My Recommended OKR Tools

There are a lot of great OKR tools out there that actually do a pretty good job with the features they provide. I recommend that when you get big enough and outpace my free solutions (read on!), you should adopt one of them as it'll make the process streamlined and cleaner.

Dedicated Solutions

I'm showing all prices by their "monthly" price tags. "Annual" pricing is obviously cheaper for all solutions, but I had to pick a baseline.

ALLO

ALLO is by far the closest tool that mirrors my team's OKR methodology. That's no coincidence. ALLO has worked extensively with PocketRN to update their OKR tooling to meet our needs and recommendations. I truly believe they are creating the best OKR tool on the market, not just because they are listening to me, but because they're very active listeners of what business owners need and want. Their pricing is on average about $13/user/month.

BetterWorks

BetterWorks was one of the first companies to take OKR tooling seriously and has years of experience perfecting the system. Last I checked, it's $10/user/month.

Asana

Asana also has a great solution, which is perfect if you're already using them for your other team management tools. You need to pick up their Business license to get the "Goals" feature, which is $30/user/month.

Gtmhub

Gtmhub is another solid offering and has a very fluid method for managing OKR hierarchy. You'll want at least their Scale license, which is $19/user/month.

Lattice

Lattice has a solution with similar benefits, but I don't recommend them unless you have 50+ employees using it as they have a minimum of $4000 annual license. If you do, however, they are only $8/user/month.

Project Management Tools

A lot of project management tools highlight their use for OKR management (Coda, 15Five, Monday, ClickUp, Smartsheets, etc.). I personally do not recommend any of them for OKRs as they fail to deliver the full functionality you'll need.

Our choice

What I'll use for examples

The one exception to the rule is Airtable, which is free for up to five users if you want to give it a try. I'll be showing how to appropriately set up Airtable in this article as one of my examples. Do not use their OKR template! It's woefully lacking. The other example solution I'll be showcasing is Google Sheets, which requires a bit of technical know-how, but I'll be providing a template that you can follow.

What we use at PocketRN

At PocketRN, we currently use ALLO, and are very happy with it. We used Airtable for a while, but the biggest pitfall with Airtable is the usability for the individual employees. It's too easy for someone to accidentally mess up a formula or a higher-level objective that they don't actually control. So, we lock down edit access to those parts of the system to all but the appropriate managers.

That works, but it's not ideal to manage as we continue to scale. I would say once you reach 15+ employees or more than three managers, you may want to consider a pivot to a dedicated solution, such as ALLO.

Let's begin

All that said, even the dedicated tools will not solve the greater practical challenge of knowing how to successfully use them for company-wide goal coordination. So don't just stop here after picking one out: read on to apply what you learn to your tool of choice.