What is OKR software?

Software that holds objectives (what will change) and key results (how you will know), links them from the company down to teams and people, and tracks progress through check-ins, usually weekly, with a grade at the end of the quarter. Most OKR tools sit inside a people platform, so the results feed performance reviews and 1:1s. Goal setting software is the broader term: the same cascade without insisting on the OKR format.

OKRs vs KPIs: what is the difference?

A KPI tracks the ongoing health of a process: OTIF, yield, TRIR, OEE, every month, for ever. An OKR tracks a change you want in a fixed period: raise OTIF from 91% to 96% by the end of Q2. In a plant the two meet, because the key result is almost always a KPI with a target and a date. That is how LeanSuite treats a goal: it is measured by a KPI, has a target and a frequency, and is judged Met or Missed every month from that KPI.

What is the best OKR tool for a manufacturing company?

It depends on where the key results come from. If they are typed in by office teams and must feed reviews, Lattice, Betterworks or Leapsome. If you run enterprise business reviews across many functions, WorkBoard. If you would rather run hoshin kanri than OKRs, i-nexus or KaiNexus. If the key results are plant numbers already on the tier board and the work that moves them is kaizen, LeanSuite, which judges each goal monthly from that KPI. LeanSuite is our product.

Is LeanSuite an OKR tool?

Not in the HR sense. It has no quarterly 0-to-1 grading, performance reviews or 1:1s. It is goal setting software for a plant: goals for the year at company and facility level, each with an owner, a pillar, a Why it matters statement and the KPI it is measured by; a cascade to facilities and teams with a reply from each; Met or Missed every month from the KPI; and the kaizen projects, work orders and issues linked to the goal. Many teams write their objectives in OKR form and run them this way.

How do OKRs reach the shop floor?

Only if the key result is a number the floor already owns and the tool is one the floor already opens. Office OKR tools are priced per seat and used by people with company email; their pages describe no tier meetings or plant KPIs. LeanSuite puts the goal's KPI on the same Lean Studio tier board the shift huddle uses, lets operators sign in with an employee ID, and lets a facility goal be cascaded to a line or pillar team with a reply. KaiNexus offers frontline idea capture from phones and tiered huddles in the same system as its X-matrix.

Can we use OKRs and hoshin kanri together?

Yes. Hoshin sets the three to five year breakthroughs and the year's annual objectives with catchball; OKRs give teams quarterly outcomes under those objectives; KPIs and bowling charts track the numbers. WorkBoard names both as supported frameworks; i-nexus and KaiNexus hold the hoshin side; LeanSuite holds goals with a KPI, a cascade and a monthly judgement under either name.

Goal setting software or OKR software: which do we need?

The same tools answer both searches. Ask three questions instead: where does the number come from (typed in, or a KPI the system already holds), who must see the goal (office staff with email, or operators on a shared tablet), and what happens when it is missed (a note in a check-in, or a project with an owner). Office OKR tools answer typed in, email, check-in. LeanSuite answers KPI, employee ID, kaizen.

Which OKR tools publish their pricing?

Lattice ($8 per seat per month, billed annually, $4,000 a year minimum), Betterworks (from $8 per user per month, Enterprise quoted), Leapsome (Goals & OKRs at EUR 4 per employee per month on top of its platform) and i-nexus Strategy Cards (free for up to 5 users, then $28 per user per month) publish prices. KaiNexus and WorkBoard quote on request, as does i-nexus for Workbench. LeanSuite quotes per facility with unlimited users and publishes its pilot price: 90 days for $3,000 per facility.

Why is LeanSuite first on a list that LeanSuite publishes?

Because it is our page and we would rather say so than hide it in the middle. Read it with that in mind. The other products follow in alphabetical order, each is described only from its own public pages, each entry says who it fits best, and we will correct anything a vendor or reader shows us is wrong.

How did you compare these tools?

We read each vendor's own public pages in November 2026 and used only what they publish. Where we could not find something, the table says not published, which does not mean the product lacks it. LeanSuite is our product. If something has changed, email info@theleansuite.com and we will update the page.

Buyer's guide

Best OKR software for manufacturing

OKR software sets objectives with measurable key results and cascades them from the company to teams and people. In a plant the test is whether the key result is a number the floor already reports. Lattice, Betterworks, Leapsome and WorkBoard are OKR tools for people and reviews; i-nexus and KaiNexus hold hoshin plans; LeanSuite judges each goal monthly from a plant KPI.

In more detail: Most OKR software was built for office teams: Lattice, Betterworks and Leapsome cascade goals from company to individual, run weekly check-ins and feed the results into performance reviews and 1:1s, and WorkBoard adds business reviews, scorecards and AI agents for the enterprise. None of their pages describe shop-floor KPIs or tier meetings. i-nexus and KaiNexus hold the lean equivalent, a hoshin plan with an X-matrix and (for i-nexus) catchball and bowling charts. LeanSuite is not an OKR tool in the HR sense: it sets goals for the year at company and facility level, each measured by a KPI, cascades them to facilities and teams with a reply from each, judges each goal Met or Missed every month from the KPI, and links the goal to the kaizen projects, work orders and issues that serve it, in the same system as the tier boards. Pick an OKR tool if goals must drive reviews; pick LeanSuite if the key result is a plant number and the work that moves it is kaizen.

Who wrote this: LeanSuite publishes this guide, and LeanSuite is one of the seven products on it. It is listed first because it is our product; the others follow in alphabetical order, which is not a ranking. Every other product is described only from its own public pages, and each entry says where that product fits better than ours.

Last updated November 1, 2026. Vendor facts last reviewed October 2026. Based on each vendor's public information; tell us if something has changed at info@theleansuite.com.

At a glance

LeanSuite's whole platform next to each product, capability by capability. A question mark means the vendor does not publish it or we could not verify it, not that the product lacks it; the detailed table below has the specifics.

Yes, on the vendor's own site
Partial, limited or a paid add-on
No, outside the product's published scope
Not published, or we couldn't verify it

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At a glance: Best OKR Software for Manufacturing
Capability	LeanSuite	Betterworks	i-nexus	KaiNexus	Lattice	Leapsome	WorkBoard
Strategy deployment and goals
X-matrix (hoshin kanri) view of the year's goals	Yes:One page per year	Not published	Yes: Rotatable; multiple sites and levels	Yes: Drill down to projects and goals	Not published	Not published	Partial: Hoshin Kanri named as a framework; no X-matrix published
Goals cascade to each facility, department and person	Yes:Facilities, then teams, then people	Yes: Cascade or clone with roll-up	Yes: Corporate, L2, multiple sites	Partial: Opportunities tagged to objectives	Yes: Individual to team to company	Yes: Goal trees: individual, team, company	Yes: Company to individual goals
Catchball: each level replies to a cascaded goal	Yes:Adopt, own version or not applicable	Not published	Yes: Catchball goal setting	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published
Each goal measured by a KPI and judged Met or Missed monthly	Yes:Met or Missed from the KPI	Partial: Weekly updates; Slack nudge when off track	Yes: Bowling charts from the plan	Partial: Metrics and targets on the matrix	Partial: Progress updates; supporting goals roll up	Partial: Automated goal cycles and scoring	Partial: Scorecards: current and target metrics
Work not linked to any goal is visible	Yes: Lands in Other	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published
Goals linked to the projects, kaizen and issues that serve them	Yes:Projects, work orders, issues, best practices	Partial: Jira, Salesforce, Workday, Slack	Yes: Projects, action plans, A3	Yes: From the matrix to any project	Partial: Jira; 1:1s and reviews	Partial: Jira issues linked to objectives	Partial: Jira and Azure DevOps connectors
Leadership meetings built on the KPIs they review	Yes: KPIs, owners, speaking order	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Yes: MBR and QBR pre-reads, agendas
Shop-floor KPIs and tier meetings in the same system	Yes:KPI boards and tier meetings	Not published	Partial: Scorecards and bowling charts	Yes: Tiered huddles and KPI charts	Not published	Not published	Not published
Goals judged plant by plant across several sites	Yes:Goal health grid by facility	Not published	Yes: Multiple sites and levels	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published
Continuous improvement
Any method: DMAIC, PDCA, A3, 8D or your own	Yes: Incl. your own	Not published	Yes: A3 and your templates	Yes: Incl. custom processes	Not published	Not published	Not published
Engineering and CapEx projects with stage-gates	Yes:Four stage-gates	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published
Non-manufacturing teams and projects	Yes: Any project type	Not published	Not published	Yes: Healthcare, finance	Not published	Not published	Not published
Ideas and suggestions with configurable approvals	Yes:Approvals per idea type	Not published	Yes: Your approval workflows	Yes	Not published	Not published	Not published
Savings verified before they count	Yes:Finance signs off	Not published	Partial: Financial tracking	Partial: ROI add-on	Not published	Not published	Not published
Share what worked across sites (yokoten)	Yes:Best Practice Management	Not published	Not published	Yes: Knowledge base	Not published	Not published	Not published
Your own workflow per record, with stage rules: who moves it, what must be valid, what updates, who is told	Yes: RCA, kaizen, work orders, tags, best practices	Not published	Not published	Partial: Configurable workflows and approvals	Not published	Not published	Not published
AI
AI root cause analysis	Yes:RCA Agent	Not published	Not published	Partial: Insights coach on root cause; Checkpoints review it	Not published	Not published	Not published
AI time and motion study from video	Partial:Vision AI, priced separately	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published
Video to SOP	Yes:SOP from one video	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published
AI one-point lessons (OPLs)	Yes:OPL from before-and-after photos	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published
AI drafts checklists and forms	Yes:Lean Creator AI drafts	Not published	Not published	Partial: Smart Create drafts an item from text or a photo	Not published	Not published	Not published
AI sorts and triages ideas	Yes:Lean AI	Not published	Not published	Partial: Summaries	Not published	Not published	Not published
Frontline operations
Daily issue management with tier escalation	Yes:F-Tags, escalation	Not published	Not published	Partial: Improvement items	Not published	Not published	Not published
Tiered meetings and huddle boards	Yes:Lean Studio	Not published	Not published	Yes	Not published	Not published	Not published
Audits and checklists (5S, LPA, CILR), scheduled	Yes:Daily Standard Work scheduling	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published
Breakdown reporting and maintenance work orders	Yes:EWO; works alongside a CMMS	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published
Skills and training
Live skills matrix	Yes:Competency Management	Not published	Not published	Partial: Certification tracking	Not published	Not published	Not published
Job cover matrix: who can cover each job	Yes:Job Cover Matrix	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published
Training (LMS): courses, quizzes, learning plans	Yes:Trainings (LMS)	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published
SOP and OPL sign-off per person	Yes:Signed on a tablet	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published
Data and platform
KPI dashboards	Yes:KPI Dashboards	Partial: Analytics and Insights	Yes: Scorecards	Yes	Partial: Goal dashboards by level	Partial: Completion and outdated-goal dashboards	Yes: Dashboards and scorecards
One issue linked from tag to RCA, work order, kaizen and best practice, entered once	Yes: Enter it once; paperwork stays linked	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published
SSO and a security certification	Yes:SOC 2 Type 1; Entra ID, Okta	Yes: SOC 2; ISO 27001; SSO	Yes: ISO 27001; Enterprise	Yes: SOC 2 Type 2	Partial: SOC 2 listed; SSO not stated	Partial: ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II; SSO not read	Yes: SOC 2 Type 2; ISO 27001; SSO
Operator sign-in with an employee ID, no email	Yes:Employee ID	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published
Free plan or published prices	Yes:Free plan for ideas	Yes: From $8 per user a month	Yes: Strategy Cards free to 5	Not published: Fundamentals at one price, no figure shown; Enterprise by quote	Yes: $8 per seat a month; $4,000 a year minimum	Yes: Goals & OKRs EUR 4 per employee a month, plus platform	Not published: Demo only; no figures
Mobile app (iOS and Android)	Yes:iOS and Android	Not published	Not published	Yes	Not published	Not published	Not published
Frontline capture from phones or shared devices	Yes:QR code, phone, tablet	Not published	Not published	Yes	Not published	Not published	Not published

Based on each vendor's public website, reviewed October 2026; tell us if something has changed at info@theleansuite.com.

How we chose these OKR tools

An objective says what will change; a key result says how you will know. In a plant the key results are usually already on the board: OTIF, first-pass yield, TRIR, OEE, cost per unit. The question for an OKR tool or goal setting software is whether it can hold those numbers at plant and team level, or only ask each person to type a percentage once a week. In a 2018 MIT Sloan Management Review study of 124 organizations (Sull, Sull and Yoder), only 28% of the executives and middle managers responsible for executing strategy could list three of their company's strategic priorities. A tool that stops at the office does not fix that in a factory. Each product here meets all of these:

How a tool gets onto this list

Products we researched

from vendors' own public pages

Goals cascade on its own pages
The vendor's own pages sell OKRs, goal setting or hoshin kanri with goals linked across company, team and individual levels. Task managers with a goals field are left out.
A manufacturer could run it
Either manufacturers are a stated market, or the tool is general goal setting software a plant would shortlist. Where a vendor publishes nothing about frontline access or plant KPIs, the table says so.
Established vendor
Companies above LeanSuite's own size, per our vendor size review of 2026-10-03. Perdoo (12 employees on LinkedIn) was left off on that rule, and Quantive is no longer sold on its own after WorkBoard's 2025 acquisition.
Public information
Enough on the vendor's own pages to describe how goals cascade, how progress is measured and what it costs. Not published in the table means we could not find it.

tools on this list

each one passes every check

The checks are the ones in this section, in no rank order. A product that misses any one of them is not on the list; the ones that pass are described below.

Worked example

One objective, written three ways

An example with sample data. The same delivery objective as an office OKR, as a hoshin annual objective and as a LeanSuite goal, so you can see what each tool asks of the plant.

1
As an OKR
Objective: ship what we promise. Key result: raise on-time-in-full from 91% to 96% by the end of Q2. The owner updates progress weekly in a check-in; the OKR is graded 0 to 1 at quarter end and discussed in the owner's 1:1 and review.
2
As a hoshin annual objective
Annual objective: improve OTIF to 96%, under the breakthrough objective of becoming the preferred supplier. Improvement priority: cut changeover time on the two bottleneck lines. KPI: OTIF %, tracked monthly on a bowling chart against a target that steps up each month.
3
As a LeanSuite goal
Goal: deliver on time, in full. Measured by OTIF %, target 96%, monthly. Cascaded to two plants; plant 1 adopts it as written, plant 2 writes its own version at 94% because a new line starts in April. Each month the goal shows Met or Missed from the OTIF KPI the tier board already carries.
4
What moves it
In the OKR tools the work lives in Jira or a project tool. In the hoshin tools it is an improvement priority or A3. In LeanSuite the SMED kaizen on the bottleneck line is tagged to the goal, so the goal page shows the project and the project shows the goal.

Result: Same objective, three mechanics. The difference is where the number comes from and where the work lives. A plant already has both on its boards; the tool should pick them up, not ask for them again.

Seven OKR and goal setting tools: LeanSuite first, then alphabetical

1. LeanSuite: best for goals judged monthly from a plant KPI, linked to kaizen
Lean manufacturing software whose Strategy module holds the company's goals for the year, each with an owner, a pillar such as Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost or People, a Why it matters statement and the KPI it is measured by. A company goal is cascaded to the facilities you choose with a message and a reply-by date, and a facility goal on to its teams; each level replies adopt as written, write own version (a facility goal with the company goal as its parent) or not applicable with a reason. Once a month closes the goal shows Met or Missed from its KPI, and the Goal health grid shows every company goal by facility with the misses this month, the repeat misses and the goals without a KPI. Goals have an X-matrix view per year, and a goal's page lists the projects, work orders, best practices and issues linked to it. The same KPI sits on the Lean Studio tier board and the bowling chart, and a red number opens the same action, A3 or kaizen project. LeanSuite describes two more pieces: initiatives connect to the company goal they support or land in Other, and leadership can set up meetings that link the KPIs reviewed, the owners and the speaking order. There are no performance reviews or 1:1s. One flat price per facility with unlimited users; a 90-day pilot costs $3,000 per facility.
Best for: Manufacturers whose key results are plant numbers (OTIF, yield, TRIR, cost per unit) and whose work on them is kaizen, who want goals, KPIs, tier boards and projects in one system priced per facility.
LeanSuite strategy deployment software
2. Betterworks: best for OKRs weighted in performance reviews
Performance management software with a dedicated OKR framework: measurable key results, OKR templates, goals that can be quantitative or qualitative. Managers cascade or clone goals while keeping roll-up visibility, and updates flow across linked goals when priorities shift. Teams update goals weekly rather than quarterly, with a Slack nudge when an OKR drifts 10% off track, and goal completion is surfaced and weighted in performance reviews. AI-powered Goal Assist suggests goals from job title, past goals and team priorities. Named integrations are Workday, Salesforce, Jira and Slack. Plans are published from $8 per user per month, with Enterprise quoted and a one-time implementation cost. Its security page lists SOC 2 reporting, ISO 27001, AWS hosting in the US and EU, and SSO. Its pages name no industries and no shop-floor KPIs or tier meetings.
Best for: Organizations where OKRs are part of the performance process and Workday or Salesforce feeds progress.
Betterworks website
3. i-nexus: best for a hoshin plan in place of OKRs, with catchball and bowling charts
A strategy execution platform built around hoshin kanri rather than OKRs; its product page names OKR only as one methodology strategic management software can incorporate. Workbench has a rotatable X-matrix viewed at the level you choose, supports one unit through corporate and L2 rollout to multiple sites and levels, and runs catchball goal setting. KPI bowling charts are generated from the plan and updated by the team or through integrated apps, and projects, action plans and A3 root cause analysis link to goals. Strategy Cards is published at $0 for up to 5 users and $28 per user per month; Workbench is quoted. Enterprise lists ISO 27001 and single sign-on. Its pages do not describe tier meetings, frontline access or performance reviews.
Best for: Leadership teams that would rather run hoshin kanri than OKRs and want the matrix, catchball and bowling charts as the product.
i-nexus website
4. KaiNexus: best for goals tied to frontline ideas, projects and huddles
Continuous improvement software whose strategy deployment is an X-matrix: breakthrough objectives, annual objectives, improvement priorities, metrics and targets, and owners on one page, with drill-down from the matrix to any project or goal. Staff pick which goal an improvement opportunity addresses and executives tag opportunities to one or more objectives. Frontline staff submit ideas from iOS and Android apps, and the daily management module runs tiered huddles and KPI charts in the same system. Its pages do not use the word OKR, do not describe catchball and do not describe a monthly Met or Missed judgement. Pricing is a custom quote; it states SOC 2 Type 2 compliance and SAML single sign-on.
Best for: Improvement programs across many kinds of teams that want goals tied to the ideas, projects and huddles already in KaiNexus.
LeanSuite vs KaiNexus KaiNexus website
5. Lattice: best for OKRs next to reviews and 1:1s, priced per seat
A people platform whose Goals & OKRs product links individual OKRs to team and company goals through cascading alignment, where a cascading goal accepts the progress of its supporting goals and a non-cascading goal stands alone. Goal cycles are customizable, OKRs can be adjusted mid-cycle, company and department goals have separate permissions, and dashboards show progress at individual, team and company level. OKRs connect to 1:1s, performance reviews and weekly updates; named integrations are Slack, Microsoft Teams, Jira and Salesforce. Goals & OKRs is published at $8 per seat per month, billed annually, with a $4,000 minimum annual agreement. Its trust center lists SOC 2 and AWS. Its pages describe no plant KPIs, X-matrix or frontline access.
Best for: Companies that want OKRs inside the system that runs reviews, 1:1s and engagement, and can start at $4,000 a year.
Lattice website
6. Leapsome: best for goal trees and AI-drafted OKRs at a per-employee price
A people platform whose Goals & OKRs module tracks individual, team, department and company goals in interactive goal trees, each goal linked to a parent goal. Goals anchor performance reviews and 1:1 meetings, Jira issues link to objectives, Leapsome AI drafts OKRs, initiative ideas and summaries, and dashboards show completion rates, flag outdated goals and compare teams. Pricing is published per employee per month: Goals & OKRs at EUR 4 on top of the required platform (Foundation listed at EUR 7, free with a Talent Suite module until 31 December per its pricing page), with a 14-day free trial. It states ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II certification. Its pages describe no plant KPIs, X-matrix or frontline access.
Best for: HR-led OKR programs that want goal trees, AI-drafted OKRs and reviews together, with prices on the page.
Leapsome website
7. WorkBoard: best for enterprise OKRs with business reviews prepared by AI agents
An AI-native strategy execution platform, marketed as WorkBoardAI. It runs OKRs across the enterprise with alignment from company to individual goals and an OKR alignment view, names OKRs, OGSM, Play to Win and Hoshin Kanri as supported frameworks, offers views for executives and frontline teams, and automates scorecards, MBR and QBR pre-reads and meeting agendas. Three agents (Portfolio Analyst, Chief of Staff and Leadership Coach) draft OKRs, run the operating cadence and coach 1:1s. Connectors named include Jira, Azure DevOps, Salesforce, Power BI and ServiceNow. WorkBoard acquired Quantive in May 2025 and said Quantive customers would transition to WorkBoard; quantive.com now redirects to workboard.com. Pricing is not published. Its security page lists SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001 and Microsoft Azure hosting. Its pages describe no X-matrix or shop-floor KPI boards.
Best for: Enterprises running OKRs, MBRs and QBRs across many functions that want AI agents to prepare the cadence, including former Quantive customers.
WorkBoard website

Seven OKR tools side by side

From each vendor's public pages. Not published means we could not find it, not that the product lacks it. "Not published" means we could not find it publicly, not that the product lacks it.

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Seven OKR tools side by side
Capability	LeanSuite	Betterworks	i-nexus	KaiNexus	Lattice	Leapsome	WorkBoard
Goals in a plant
Main focus	Lean platform: goals on the plant's KPIs, boards and projects	Performance management with OKRs	Hoshin kanri strategy execution	Continuous improvement and ideas	People platform with Goals & OKRs	People platform with Goals & OKRs	AI-native strategy execution and OKRs
Goal levels and cascade	Company and facility goals for the year; cascaded to facilities, then teams, with a reply from each	Company, team, individual; cascade or clone with roll-up	X-matrix per level: corporate, L2, multiple sites	Objectives on the X-matrix; opportunities tagged to them	Company, team, individual; cascading alignment	Company, department, team, individual; goal trees	Company to individual; OKR alignment view
How progress is measured	By a KPI with a target and frequency; Met or Missed each month	Weekly updates; Slack nudge at 10% off track	KPI bowling charts generated from the plan	Metrics and targets on the matrix; KPI charts	Progress updates; supporting goals roll up	Automated scoring; outdated goals flagged	Scorecards: current and target metrics, trends
Reviews, 1:1s and meetings	Leadership meetings on the KPIs reviewed, with owners and speaking order, as described by LeanSuite; no performance reviews or 1:1s	Goals weighted in performance reviews; 1:1s module	Governance scorecards and reporting; reviews not published	Huddles and tiered huddles; reviews not published	1:1s, performance reviews, weekly updates	Reviews anchored to goal progress; 1:1 meetings	MBR and QBR pre-reads, agendas; 1:1 coaching agent
Work linked to goals	Kaizen projects, work orders, best practices and issues linked to the goal	Jira, Salesforce, Workday, Slack	Projects, action plans and A3 linked to goals	Drill down from the matrix to any project; ideas tagged to goals	Jira, Salesforce	Jira issues linked to objectives	Jira and Azure DevOps; portfolio of initiatives
Frontline access	Operators sign in with an employee ID; no company email needed	Per-user plans; frontline access not published	Per user; frontline access not published	iOS and Android apps; ideas from phones	Per seat; frontline access not published	Per employee; frontline access not published	Views for executives and frontline teams
Buying
Pricing	Per facility, quote; $499 per month for smaller teams; Suggestions module free for teams up to 25; 90-day pilot $3,000	Published: from $8 per user a month; Enterprise quoted	Strategy Cards free to 5 users, then $28 per user a month; Workbench quoted	Not published; custom quote	Published: $8 per seat a month; $4,000 a year minimum	Published: Goals & OKRs EUR 4 per employee a month, plus platform	Not published
Security	SOC 2 Type 1 report; secure cloud hosting	SOC 2; ISO 27001; AWS; SSO	ISO 27001 and SSO on Enterprise	SOC 2 Type 2 compliant; SAML SSO	SOC 2 (type not stated); AWS	ISO 27001; SOC 2 Type II	SOC 2 Type 2; ISO 27001; Azure

How each tool judges a goal

The FAQ below asks how OKRs differ from KPIs. Here is how each product on this page says a goal is judged, which is the practical difference.

Check-ins, bowling charts, or Met or Missed

Check-ins and reviews
- Betterworks
- Lattice
- Leapsome
- WorkBoard
Owners update progress; results feed reviews, 1:1s or business reviews.
Bowling charts and the matrix
- i-nexus
- KaiNexus
KPIs and targets on the X-matrix; i-nexus generates bowling charts from the plan.
Met or Missed from a plant KPI
- LeanSuite
Each goal measured by a KPI with a target, judged monthly once the month closes.

Grouped by what each vendor's own pages describe. A group is not a ranking.

Where LeanSuite is different

This part is about our own product, so read it as LeanSuite's pitch; the entries above describe every other tool from its own pages. Each point links to the LeanSuite page that shows it.

The goal's KPI is the huddle board's KPI
The KPI a goal is measured by is the same KPI the tier board and the bowling chart show, and a red number opens the same action, A3 or project. Goals, floor KPIs, tier meetings and kaizen sit in one system, so the monthly review starts from the grid, not from slides.
KPI dashboards and boards
Goals reach every facility, team and person
A company goal is cascaded to the facilities you choose with a message and a reply-by date, and a facility goal on to its teams. Each level replies: adopt as written, write its own version with the company goal as its parent, or not applicable with a reason. Leadership sees who has not replied yet.
Cascade and catchball
Met or Missed, every month, plant by plant
Each goal is measured by a KPI. Once a month closes, the goal shows Met or Missed for that month, and the Goal health grid shows every company goal by facility, with the misses this month, the repeat misses and the goals that still have no KPI.
Goal health
Work that serves no goal lands in Other
As people work on their initiatives, each one is connected to the company goal it supports, or goes in Other. Everyone can see whether they are working on something the company values, and leadership can see how much effort is going nowhere in particular.
Strategy deployment software
Any method, including your own
Run DMAIC, PDCA, A3, 8D or your company's own method in the same system. The built-in A3, DMAIC and PDCA templates can be adjusted to fit your process, and each project type gets its own workflow.
Continuous improvement software
A 90-day pilot at a published price
$3,000 per facility for 90 days, with the first module live in under a week. Pricing is per facility with unlimited users.
The pilot

Where LeanSuite is not the right OKR tool

The honest limits of our own product for this category, so you can rule it out quickly if one of these matters to you.

It does not grade key results from 0 to 1 at quarter end. A goal is measured by a KPI with a target and judged Met or Missed every month. If quarterly OKR scoring is the point, use an OKR tool.
It has no performance reviews, 1:1s, development plans or compensation links. Goals judge the plant, not the person.
Its pages publish no Jira, Slack, Teams or Workday integration. KPIs come from LeanSuite forms, ERP and MES systems, Excel on SharePoint or OneDrive, Google Sheets or a CSV upload.
It is built for manufacturing. An office-only OKR program gets no use from the tier boards, audits and kaizen the goals sit on.
The alignment view (initiatives connected to a goal or landing in Other) and leadership meetings are described by LeanSuite but were not inspected for this guide; ask to see them on a demo.

Which one fits

Start from what your plant needs

Which of these sounds most like your plant?

Key results that are plant numbers, judged monthly, with the kaizen that moves them linked to the goalLeanSuite
OKRs weighted in performance reviews, with Workday as the system of recordBetterworks
A hoshin plan instead of OKRs, with catchball and bowling chartsi-nexus
Goals tied to frontline ideas, projects and huddles across many kinds of teamsKaiNexus
OKRs next to reviews, 1:1s and engagement at a published per-seat priceLattice
Goal trees and AI-drafted OKRs at a published per-employee priceLeapsome
Enterprise OKRs, MBRs and QBRs prepared by AI agentsWorkBoard

Follow the line that matches your main need to the tool this page suggests for it; each tool has its own entry in the list above.

Is LeanSuite right for you?

Two ways the answer goes

Is LeanSuite right for your plant?

Choose another tool if

Betterworks: OKRs must be weighted in performance reviews and nudged through Slack, and Workday or Salesforce feeds progress.
i-nexus: you would rather run hoshin kanri than OKRs and want the rotatable X-matrix, catchball and bowling charts as the product.
KaiNexus: your program spans healthcare, finance or other non-plant teams and goals should sit with the same ideas and projects.
Lattice: OKRs belong with reviews, 1:1s and engagement surveys, and $8 per seat with a $4,000 minimum fits.
Leapsome: HR leads the program and wants goal trees, AI-drafted OKRs and reviews at a published per-employee price.
WorkBoard: you run enterprise OKRs, MBRs and QBRs across many functions, or you are a Quantive customer moving to WorkBoard.

LeanSuite is likely a fit if

Your key results are plant numbers the tier board already shows: OTIF, first-pass yield, TRIR, OEE, cost per unit.
The work that moves a goal is kaizen, an A3 or a work order, and you want it visible from the goal and the goal visible from it.
You run more than one plant and want each goal judged plant by plant every month, with a reply from each site on what it will commit to.
You want one price per facility with unlimited users and operators signing in with an employee ID, and a 90-day pilot at $3,000 per facility.

If more of your plant's needs sit on one side, start there. LeanSuite publishes this page, so check the other tools' own pages too.

Set one objective as a goal on your own KPI

Bring one objective and the number you would judge it by. We will set it up on a call as a goal measured by that KPI, cascade it to a plant and show what the month-end grid looks like. Or try LeanSuite in your browser with sample data.

See it in action Start a 90-day pilot

What customers say

“Customer support has been exceptional. The team is always available to answer questions and consistently provides prompt responses. I have been working closely with them to set up KPIs and time studies for our company, and their level of support throughout the process has been outstanding”
Luis R.CI Engineer, Tomball Controls
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“Great user-friendly software! It's covering everything that WCM or similar Lean Programs are asking to do, in a very effective way.”
Elena M.Global Head of Marelli Manufacturing System Automotive, Marelli
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Next step, if you want one

What the 45-minute demo shows

For OKRs in a plant, the demo sets one objective as a goal measured by a KPI, cascades it to a facility team and shows the red number opening a project.

Bring one process you want to fix, and how you run it today. We show the same job in LeanSuite and answer your questions.

Book a 45-minute demo Try the interactive demo first

In the demo

A company goal measured by a KPI, cascaded to two facilities with a reply-by date, each replying adopt as written or write own version, and the Goal health grid showing Met or Missed by facility for the last closed month.
KPIs typed in at the huddle or pulled from Excel, Google Sheets, ERP or MES, with red, amber and green limits that start an action plan.
A kaizen event, an A3 and an engineering or CapEx project in the same system, each through its own workflow, run as DMAIC, PDCA, 8D or your own method.

Want to run LeanSuite on your own lines instead? The 90-day pilot is $3,000 per facility, set up by our team, with the first module live in under a week.

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