Feature comparison
As of June 2026. Trakstar pricing requires a sales call for most plans; modules priced separately.
| Harmny | Trakstar | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free / $8/user/mo | Enterprise quote (sales call) |
| Free tier | ✓ Up to 10 users | ✗ |
| Self-serve | ✓ No sales call | ✗ |
| Performance reviews | ✓ Full cycle + calibration | ✓ Reviews + strong calibration |
| Calibration tooling | ✓ Calibration sessions | ✓ Best-in-class calibration |
| Goals / OKRs | ✓ Cascading goals | ✓ Goal tracking |
| 1:1 meetings | ✓ Shared agendas + history | Basic 1:1 features |
| Competency frameworks | ✓ Employee-visible career paths | ✓ Competency ratings (review-time) |
| Career pathing (employee view) | ✓ Live gap analysis, self-serve | ✗ Manager/HR-facing |
| Engagement surveys | ✓ Full engagement index + driver analysis | ✗ No engagement module |
| Behavioral pulse analytics | ✓ Survey×behavior divergence (unique) | ✗ |
| Manager Coaching AI | ✓ Async pre-1:1 brief (behavioral data) | ✗ |
| AI assistance | ✓ Org Brain (reviews, plans, 1:1s) | Limited AI features |
| Time off management | ✓ Custom policies + one-click approvals + team calendar | ✗ |
| Attendance tracking | ✓ Work hours and attendance | ✗ |
| Org chart | ✓ Visualize org + reporting structure | ✗ |
| Automations / workflow automation | ✓ Trigger-action rules on HR events | ✗ |
| Onboarding checklists | ✓ Structured checklists | ✗ |
| Recruiting & offer letters | ✓ E-sign offers + auto-onboarding | ✓ Trakstar Hire module |
| Compliance (I-9, EEO-1) | ✓ I-9, EEO-1, e-signatures + audit trail | ✗ |
| ATS (full applicant tracking) | ✗ Offer letters only (not full ATS) | ✓ Trakstar Hire (separate product) |
| LMS (learning) | ✗ | ✓ Trakstar Learn (separate product) |
| Gamification & rewards | ✓ XP, badges, streaks + redeemable rewards catalog | ✗ |
| 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 | 100+ (modular pricing) |
Where Trakstar wins: calibration and the talent suite
Trakstar's calibration module is specifically strong — it facilitates comparative rating sessions where managers review their team ratings side by side, apply forced distribution constraints, and align on final scores before results are shared. For large organizations running formal calibration panels across dozens of managers, Trakstar's tooling is more mature than most competitors.
Trakstar also offers a connected talent suite (Hire + Learn) that links recruiting baselines to performance outcomes and learning completion to development goals. If end-to-end ATS or LMS integration is the objective, Trakstar's product family covers more of it natively. Harmny now handles recruiting offer letters and e-signing, but is not a full applicant tracking system.
Where Harmny wins: the complete HR + performance platform
Trakstar has no engagement module. If you need pulse surveys or engagement analytics alongside performance management, you need a completely separate tool.
Harmny integrates engagement analytics (engagement index, driver analysis, heatmap, exit classification, action uptake, and outcome deltas) directly with performance data — and adds a behavioral layer Trakstar can't offer: daily activity signals that generate a behavioral pulse score and a survey×behavior divergence indicator. The Manager Coaching AI then synthesizes this behavioral context into an async pre-1:1 coaching brief for each manager.
Beyond performance management, Harmny now covers the operational HR surface Trakstar doesn't touch: time off management with custom policies and team calendar, attendance and work hours tracking, org chart visualization, trigger-action automations for HR events, structured onboarding checklists, compliance (I-9, EEO-1, consent forms, policy e-signatures with full audit trail), and recruiting with e-sign offer letters that auto-convert to onboarding workflows.
Choose Harmny if:
- ✓ You want engagement analytics + performance management together
- ✓ Behavioral engagement data and Manager Coaching AI are valuable
- ✓ Employee-visible career pathing year-round matters
- ✓ You need time off, attendance, org chart, and onboarding in one platform
- ✓ Compliance (I-9, EEO-1, e-signatures) and offer letter workflows are needed
- ✓ Self-serve with a free tier
- ✓ You don't need a full ATS or LMS
Consider Trakstar if:
- • Complex calibration panels across many managers is a primary use case
- • You need a full ATS (Trakstar Hire) connected to performance data
- • You want an LMS (Trakstar Learn) integrated with development goals
- • You have separate engagement and HRIS tools you're satisfied with
- • Modular product expansion across the full talent lifecycle is the goal
For more alternatives, see our Lattice alternatives comparison and Harmny vs Lattice head-to-head.