
The two people platforms now sell strikingly similar toolkits. Their opposite starting points still reveal which one belongs in your company.

Two of the biggest names in performance software chose opposite religions. One organizes the whole product around goals. The other treats goals as just another tab, and built its empire on feedback instead.

Lattice, 15Five and Betterworks all track goals, but they begin from different ideas about how people improve. The right choice depends less on a feature checklist than on the management rhythm your company will actually sustain.