Effortbox vs Futureworks

Effortbox is a free web-based OKR and strategy platform for modern remote and growing SMB teams. Users can run quarterly, half-year, or custom OKR cycles, then create objectives with measurable key results, owners, and timelines. Objectives can be grouped under strategic focus areas to connect team work with company priorities. Async check-ins capture progress percentage, confidence, and a note for a key result; those updates feed OKR status and dashboards. Dashboards display progress, recent check-ins, and team activity, with filters for team, owner, or planning cycle. Team pages list members, active objectives, status, and recent activity. The Free plan currently allows unlimited users without feature restrictions. Effortbox runs on Microsoft Azure in US data centers, uses TLS 1.2 or higher in transit and AES-256 encryption at rest, and states GDPR compliance.

Futureworks is an OKR platform for connecting strategy, priorities, goals, and meetings. Its 360 Vision tree maps strategic priorities to department, team, and individual goals, with filters and alignment status. The AI Context Engine can turn uploaded PowerPoint, Word, or PDF strategy documents into actionable OKRs. Meeting Mode includes templates, timed agenda items, a Good News round, OKR status updates, and action tracking. Listed integrations include Jira, GitHub, Microsoft Planner, Azure DevOps, Google SSO, Microsoft SSO, Microsoft Teams, SCIM 2.0, Slack, webhooks, and a REST API; Slack reminders are marked as coming soon. Users can check in and update progress from iOS or Android. Futureworks lists GDPR compliance, SSO, SCIM provisioning, and role-based OKR permissions, and says tokens and data are encrypted. Free access is offered for 1–5 users, with a 30-day trial. Annual prices exclude VAT and range from €9 per month for 101–200 users to €15 per month for 1–25 users. The platform is described as built for Nordic organizations and public institutions with complex accountability structures.