Honest comparison
Lattice vs 15Five: which performance platform fits HR?
Lattice leads on enterprise-startup brand + 360 review depth + OKR cascading, priced per user per month. 15Five leads on weekly check-in cadence + High-Five recognition + engagement pulse, priced per user per month. JobCannon Team at $79/mo flat is the adjacent L&D + validated-assessments layer for development conversations performance tools do not cover.
In Brief
Lattice and 15Five both serve the performance management category but compete on different philosophies and price shapes. Lattice is the enterprise-startup brand leader with the strongest 360 review and OKR cascading depth — the Performance Management tier is priced per user per month, with the higher-tier Engagement and Grow bundles priced per user per month as well. Strongest use case: HR teams that want structured semi-annual or annual reviews with OKR alignment and competency matrices for promotion decisions. 15Five is the weekly-cadence and recognition leader — the Engage tier, Perform tier, and full Total Platform tier are each priced per user per month. Strongest use case: HR teams that want continuous lightweight check-ins, manager coaching nudges, and High-Five peer recognition embedded in weekly flow. JobCannon Team tier at $79/mo flat ($790/year) sits adjacent as the L&D and validated-assessments layer — 112 validated assessments including Big Five, DISC, MBTI, Enneagram, EQ, Conflict Styles, Multiple Intelligences, and Skills Audit — purpose-built for coach-led one-on-ones, manager development, team workshops, and L&D programmes that performance tools rarely ship deeply. Pick Lattice for review depth + OKR brand, 15Five for weekly cadence + recognition, JobCannon Team as the adjacent development layer.
Four dimensions that separate the platforms
Where Lattice, 15Five, and JobCannon Team diverge.
Assessment battery comparison
What ships in each platform for HR and L&D — JobCannon is complementary to performance tools.
Pricing comparison for a 100-person company per year
Lattice per-user versus 15Five per-user versus JobCannon flat — three structurally different cost shapes.
When to pick Lattice vs 15Five vs JobCannon Team
A flat-rate L&D layer alongside per-user performance management
JobCannon Team at $790/year is not a Lattice or 15Five replacement — it is the L&D and team-development layer that runs alongside performance reviews and check-ins. HR teams typically keep their performance tool and add JobCannon Team for validated-assessments depth.
Free
For micro-teams trying the platform
- ▸10 candidate invites/month (resets the 1st of each month)
- ▸All 166+ assessments
- ▸Premium result for every candidate you invite
- ▸Every candidate profile fully open — nothing blurred
- ▸Share link via email or Slack
- ▸Free trial of the coordinator dashboard
Starter
For solo coaches and small HR
- ▸30 candidates/mo included; extra candidates are $2 each
- ▸All 166+ assessments
- ▸Premium report (archetype + blind spots + work-style brief)
- ▸Coach notes per candidate
- ▸PDF export (client-ready)
- ▸Session prep recommendations
- ▸Candidate progress tracking
Team
For startups, teams and HR
- ▸80 candidates/mo included; extra candidates are $2 each
- ▸Everything in Starter
- ▸Team DNA dashboard
- ▸Compatibility matrix
- ▸Conflict-pattern detection
- ▸Compare 2-3 team members
- ▸Manager prep briefings
- ▸Shared admin access (2 seats)
Scale
For agencies, L&D and scale-ups
- ▸200 candidates/mo included; extra candidates are $2 each
- ▸Everything in Team
- ▸Integrity + social-desirability scales (fake-good detection)
- ▸White-label PDFs (your logo)
- ▸Full assessment API (start, score, retrieve results)
- ▸Custom assessment builder (beta)
- ▸Admin seats not billed per seat
- ▸Priority email support
Growth
For high-volume screening without a contract
- ▸1,000 candidates/mo included; extra candidates are $2 each
- ▸Everything in Scale
- ▸Invoice / PO billing, not just card
- ▸Named support contact with a response-time target
- ▸Annual billing option
Enterprise
For 200+ person companies
- ▸Candidate volume set in your contract, all assessments
- ▸Everything in Scale
- ▸SLA (99.9% uptime)
- ▸Dedicated Customer Success
- ▸Custom integrations built against your tenant (Greenhouse and Ashby ship today)
- ▸Annual billing, invoice payments
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For an HR team where performance reviews, 360-degree feedback depth, and OKR alignment drive the people-operations roadmap, Lattice is the structural fit. The product carries the strongest enterprise-startup brand recognition in the performance category, with 360 review tooling, OKR cascading, and competency matrices that scale from a 50-person startup to a multi-thousand-person organisation. For an HR team where weekly check-in cadence, employee recognition, and lightweight engagement-pulse drive the work, 15Five is the structural fit. The product’s core ritual is the weekly check-in (employees write a short update, managers respond), and High-Five peer recognition is built in as a recurring engagement mechanic. The choice depends on whether your performance philosophy centres on structured reviews and OKR alignment (Lattice) or continuous weekly conversation and recognition (15Five).
Lattice publishes Performance Management tier pricing per user per month, with the higher-tier Engagement and Grow bundles also priced per user per month. 15Five publishes Engage, Perform, and Total Platform tiers, each priced per user per month. JobCannon Team at $79/mo flat ($790/year) up to the team-tier seat limit is structurally adjacent — it does not cover performance reviews, OKRs, or weekly check-ins (Lattice and 15Five own that surface) but it does cover the L&D, team development, and validated-assessments layer that performance tools rarely ship deeply.
Both philosophies have evidence behind them and the choice is closer to a culture fit than a feature comparison. Lattice’s structured-review philosophy aligns with HR teams that want clear semi-annual or annual performance moments, OKR cascading from CEO down to individual contributors, and competency matrices that drive promotion decisions; the trade-off is heavier process and longer review cycles. 15Five’s weekly check-in philosophy aligns with HR teams that want continuous lightweight conversation, manager coaching nudges, and peer recognition embedded in daily flow; the trade-off is that weekly cadence can feel performative if not adopted by managers genuinely. Many HR teams adopt 15Five for the weekly cadence and run Lattice for semi-annual reviews — the two are not mutually exclusive in larger organisations.
JobCannon Team tier at $79/mo flat ($790/year) sits adjacent to performance management as the L&D, team-development, and validated-assessments layer. Performance tools (Lattice, 15Five) cover reviews, OKRs, check-ins, recognition, and engagement pulse — what they do not typically ship deeply is validated personality, cognitive, and team-dynamics assessment for development conversations. JobCannon Team covers 112 validated assessments including Big Five, DISC, MBTI, Enneagram, EQ, Conflict Styles, Multiple Intelligences, and Skills Audit at flat-rate cost — purpose-built for coach-led one-on-ones, manager development, team workshops, and L&D programmes that performance tools support but do not fill. Many HR teams run Lattice or 15Five for the performance surface and add JobCannon Team for the development surface — the two stacks complement rather than compete.
JobCannon Team is not a performance management platform replacement. It does not ship review cycles, OKR cascading, weekly check-ins, or engagement pulse — those are real specialist features Lattice and 15Five have invested years into building. JobCannon Team covers the L&D and team-development layer alongside performance tools rather than instead of them. The structural argument for adding JobCannon Team to a Lattice or 15Five stack: 112 validated assessments at $79/mo flat covers manager development, team workshops, conflict resolution support, and individual development plans with assessment data that performance tools alone do not generate. For an HR team that wants performance + L&D in one tool, neither category-leader currently ships that combined surface; running performance + JobCannon Team is the working pattern.