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15Five vs Burnalong

15Five logo

15Five

HR

Performance management that drives results

From
$4/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Burnalong logo

Burnalong

Employee Engagement

Employer wellness platform built around social classes and a wide instructor marketplace

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: 15Five split across three tiers, so performance reviews, OKRs and 360 feedback need Perform at $11 per user per month rather than the $4 Engage tier; Burnalong nothing is published, so an employer cannot benchmark a Burnalong quote before entering a sales process, and third party estimates of a low single digit per employee per month rate are unconfirmed by the vendor.
  • They diverge on capability: 15Five covers Weekly check-ins, Burnalong covers Social classes.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which 15Five and Burnalong actually diverge.

Attributes where 15Five and Burnalong differ
Attribute15FiveBurnalong
Starting price$4/monthOn request
Pricing modelsubscriptionquote
PlatformsWeb, Ios, Android, ApiWeb, iOS, Android, Roku, Apple TV
CategoryHREmployee Engagement
Founded2011Unknown

Identical on both: free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in 15Five

  • Weekly check-ins
  • 1-on-1 meetings
  • OKRs & goal tracking
  • Performance reviews
  • High fives recognition
  • Engagement surveys
  • Pulse surveys
  • Manager effectiveness

Only in Burnalong

  • Social classes
  • Instructor marketplace
  • Specialist populations
  • Beyond fitness content
  • Connected television
  • Challenges and programmes
  • Employer reporting
  • Reseller deployment

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

15Five

  • Running engagement surveys with heat maps and benchmarkingnot Burnalong
  • Performance reviews and continuous feedback cyclesnot Burnalong
  • Setting and tracking OKRsnot Burnalong
  • 360 degree feedback and talent matrix reviewsnot Burnalong
  • Compensation review cycles as a paid add-onnot Burnalong

Burnalong

  • An employer with a distributed or deskless workforce that cannot use an on site gym subsidy and needs something every employee can actually reachnot 15Five
  • A health plan or health system wanting a wellbeing library it can offer its own members under its own brandnot 15Five
  • An employer whose population skews older or includes many people with limited mobility, where a general fitness library gets no usenot 15Five
  • An HR team running a quarterly wellbeing challenge and needing structured multi week programmes rather than an unstructured content librarynot 15Five

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

15Five

  • Split across three tiers, so performance reviews, OKRs and 360 feedback need Perform at $11 per user per month rather than the $4 Engage tier
  • Manager training microlearnings are only in Total Platform at $16 per user per month
  • Compensation is a paid add-on at $9 per user per month, rising to $11 with benchmarking
  • The Kona meeting assistant is a further $2 per employee per month and Kona Coach $19 per manager per month
  • Advertised prices are the annual rates

Burnalong

  • Nothing is published, so an employer cannot benchmark a Burnalong quote before entering a sales process, and third party estimates of a low single digit per employee per month rate are unconfirmed by the vendor.
  • Content comes from a marketplace of independent instructors, so production quality and instructional rigour vary noticeably between classes and there is no consistent standard across the catalogue.
  • It is a wellbeing benefit rather than a clinical intervention, so it will not satisfy a plan looking for measurable clinical outcomes, and employers who buy it expecting claims reduction are buying the wrong category.
  • Per employee per month pricing across the whole population means an employer with typical wellbeing engagement is paying for the entire workforce to serve the minority who log in more than twice.
  • The social class feature only works if colleagues coordinate to attend at the same time, which requires organisational effort HR teams rarely sustain past the launch campaign, and without it the product is a video library like any other.

Pricing, plan by plan

15Five

$4/month
  • Engage$4/month
    • Employee Engagement Surveys
    • Targeted Assessments
    • Action Planning
  • Perform$11/month
    • Engage features
    • AMAYA
    • Insights Dashboard
  • Total Platform$16/month
    • Perform features
    • Manager Training Microlearnings

Burnalong

On request
  • Burnalong$undefined/year
    • Per employee per month across the eligible population, quoted not published
    • Third party review sites estimate a low single digit dollar rate but Burnalong does not confirm it
    • Rate varies by headcount, dependant eligibility and whether it is resold through a plan

Which should you pick?

Choose 15Five if

  • You need weekly check-ins.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android, Api.
  • You also want 1-on-1 meetings.
15Five review

Choose Burnalong if

  • You need social classes.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android, Roku, Apple TV.
  • You also want instructor marketplace.
Burnalong review

Questions people ask

Is 15Five or Burnalong better?
Neither clearly leads. 15Five starts at $4/month and Burnalong at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, 15Five or Burnalong?
15Five starts at $4/month and Burnalong at On request.
Does 15Five or Burnalong run on more platforms?
15Five runs on Web, Ios, Android, Api. Burnalong runs on Web, iOS, Android, Roku, Apple TV.
What is 15Five best used for?
15Five is most often used for running engagement surveys with heat maps and benchmarking, performance reviews and continuous feedback cycles, setting and tracking okrs, 360 degree feedback and talent matrix reviews. Of those, running engagement surveys with heat maps and benchmarking and performance reviews and continuous feedback cycles are not what Burnalong is typically brought in for.
What can 15Five do that Burnalong cannot?
15Five covers Weekly check-ins, 1-on-1 meetings, OKRs & goal tracking, Performance reviews. Burnalong covers Social classes, Instructor marketplace, Specialist populations, Beyond fitness content.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

15Five: What are 15Five's core plan tiers and pricing?

15Five offers Engage ($4/user/month), Perform ($11/user/month, marked Most Popular), and Total Platform ($16/user/month). All prices are billed annually. Perform adds AI-assisted performance reviews, OKRs, and 360-degree feedback compared to Engage.

Source
Burnalong: Does Burnalong publish pricing?

No. It is quoted per employee per month. Third party review sites cite a low single digit dollar rate, but the vendor does not confirm any figure publicly.

15Five: What add-on products does 15Five offer?

Manager Content costs $49/manager/month (annually billed). Manager Coaching is $399 per credit (1-on-1 coaching = 1 credit; group coaching = 5 credits). Kona AI Meeting Assistant is $2/employee/month. Kona AI Coach is $19/manager/month. Compensation add-ons start at $9/user/month for base package or $11/user/month with salary benchmarking.

Source
Burnalong: Is it a clinical programme?

No. It is a wellbeing content platform. It has content covering chronic conditions, but nobody is warranting clinical appropriateness for a given member, and it should not be compared against clinical vendors.

15Five: Are 15Five contracts flexible?

All 15Five plans require annual billing and contracts. Support is included as dedicated human support with all plans.

Source
Burnalong: What makes it different from a fitness app?

Two features: members can take a class together remotely, and the instructor marketplace covers niches such as adaptive, senior and cancer recovery that studio produced libraries do not.

Burnalong: Can health plans resell it?

Yes. Health plans and health systems are a significant channel and often deliver it under their own branding.

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