Actus vs Devokr

Actus is a paid performance, learning, and talent-management suite for year-round employee conversations and engagement. Performance tools cover objectives, milestones, one-to-ones, appraisals, development plans, recognition, feedback, reminders, and reporting dashboards. Its learning system accepts SCORM 1.2, AICC, video, audio, Word, HTML, H5P, PDF, and virtual-tour content. Access is available through Android and iOS apps, browsers on PCs and Macs, and an API; the service listing says no installation is required. Named connections include IRIS Cascade and Ciphr HRIS, REST API and SFTP exchange, SAML2 sign-on through Azure AD, Okta, Google Workspace, and OneLogin, plus Microsoft Teams calendar invites and alerts. Actus says data is hosted and retained in the UK, with SSL encryption, optional two-factor authentication, and IP restrictions. Its performance page lists ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 27001. Pricing varies by licence volume; a free trial for up to 100 users and one month can be requested.

Devokr brings OKR management, performance reviews, and continuous feedback into one platform. Organizations can set company, team, and individual goals, align strategy, weight goals, define metric-based key results, and run check-ins. Performance features include reviews, competency assessments, continuous and multi-source 360° feedback. Its Enterprise AI OKR Assistant can suggest objectives and key results and assess existing OKRs against SMART criteria. The site lists more than 25 integrations, including Slack, Microsoft Teams, Jira, n8n, PostgreSQL, Salesforce, Notion, and Asana. iOS and Android apps provide goals, objective and key result details, check-ins, and a notification feed. On-premise deployment on customer servers or private cloud is available using Docker and Kubernetes. Enterprise connectivity includes a REST API, webhooks, SSO, LDAP or Active Directory authentication, and Outlook integration. Starter is free, billed forever, and covers up to 10 users and 5 teams.