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Performance management · September 2026 Edition

Lattice vs 15Five

Twelve of twelve models named Lattice first on the direct prompt; zero named 15Five. Both were named by all twelve models and Lattice carries 51 labels and 15Five 47, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Lattice

endorsed leader

Named in nineteen categories this edition.

15Five

accepted challenger

Named in eleven categories this edition.

First-choice share41%7%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate12%6%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#3A position in a field of 14; printed, not drawn.
Labels5147A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Lattice reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Leapsome was named alongside these two in seven of the twelve direct answers. Lattice vs PerformYard · PerformYard vs 15Five

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all twelve models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the performance management page.

By framing

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
LatticeFirst choices, of twelve models15Five
Direct120
Paraphrase42
Comparative60
Budget-constrained002 against Lattice
Scale-constrained31
Negative004 against Lattice · 3 against 15Five
Bars are first choices, 0 to 12 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to twelve.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Lattice and 15Five stood in it.

Lattice first, 15Five an alternative

12 of 12 models15Five was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5Lattice alternatives: 15Five, Betterworks, Culture Amp, HiBob, Leapsome, PerformYard
GPT-5.4 miniLattice alternatives: Mitratech Perform
Gemini 3.5 FlashLattice alternatives: 15Five, Betterworks, HiBob, Leapsome
Perplexity SonarLattice alternatives: 15Five, Betterworks, HiBob, Leapsome
Grok 4.1 FastLattice alternatives: 15Five, HiBob, Leapsome, Paylocity
Mistral SmallLattice alternatives: 15Five, Culture Amp
DeepSeek V4 FlashLattice alternatives: 15Five, Betterworks, Culture Amp, Leapsome, PerformYard
Llama 4 MaverickBetterworks, HiBob, Lattice
Qwen 3.7 FlashLattice alternatives: 15Five, Betterworks, HiBob
Kimi K2Lattice alternatives: 15Five, Culture Amp, Leapsome, PerformYard
GLM 4.7 FlashXLattice alternatives: 15Five, Culture Amp, HiBob, Leapsome, Rippling
MiniMax M2.5Lattice alternatives: Engagedly, Paylocity

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Lattice leads by nine points.
Lattice17%#2 of 10
15Five8%#6 of 10
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Lattice leads by thirty-five points.
Lattice41%#1 of 14
15Five7%#3 of 14
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Lattice leads by eleven points.
Lattice12%#3 of 9
15Five2%#8 of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Lattice

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of four in this category shown.

“Watch Out For: Minimum seat requirements (e.g., Lattice requires $4,000/year minimum)” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · hard negative
“Steep learning curve - frequently cited as confusing for initial tasks ... Expensive - minimum $4,000 annual agreement” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Choose Lattice if you are a fast-growing company (Seed to Series C/D) that wants to manage reviews, promotions, and salary adjustments in one easy-to-use place.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“Lattice: Best Overall for Balanced Performance & Goal Alignment... widely considered the gold-standard platform for mid-market, tech-forward B2B companies” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about 15Five

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.

“Performance-first tools with limits like Lattice or 15Five | ... you should check for pricing opacity, contract minimums” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“Leaders in this category typically include Lattice, Culture Amp, 15Five, Leapsome, and PerformYard.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
Also compared
Lattice vs PerformYardPerformYard vs 15FiveThe full performance management standing

Comparisons are drawn for the top three products in each category. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.