TL;DR
Lattice is a performance and engagement platform built for structured review cycles — quarterly OKRs, written 1:1 templates, formal engagement surveys. If your company runs on that cadence and has a People team to administer it, Lattice is one of the most polished tools in the category.
Hatch (formerly Hatchproof) is behavioral performance intelligence. Instead of asking people to rate themselves, we read the work itself, Slack, email, 1:1s, execution patterns, and turn it into flight-risk alerts, performance patterns, and hiring intelligence in real time. Whether you're a 20-person startup, a 500-person scaleup, or a 5,000-person enterprise People org tired of engagement scores staying green until top performers walk out the door, Hatch works from the same signal source: the work itself.
Two philosophies. Two doors. This is a guide to picking the right one.
At a glance
| Lattice | Hatch | |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Companies running formal review cycles with a dedicated People team | Founder-led teams through enterprise People orgs. Anyone who wants signal from work, not from surveys |
| Signal source | Self-reports, surveys, manager feedback | Behavioral signals from work (Slack, email, 1:1s, execution patterns) |
| Time to signal | Quarterly | Continuous, real-time |
| Admin burden | High. Requires People team to run cycles | Low. Passive, no surveys to administer |
| Pricing model | Per user per month | Consumption-based. Pay for signal, not seats |
| Primary output | Goal completion, engagement scores | Flight-risk alerts, performance patterns, team fit |
| Core use case | Structured reviews + OKR administration | Catch churn, mis-hires, and drift before they cost you |
What is Lattice?
Lattice is a performance management and engagement platform founded in 2015. It helps teams run goal tracking, quarterly reviews, 1:1 agendas, engagement surveys, and career development plans. Its strength is structure, if your company already believes in running quarterly cycles with explicit goals, written feedback, and review sign-offs, Lattice is one of the most polished tools to administer all of it.
Lattice is typically used by People teams at companies with the capacity to run performance cycles and interpret engagement data.
What is Hatch?
Hatch is behavioral performance intelligence, from 20-person startups to 5,000-person enterprises. Instead of asking people to rate themselves, their managers, or their engagement, Hatch reads the work itself, how people communicate, execute, decide, and collaborate, and turns that signal into flight-risk alerts, performance patterns, and hiring intelligence.
We call it Moneyball for companies: the traditional performance signals (reviews, surveys, manager gut) were never designed to predict who's actually winning. Hatch measures what actually does.
At the founder-led end of the spectrum, we replace the People ops function that smaller companies can't yet afford. At the enterprise end, we layer behavioral signal on top of (or in place of) the review theater that stopped predicting anything a decade ago. Same product. Same signal source. Different point of insertion.
Key differences
1. Self-reports vs. behavioral signal
Lattice is powered by what people say, — in check-ins, goal updates, reviews, and surveys. That signal is only as good as how honestly people report, and most people are too busy, too polite, or too political to self-report accurately.
Hatch is powered by what people do. We read the behavioral exhaust from the work, Slack, email, 1:1 transcripts, execution patterns, wearable signals, and turn it into performance signal without asking anyone to fill out a form.
Here's the pattern we see catch every survey-run company off guard: A senior IC on a 40-person engineering team. Engagement survey score six weeks ago: 8.4/10, the survey said "happy." Today: their Slack response latency is 3x slower than baseline, they've quietly canceled the last three 1:1s, and their commit velocity to the core repo has dropped 40%. The survey said stay. The behavior says leaving, and by the time the next quarterly survey lands, they'll be gone.
Surveys measure sentiment. Behavior predicts outcomes. Those are different.
2. Cycle-driven vs. continuous
Lattice runs on cadences: quarterly goals, quarterly reviews, bi-annual engagement surveys. You learn something is broken when the cycle surfaces it.
Hatch runs continuously. You catch churn 60 days before the resignation letter, not 60 days after.
3. Admin burden
Lattice requires a People team (or at minimum, a dedicated People ops hire) to configure cycles, nudge participants, interpret results, and drive adoption.
Hatch is passive. No surveys to launch, no review cycles to run. The signal surfaces itself.
4. Who decides with the data
Lattice is built for HR and People leaders who present insight upward. Hatch is built for anyone making the call directly, whether that's a founder at 30 people, a VP of Engineering at 300, or a CHRO at 3,000.
You can read another 800 words. Or you can see the signal on your own team in 20 minutes.
Hatch connects to your Slack, email, and 1:1s and shows you who's carrying the team, who's drifting, and who's within 60 days of an exit interview, in the first demo. No slides. Your data. Twenty minutes.
Who should use Lattice?
- Companies committed to running formal OKR and goal cycles as their core cadence
- Organizations with a dedicated People team to administer surveys, reviews, and 1:1 templates
- Cultures that value written self-report as the primary source of performance truth
- Boards or execs that specifically ask for engagement scores on a quarterly cadence
Who should use Hatch?
- Founder-led teams under 50 who need signal without a People ops hire
- Scaling teams (50–500) where every hire bends the trajectory and mis-hires cost quarters
- Enterprise People orgs (500–5,000+) who want behavioral intelligence layered on top of, or in place of, annual review theater
- Any leader (founder, CHRO, VP of People, VP of Engineering) who wants to know what's happening this week, not what a survey said last quarter
- Organizations frustrated by the gap between engagement scores staying green and top performers walking out the door
- Teams already running Lattice, Culture Amp, or Peakon who want the behavioral signal their self-report tools can't surface
Pricing: consumption vs. per-seat
This is where the two products diverge fastest.
Lattice charges per user per month. Every headcount you add, full-time, part-time, contractor, seasonal, is a paid seat, whether that person's behavioral signal matters to you or not. The seat exists. You pay for it. Until renewal.
Hatch is consumption-based. You pay for the AI-driven behavioral analysis you actually use, 1:1 insights, AI Interviewer sessions, agent chat, performance pushes, not for a headcount checkbox.
What that means in practice:
- Full-time employee left last week? You stop paying for their signal immediately. On per-seat, you keep the seat until renewal.
- Contractors, part-time staff, and seasonal hires don't inflate your bill. Only the signal you consume counts.
- Focus signal on the roles that actually move the business. A 500-person org can choose to run deep signal on 200 critical roles and light signal on the rest, impossible under per-seat.
- Predictable base + flexible variable. You choose your credit band. You scale up or down on your own timeline, not at renewal.
Here's how the two models compare across common org sizes. The gap widens the more you scale:
| Team size | Lattice per-seat / year |
Hatch consumption / year |
You save |
|---|---|---|---|
| 250 people | $75,000 | $57,600 | $17,400 (23%) |
| 500 people | $150,000 | $132,000 | $18,000 (12%) |
| 1,000 people | $300,000 | $240,000 | $60,000 (20%) |
| 2,500 people | $750,000 | Enterprise custom | $300,000+ (40%+) |
Lattice pricing shown at publicly reported list rate of $25/user/month as of 2026; actual contracts vary. Hatch pricing shown at Business tier with standard credit bands, see current Hatch pricing for exact numbers.
The philosophical shift: per-seat pricing punishes you for headcount growth. Consumption pricing lets you choose exactly how deep to go on exactly who matters. You keep the flexibility. You keep the control.
Can you use both?
Yes, and this is one of the most common patterns at the enterprise end of our customer base.
Lattice runs the structured review cycles the board expects. Hatch runs the behavioral intelligence layer between cycles, the layer that catches the surprise resignation Lattice's engagement score missed, spots the mis-hire before they cost a quarter, and tells the CEO who's actually carrying the team this week.
At founder-led scale, most teams replace Lattice (or never adopt it) because they don't need the cycle administration overhead. At enterprise scale, most teams keep Lattice and add Hatch for the signal Lattice's self-reports can't produce.
FAQ
Is Hatch cheaper than Lattice?
The two use fundamentally different models. Lattice charges per user per month, every seat costs, regardless of usage. Hatch charges for behavioral analysis consumed, you pay for signal, not seats. At smaller team sizes with high signal utilization on every seat, Lattice can be cheaper. As you scale, add contractors and part-time staff, or want to focus signal on critical roles, Hatch's control and predictability compound. See exact pricing →
Does Hatch work at enterprise scale?
Yes. We power organizations from 20-person startups to 5,000+ person enterprises. Enterprise deployments include SSO, custom SLAs, dedicated behavioral scientist support, and volume-based credit pricing. See Hatch for Enterprise →
Does Hatch replace goal-setting?
Hatch doesn't impose a goal-setting framework. It reads how people are executing against the goals you already have. If you need structured OKR administration, Lattice is better at that. If you want to know whether your team is actually executing, regardless of which framework wraps the goals, Hatch surfaces that signal.
Can Hatch integrate with Slack, email, and meetings?
Yes. Hatch pulls behavioral signal from the tools your team already uses, Slack, email, 1:1 transcripts, calendars, and (optionally) wearables, with privacy controls at the individual and team level.
Does Hatch require a People team to deploy?
No. Setup is designed to be self-serve for founder-led teams and fully white-gloved for enterprise deployments. Neither requires you to staff up People ops before you can get value.
What happens when someone leaves the company?
On per-seat pricing, you keep paying for their seat until renewal. On Hatch's consumption pricing, you stop paying for their signal the moment they're deprovisioned. Nothing to negotiate at renewal.
The bottom line
Lattice is the right call if you have a People team, run quarterly cycles, and need polished review and engagement administration at scale.
Hatch is the right call if you want real-time behavioral signal from the work itself, whether you're a founder at 30, a scaling company at 300, or a People org at 3,000.
Different philosophies. Different stages. Same category, different door.
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