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Yamin
Verified reviewer
Farming, 201-500 employees
Used monthly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
2
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2023
Expensive, but one of the best for OKRs
Ally is by far the best OKR software I have used or tried out. It's intuitive and easy to use.
CONSIt was too expensive. We could only use it for the company and department level OKRs with senior management and department head. It was too expensive to use for every single employee in the company.
Siddharth
Health, Wellness and Fitness, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
3
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed April 2020
Best tool to track OKRs
%age tracking on task level and overall picture on where we are, is what I like the most.
CONSThe pricing is on a higher side, it could have been lowered, as at this price, we might not be able to get it adopted for whole org.
Reason for choosing Ally
the UX and the view of ally was simpler yet offering better solution than most of it's competitor.
Reasons for switching to Ally
Tracking on ally was way easier compared to sheets, on org level, team level and individual level
Vendor Response
Hi Siddharth, Thank you for your feedback, we really appreciate it! We're glad you're finding Ally.io helpful. Thanks again, Marilyn at Ally.io
Replied July 2020
Bruce
Information Technology and Services, 201-500 employees
Used weekly for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
2
EASE OF USE
1
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed March 2020
Weird UI
We are supposed to be tracking our entire company OKRs with this tool. I find that I hate the UI so much and am so mystified by it that I start avoiding the weekly update OKR task
PROSI like having a tool to manage the OKR process. I like the check-ins, teams, sub-teams, individual and team OKRs
CONSWeird UI, I am constantly struggling with it. It needs to be significantly easier to setup and manage OKRs, users and team branches in the tool
Vendor Response
Hi Bruce, Thank you for your feedback, we really appreciate it. We'll pass along your input regarding the UI to our product team and work on improving this! Thanks again, Marilyn at Ally.io
Replied July 2020
Taylor
Information Technology and Services, 51-200 employees
Used weekly for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed March 2020
Ally overall has been great with just minor dislikes
The ease of use and setup of Ally has been great. Being able to connect to both Salesforce and Tableau has been one of the biggest benefits along with checking in through Slack. The customer service team is very responsive and helpful with questions and have been a pleasure to work with so far.
CONSThe software we were using had a better dashboard display to easily show the top company Objectives. This was beneficial for company meetings. Our CEO struggles with this part of Ally but it is really the only issue we have had.
Reasons for switching to Ally
They were bought and not going to be using the same format.
Colm
Human Resources, 201-500 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed July 2019
Provides Great Visibility into the Work that Matters
Provides great visibility into the work that matters. Before, we were using Google sheets to plan and track our strategic priorities, which made it difficult for the organization to know where we stood at any point in time. Now it is easy to see in real time how we are doing. Super easy to learn and use. If you can navigate a web site, you can easily use this product. That is important when we are inviting in additional users. We don't have a large support function within our company, so any users questions come to me. Fortunately, given the simplicity of the UI, that has been very manageable so far. Seamless integration with all of the systems we already use like Salesforce, Slack, Asana, Google Sheets, Hub Spot and many others. Connecting these systems to Ally requires no IT support and takes less than a minute. This means users can continue to do their work wherever they are most comfortable. Ally just brings it all together so there is one place where we can see how we are doing. Tremendous customer support. Every time an issue does come up, the company has been extremely quick to respond. I wish all my vendors were this easy to work with.
CONSWe have been using the product for about 2 months so far and don't have any major complaints. The product does not have every feature we would like, but the company seeks our input and is working aggressively to implement the ones that make sense, which is all you can ask for. They have already addressed two features we asked for, both of which were rolled out in less than two weeks from the time we asked for them.
Vendor Response
Hi Colm, Thank you for your feedback, we really appreciate it! We're glad you're finding Ally.io helpful. Thanks again, Marilyn at Ally.io
Replied July 2020
Ronald
Marketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed March 2021
OKRs Are Goal Setting and Ally is the Organizer
The hardest part about OKRs is the leadership needs to be bought in and make it a priority. The second hardest thing is organizing the goals (i.e . quantifying, alignment, etc) and creating transparency. Ally does a near perfect job of the organizing part.
PROSWe like the ease of use and the fact that the team is receptive to our input and constantly improving the product.
CONSWe would like them to build in an employee performance component based on the difficulty of the OKRs, and they are evaluating that idea.
Nicole
Marketing and Advertising, 201-500 employees
Used weekly for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed July 2020
Helping Accomplish My Goals
I honestly like how simple and easy it is to use and function! I have only used one other program for OKRs and it was complex but Ally makes their website simple and functional. It it easy to check-in and put if you are on track or behind and even add notes. I enjoy that you can add notes! I try to add a small goal that I will accomplish during the week and then in my next note say I accomplished this and this week I am working on finishing this project. I believe Ally keeps you motivated to stay on-top of your work because you have your weekly check-ins.
CONSI don't like how what I thought was an objective Ally says that it is not aligned to any objectives but I thought it was an objective on its own and that I was allowed to have another objective on its own.
Reasons for switching to Ally
Our company was not a fan of the other product and found Ally and realized that they fit our company much better.
Vendor Response
Hi Nicole, Thank you for your feedback, we really appreciate it! We're so glad you're finding Ally.io easy to use. Thanks again, Marilyn at Ally.io
Replied August 2020
Anonymous
2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed July 2021
My Ally Review
Easy and safe to use. It’s always updating its software, making it safe to use
CONSI don’t have any problems with Ally. They have great customer service
Mariel
Verified reviewer
Logistics and Supply Chain, 51-200 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed March 2021
Managing OKRs through Ally
Ally supports our business strategy.
PROSSeamless integrations and more are constantly becoming available.
CONSReports and dashboards are good. The mobile app is excellent.
Vendor Response
Hi Mariel, Thank you for your feedback, we really appreciate it! We're so glad you've found success with using Ally.io to support your business strategy! Thanks again, Marilyn at Ally.io
Replied March 2021
Musa
E-Learning, 51-200 employees
Used weekly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed January 2023
Candid review of Ally.io
Ability to stay well informed on the achievement of milestones for yourself or your team and company in general.
PROSFlexibility in aligning objectives company wide
CONSGoals target to be made more visible to the end user to encourage goals target setting
Wassim
Computer & Network Security, 501-1,000 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
3
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed June 2022
Ally: A result-oriented platform for OKR
Very promising experience.
PROSI supported the HR department in my institution to deploy Ally and configure it. KPI monitoring was a main objective on the list and we were amazed by how simplistic and facilitated Ally supports in this. We surely had to set the performance indicators and the formulas for assessing each. All the rest was done autonomously by Ally in terms of identifying the statistical events affecting those key performance indicators and calculating their values dynamically as things change from one semi-quarter to the other. Ally was very convenient in calculating the actual and expected progress and to display it graphically in association to each individual task. This was a major relief to the owner of the OKR. Moreover the actual progress can by dynamically updated due to events such as a check-in to the OKR or by adding Key Results to an objective. The main support that Ally can help in here is identifying measurable and actionable tasks and subtasks of goals and align it with the 5-year or 10-year vision of the corporation. This wasn't easy to do manually as most of the times the thinking phase surpasses the action phase which renders the strategic planning ineffective. Goal management is basically the main strength in Ally which unifies the management irrespective of the type of business of clients. Generalizing the Goal concept is what we really like in this software.
CONSCustomization of the different components seem a bit tricky and complicated but to be fair it get much easier to do with some getting used to after getting acquainted with the different naming schemes and semantics.
Reasons for switching to Ally
The much more goal and result-oriented approach
Dusty
Education Management, 11-50 employees
Used weekly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed March 2020
Really intuitive and easy to use
Overall, it's a great way to develop personal accountability and to understand how to prioritize progression in OKRs. I've also really appreciated the small updates and the easy of navigation.
PROSThe aesthetics are nice and makes it more fun to use. I'm a big fan of the progress bars, which are motivational and easy to understand. I like that changing the targets are so easy, too. Big fan of the ease of navigating between company vs personal OKRs.
CONSThe small "open full view" button isn't intuitive and can be confusing. I'd like to be able to simply click the whole objective to open in "full view."
Vendor Response
Hi Dusty, Thank you for your feedback, we really appreciate it! We're glad you're finding Ally.io helpful. We'll make sure to pass along your feedback regarding the "full view" button. Thanks again, Marilyn at Ally.io
Replied July 2020
Kateen
Retail, 201-500 employees
Used weekly for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed March 2020
Easy
Great to have the software not be the blocker when implementing OKRs!
PROSGetting rolling quick was the first thing we liked about this software. Intuitive infrastructure. Easy to add users, teams.
CONSReporting. Having a consolidated view of status on all company OKRs would be incredible! Some stakeholders don't want to have to log in and poke into each OKR to see details.
Reason for choosing Ally
Cost & ease of implementation
Madeleine
Management Consulting, 11-50 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed March 2020
Ally for sales teams
Great customer service and helpful integration with other platforms.
PROSAlly is fantastic for managing sales teams. It helps people focus relentlessly on what matters. It’s the basis for all my team 121s and learning plans.
CONSThe synchronisation loses connection with google sheets when cells change. Fixing the connections to prevent this would be great.
Michael
Venture Capital & Private Equity, 11-50 employees
Used weekly for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed March 2020
Great, simple, and effective OKR goalsetting software
Ally has overall been a great platform that our organization uses weekly or sometimes even daily to track our goals, update our progress, and stay honest with trying to meet our personal or organizational aspirations.
PROSThe product is very simple to understand, setup, and implement. The website keeps the interface simple without the confusion that a lot of platforms bring. It also allows for users to easily create a "ladder-up" structure of OKRs so that people can create their own goals under larger team or organizational goals. It's very easy to update, view, and filter my OKRs or my team's OKRs.
CONSThe software can be quite slow sometimes, especially when multiple people are adding, editing, or updating OKRs at the same time. I wish there was also a faster way to bulk upload our team's quarterly OKRs as adding them one-by-one can be tedious and slow.
Nicolette
Construction, 11-50 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed March 2020
Ally is a great business resource
Ally has brought our entire company together allowing us to be focused on and transparent about our goals and the progress we are making toward them.
CONSMore flexibility on the way you can view company/ team/ and individual goals is needed for our company.
Noreen
Financial Services, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed May 2022
Ally for OKRs
Ally gives the team an opportunity to asynchronously work on objectives and key performances, get updates, and readily provide reports and performance.
CONSThere are some things that do not show in team OKRs but are in individual OKRs. Could be a one off. Or something not configured properly.
Brian
Consumer Goods, 11-50 employees
Used weekly for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed March 2020
Easy-to-use tool for integrating OKR's
Thus far, very positive first 2 months with it.
PROSThe tool's UX is very friendly and easy to navigate. Has enough 'robustness' to get the job done across multiple users, but isn't too detailed to get lost in it.
CONSOverall, great tool. Some of the User vs. Team roles and assignments are a bit tricky, but rather minor point.
Reason for choosing Ally
Ease of use and UX.
Vendor Response
Hi Brian, Thank you for your feedback, we really appreciate it! We're glad you're finding Ally.io helpful. Thanks again, Marilyn at Ally.io
Replied July 2020
Manuel
Gambling & Casinos, 201-500 employees
Used monthly for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed June 2020
good tool
so far so good
PROSThe possibility for the entire company to share okrs
CONSdon't know yet. I can say I should keep on using it.
Vendor Response
Thank you for your feedback, we really appreciate it! We're glad you're finding Ally.io useful. Our team is always here to help and answer any questions you may have about Ally.io and OKRs. Feel free to reach out at any time if there's anything you need.
Replied June 2020
Nick
Human Resources, 51-200 employees
Used weekly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT