15Five vs Gloat Career Pathing

15Five is an AI-powered performance management platform for organizations working on employee performance, engagement, and retention. Its modules cover performance reviews, engagement surveys, feedback, manager enablement, goals and alignment, compensation signals, and AI-powered insights. Perform includes AI-assisted reviews, OKRs and goals, 360° feedback, a talent matrix, career paths and plans, 1-on-1s, and weekly check-ins. Engage provides surveys, targeted assessments, action planning, heat maps, data breakdowns, and benchmarking. The site also describes an AI thought partner, Focus Briefs, and 15Five Agents. A mobile app supports check-ins, 1-on-1s, and surveys; platforms include Android, iOS, web, and API. Integrations listed include ADP, BambooHR, Google Calendar, Jira, Slack, Salesforce, and Workday. 15Five says it encrypts communications with SSL/TLS and stores encrypted customer data in ISO 27001-compliant US data centers. It reports an independent SOC 2 framework audit; customers can request a report after contacting support for an NDA. Pricing is paid, starting at $4/user/mo billed annually, and there is no free plan. The company was founded in 2011.

Gloat Career Pathing is web software for organizations that want to help employees plan development and explore possible career directions. Employees can compare paths, select an aspirational role or destination, and identify skills and experiences to build toward it. Personalized roadmaps account for employees’ goals and company needs, while Gloat’s Career Coach Agent draws on skills, aspirations, performance, trajectory, and organizational opportunities to offer guidance. The tools can connect employees with projects, gigs, courses, coaching, mentoring, and volunteering. They can also suggest goals over short, medium, and long horizons, and identify readiness gaps for a target role with actions to address them. The Talent Marketplace links an organization’s LXP and LMS solutions and recommends relevant courses. Gloat lists integrations with SAP SuccessFactors, Workday, Oracle HCM, Microsoft Teams, and Microsoft Copilot, and says it can integrate with any HCM system. Governance controls can enforce mobility and approval rules and retain an audit trail of AI actions. The product is enterprise-oriented, runs on the web, and has pricing on request.