Comparison
See how we stack up.
Side-by-side comparisons against the most-considered alternatives. Honest framing — we name what they do better, not just what we do better. If you run a practice without an HR department, start with BambooHR: it is the one most owners have priced.
Pricing, features and fit
LVL Up vs BambooHR
BambooHR is a broader HR system for employee records, hiring, onboarding and time off. Pro adds performance management, including 360 reviews and 1:1s.
Compare Pro when evaluating performance tools
Pricing, features and fit
LVL Up vs Lattice
Lattice combines performance management, goals, manager tools and AI, with additional engagement, career development and compensation products.
The annual minimum matters for small teams
Pricing, features and fit
LVL Up vs 15Five
15Five offers performance reviews, employee engagement and manager development. Its performance scope includes 360 feedback, goals, competencies and career paths.
Engage is not the full performance package
Pricing, features and fit
LVL Up vs Culture Amp
Culture Amp provides engagement and performance products with people analytics, survey benchmarks, development tools and AI coaching.
Request a quote for your headcount and product scope
Pricing, features and fit
LVL Up vs Leapsome
Leapsome connects reviews, engagement, goals, learning, compensation and HRIS products. Its modular offer supports organizations that need a broader people platform.
Select modules before comparing costs
Pricing, features and fit
LVL Up vs Betterworks
Betterworks offers goals, performance conversations, reviews and AI, with expanded talent intelligence for calibration, succession and skills.
Published prices require confirmation of terms
Pricing, features and fit
LVL Up vs Workday
Workday is an enterprise HCM and talent platform spanning recruiting, learning, skills, development and internal mobility. It addresses a broader buying decision than LVL Up's performance workflow.
This is a broader system purchase
Plans
3
Team, Growth and Scale
Trial
14 days
no credit card required
People tools
Included
optional HR workspace
Growth
$79/mo
up to 100 people
What to look for when choosing
Most performance tools demo well. The differences that matter show up in month three, not in the sales call — so these are the questions worth asking before you sign anything, whoever you end up buying from.
How the pricing scales
Ask what the bill looks like today and at double your headcount. Include the people, products and services you intend to use, and check annual commitments and minimums.
What is a module and what is included
“Full platform” pricing often means the reviews are included and engagement, learning and HR are three separate line items. Get the quote for everything you actually intend to use, not the entry tier.
Time to first real use
Ask whether you can run your next review cycle yourself and what setup support is included. Test a real workflow with your managers before deciding.
Whether managers will use it
Adoption dies in the manager layer. Look at what a manager sees on a Monday morning, not at the admin dashboard the demo is built around — a tool used once a year is an expensive filing cabinet.
Getting your data back out
Review history is some of the most sensitive data you hold and the hardest to recreate. Confirm there is an export you can run yourself, and that leaving does not require a support ticket.
Who answers when it breaks
Ask what happens at 9am on the day a review cycle opens and something is wrong. Response times matter far more than feature checklists once you are live.
Where LVL Up lands on these: three published plans, clear capacity pricing, optional HR tools included, self-serve setup and founder-led support. Where it does not: we are small, we hold no SOC 2 certification of our own yet, and if you need deep enterprise HRIS integrations today, the enterprise suites do that and we do not.
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Competitor prices and plan names on these pages were read from each vendor's own published pages on September 5–6, 2026; each page links to its source. If we have something wrong, email mauricio@lvlupperformance.com and we will fix it and link to the page you point us to (editorial policy).