HR & Recruiting · head to head
15Five vs Netlify
The short version
- Only Netlify has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
- 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; Netlify the free tier is an individual account with 300 credits; team members require the Pro plan at $20 a month
- They diverge on capability: 15Five covers Weekly check-ins, Netlify covers Continuous deployment.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which 15Five and Netlify actually diverge.
Identical on both: 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 Netlify
- Continuous deployment
- Instant rollbacks
- Deploy previews
- Split testing
- Forms handling
- Identity/Auth
- Serverless functions
- Edge handlers
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 Netlify
- Performance reviews and continuous feedback cyclesnot Netlify
- Setting and tracking OKRsnot Netlify
- 360 degree feedback and talent matrix reviewsnot Netlify
- Compensation review cycles as a paid add-onnot Netlify
Netlify
- Hosting static sites and frontend frameworks with global CDN deliverynot 15Five
- Deploy previews on every pull requestnot 15Five
- Serverless functions alongside a static sitenot 15Five
- Netlify Database and Blob storage for small application statenot 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
Netlify
- The free tier is an individual account with 300 credits; team members require the Pro plan at $20 a month
- Everything is metered in credits, so bandwidth at 20 credits per GB and production deploys at 15 credits each consume the allowance in ways a bandwidth figure alone would not show
- Compute is billed at 10 credits per GB-hour, so server-rendered work costs more than static hosting
- Running past the allowance means buying credit packs, at $5 for 500 on Personal and $10 for 1,500 on Pro
- AI inference is priced by model rather than at a flat credit rate
Pricing, plan by plan
15Five
$4/month- Engage$4/month
- Engagement surveys
- Pulse surveys
- Action planning
- Perform$10/month
- Weekly check-ins
- 1-on-1s
- Performance reviews
- Total Platform$16/month
- Everything in Engage & Perform
- Career paths
- Competencies
Netlify
Free- StarterFree
- 100GB bandwidth
- 300 build minutes
- 1 concurrent build
- Pro$19/month
- 400GB bandwidth
- 25,000 build minutes
- 3 concurrent builds
- Business$99/month
- 600GB bandwidth
- 35,000 build minutes
- 5 concurrent builds
- Enterprise$undefined/month
- Custom bandwidth
- Custom build minutes
- Unlimited concurrent builds
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.
Choose Netlify if
- You need continuous deployment.
- You want to start without paying.
- You also want instant rollbacks.
Questions people ask
- Is 15Five or Netlify better?
- Neither clearly leads. 15Five starts at $4/month and Netlify at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, 15Five or Netlify?
- Netlify has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at $4/month for 15Five and Free for Netlify.
- Does 15Five or Netlify run on more platforms?
- 15Five runs on Web, Ios, Android, Api. Netlify runs on Web.
- Can I use Netlify for free?
- Yes. Netlify has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. 15Five starts at $4/month.
- 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 Netlify is typically brought in for.
- What can 15Five do that Netlify cannot?
- 15Five covers Weekly check-ins, 1-on-1 meetings, OKRs & goal tracking, Performance reviews. Netlify covers Continuous deployment, Instant rollbacks, Deploy previews, Split testing.
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