Used For

• +**Your star employee seems off but you can't put your finger on what's wrong** → Weekly check-ins surface patterns and AI flags engagement drops before they quit
• +**Performance reviews are 6 hours of digging through Slack and emails to remember what people did** → AI auto-generates review summaries from months of check-in data
• +**Managers avoid difficult conversations until annual reviews** → Built-in 1:1 agendas with conversation starters based on what people actually reported
• +High Fives system for peer recognition - quick shoutouts with custom badges instead of forgetting to celebrate wins
• +OKR dashboards show real-time progress across teams without chasing people for updates

Best For

• >Your managers are drowning in spreadsheets and quarterly reviews aren't catching problems fast enough
• >You're scaling past 50 people and losing track of who's struggling or about to burn out
• >Performance reviews take forever and nobody remembers what happened three months ago

Not For

• -Teams under 20 people — you're paying for enterprise analytics when you could just talk to everyone directly
• -Companies wanting set-it-and-forget-it — this works best when managers actually read the check-ins and act on insights
• -Anyone hoping for a magic bullet — it still requires managers who care about their people, just gives them better tools

Pairs With

• *UKG (syncs employee data so you're not managing two systems)
• *Slack (where people actually communicate day-to-day, this handles the structured stuff)
• *Google Workspace (connects to your existing productivity tools)
• *Lattice (if you need more robust performance review workflows)
• *Culture Amp (for deeper engagement surveys beyond 15Five's basic ones)
• *BambooHR (handles payroll and benefits while 15Five focuses on performance)

The Catch

• !Success depends entirely on adoption — if people skip weekly check-ins, you get garbage data and useless AI insights
• !The AI coaching suggestions are only as good as what people actually write in their updates
• !Pricing isn't listed anywhere, which usually means "call for enterprise quote" territory

Bottom Line

Automates the people management stuff good managers already do, but most don't have time for.