Honestly
Honestly is an employee engagement platform for collecting feedback and supporting data-driven culture decisions.
What Honestly is
Honestly is an employee engagement platform for collecting feedback and supporting data-driven culture decisions. It offers annual, pulse, onboarding, exit, leadership, custom, 360° feedback, and psychological-risk surveys. Teams can run surveys from weekly to annual schedules or as one-off requests, then use dashboards and AI analysis to review results, create initiatives, and track progress. Employees can respond through the mobile app, email, Microsoft Teams, Slack, links, or QR codes. The service describes more than 100 HR integrations, connector imports, a REST API, automated SFTP, and Excel import. Honestly is based in Cologne, Germany, and says it is ISO 27001 certified, GDPR compliant, and hosted in Germany. Plans bill annually per employee: Team €2.00/month, Business €2.50/month, and Enterprise €3.50/month. A time-limited trial is available, with guided evaluation on request.
Good
- Many survey types and cadences
- Dashboards, AI analysis, and initiatives
- Responses through mobile, email, and collaboration tools
- 100+ HR system integrations described
- ISO 27001 and GDPR statements
Watch out
- No free plan is listed
- Pricing requires annual billing
- Some capabilities are optional add-ons
Who it suits
It suits companies with 20 or more employees, from growing teams to large organizations. Team, Business, and Enterprise tiers target smaller teams, small and medium-sized companies, and large organizations respectively.
Verdict
Honestly combines varied employee surveys with analysis, action planning, and multiple response channels. Its tiered annual pricing and optional modules let organizations choose scope, while the trial provides a time-limited evaluation period.
Plans and prices
From Honestly's own pricing page, checked 30 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Team | €24 a year | Growing teams and small companies · price decreases with more employees · AI Assistant, Anonymous Employee Chat, Slack/Teams/Code Participation and Advanced Analytics are optional add-ons · €24.00 per employee per year (= €2.00 per employee/month, billed annually) |
| Business | €30 a year | Small and medium-sized companies · price decreases with more employees · SSO, 360° Feedback, Personal Data Masking, Custom Integrations and Multilingual Support are optional add-ons · €30.00 per employee per year (= €2.50 per employee/month, billed annually) |
| Enterprise | €42 a year | Large organizations · price decreases with more employees · 360° Feedback Module is an optional add-on · €42.00 per employee per year (= €3.50 per employee/month, billed annually) |
The facts
Each one read from Honestly's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Analysis and action
- The platform provides dashboards and AI analysis, and lets users create initiatives and track their progress.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Feedback channels
- Employees can participate through the mobile app, email, Microsoft Teams, Slack, links and QR codes.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Integrations
- The maker describes 100+ HR system integrations and data import through connectors, a native REST API, automated SFTP or Excel.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Intended customers
- The maker says Honestly is suitable for companies with 20 or more employees, recommending Team for smaller teams, Business for small and medium-sized companies, and Enterprise for large companies.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Pricing limits
- Prices are per employee per month with annual billing, decrease with more employees, and depend mainly on employee count, contract term and selected modules.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Purpose
- Honestly is an employee engagement platform that uses employee feedback and data-driven decisions to help companies transform their culture.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Security
- Honestly says it is ISO 27001 certified, GDPR compliant and hosted in Germany.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Security controls
- The security page describes 2FA, SSO for enterprise clients, administrator and data-access audit logs, 256-bit encryption at rest and in transit, and regular independent penetration testing.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Support
- The pricing page says all plans include email support; Business and Enterprise include extended phone support, and those plans also include dedicated success and implementation managers.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Survey cadence
- Surveys can run at cadences from annual to weekly, as well as one-off surveys.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Survey types
- The platform offers annual, pulse, onboarding, exit, leadership, custom, 360° feedback and psychological risk assessment surveys.checked 30 Sep 2026
The company
- Company location
- Honestly describes itself as a German software company based in Cologne.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Founded
- The opened maker pages identify founders but do not state a founding year.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Cologne, Germanychecked 23 Sep 2026
Money
- Trial
- Honestly says customers can evaluate the product in a time-limited trial, with a guided evaluation available on request, but it does not state the trial duration.checked 30 Sep 2026
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