Is 15Five or Paragon better?

Neither clearly leads. 15Five starts at $4/month and Paragon at $299/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, 15Five or Paragon?

15Five starts at $4/month and Paragon at $299/month.

Does 15Five or Paragon run on more platforms?

15Five runs on Web, Ios, Android, Api. Paragon runs on Web, Embedded.

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 Paragon is typically brought in for.

What can 15Five do that Paragon cannot?

15Five covers Weekly check-ins, 1-on-1 meetings, OKRs & goal tracking, Performance reviews. Paragon covers Embedded workflows, Native integrations, Workflow builder, Error handling. Both handle Slack, Salesforce, GDPR.

HR & Recruiting · head to head

15Five vs Paragon

15Five

HR & Recruiting

Performance management that drives results

From: $4/month
Rated: -

Full review Website

Paragon

Automation & Integration

Embedded integration platform for SaaS

From: $299/month
Rated: -

Full review Website

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; Paragon no price is published for either plan, and both require a quote
They diverge on capability: 15Five covers Weekly check-ins, Paragon covers Embedded workflows.

Where they differ

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

Attributes where 15Five and Paragon differ
Attribute	15Five	Paragon
Starting price	$4/month	$299/month
Platforms	Web, Ios, Android, Api	Web, Embedded
Category	HR & Recruiting	Automation & Integration
Founded	2011	2021

Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), 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 Paragon

Embedded workflows
Native integrations
Workflow builder
Error handling
Monitoring
Analytics
Webhooks
500+ apps

Both cover

Slack
Salesforce
GDPR

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 Paragon
Performance reviews and continuous feedback cyclesnot Paragon
Setting and tracking OKRsnot Paragon
360 degree feedback and talent matrix reviewsnot Paragon
Compensation review cycles as a paid add-onnot Paragon

Paragon

Embedding third party integrations into a SaaS productnot 15Five
Managing customer facing connectors without building each onenot 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

Paragon

No price is published for either plan, and both require a quote
Cost scales with the number of customer tenants using the integrations, so the bill follows an end customer count rather than the vendor's own usage
SAML SSO, self hosting, dynamic field mapping and SLAs are all Enterprise only

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

Paragon

$299/month

Starter$299/month
- 50 integrations
- Basic support
Growth$999/month
- 200 integrations
- Priority support
Enterprise$5000/month
- Unlimited integrations
- Dedicated support

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 Paragon if

You need embedded workflows.
You work on Web, Embedded.
You also want native integrations.

Paragon review

Questions people ask

Is 15Five or Paragon better?: Neither clearly leads. 15Five starts at $4/month and Paragon at $299/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, 15Five or Paragon?: 15Five starts at $4/month and Paragon at $299/month.
Does 15Five or Paragon run on more platforms?: 15Five runs on Web, Ios, Android, Api. Paragon runs on Web, Embedded.
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 Paragon is typically brought in for.
What can 15Five do that Paragon cannot?: 15Five covers Weekly check-ins, 1-on-1 meetings, OKRs & goal tracking, Performance reviews. Paragon covers Embedded workflows, Native integrations, Workflow builder, Error handling. Both handle Slack, Salesforce, GDPR.

15Five vs Paragon

15Five

Paragon

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in 15Five

Only in Paragon

Both cover

What people use each for

15Five

Paragon

Where each one falls short

15Five

Paragon

Pricing, plan by plan

15Five

Paragon

Which should you pick?

Choose 15Five if

Choose Paragon if

Questions people ask

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