HeartCount vs StaffCircle

HeartCount is a web-based employee engagement and people analytics platform for HR teams, managers, and leadership. Automated weekly pulse surveys use short questions to surface insights about morale, productivity, and happiness. Dashboards and reports show engagement trends, well-being scores, high-risk teams, and satisfaction drivers. Teams can create custom surveys for onboarding, exit interviews, and other needs, and use peer recognition, anonymous feedback, and threaded employee-manager communication. Churn prediction, AI insights, and individual risk flags are intended to help identify retention concerns. HeartCount integrates with Slack, Microsoft Teams, and common HRIS platforms. It states that data is encrypted in transit using TLS and at rest using AES-256, with role-based access controls and mandatory MFA; it also supports GDPR compliance and provides a Data Processing Addendum and employee data exports. The free Starter tier covers up to 25 employees. Business costs $2.50 per employee per month and covers up to 500 employees; annual billing saves 20%. Enterprise pricing is by quote.

StaffCircle brings performance management, employee development, engagement and culture, workforce analytics, and frontline communication into one platform. Its Performance Management module includes check-ins, reviews, SMART objectives, 360 appraisals, real-time feedback, competency alignment, and reports. Employee Development covers development plans, skills assessments, succession planning, career pathways, training logs, and skills-gap analysis. The optional Employee Engagement add-on includes surveys, recognition, a newsfeed, social intranet, people insights, and employee communications. StaffCircle describes its audience as HR, L&D, and people leaders in mid-sized and multi-site organisations, typically with 50–1,000 employees. The service runs as a web app that can be added to iOS and Android home screens, but is not distributed through app stores. Listed integrations include Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Microsoft Teams, Power BI, Zapier, Power Automate, HRIS connectors, an API, and webhooks. StaffCircle lists paid plans, but no starting price; one displayed plan is £3.85 a year, billed annually, with a one-off £2,600 setup fee for that estimate.