15Five vs. Darwinbox

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
Darwinbox
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
Darwinbox headquartered in Hyderabad offers an end-to-end HRMS software provide core HR functionality (e.g. employee data management), support for recruitment and onboarding, payroll management, time & attendance tracking, as well as comprehensive talent management and employee engagement features.N/A
Pricing
15FiveDarwinbox
Editions & Modules
Basic
$7
per person/per month
Plus
$14
per person/per month
Performance
Custom Pricing
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
15FiveDarwinbox
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
15FiveDarwinbox
Features
15FiveDarwinbox
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
15Five
4.4
Ratings
53% below category average
Darwinbox
8.9
Ratings
12% above category average
Corporate goal setting4.80 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Subordinate goal setting4.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Individual goal setting4.70 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility2.90 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Performance tracking4.70 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
15Five
7.7
Ratings
6% below category average
Darwinbox
9.3
Ratings
17% above category average
Performance plans9.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Plan weighting6.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Manager note taking8.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance improvement plans7.20 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Review status tracking9.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Rater nomination workflow6.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Review reminders9.90 Ratings6.60 Ratings
Workflow restrictions5.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple review frequency10.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Reporting4.60 Ratings00 Ratings
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
15Five
-
Ratings
Darwinbox
9.4
Ratings
18% above category average
Employee demographic data00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Employment history00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Job profiles and administration00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Organizational charting00 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Organization and location management00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
15Five
-
Ratings
Darwinbox
9.3
Ratings
15% above category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
15Five
-
Ratings
Darwinbox
9.3
Ratings
15% above category average
Approval workflow00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Balance details00 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
15Five
-
Ratings
Darwinbox
8.8
Ratings
9% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Update personal information00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
View company policy documentation00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Employee recognition00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
View job history00 Ratings6.60 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
15Five
-
Ratings
Darwinbox
9.9
Ratings
20% above category average
Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings9.90 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
15Five
-
Ratings
Darwinbox
7.9
Ratings
5% above category average
Report builder00 Ratings7.40 Ratings
Pre-built reports00 Ratings6.30 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
15Five
-
Ratings
Darwinbox
9.1
Ratings
14% above category average
New hire portal00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Manager tracking tools00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
15Five
-
Ratings
Darwinbox
9.8
Ratings
23% above category average
Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Candidate ranking00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Candidate search00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Candidate development00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
15Five
-
Ratings
Darwinbox
9.3
Ratings
18% above category average
Job Requisition Management00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Company Website Posting00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Publish to Social Media00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Applicant Tracking00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
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User Ratings
15FiveDarwinbox
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
(0 ratings)
8.5
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(0 ratings)
8.0
(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
15FiveDarwinbox
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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Employees that come into work are needed to clock in to get paid for the amount of time they are working per day. They will log on to Darwinbox and clock in as soon as they can. Some will use the PTO they have available to use. HR will be able to make payroll in a timely manner for employees.
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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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  • Leave management & tracking
  • Tax handling, declaration, salary tracking
  • Visibility on org structure
  • Performance review handling
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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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  • It can improve its UI a little better and make it look more user friendly
  • It can provide a deep analysis about things and should provide a download feature for the analytics shown
  • It should increase its scalability for large organisation as i think it wont be able to handle it
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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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Great tool, however the bugs mar its user experience. If solved for, and if the UI is improved on, it will be an amazing tool
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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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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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Darwinbox helps to maintain all the things at one platform and easy to use too. It provide better usability compared with Moday.com. Darwinbox provides more functionality compared with monday.com. It is also user friendly as well. All the things we are getting one platform and on one place.
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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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  • The ability to view the organization structure and functional structure for the entire company.
  • One-stop solution for talent acquisition, payroll, leaves, reimbursements, attendance (time-sheet), holidays, etc. So I don't have to open a lot of different apps.
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ScreenShots

15Five Screenshots

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Darwinbox Screenshots

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