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LATTICE ALTERNATIVE

The Lattice alternative built for engineering teams

Evidence-based 1:1s and reviews that pull straight from GitHub, Jira, and Linear. Priced for SMBs, set up in minutes.

We surface the data. The manager still does the thinking.

Why teams evaluate Lattice and pick Progresify

1

Setup is heavy for small teams

Lattice's performance platform is deep and configurable, which is powerful for HR-led orgs but expensive in time. Review templates, competency frameworks, and cycle configuration typically need weeks of admin setup before the first review runs.

3

No engineering signal in the loop

Lattice runs the review ritual but has no native view of GitHub PRs, Jira tickets, or Linear issues. Managers write performance reviews from memory while the actual work history sits one tab away.

Why engineering managers leave Lattice

Lattice did the category a favour. They turned performance management from an annual HR ritual into a continuous loop of 1:1s, goals, feedback, and reviews. They built a deep, configurable platform that works well for HR-led organisations of 200 to 2,000 people. If that is your context, Lattice is a serious tool and you should keep evaluating it.

The picture changes at 20 to 200 people, where the buying decision sits with engineering leadership. Three things tend to break the evaluation.

First, the setup is heavier than it looks. Review templates, competency frameworks, and cycle configuration are powerful, but they need an HR admin with time to learn the system. A 60 person engineering org rarely has that admin. Second, the pricing is hard to pin down. Lattice publishes a $4,000 annual minimum and an $8 per user per month rate for Performance or Goals when purchased unbundled, with the full suite priced by quote. That makes budgeting a back-and-forth with sales. Third, once it is installed, the workflow still asks managers to remember what each engineer shipped over the last quarter, because Lattice has no native connection to GitHub, Jira, or Linear.

What Progresify does differently

Progresify is built around a single design choice. The evidence belongs in the workspace where the manager is already running the conversation.

Open a 1:1 in Progresify and the agenda is on the left, an evidence panel on the right. The evidence panel is populated automatically with the direct report's recent PRs, ticket throughput, in-flight goals, and any cycle-time anomalies for the period. The same is true when you open a review form. The manager does not switch tabs to GitHub, does not page through Jira filters, does not try to remember whether the Q1 platform migration was already shipping when the last review happened. The data is there, sourced and timestamped.

We pre-fill the evidence. We do not pre-fill the prose. There is no AI-drafted self-review, no bot-generated peer feedback, no auto-summarised performance narrative. The act of writing the review is where the manager does the thinking, catches their own recency bias, and shapes the coaching message. We surface the data. The manager still does the thinking.

Honest tradeoffs

Progresify does not replace Lattice for every team. Lattice's calibration tooling, the template library, and the breadth of non-engineering use cases are genuinely deeper. If you need 9-box calibration sessions across a 1,500 person org, or your sales and marketing teams expect the same review experience as engineering, Lattice is the right call today.

Progresify is the right call when the buying decision sits with engineering leadership, when the team is between 20 and 200 people, and when the failure mode you are fixing is "I have no idea what each of my engineers actually shipped this quarter, so my reviews are vibes." That is the problem we work on.

What is next

We are shipping the MVP through Q2 2026. The waitlist gets you a slot in the early-access cohort, visibility into the pricing as it publishes, and a 1:1 walkthrough of the evidence panel running against your real GitHub workspace. If a Lattice renewal is on the horizon and the per-seat math is getting painful, this is the right week to take a look.


All claims about Lattice on this page are sourced from publicly available materials (lattice.com and linked product docs) as of April 2026. If any detail is out of date, email contact@progresify.dev and we will correct it.

Progresify vs Lattice at a glance

  • GitHub, Jira, Linear evidence in 1:1s and reviews

    Progresify

    Native, auto-linked per direct report

    Lattice

    Not offered natively

  • Goals and OKRs

    Progresify

    First-class, linked to PRs and tickets

    Lattice

    Configurable, no engineering linkage

  • 1:1 meetings with shared agenda and action items

    Progresify

    Web-first, evidence panel built in

    Lattice

    Available, evidence entered manually

  • Self-serve setup time

    Progresify

    Around 5 minutes

    Lattice

    Typically days of admin work

  • Pricing transparency

    Progresify

    Public, SMB-first pricing with MVP

    Lattice

    $4,000 annual minimum, $8 per user/month unbundled

  • Target sweet spot

    Progresify

    Engineering-led SMBs, 20 to 200 people

    Lattice

    HR-led organisations, typically 200 and above

  • AI auto-drafted reviews

    Progresify

    Not a feature, by choice

    Lattice

    Offered via Lattice AI add-on

  • Compliance certifications

    Progresify

    SOC 2 on roadmap

    Lattice

    SOC 2 and GDPR compliant

Pricing at a glance

Progresify

Transparent, SMB-first pricing launching with the MVP. Meaningful free tier, no surcharges on the core loop.

Lattice

$4,000 annual minimum. $8 per user/month for Performance or Goals unbundled. Full suite is quote-only (lattice.com/pricing).

Honest segmentation

We don't think Progresify is right for every team. Here's when to pick which.

Pick Lattice if

  • You are 200 plus headcount with deep calibration and comp-planning needs
  • You need non-engineering team reviews out of the box
  • Your HR team owns the rollout and has weeks to configure
  • You want the largest review template library in the market

Pick Progresify if

  • You are an engineering-led SMB between 20 and 200 people
  • You want GitHub, Jira, and Linear evidence in every review and 1:1
  • You want transparent pricing without a sales call
  • You want a web-first product with Slack as a notification layer

Frequently asked questions

Ship reviews that reflect the work

Join the waitlist. We will show you an evidence-based 1:1 running against your real GitHub workspace.