Comparison

Harmny vs Betterworks: OKRs, Performance & Pricing (2026)

By Harmny Editorial Team · Last updated September 2026

Bottom line

Betterworks is an enterprise-grade OKR and continuous performance management platform, best suited for 500+ person organizations with dedicated HR and OD teams. Harmny covers the same OKR and performance review use cases with a broader feature set: engagement surveys, career pathing, AI-assisted 1:1 prep, time off, attendance, org chart, onboarding, compensation, recruiting, and compliance, all in one platform, accessible to teams of any size, starting free with no sales call. For teams under 300, Harmny is typically a better fit on both features and value.

Feature comparison

As of September 2026. Betterworks pricing requires a sales call; not publicly disclosed.

	Harmny	Betterworks
Starting price	Free / $8/user/mo	Enterprise quote (sales call)
Free tier	✓ Up to 10 users	✗
Self-serve	✓ No sales call	✗
OKRs / cascading goals	✓ Full OKR + cascading	✓ OKR-first platform (deep)
Company-wide OKR alignment	✓ Cascading hierarchy	✓ Strong enterprise OKR planning
Performance reviews	✓ Full cycle + calibration	✓ Continuous performance reviews
1:1 meetings	✓ Shared agendas + history	✓ Meeting prep + notes
Competency frameworks	✓ Employee-visible career paths	Competency-based reviews
Career pathing (employee view)	✓ Live gap analysis, self-serve	✗ HR/manager-facing
Engagement surveys	✓ AI-generated, lifecycle & pulse, heatmaps	✗ No engagement module
AI 1:1 coaching prep	✓ Tone-based prep from goals + 1:1 history (Growth plan)	✗
AI assistance	✓ Org Brain: Q&A, plans, review summaries (Growth plan)	Betterworks Assist (AI writing)
Compensation	✓ Salary bands, job architecture, merit adjustments, Total Rewards	✗
Benefits & rewards	✓ XP, badges, streaks + redeemable rewards catalog	✗
Announcements	✓ Company-wide + read tracking	✗
Time off management	✓ Custom policies, one-click approvals, team calendar	✗
Attendance tracking	✓ Work hours and attendance	✗
Org chart	✓ Visualize org and reporting structure	✗
Automations / workflow automation	✓ Trigger-action rules on HR events	✗
Onboarding checklists	✓ Structured checklists	✗
Recruiting & offer letters	✓ E-sign offers, auto-convert to onboarding	✗
Compliance (I-9, EEO-1)	✓ Consent forms + full audit trail	✗
HRIS integrations	Core (Slack, Google, SSO)	✓ Workday, BambooHR, ADP, SCIM
Total Rewards statements	✓ Base + benefits + bonuses + recognition value (PDF)	✗
Succession planning	✓ Nominee tracking with readiness levels	✗
Job architecture + salary bands	✓ Job families, salary bands, compa-ratio	✗
Attrition Forecast	✓ Predictive flight risk + driver drill-down	✗
Meeting rooms	✓ Bookable rooms, duration, recurring	✗
Best team size	10–500	500–10,000

Where Betterworks wins: enterprise OKR planning depth

Betterworks built its reputation on OKR methodology at enterprise scale, with company-wide planning cycles with executive sponsorship, cross-department alignment views, and manager enablement programs designed for organizations where OKRs are a top-down strategic initiative touching thousands of employees. For a 2,000-person company running quarterly all-hands OKR planning, Betterworks's depth in the planning workflow and executive reporting is difficult to match.

Betterworks also has deeper enterprise HRIS integrations (Workday, ADP, SCIM provisioning) than Harmny's current integration set.

Where Harmny wins: engagement surveys, AI tools, career pathing, and complete HR operations

Betterworks has no engagement module. If you're using Betterworks for OKRs and performance reviews, you need a completely separate tool for engagement surveys. Harmny integrates engagement surveys, performance management, and career development in one platform.

Harmny also adds AI tools on the Growth plan that Betterworks does not match at this depth: Org Brain answers plain-language questions about the organization grounded in your own data, drafts development plans from competency gaps, and preps managers for 1:1s with tone-based talking points pulled from goals, competency scores, and recent 1:1 history. Harmny also runs flight risk scoring and a 90-day attrition forecast built from evaluation history, goal progress, 1:1 cadence, and tenure, so managers get an early signal instead of a quarterly report.

Beyond performance management, Harmny now covers the full HR operations stack that Betterworks entirely lacks: time off management with custom policies and one-click approvals, attendance tracking, org chart visualization, structured onboarding checklists, a full compensation module with salary history and merit adjustments, recruiting with e-sign offer letters that auto-convert to onboarding workflows, and compliance tooling for I-9, EEO-1, consent forms, and policy e-signatures with a full audit trail. For teams under 500, Harmny replaces multiple-point solutions in one platform.

Choose Harmny if:

✓ Under 500 people
✓ You want engagement analytics + OKRs + performance in one platform
✓ Career pathing employees can see year-round
✓ AI 1:1 coaching prep and org Q&A on the Growth plan
✓ Full HR operations: time off, attendance, org chart, onboarding, compliance
✓ Compensation management and recruiting with e-sign offers
✓ Redeemable rewards catalog for employee recognition
✓ Free tier, self-serve, no enterprise minimum

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Consider Betterworks if:

• 500+ person organization with a dedicated OD team running company-wide OKR planning
• Deep Workday/ADP HRIS integration and SCIM provisioning are required
• Executive OKR visibility and top-down alignment are primary requirements
• You have a separate engagement tool and just need enterprise OKR depth

Frequently asked questions

What is Betterworks?

Betterworks is an enterprise continuous performance management platform focused on OKR goal setting and alignment. It is designed for large organizations (500+ employees) that want to deploy a systematic OKR methodology across the company with manager enablement and executive visibility. It includes performance reviews, 1:1 meeting tools, and talent insights. Pricing is enterprise-negotiated and requires a sales engagement.

Is Harmny cheaper than Betterworks?

Harmny is free for up to 10 users and $8/user/month at scale, with no sales call required. Betterworks does not publish pricing: it requires a sales conversation, and quoted rates vary by module and organization size, so no single per-user figure can be confirmed here. Betterworks is generally built for larger organizations, which can make it a heavier commitment for teams under 200 people.

Does Harmny have OKRs like Betterworks?

Yes. Harmny has cascading OKR and goal tracking: company objectives cascade to team and individual goals, with key result tracking, progress visualization, and alignment views. Betterworks is built OKR-first and has more depth in the OKR planning and alignment workflow, especially for large organizations running company-wide OKR planning cycles with executive sponsorship. For teams under 300 people where OKRs are important but not the entire operational system, Harmny's OKR feature set is sufficient.

What does Harmny have that Betterworks doesn't?

Harmny has a significantly broader feature set than Betterworks: (1) Engagement surveys: Betterworks has no engagement survey module; Harmny has a full suite including anonymous, confidential, and identified response modes, department heatmaps, and exit survey classification. (2) AI 1:1 coaching prep (Growth plan) that drafts talking points from goals, competency scores, and recent 1:1 history in a chosen tone. (3) Employee-visible career pathing with live gap analysis. (4) Time off management with custom policies and one-click approvals. (5) Attendance and work hours tracking. (6) Org chart visualization. (7) Automations: trigger-action rules on HR events. (8) Structured onboarding checklists. (9) Full compensation module: salary history and merit adjustments. (10) Recruiting and e-sign offer letters. (11) Compliance: I-9, EEO-1, consent forms, and policy e-signatures. (12) Redeemable rewards catalog (stars for wellness, learning, team experiences). (13) Free tier and self-serve access.

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