TL;DR
Lattice is a performance and engagement platform built for companies with dedicated HR teams running quarterly review cycles. Hatchproof is behavioral performance intelligence built for founders and CEOs who don't have HR ops to run those cycles and need signal from the work itself — not from self-reports.
If you already run structured OKR check-ins, quarterly reviews, and 360 feedback and have a People team to administer them, Lattice is a mature choice. If you're a founder at a sub-200 team who wants to know who's winning, who's drifting, and who to bet on — without running a People org — Hatchproof is built for you.
At a glance
| Lattice | Hatchproof | |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | 100–1000 person companies with HR team | Founders & CEOs at sub-200 teams |
| Signal source | Self-reports, surveys, manager feedback | Behavioral signals from work (Slack, email, 1:1s, wearables) |
| Admin burden | High — requires People team to run cycles | Low — passive, no surveys to administer |
| Time to signal | Quarterly | Real-time |
| Primary metric | Goal completion, engagement score | Performance patterns, flight risk, team fit |
| Core use case | Structured reviews + OKRs | Catch churn and mis-hires early |
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 100–1000 people who have the capacity to run performance cycles and interpret engagement data.
What is Hatchproof?
Hatchproof is the behavioral performance platform for founders and CEOs. Instead of asking people to rate themselves, their managers, or their engagement, Hatchproof 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. Hatchproof measures what actually does.
Hatchproof is built for founders running lean and scaling teams — the stage where every hire bends the trajectory and you don't have People ops to catch drift before it costs you.
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.
Hatchproof 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.
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.
Hatchproof 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. For a founder-led 30-person team, that administrative weight is real.
Hatchproof 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. Hatchproof is built for the founder or CEO who makes the call directly.
Who should use Lattice?
- Companies 100+ people with a dedicated People team
- Teams committed to running OKR or goal cycles
- Cultures that value written feedback and structured 1:1s
- Organizations measuring engagement on a quarterly cadence
Who should use Hatchproof?
- Founders and CEOs running lean teams (under 50) or scaling teams (50–200)
- Teams without dedicated HR ops
- Companies where the CEO still makes hire/fire calls directly
- Leaders who want real-time signal, not quarterly reports
- Teams where mis-hires or surprise departures cost more than a quarter
Can you use both?
Yes — some enterprise customers use Lattice for their structured review cycles and Hatchproof for the behavioral intelligence layer between cycles. But most founder-led teams we serve replace Lattice (or never adopt it) because they don't need the cycle administration overhead.
FAQ
Is Hatchproof cheaper than Lattice?
Pricing depends on team size and plan. Both offer per-seat pricing, but Hatchproof's founder tier is designed for teams that don't have a People budget yet.
Does Hatchproof replace goal-setting?
Hatchproof 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, Hatchproof surfaces that signal regardless of which goal framework you use.
Can Hatchproof integrate with Slack, email, and meetings?
Yes. Hatchproof is designed to pull 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 Hatchproof require a People team to deploy?
No. Hatchproof is specifically built for teams without a full HR function. Setup is founder-led and doesn't require a People ops hire to administer.
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.
Hatchproof is the right call if you're a founder or CEO running lean, making people decisions yourself, and need real-time behavioral signal without the review-cycle overhead.
Different philosophies. Different stages. Same category, different door.
Book a Hatchproof demo to see what behavioral signal looks like for your team.
