15Five runs your reviews.
CultureWise builds your culture.

15Five is a strong performance-management platform: reviews, goals, 1-on-1s, and a survey for your HR team. In its world, culture is a tab. In ours, it's the whole product: a system your CEO installs so the whole company practices a shared way of working every week.

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A performance tool measures people.
A culture system changes them.

15Five is built for the HR function: rate performance, track goals, run a survey. Culture shows up as a feature. That's a different job from building the shared habits that culture is made of.

15Five: a performance-management platform

What you get

  • Performance reviews, 360s, and calibration cycles
  • OKRs, goals, and weekly manager check-ins
  • Engagement and pulse surveys as one module
  • Compensation and talent add-ons that stack on top
  • Bought and run by HR / People Ops
CultureWise: a culture operating system

What you get

  • 25–40 Fundamentals: the specific behaviors that drive your success
  • One practiced company-wide every week, a rhythm not a report
  • Structured coaching and the Culture by Design methodology
  • Software: weekly lessons, kudos with SBI, reporting
  • Run by the CEO and every manager, not just HR

CultureWise vs 15Five

CultureWise is the only tool built to build your culture. Performance platforms manage reviews and goals; culture is just a survey tab.

CapabilityCultureWise15Five
What it's built to do Build your culture Manage performance and goals
Is culture the product or a feature? The whole product A survey tab, an output of reviews
Who it's built for The CEO and every manager HR / People Ops
Gives everyone a shared way to work Yes No, it measures and reviews
Needs a separate HRIS No, it stands alone Sits on top of one
Time to see a difference Weeks Tied to review cycles

Comparison reflects publicly available information about 15Five. Product names and trademarks belong to their respective owners.

Practice beats measurement

1/week
One Fundamental practiced company-wide, every week
25–40
Shared standards your team runs, not values on a wall
1,000+
Organizations running the CultureWise system

"Performance first, experience second."

HeartCount, in an independent review of 15Five

That's the honest shape of a performance platform, and it's the right shape for what it does. Culture can't be the thing that comes second. In CultureWise, it's the only thing.

Proof it sticks

It's not just words on a wall. It's the standard we hold ourselves to every single day.

Jim Derry
Jim DerryCEO, Field Fastener

The Fundamentals have become second nature. I don't have to force it. That tells me this has stuck.

Linda Chadwick
Linda ChadwickCEO, Rita's Italian Ice

We were already successful. But the Fundamentals made us better.

Mark Kramer
Mark KramerPresident, Kramer Beverage

It's made the most significant impact to our culture since our founding almost 40 years ago.

Justin White
Justin WhiteCEO, K&D Landscaping

A strong culture is not only part of the transformation. It drives it.

Richard Kopelman
Richard KopelmanCEO, Aprio

CultureWise turned our values into behaviors. Now people know what good looks like.

Greg Newell
Greg NewellPresident, Nave Newell

Common questions

Is CultureWise a performance-management tool like 15Five?

No. 15Five manages reviews, goals, and comp for the HR team. CultureWise builds a shared way of working across the whole company. Different jobs.

Can I use CultureWise with 15Five?

Yes. Keep 15Five for reviews and goals, and use CultureWise for culture. Many companies run both.

Does CultureWise replace our HRIS?

No, and it doesn't need to sit on one. It's a standalone system that complements your existing HR tools.

Who is the buyer for CultureWise?

The CEO and every manager, not just People Ops. It's built for the person accountable for how the whole company works.

Isn't culture just an engagement survey?

A survey measures how people feel. CultureWise gives your team a clear way of working and the habits to practice it, then you watch the scores move.

How fast do we see a change?

Momentum starts on day one and holds through weekly practice, not tied to a review cycle.

Good companies have good cultures by chance. World-class companies build them by design.

See how CultureWise builds your culture alongside the performance tools you already run.

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