# Small Improvements review (2026): is it worth $3 a month per user, billed yearly? > Performance reviews, 360 feedback, 1:1s and pulse surveys Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Small Improvements is a performance management platform for companies of roughly 50 to 750 people, as its homepage describes it. It covers review cycles, 360 feedback, objectives, 1:1 meeting agendas, pulse surveys and public praise, with AI features for drafting objectives and spotting patterns across reviews. Pricing is per user with a minimum user count on every plan. - **Category:** HR Software - **Made by:** Small Improvements (since 2011) - **Website:** https://www.small-improvements.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you have fewer than 20 people, since every plan has a user minimum. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Small Improvements is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $3 per user / month, billed annually. - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** 30-day free trial. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Launch | $3 per user / month, billed annually | Essential performance reviews, praise, a company directory, HRIS integrations and Google sign-in. Minimum of 20 users. | | Grow | $6 per user / month, billed annually | Everything in Launch plus 360 and anytime feedback, essential objectives, 1:1 meetings, pulse surveys and the Slack integration. Minimum of 20 users. | | Elevate | $9 per user / month, billed annually | Everything in Grow plus all features, all integrations, all customizations and advanced analytics. Minimum of 30 users. | Read from https://www.small-improvements.com/pricing/ on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Small Improvements before buying. ## Key features - **Performance reviews:** Review cycles launch from included templates with automated notifications. Calibration can be added to compare ratings across teams. - **360 and anytime feedback:** Teammates can be asked for feedback as part of a cycle, and people can also give feedback outside review periods. Both sit on the Grow plan and above. - **Objectives:** Objectives can cascade from company to team to individual, and an AI Objectives Coach helps turn feedback into objectives. - **1:1 meetings:** Managers and employees share an agenda and track action items between meetings. 1:1s sync with Google Calendar or Office 365. - **Pulse surveys:** Confidential surveys with heatmaps and trend reports to show which teams need attention. - **AI features:** AI drafts and summarizes in several areas, including insights across reviews, and the vendor says any AI feature can be turned off. ## Good for - Mid-sized companies that want reviews, objectives and engagement surveys in one tool - HR teams that already run a separate HRIS and only need performance management - Teams that want 1:1 agendas tied to objectives and feedback ## Worth knowing - Every plan has a minimum user count: 20 users on Launch and Grow, 30 on Elevate. - 360 feedback, 1:1 meetings and pulse surveys need Grow ($6) or Elevate; Launch covers essential reviews and praise only. - Volume discounts are offered only for 200 or more active users on Elevate, or 1,000 or more on Grow. - It is a performance and engagement tool, not an HRIS: it syncs with HR systems such as BambooHR, Personio and Workday instead of replacing them. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Small Improvements does reviews, 360 feedback, 1:1s and pulse surveys, from $3 a user a month on yearly billing. Every plan has a minimum of 20 or 30 users, and the useful parts sit on the dearer plans. - **Value for money: C.** $3 a user a month is in the cheapest quarter, but the 20-user minimum means at least $60 a month, so one person cannot buy it. Grow at $6 and Elevate at $9 are where 360 feedback and 1:1s sit. - **Free plan and trial: C.** A 30-day free trial. The listing does not say whether it needs a card, and there is no free plan. - **Features: C.** Reviews, 360 feedback, objectives, 1:1s, pulse surveys and AI features. Launch covers essential reviews and praise only, and it is not an HRIS. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. It syncs with HR systems and needs reviews built before it is useful. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only, with Slack, Google Workspace, Okta, BambooHR, Personio, Rippling, Workday and Workable listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Small Improvements's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among HR software - Small Improvements's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 41 of the 63 other HR software we grade, and level with 8. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 22 of 63) and worst on features (C, above 1). - Its paid plans start at $3 a month for each person, against a middle price of $5.36 for the category: 9 of the 36 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/hr-software ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** The plain part of Small Improvements you could make: goals, surveys and reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 4 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. It costs $36 a year. - You could make: Goals, surveys and reports: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Slack, Google Workspace and Okta among them. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. - You could not: People on the other end: coaches. No app builder makes those. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Slack, Google Workspace, Okta, BambooHR, Personio, Rippling, Workday, Workable **Tags:** Goals, Surveys, Reports, AI features ## Alternatives - [Lattice](https://toolgpa.com/tools/lattice): Performance reviews, goals and engagement surveys for HR teams. 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[Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/small-improvements-vs-workleap) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://www.small-improvements.com/pricing/ - https://www.small-improvements.com/ - https://www.small-improvements.com/features/integrations/ - https://www.small-improvements.com/company/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/small-improvements Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).