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Verified User in Health, Wellness and Fitness

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

2/12/2021

"Best tool to keep your team productive"

5/5

What do you like best about Ally.io?

The feature to measure KPI and Percentage achievements Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ally.io?

The User Interface with a tree structure to add child key index looks tricky at first Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Ally.io:

It is a great tool for your individual as well as team's productivity.

OKR aligning with your work is best tracked by ally.io Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Ally.io solving and how is that benefiting you?

The productivity and the goals to be achieved are on track. The productivity of teammates is getting visible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Marilyn Napier of Ally.io

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Hi there,

Thank you for your feedback, we really appreciate it! We'll make sure to pass along your input regarding the UI to our product team. We're so glad you're finding Ally.io helpful for productivity!

Thanks again,

Marilyn at Ally.io

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Rebecca R.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/12/2020

"Good Option for OKRs"

4/5

What do you like best about Ally.io?

I like that our team is able to update our OKRs each quarter and check in so we can keep up on our goals. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ally.io?

Honestly, there's nothing I can think of that our team doesn't enjoy about Ally. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Marilyn Napier of Ally.io

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Hi Rebecca,

Thank you for your feedback, we really appreciate it! We're so glad you're finding Ally.io helpful for your team.

Thanks again,

Marilyn at Ally.io

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Adam S.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

12/3/2020

"Seamlessly made our company OKR's visible, transparent and intertwined"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Ally.io?

Very user-friendly. Promotes realistic goal setting and accountability, while being transparent across all departments Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ally.io?

So far, nothing at all. Very pleased. If I had to reach, I'd say that when you update "What's the latest", it doesn't keep the history of your last entry Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Marilyn Napier of Ally.io

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Hi Adam,

Thank you for your feedback, we really appreciate it! We're so glad Ally.io is helping your company with transparency and synergy.

As for the history of your last entry, you can view that under “Activity” in Quick View, Detail View. Feel free to email me at marilyn@ally.io if you're unable to find it.

Thanks again,

Marilyn at Ally.io

UM

Verified User in Music

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

8/28/2020

"Ally is a relieving experience"

5/5

What do you like best about Ally.io?

What I like so much about Ally is the structure and presentation of the OKRs and projects. You have a lot of options. The visual alone makes you much more productive and keep up. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ally.io?

There is nothing that I dislike about Ally. There just might be some tools that are less useful for one person but then actually really useful for the other. Nevertheless, it is good to have the options. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Ally.io:

How much the employees are focused on their customers and their wishes and are constantly trying to improve is a really good trait to look after in a company you want to work with. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Ally.io solving and how is that benefiting you?

It helps us to see how much we are aligned with the other sub-teams. If we have reached our goals too high or too low. Being more realistic on what we can or can not do. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Marilyn Napier of Ally.io

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Hi there,

Thank you for your feedback, we really appreciate it! We're so glad we've been able to help you align your teams and manage goals.

Thanks again,

Marilyn at Ally.io

AC

Verified User in Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/4/2020

"You *can* have too much of a good thing (in this case, flexibility and features)"

3/5

What do you like best about Ally.io?

Starting out with the OKR methodology, it was great to have a tool that allowed a lot of flexibility in developing and tracking OKRs. The iconography and colors are helpful in determining what you are looking at, and the many different available views has potential to be quite useful (for managers tracking direct reports, for example). The Slack integration is great for making it easy to check in. Our customer success manager is helpful, generous with time, and no question is a dumb question. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ally.io?

The disconnect between Ally training materials' distinction between O/KR traits and the software's support of the duality model (org O -> org KR -> team KR -> individual/sub KR) with no explicit support for the flexible model (org O -> org KR -> team O-> team KR -> etc) is perplexing. Either stick to a distinction between Os and KRs and don't let them ever be the same thing, or rephrase the distinction to match the structure the software supports. The Ally software also includes many features "following, reporting, notifications) that have little to no documentation, and end up feeling like "fluff" added to make it look like the software can do a lot, but actually offer little real value. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Ally.io:

Really understand the approach you want to take with onboarding your organization to the OKR methodology so you can better understand the tool that will meet your needs, provide training in the process and its value from the outset, ask lots of questions of the company reps you talk to. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Ally.io solving and how is that benefiting you?

The long-term visioning has been very helpful for our engineering teams, and the ability to see where every team's work cascades up to the company's goals has been helpful for people being invested in their work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Marilyn Napier of Ally.io

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Hi there,

Thank you for your feedback, we really appreciate it. We'll make sure to pass on your input to our product team.

Thanks again,

Marilyn at Ally.io

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Shari H.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/4/2020

"A great OKR tool that can easily be integrated into your work life"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Ally.io?

The ease of updating my OKR's through Slack, as well as the collaborative functions that helps us to track our progress Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ally.io?

In my opinion, there was a steep learning curve in navigating the actual platform, especially when learning about how to align individual OKR's with team and organizational OKR's. I have also noticed that my updates via Slack aren't always updated in real-time in the platform. I would also like to have a better reporting tool regarding user engagement. I had to manually pull that data and manipulate it into something useful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Ally.io:

I think Ally is a great OKR tool to help organizations reach all of their committed and aspirational goals, in a way that fosters transparency and teamwork. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Ally.io solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are able to set clear goals that are in alignment with the mission and vision of the company, which has helped us to achieve our objectives in a very accountable and transparent way. We have also been able to foster a greater sense of teamwork in helping each other to achieve our individual and organizational goals. We have found that we don't have to have multiple meeting regarding OKR's as we are able to consistently update each other though this centralized platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Marilyn Napier of Ally.io

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Hi Shari,

Thank you for your feedback, we really appreciate it! We'll make sure to pass on your input regarding navigating the platform to our product team. We're so glad you're finding Ally.io useful.

Thanks again,

Marilyn at Ally.io

EL

Verified User in Legal Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/30/2020

"Solid OKR tracking"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Ally.io?

The way OKRs are organized on the platform and integrations with Google Sheets and Slack for easy, automated reporting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ally.io?

There is a view to visually see how OKR's are aligned. However, it doesn't allow you to see the entire OKR structure. In other words, you can see a single objective and it's key results, but not in the full pyramid like nature. Allowing you to visualize the full structure in one screen would be great for displaying the entire OKR tracking on a monitor in an office. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Ally.io:

Take advantage of their great support Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Ally.io solving and how is that benefiting you?

OKR's help us keep big picture growth opportunities top of mind. It's easy to get caught up in the minutiae of everyday work, but OKRs make sure you integrate long term goals into that daily routine. Ally.io make it easy to implement OKR's share them across all teams, make them transparent, clear and accessible. Further, when your key results are done correctly, you can automate reporting using a variety of integrations. In our case, we are able to pull most reporting data into Google Sheets and then integrate those with Ally.io. This makes reporting automatic.

There is also a reporting forecasting feature that tells you if you are on track or falling behind. I highly recommend Ally.io for anyone using OKR's to grow. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Marilyn Napier of Ally.io

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Hi there,

Thank you for your feedback, we really appreciate it! We'll make sure to pass along your input regarding visualizing the full OKR structure to our product team. We're happy you're finding Ally.io beneficial.

Thanks again,

Marilyn at Ally.io

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Mark B.

Sales Director

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

3/17/2021

"Great tool for inter company alignment"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Ally.io?

The ability to give all employees visibility on corporate goals, projects and performance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ally.io?

Goal setting functionality can be a bit challenging to set up. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Marilyn Napier of Ally.io

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Hi Mark,

Thank you for your feedback, we really appreciate it! We'll make sure to pass along your input regarding the goal-setting functionality to our product team. We're so glad Ally.io is helping with your team alignment and visibility on corporate goals.

Thanks again,

Marilyn at Ally.io

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Leah B.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/29/2020

"Ally has helped our organization increase transparency and improve alignment in all directions"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Ally.io?

I like that Ally is visually sleek and easy to use, even for those who have never used a goal setting tool before. The integrations with Jira and Slack really enhance the value of Ally in the eyes of our users and increase adoption. Features like "multiple alignment" and the ability to edit weights of the impact of key results on the parent objective help us use the OKR framework in a flexible way that makes sense to the business. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ally.io?

For a 500 person organization, it can feel difficult to keep track of where individual key results connect all the way to the top level organization objectives. There are also opportunities related to reporting, but I know the Ally team is working diligently to make improvements there. Lastly, like with any company-wide tool we hear feedback that this feels like an administrative requirement coming from above. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Ally.io:

Follow the Ally team's recommendations in terms of roll out and implementation. Ally is a great tool but understanding and buy in from employees is key to being successful with OKRs and Ally. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Ally.io solving and how is that benefiting you?

We have responded to employee feedback that the longer term vision and direction of the company felt unclear. We have also used Ally to increase empowerment and ownership in encouraging individuals to write their own OKRs and by defining their own KPIs. Through implementing Ally we have uncovered actual business opportunities to be better aligned on priorities across teams. Benefits include greater clarity for people on their actual individual priorities, an understanding of department level KPIs, and what performance metrics our CEO has defined as most critical to success. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Marilyn Napier of Ally.io

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Hi Leah,

Thank you for your feedback, we really appreciate it! We'll make sure to pass along your input regarding alignment of individual OKRs to org level OKRs. We're so glad Ally.io is helping your organization increase transparency and alignment!

Thanks again,

Marilyn at Ally.io

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Sacha D.

Senior Success Manager

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

12/3/2020

"Very useful to manage and direct our goals"

5/5

What do you like best about Ally.io?

The interface is very user-friendly and easy to use. Makes is very easy to set everyone on a single-minded journey Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ally.io?

There is nothing that I dislike. Yes there should be more support videos Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Marilyn Napier of Ally.io

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Hi there,

Thank you for your feedback, we really appreciate it! We'll make sure to pass along your input regarding more support videos. We're so glad you're finding Ally.io easy to use and helpful for future growth.

Thanks again,

Marilyn at Ally.io