Benchmark changelog

Every data and methodology change to the benchmark, versioned by quarterly release. Stale data is a bug — this log is how we hold ourselves to that.

Current release: 2026.Q3

2026.Q3Current

August 4, 2026Methodology

Head-to-head pages now answer first. All 190 /vs comparisons gained a key-takeaways block above the fold carrying the same four direct answers the page already computed but only showed inside the FAQ near the bottom: which platform rates higher overall, which is more affordable, which documents more of the 18 compared capabilities, and which lists more integrations. Each page also surfaces a last-verified badge per vendor, linked to that vendor's own pricing page, so the freshness of the pricing figures is visible rather than implied. The comparison JSON-LD carried four bare dimension labels with no values attached and now carries the page's actual answers, plus published starting prices and G2 aggregate ratings on each product entity. Estimated prices stay out of structured data and our own editorial scores are never emitted as aggregate ratings. Separately, five legacy *-comparison URLs that were still being cited but returned 404 now redirect to their head-to-head pages: betterworks-vs-perdoo, weekdone-vs-workboard, lattice-vs-profitco, mooncamp-vs-quantive, and perdoo-vs-workboard. No ratings, verdicts, prices, or verification dates changed.

July 31, 2026Rating refresh

Feature-matrix audit pass on Profit.co, WorkBoard, and Mooncamp, hunting specifically for false negatives against vendor documentation. Seven corrections: Profit.co ships KPIs (300+ KPI library), a hosted MCP server with write access (integrations.profit.co/mcp), and PDF export for reviews — its MCP score in the AI features category rises accordingly. WorkBoard has native action items (WorkStreams) and documented team-level access controls. Mooncamp supports KPIs as a threshold-tracked goal type and tasks/initiatives as goal types. Confirmed absent after checking: WorkBoard outbound webhooks (its documented webhooks are inbound-only), CSV/PDF export, and HR features, plus Mooncamp AI, public API, and slides export. Stats that changed: 4 of 18 platforms now expose an MCP server (was 3), 11 support KPIs alongside OKRs (was 9).

July 31, 2026Methodology

Feature matrix expanded from 18 to 34 tracked capabilities, each verified against vendor documentation: a new enterprise & security section (SAML SSO, SCIM, multilanguage, domain and IP whitelisting, session timeout, access restrictions), reporting exports (presentation mode, CSV, PDF, PowerPoint/Slides), webhooks under connectivity, and an HR & performance section (reviews, 1:1s, engagement surveys, 360 feedback) — a dimension where HR suites lead and dedicated OKR tools including Tability, the operator, show honest gaps. A capability is checked only when the vendor documents it publicly.

Affected pages:platforms
July 31, 2026Pricing update

Full pricing re-verification across all 18 active vendors, with high-range estimates now published for every quote-only vendor. WorkBoard gets its first published estimate, built on Vendr procurement data (median contract $60,100/year, observed range $28,205-$206,502, est. $30/user/month high-range). Cascade estimated at $29/user/month (was $10), Leapsome raised to $11 (was $8), Profit.co to $9 (was $7). Corrections from vendor pages: Lattice top published bundle is now $13/seat/month Foundations (was $25), Betterworks and Peoplebox no longer publish their previously recorded minimums, Oboard's Jira-app pricing corrected to its public $2.16/user/month Marketplace list price (was estimated at $6), and Mooncamp and Perdoo are recorded as EUR-first with USD conversions. JOP's pricing URL moved to getjop.com after jop.io was parked. All last-verified dates refreshed to July 31, 2026, with sources in each vendor's record.

July 30, 2026Rating refresh

OKRs Tool re-verified against its live site after a major product update cycle: 10 integrations now live (Jira, Asana, Linear, ClickUp, Notion, Google Workspace, Teams, plus REST API and webhooks), a hosted MCP server for AI assistants, an AI Coach with at-risk forecasting, KPIs alongside OKRs, exec/MBR/QBR reports, and SSO/SCIM/RBAC/audit logs. Scores refreshed across seven categories — it rises from bottom-third to mid-pack in most, extends its budget-category win, and reaches #3 for startups and #4 for AI features. Its G2 rating also refreshed to 4.6 across 7 reviews (from 4.0 across one). No winners changed. Remaining caveats stay on the record: no native task management, SOC 2 Type II in progress.

July 27, 2026Rating refresh

Scoring recalibrated for honest margins. Tability had accumulated implausibly wide leads in several categories (up to 4.8 vs 4.1), so its maximum scores were trimmed and credible runners-up rescored on their merits — Perdoo is now the clear #2 for mid-market, Mooncamp for Slack, WorkBoard closed the AI gap. Vendors that do not actually ship an integration were delisted from those integration rankings instead of carrying filler scores (Perdoo and JOP from Linear, ChartMogul, ClickUp, Amplitude, and BigQuery, Weekdone from Tableau), and real integrators were added where the data supported it (Rhythms and Weekdone for Linear, Cascade for ClickUp, Peoplebox for BigQuery, Cascade and Profit.co for Tableau). No winners changed.

July 27, 2026Methodology

Product teams category retired: its intent overlapped the overall and startups rankings, violating the one-intent-one-page rule. The URL now redirects to the overall ranking.

Affected pages:overall-best
July 27, 2026Pricing update

WorkBoard price estimate removed: the previously shown ~$9/user/month figure came from stale third-party sources and is unreliable. WorkBoard publishes no pricing (demo-only sales), so the benchmark now shows "Pricing not public" instead of an estimate, on every surface including the dataset.

July 27, 2026Methodology

AI features category rebuilt: "AI" is no longer one checkbox. The category now scores five AI dimensions separately — in-product agents (20%), AI check-ins & smart actions (20%), conversational assistant (15%), MCP & agent interoperability (15%), AI goal setting (10%) — plus core OKR foundation (20%). Coverage expanded from 7 to 13 vendors.

Affected pages:ai-featuresmethodology
July 27, 2026Methodology

Public dataset published: the full benchmark dataset (verified pricing, ratings, vendor status, category verdicts, and the shutdown tracker) is now downloadable as versioned JSON and CSV at /data, free to reuse with attribution. An llms.txt file now describes the benchmark for AI assistants.

Affected pages:methodologychangelog
July 26, 2026Methodology

Category outcome matrix published: the benchmark now states where Tability wins, where it loses, and why — including categories where it abstains. Conflict-of-interest statement added to the methodology.

Affected pages:methodology
July 26, 2026Verdict change

Enterprise verdict changed: WorkBoard takes first place on governance depth and its consolidated position after acquiring Quantive. Tability moves to #2. Lattice added to the enterprise ranking (#3).

July 26, 2026Vendor added

New category: HRIS integrations — for organizations where HR owns the goal program and the HRIS is the system of record. Lattice wins. Tability ranks last (#9), reflecting its deliberate lack of deep HRIS integrations.

Affected pages:hrisplatform/lattice
July 26, 2026Verdict change

Jira verdict changed: Oboard (OKR Board for Jira) takes first place as the purpose-built Jira-native app. Tability moves to #2.

Affected pages:jiraplatform/oboard
July 26, 2026Verdict change

Affordable verdict changed: criteria reweighted toward price (Price Point 50%, No Hidden Costs 25%) — a budget category should be decided on cost. OKRs Tool wins on flat-fee pricing. Tability moves to #2 (per-seat, no free tier). Oboard marked down on billing scope (charges for the whole Jira instance).

July 26, 2026Status change

Quantive marked as acquired: WorkBoard acquired Quantive (formerly Gtmhub) in May 2025. Quantive.com now redirects to workboard.com and the standalone product is no longer sold.

July 26, 2026Status change

Viva Goals marked as discontinued: Microsoft retired the service on December 31, 2025, advising customers to export OKR data and transition to another solution.

July 26, 2026Pricing update

Pricing re-verified against vendor pricing pages for 17 of 20 vendors. Jira Align, JOP, and Oboard carry estimates because those vendors publish no comparable list price. Notable changes: Betterworks now publishes list pricing ($8/user/mo). Peoplebox published module pricing ($8/employee/mo). Rhythms published pricing with a free plan ($22/user/mo Business). Profit.co removed public pricing in favor of custom quotes. OKRs Tool moved to $49/$129 flat tiers. Oboard raised prices ~20-30% in March 2026.

July 26, 2026Rating refresh

G2 and Gartner ratings refreshed where verifiable. Notable: Teamflect updated to 4.5/170 on G2 (from 4.6/98). Lattice Gartner count updated to 61. 15Five Gartner updated to 4.4/25.

July 26, 2026Methodology

Benchmark provenance system introduced: pricing and ratings now carry last-verified dates and source links, and vendor status (active/acquired/discontinued) is tracked.

Affected pages:methodologychangelog
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