Lattice runs performance management.
Vindaris runs strategy execution.
Lattice is a strong people platform for reviews, 1:1s, and engagement. But its goals live in an HR module, updated by hand around the review cycle. Vindaris connects goals to the operational work that delivers them, so status comes from the work, not a form.
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Lattice is built for the people function. Strategy execution is a different job.
Lattice does performance reviews, 1:1s, engagement surveys, and growth plans well, and goals are one module inside that suite. The module is designed for the HR cadence: employees set goals at the start of a cycle and update them around review season. That fits performance management. It does not fit running company strategy, where goals have to move every week and status has to be trustworthy between reviews.
Because goal progress in Lattice is typed by the goal owner, it is only as current as the last time someone remembered to update it - and people remember around review time. Between cycles, the operational work that actually moves a goal lives in Jira, Asana, Planner, or a spreadsheet, and Lattice never sees it. Leadership ends up reading goal status that reflects an HR ritual rather than the state of the work.
In Lattice, a goal's status is an HR-cycle input. It is captured for reviews, not derived from delivery. Between cycles it goes stale, and the gap between what the goal says and what the work is doing is invisible until the next review surfaces it - usually too late to act.
An HR goals module vs. work-connected execution.
Lattice and Vindaris both hold goals. The difference is what the goal status is made of. In Lattice it is an entry tied to the review cycle. In Vindaris it is derived from the operational work your team is already doing.
- Reviews, 1:1s, engagement, growth - a strong people-ops suite.
- Goals are an HR module tied to the review cadence.
- Status is entered by the owner, not derived from work.
- Between cycles, goal progress quietly goes stale.
- Built for people management, not strategy execution.
- Goals and work in one system. Traceably linked, not rated by hand.
- Native work layer connects to HubSpot, Planner, Google via bidirectional sync.
- Progress updates automatically from the work tools your team already uses.
- Risk surfaces from real task movement, before a status update would have caught it.
- Framework-agnostic. OKRs, KPIs, EOS Rocks, OGSM, or any hybrid.
Status stops being a manual update. It becomes a property of the work.
Vindaris does not replace your work tools. Your team keeps using Planner, HubSpot, Google, or Jira exactly as they do today. What Vindaris adds is the structural connection between that work and the goals it should move. When a task slips, the goal it feeds shows risk - without anyone filing an update.
Lattice is built around the performance and review cycle, which is the right shape for people development. Vindaris is built around the principle that any goal syntax works - OKRs, KPIs, EOS Rocks, OGSM, SMART goals - and what matters is whether the operational work below each goal is visible, traceable, and moving. The two tools can coexist: keep Lattice for performance, use Vindaris to run execution.
For a broader comparison of the category, see the best OKR software roundup or the best strategy execution software guide.
Four steps. Under 90 minutes.
You do not migrate your work tools. Your team keeps working where they work. You bring your goals and let Vindaris build the connection layer.
Export your objectives, OKRs, or KPIs from Lattice. Bring them into Vindaris as-is. The framework you have been using works here too - Vindaris supports any goal syntax natively.
Connect Planner, HubSpot, Google, or Jira. Vindaris pulls in existing tasks and projects via bidirectional sync. Changes in your work tools appear in Vindaris and vice versa. No workflow changes for your team.
Vindaris suggests connections between synced work and your goals based on labels, owners, and project structure. Confirm the mappings, adjust where needed. Within an hour, leadership has a live view of what moves what.
The manual goal update tied to review season becomes unnecessary for execution tracking. Vindaris shows progress against plan in real time, drawn from the work itself. Lattice keeps doing what it is good at - reviews and growth - while execution status comes from the work, not a form filled in twice a year.
Vindaris is free to start for goal and strategy management. No minimum contract, no setup fee, no migration cost. See pricing details.
Vindaris vs Lattice, feature by feature.
The short version: Lattice tracks goals through status that people enter by hand, and Vindaris derives it from the work your team is already doing. The table breaks that down across the features teams actually compare.
| Feature | Vindaris | Lattice |
|---|---|---|
| How progress is measured | Read from task-level work and Slack context in the tools your team already uses. | Manual entry by goal owner, typically updated around review cycles. |
| Goal frameworks supported | Framework-agnostic: OKR, KPI, EOS Rocks, OGSM, SMART, Balanced Scorecard, or hybrid. | OKRs within the goals module; no KPI, OGSM, or hybrid support. |
| Connection to real work | Native work layer with bidirectional sync to HubSpot, Planner, Google, Jira, Asana. | No native work layer; goals live in an HR module separate from delivery tools. |
| Risk detection | Automatic execution-risk flags from task movement, focus and pace against plan. | No automatic detection; depends on the owner updating status before a review. |
| Status reporting | Live views and AI risk summaries pushed to Slack, Teams, and email. | Performance review dashboards; goal progress is one input among many. |
| Capacity and bandwidth | Built-in bandwidth and capacity planning. | Not covered in the goals module. |
| Ownership model | Single-owner accountability enforced structurally. | Goal owner tied to the employee record. |
| Free plan | Free forever, including 2 integrations and up to 5 people. | No free tier; pricing is per-seat, typically bundled with HR modules. |
| Best fit | Teams that need execution status from real work, not review-cycle updates. | Companies that want goals as part of a performance review suite. |
How Lattice is reviewed, and where teams outgrow it.
Lattice is praised as a strong people-ops platform, and its reviews reflect that. The limits show up when teams try to use its goals module for execution: goals sit beside performance reviews, not on top of the actual work, so execution risk goes undetected.
- Excellent performance review workflows with customizable cycles.
- Strong 1-on-1 and engagement survey tools for managers.
- Clean UI that HR teams and employees adopt without resistance.
- Good integration with HRIS systems for the people function.
- Goal progress is a manual entry tied to the review cadence, not real work.
- Between review cycles, goal status quietly goes stale.
- No connection to the delivery tools where work actually happens.
- Built for people management, not strategy execution across teams.
The limits are not a knock on Lattice; they are the ceiling of any tool where status is typed in by hand. Vindaris raises that ceiling by connecting each goal to the work moving it, so progress and risk come from the tasks themselves. That is the whole difference in one line.
Goals, KPIs, tasks, and strategy in one place
See every goal connected to the work moving it.
Drag-and-drop your alignment structure. Roll up work progress, KPIs, and goals without enforcing any framework syntax.
Everyone knows exactly what matters most.
A clear view of each person's goals, KPIs, projects, and tasks. Start every week focused on what's important and due.
Run reports the way your management needs them.
Build custom views to rank teams, spot risks, compare KPIs to work. AI summaries push updates to Slack, Teams, and email.
Spot risks while there's still time to fix them.
Run heatmaps across teams, goals, KPIs, and projects. Save views and get notified when risk levels change.
Combine tasks and projects across your systems.
Sync HubSpot, MS Planner, Google Tasks, Asana and more into one view. Bi-directional sync keeps everything current while teams stay in their own tools.
Common questions, answered
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Is Vindaris free to use?
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