
- Configurable review templates and role-based visibility
Goals, Growth & Succession (Growth Studio)
Tools for tracking goals and turning reviews into development and succession plans.
- OKRs and goal management linking company, team and individual goals
- 9-box talent matrix for talent visibility
- Individual Development Plans (IDPs) tracked against reviews
- Performance Improvement Plans (PIPs) with milestone tracking and exportable documentation
- Succession nominations with readiness tracking
- Career paths and growth mapping
Employee Engagement (Engage)
Survey-based engagement measurement and analytics.
- Custom and templated engagement surveys
- eNPS surveys
- Lifecycle survey workflows (onboarding, exit, pulse)
- Dynamic heat maps of engagement data
- Predictive impact analysis
- Action plans tied to survey results
- Engagement dashboard with filtering by department, role and demographics
AI Insights & Manager Coaching
AI tools that surface people-data insights and support manager development.
- AMAYA natural-language AI assistant for querying performance, engagement and retention data
- Insights Dashboard with guided data stories and recommended actions
- Kona AI meeting assistant that joins 1-on-1s on Zoom, Google Meet or Microsoft Teams to generate notes and action items
- Kona AI coaching nudges delivered in Slack and other workflows
- Manager training microlearning content
- Live and on-demand manager coaching
Compensation
Connects performance data to pay decisions.
- Compensation insights highlighting pay gaps and flight risk
- Unified compensation review cycles using performance data
- Pay range (pay band) storage, editing and sharing
- Real-time compensation benchmarking against data from over 5,000 companies
- Employee total rewards dashboard covering pay, equity and benefits
Common use cases
- Replacing annual performance reviews with continuous check-ins, 1-on-1s and AI-assisted review cycles
- Running company-wide engagement and eNPS surveys with heat maps to spot disengagement by team or location
- Giving managers AI-generated meeting notes and coaching nudges after every 1-on-1 via Kona
- Building 9-box talent matrices and succession plans for key roles through Growth Studio
- Connecting performance ratings to compensation decisions and pay-band benchmarking
- Syncing employee records from an HRIS (e.g. Workday, ADP, BambooHR, UKG) so performance and engagement data stay aligned with the system of record
- Documenting Performance Improvement Plans (PIPs) with milestone tracking and exportable compliance packets
Strengths & considerations
Strengths
- Kona, an AI meeting assistant purpose-built for manager 1-on-1s, generating notes, action items and personalised coaching nudges
- AMAYA, a natural-language AI assistant that answers questions across unified performance, engagement and retention data
- Combines performance management, engagement surveys, compensation insights and manager coaching content on one platform rather than as separate point tools
ERP integrations
Syncs employee records for onboarding, updates and offboarding into 15Five
Pricing
Engage $4/user/month, Perform $11/user/month, Total Platform (Engage + Perform) $16/user/month, all billed annually. Add-ons: Manager Products content $49/manager/month and coaching $399/credit; Kona Meeting Assistant $2/employee/month and Kona Coach $19/manager/month; Compensation $9/user/month ($11/user/month with salary benchmarking). Get an independent shortlist with pricing guidance below.
Technical & security
- Hosting
- SaaS (multi-tenant)
- Compliance
- SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, PIPEDA
- Mobile app
- Yes
- Languages
- English
About the vendor
- Founded
- 2011
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, United States
- Ownership
- Private, venture-backed (Series C, ~$94-98M raised)
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15Five — frequently asked questions
Does 15Five integrate with ERP or HRIS systems?
15Five does not connect to ERP financial modules directly. It syncs employee data through an HRIS Connector with systems including Workday, ADP, BambooHR, UKG, Paylocity and Rippling, and integrates separately with SSO providers (Okta, OneLogin) and collaboration tools (Slack, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Jira, Salesforce).
How is 15Five priced?
15Five sells three annual per-user plans: Engage at $4/user/month, Perform at $11/user/month, and Total Platform (both combined) at $16/user/month. Compensation, Kona AI, and manager-coaching content are separately priced add-ons.
What is Kona in 15Five?
Kona is 15Five's AI meeting assistant and coach. It joins manager 1-on-1s on Zoom, Google Meet or Microsoft Teams to generate notes and action items automatically, then delivers personalised coaching nudges in Slack and other workflows based on the conversation.
Does 15Five offer a free trial?
15Five does not publish a self-serve free trial; plans are sold as annual contracts and pricing is quoted per plan tier on its pricing page.
Is 15Five a full HR system of record?
No. 15Five is a performance-management and engagement layer that sits on top of an existing HRIS/payroll system of record, pulling employee data in through its HRIS Connector rather than replacing core HR/payroll administration.
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