Quick comparison
Pricing as of June 2026. Leapsome pricing requires a sales call for firm quotes.
| Harmny | Leapsome | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free / $8/user/mo | ~$8–10/user/mo est. |
| Free tier | ✓ Up to 10 users | ✗ |
| Self-serve | ✓ Start today | ✗ Sales call required |
| Seat minimum | None | Enterprise minimum |
| Performance reviews | ✓ Full cycle | ✓ Full cycle |
| Goals / OKRs | ✓ Cascading goals | ✓ Cascading goals |
| 1:1 meetings | ✓ Shared agendas + history | ✓ Shared agendas |
| Competency frameworks | ✓ Builder + career paths | ✓ Framework builder |
| Career pathing (employee view) | ✓ Live gap analysis | Manager-facing |
| Engagement surveys | ✓ Engagement index + driver analysis + heatmap | ✓ Mature + benchmarks |
| Behavioral pulse analytics | ✓ Weekly pulse + survey×behavior divergence | ✗ Survey-only |
| Manager Coaching AI | ✓ Async pre-1:1 brief (behavioral data) | AI features developing |
| 9-Box talent calibration | ✓ Built-in | ✓ Built-in |
| Compensation management | Basic | ✓ Full merit cycles |
| EU data residency | EU infra on request | ✓ Explicit contractual SLA |
| AI assistance | ✓ Org Brain + coaching briefs (BYOK/hosted) | AI features developing |
| Gamification | ✓ XP, badges, streaks | ✗ |
| Best team size | 10–500 | 100–2,000 |
Where Harmny wins
Behavioral engagement — what Leapsome can't build
Leapsome's engagement module is survey-based: employees report how they feel on a periodic pulse, and Leapsome aggregates the scores. Harmny adds a layer Leapsome structurally lacks: daily behavioral signals from recognition activity, goal movement, streak cadences, and 1:1 completion rates. The weekly behavioral pulse score and the survey×behavior divergence signal — where what an employee reports diverges from what they actually do — are proprietary Harmny data. Without gamification mechanics generating that exhaust, Leapsome can't replicate this.
This behavioral data also powers Manager Coaching AI: an async pre-1:1 coaching brief generated before each 1:1, synthesizing divergence signals, talking points, and flight indicators. Leapsome doesn't have an equivalent.
Self-serve access
The most practical difference for most teams: Harmny is available right now without a sales call. Leapsome requires a demo, a proposal, and a contract before you can start. For a 40-person company that wants to run a performance review cycle next month, this is the deciding factor — not features.
Career pathing as a self-service tool
Leapsome has competency frameworks, but they are primarily HR-facing and review-time tools. Harmny's career pathing is designed as an employee self-service feature: every employee logs in, sees their competency ratings vs. next-level requirements, and can explore alternative paths — without a manager having to pull a report. This drives development conversations continuously, not just during reviews.
Price for small teams
For a 30-person team: Harmny = $240/month. Leapsome = enterprise quote with annual contract. Even at Leapsome's estimated $8/user, a 30-person team at a 12-month annual commitment is $2,880/year minimum — and that's before considering the time cost of the sales and implementation process.
Where Leapsome wins
EU data residency
Leapsome's strongest differentiator for European organizations: explicit, contractual EU data residency SLAs. If your legal team needs to sign off that employee data is stored in the EU (not just processed under GDPR), Leapsome provides this in the enterprise contract in a way that most competitors don't match. This is a genuine advantage that Harmny acknowledges.
External engagement benchmarks
Leapsome has accumulated industry benchmark data across its customer base — if comparing your team's eNPS or engagement index to industry peers is a reporting requirement, Leapsome's benchmark dataset is more robust. Harmny's engagement analytics depth has closed the gap on raw analytical capability; what Leapsome still has is the external comparative context. For teams where "how do we compare to similar companies in our industry" is a board-level question, this matters.
Choose Harmny if:
- ✓ Under 200 people
- ✓ Don't want a sales process to get started
- ✓ Career pathing visibility matters to employees
- ✓ Want a free tier to trial the product
- ✓ AI-assisted reviews, dev plans, and pre-1:1 coaching briefs are useful
- ✓ You want behavioral engagement data (pulse + divergence), not just surveys
Choose Leapsome if:
- • 200+ employees with a dedicated HR team
- • EU data residency is a contractual requirement
- • Compensation merit cycle management is a core need
- • You need external engagement benchmark data (industry peer comparisons)
- • Already in a Leapsome-compatible procurement process
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