Lattice vs Pave (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Lattice if

• Fits if you have a sizeable team and want reviews and goals in one place
• Works for HR teams that want engagement surveys and reviews from one vendor

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you are a small team, as the minimum annual agreement is $4,000
• Not for you if you want payroll or employee records, as it has neither
• Pricey if you add compensation (+$6 a seat) or Grow (+$4 a seat)
• Watch out: all contracts are billed annually in US dollars, with no self-serve checkout
• Skip it if you want a free plan or trial, as none is listed

Pick Pave if

• Fits if you want U.S. pay benchmarks for a handful of job families at no cost
• Works for a company that already runs BambooHR, Gusto or ADP and can connect it

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you need benchmarks outside the U.S. and one other market, as global data is on Pro
• Pricey if you want planning, Team View or offer letters, which are add-ons with no published price
• Watch out: Pro, Pave Agent and Agentic Workflows are quote-only, so there is nothing to compare before a sales call
• Watch out: the data comes from companies that connect to Pave, so it reflects that client base

Lattice

• The minimum annual agreement is $4,000, and all contracts are billed annually in US dollars.
• Compensation costs $6 more per seat a month and Grow costs $4 more; both are add-ons to a base product.
• It is not a full HR system: it has no payroll or core employee records on the pricing page.
• There is no free plan or self-serve checkout; pricing leads to a demo or a custom quote.

Pave

• Only Market Data Lite has a published price ($0); Pro, Pave Agent and Agentic Workflows require a quote.
• Free Lite benchmarks cover the U.S. overall plus one additional market; global benchmarks across 60+ countries are on Pro.
• Compensation Planning, Team View, Total Rewards and Visual Offer Letter are add-ons that pair with Agentic Workflows.
• The benchmark data comes from companies that integrate with Pave, so it reflects that client base.

Lattice

Performance reviews

Review cycles with calibration, talent reviews, promotions, performance improvement plans and succession planning.

Goals and OKRs

Cascading goals with progress updates and reminders, and Salesforce and Jira integrations for pulling in progress.

Engagement surveys

Pulse and other surveys, onboarding and exit surveys, eNPS and action planning, with AI analysis of the results.

Manager tools

1:1 meetings, weekly updates, feedback and Q&A boards come with Performance, Goals & OKRs and Engagement.

Analytics and AI agent

Workforce analytics and an AI agent that answers questions from company data are part of every base product.

Compensation and Grow add-ons

Compensation covers pay bands, benchmarks and cycles; Grow covers competencies, career tracks and development plans.

Pave

Compensation benchmarks

Salary and equity data from companies that connect their HR systems to Pave, with AI-assisted job matching across 290+ job families.

Custom peer groups

Pro lets a team build peer groups from the integrated client base and filter for recent hires.

Market pricing

Blends Pave data with uploaded surveys to price jobs and build pay ranges.

Compensation planning

An add-on for running merit and equity cycles, with permissioning so each manager sees only the people they should.

Total rewards and offer letters

Add-ons for an employee total rewards portal and an interactive visual offer letter that shows total compensation to candidates.

Pave Agent

An AI analyst that answers questions about the market data, helps build job architecture and can run merit simulations.

Lattice

• Engagement$4

  per seat / month, billed annually

  Pulse and other surveys, onboarding and exit surveys, action planning, eNPS and AI analysis, with manager tools, analytics and the AI agent.

• Goals & OKRs$8

  per seat / month, billed annually

  Cascading goals, progress updates and reminders, with Salesforce and Jira integrations, plus manager tools, analytics and the AI agent.

• Performance$10

  per seat / month, billed annually

  Reviews, calibration, talent reviews, promotions, PIPs and succession planning, plus manager tools, analytics and the AI agent.

• Foundations$13

  per seat / month, billed annually

  The package the page calls most popular: manager tools, Performance, Goals & OKRs, Analytics, the AI Agent and integrations.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Pricing varies with seats, complexity and scale; a custom quote comes from the sales team.

Pave

• Market Data Lite$0

  Benchmarks from 9,000+ participating companies, AI job matching, 290+ job families, U.S. overall plus one additional market.

• Market Data ProCustom

  Custom peer groups, unlimited global benchmarks across 60+ countries, recent-hire filter, advanced equity data and unlimited exports. Quote required.

• Pave AgentCustom

  Market Data Pro plus an AI compensation analyst, job architecture and job-pricing help, and MCP access to Pave data. Quote required.

• Agentic WorkflowsCustom

  Pave Agent plus a structured comp data warehouse, survey uploads and Market Pricing that blends sources. Add-ons for planning, Team View and total rewards. Quote required.