WorkBoard Alternative - Any Framework

In short

WorkBoard is an enterprise OKR platform: it stores objectives, cascades them through the org chart, and reports on progress supplied by goal owners. Vindaris is intelligent strategy execution software: strategy, goals and KPIs mapped down to every project and task, with the Work Graph flagging execution risk before a check-in would surface it. WorkBoard answers what people reported. Vindaris answers what the work is doing.

Where WorkBoard stops

The cadence is the product. The data feeding it is still manual.

WorkBoard is built for the enterprise operating rhythm: business reviews, results meetings, alignment sessions, executive roll-ups. Run well, that cadence creates real accountability.

WorkBoard does one thing very well. It gives a large organization a structured way to define OKRs, cascade them through the org chart, and report on them in a format an executive team will accept. The enterprise wrapper around that is genuinely strong: SSO, permission models, audit trails, the controls procurement asks about before anything else.

The limitation sits underneath all of it. Teams define objectives in WorkBoard, then do the actual work in Jira, Asana, Planner, Salesforce, or a spreadsheet. Bridging the two is a check-in, a weekly update, or a connector that moves a number without the context behind it. Leadership gets a reliable view of what people reported. It does not get a view of whether the work below those objectives is moving.

The structural gap

WorkBoard does not publish its pricing. Custom quotes, annual contracts, and a procurement cycle stand between a mid-market team and a product conversation. Vindaris publishes its plans, is free to start, and requires no minimum contract. See pricing details.

How it broke, every quarter

Review week arrives

Owners assemble numbers the delivery tools already hold.

The update slips

A ritual that adds no new information gets dropped.

The dashboard stays green

The last reported number is the only number there is.

The quarter misses

The stall was visible in the work weeks earlier.

What teams consistently praised

Serious enterprise OKR machinery and governance.
Business review cadence that senior teams stick to.
Strong alignment and cascade tooling at scale.
Mature enterprise controls and rollout support.

Where teams hit the limit

Check-ins and results reviews carry the whole data model.
The review finds the miss rather than the graph.
Heavy rollout and change-management overhead.
Priced and scoped for large enterprises.

Two models compared

Enterprise machinery around the same manual core.

Goal-layer modelWorkBoard and most of the category

Goals live in one system. Work lives in another.
Teams update results as preparation for a meeting.
Integrations move a percentage, not traceable links between effort and outcome.
Dashboards show what teams reported, which is not what happened.
The miss is found in the review, not before it.

Work Graph modelVindaris

Published pricing, so evaluation starts with the product rather than procurement.
A native work layer, so an objective can name the tasks behind its number.
Risk detected from task movement rather than from a confidence rating.
Weight suited to a few hundred people, not a few hundred thousand.
Any framework, without the OKR office required to run it.

WorkBoard models the review. It does not read the work.

WorkBoard's model is built for scale: objectives, key results, alignment across a deep org chart, business reviews on top. It handles a Fortune 500 hierarchy better than anything else in the category. What it does not hold is any representation of delivery.

Object	WorkBoard	Vindaris
Central object	The objective, cascaded through the org chart	The task, and the edges up to the goal
Alignment source	The reporting line	Which work feeds which goal
Progress source	Check-ins, plus connectors that move a metric value	Task state in Jira, Asana, Planner, HubSpot
Behind a key-result number	Nothing the system can show you	The projects, tasks, owners and capacity
Risk signal	A lowered confidence rating	Pace and focus measured against plan

A metric connector is not a work layer, and the difference matters when a number goes the wrong way. A connector can tell you the value dropped. It cannot tell you that three of the fourteen tasks feeding it were reassigned last month and one has not moved since. That information exists in the delivery tool; WorkBoard has no object to hold it.

What changes in practice

Five views that keep strategy and execution in sync.

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.

Alignment Canvas →

Spot risk while there is still time to fix it.

Run heatmaps across teams, goals, KPIs and projects. Save views and get notified when risk levels change, from task movement rather than a reported number.

Vindaris risk heatmap across teams and goals

Combine tasks and projects across your systems.

Sync HubSpot, MS Planner, Google Tasks, Asana and more into one view. Bidirectional sync keeps everything current while teams stay in their own tools.

All integrations →

Everyone knows exactly what matters most.

A clear view of each person's goals, KPIs, projects and tasks. Start the week focused on what is due.

Run reports the way management needs them.

Rank teams, spot risks, compare KPIs to work. AI summaries push updates to Slack, Teams and email.

Moving off WorkBoard

Keep the cadence. Stop preparing it by hand.

The objectives export cleanly. The larger change is that the next evaluation does not need a quote to start.

Export objectives and key results from WorkBoard

WorkBoard exports the OKR set with owners, targets, current values and the alignment tree, and its API covers the same ground for a scripted move. The hierarchy imports intact.

Drop the alignment tree, keep the goals

WorkBoard's alignment follows the reporting line. Vindaris derives alignment from the work, so the tree does not need recreating. Import the goals and let the structure form from what is actually feeding them.

Connect the delivery tools

Connect Jira, Asana, Planner, HubSpot or Google. This is the layer the metric connectors were approximating, and the point where a key result gains the ability to explain itself.

Retire the check-in cadence

The recurring confidence round that kept WorkBoard current has no input left to collect. Business reviews start from derived progress, and the OKR office role shrinks to designing goals rather than chasing status.

Feature comparison

Vindaris vs WorkBoard, feature by feature.

WorkBoard wins on enterprise cadence. This table compares what each product knows about the work beneath the key result.

Feature	Vindaris	WorkBoard
How progress is measured	Read from task-level work and Slack context in the tools your team already uses.	Manual check-ins from goal owners, plus metric connectors that move numbers without context.
Goal frameworks supported	Framework-agnostic: OKR, KPI, EOS Rocks, OGSM, SMART, Balanced Scorecard, or hybrid.	OKR-first. KPIs, EOS Rocks and OGSM need workarounds.
Connection to real work	Native work layer with bidirectional sync to HubSpot, Planner, Google, Jira, Asana.	No native work layer. Tasks and projects stay in Jira, Asana, Planner or Salesforce.
Risk detection	Automatic execution-risk flags from task movement, focus and pace against plan.	Confidence ratings and RAG status entered by people, not derived from task movement.
Status reporting	Live views and AI risk summaries pushed to Slack, Teams, and email.	Enterprise dashboards and business-review exports built for the executive cadence.
Capacity and bandwidth	Built-in bandwidth and capacity planning.	Not covered.
Ownership model	Single-owner accountability enforced structurally.	Goal owner per objective, cascaded through the org chart.
Free plan	Free forever, including 2 integrations and up to 5 people.	No free tier. Pricing is quoted, not published.
Best fit	Mid-market teams that want execution status traced back to the tasks that produced it.	Fortune 500 programmes with a dedicated OKR office and a procurement-led buying cycle.

The category as a whole is compared in the best strategy execution software guide, and the argument underneath it is set out in the strategy execution gap whitepaper.

What it costs

Quote-only enterprise pricing, or a published price you can start on today.

This is the sharpest difference between the two products and it is worth stating plainly. WorkBoard does not publish pricing, so a mid-market team cannot find out what it costs without entering a sales process.

Plan	WorkBoard	Vindaris
Free tier	No free tier.	Free forever. Up to 5 people, 2 integrations, all core features.
Entry paid plan	Not published. Quoted per organization.	Connect, EUR 10 per user per month. All integrations, unlimited sync.
Upper plan	Not published. Enterprise configurations negotiated.	Pro, EUR 20 per user per month. Unlimited users in one organization.
Published pricing	No. Evaluation begins with a sales conversation.	Yes, on the website. No quote required to evaluate.
Minimum commitment	Annual contract, typically with a seat floor.	None. No seat minimum, no annual term, no setup fee.

Vindaris publishes everything: free forever for up to 5 people with 2 integrations, EUR 10 per user per month for Connect, EUR 20 for Pro. No seat minimum, no annual term, no setup fee.

Free

€0/forever

Best for individual contributors, small teams or startups. No credit card required.

All features (incl. Alignment Canvas, My Priorities, Heatmap, Data Studio & Task Board)
Set up 2 integrations of your choice
Invite up to 4 additional members
5 ad-hoc AI risk summaries per month

Common questions, answered

What is the difference between WorkBoard and Vindaris?

How much does WorkBoard cost compared to Vindaris?

WorkBoard does not publish pricing. Deals are quoted per organization through an enterprise sales cycle with an annual contract, which means evaluation starts with procurement rather than with the product. Vindaris publishes its plans, is free forever for up to 5 people with 2 integrations, and has no minimum contract. See vindaris.com/pricing.

What happened to Quantive after the WorkBoard acquisition?

WorkBoard acquired Quantive (formerly Gtmhub) in 2025, consolidating two enterprise OKR platforms into one. Acquired products typically run in parallel for a period before features are rationalized into the acquirer's platform, so existing customers face a roadmap set by a different company. If you are re-evaluating anyway, it is a reasonable moment to ask whether the next tool should be architecturally different.

Can I migrate from WorkBoard to Vindaris?

Yes. Export your objectives, key results and KPIs from WorkBoard and bring them into Vindaris as-is. Vindaris supports OKRs, KPIs, EOS Rocks, OGSM and hybrid structures, so nothing has to be rewritten. Your team keeps working in their existing tools, which Vindaris connects to through bidirectional sync. See vindaris.com/pricing for details.

WorkBoard runs the review. It does not watch the work.