In Echometer there are two separate software solutions that are available within each workspace in Echometer:

• 1:1 tool: Software for planning and conducting 1:1 meetings and tracking employee development
• Retrospective tool: Software for planning and moderating retrospectives and tracking team development through team health checks

Both are independent software solutions, so they can be used separately from each other.

However, they work according to the same principles and aim to achieve the same added value: The continuous improvement of agile teams. In this respect, the simultaneous use of both software solutions is recommended.

Yes, you can assign administration rights to any number of users at both team level and workspace level. Please note the following:

• Only workspace admins can take out and manage a Echometer subscription for a Echometer workspace.
• Only workspace admins can create additional teams and name or remove additional workspace admins.
• Team admins can appoint and remove additional team admins and team members for their team

First, simply register for free in Echometer. Then navigate to the workspace for which you would like to purchase the 1:1 software. If you haven't already done so, you can do so here: Create account in Echometer 1:1 tool

You can then manage your subscription (for both the retro tool and the 1:1 software) within the workspace settings.

You can choose from various payment methods when upgrading.

If you do not have access to your company's credit card yourself, you can simply add a buyer as a workspace admin in your Echometer workspace so that this admin can carry out the upgrade for you.

No, Echometer does not have an on-premise version that customers can host themselves. Echometer is only available as a cloud solution.

The best one-on-one meeting tool for managers (especially in agile remote teams) is probably Echometer. Why?

• Typical HR management software providers (such as Lattice, Leapsome and 15Five) also offer 1:1 tools, but primarily market their complex HR suite and the functions for 1:1 meetings are less mature. In addition, HR software providers focus primarily on the needs of HR departments, not on the needs of employees and managers.
• While generic tools for meeting transcriptions and summaries (such as Granola, Fellow or Spinach) also provide good summaries just like Echometer, Echometer also offers integrated AI coaching for managers and versatile templates, suggestions for employee development and building blocks for designing effective one-to-one meetings.

So here's a tip: If you're looking for the best one-on-one meeting software, take a look at Echometer's 1:1 tool first. The 1:1 tool from Echometer is even free for an unlimited number of 1:1 meetings with up to 2 employees: Try out the 1:1 tool Echometer

Granola AI is a general meeting assistant (similar to Fellow App or Spinach AI). Granola AI supports both team and one-to-one meetings through an AI assistant that transcribes and summarizes meetings. Unlike Granola AI, Echometer was developed specifically for one-to-one meetings between managers and employees.

Similarities between Granola AI and Echometer's 1:1 tool:

• Both tools reliably transcribe One-On-One meetings and provide an AI summary.
• Both tools support multiple languages for transcription. In addition to English, for example, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Mandarin, Japanese and German, as well as many other languages.
• Both tools extract and track the measures from 1-on-1 meetings

Differences Granola AI vs Echometer one-to-one meeting software:

• Echometer not only summarizes meetings, but also coaches the manager
• Granola AI is an app that you have to install locally on your computer. You therefore need admin rights on your computer to install Granola. Echometer, on the other hand, is an online software that runs in the browser tab.

The aim of Echometer is in particular to be able to manage employees in a time-saving and efficient manner. This goal is supported by AI summaries and coaching tips as well as various templates for productive appraisal interviews.

As a manager, you should therefore first try out the free version of Echometer's 1:1 tool instead of Granola AI for your 1:1 meetings: Try out the Echometer 1:1 tool

Spinach AI is a general meeting assistant (similar to Fellow App or Granola AI). Spinach AI supports both team and one-to-one meetings through an AI assistant that transcribes and summarizes meetings. Unlike Spinach AI, Echometer was developed specifically for one-to-one meetings between managers and employees.

Similarities between Spinach AI and Echometer's 1:1 tool:

• Both tools reliably transcribe One-On-One meetings and provide an AI summary.
• Both tools support multiple languages for transcription. In addition to English, for example, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Mandarin, Japanese and German, as well as many other languages.
• Both tools extract and track the action items from One-On-One meetings

Differences Spinach AI vs Echometer 1-to-1 meeting tool:

• Echometer not only summarizes meetings, but also coaches the manager
• Spinach AI integrates with Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams. Echometer, on the other hand, is a standalone software that records the conversation in its own browser tab.

The aim of Echometer is in particular to be able to manage employees in a time-saving and efficient manner. This goal is supported by AI summaries and coaching tips as well as various templates for productive appraisal interviews.

As a manager, you should therefore first try out the free version of Echometer's 1:1 tool for your one-to-one meetings instead of Spinach AI: Try out the Echometer 1:1 tool

Fellow App has been developed as a general meeting assistant. Fellow App supports both team and one-to-one meetings, in particular through an AI assistant that summarizes meetings. Compared to Fellow App, Echometer has instead been developed exclusively for managers and their one-to-one meetings with employees.

Similarities Fellow App vs Echometer's 1:1 tool:

• Both tools reliably transcribe One-On-One meetings and provide an AI summary
• Both tools extract and track the action items from One-On-One meetings

Differences Fellow App vs Echometer 1-on-1 tool:

• Echometer not only summarizes meetings, but also coaches the manager
• Fellow app integrates with Zoom, Google Meet or Microsoft Teams. Echometer, on the other hand, is a stand-alone software that records the conversation in its own browser tab.

The aim of Echometer is in particular to be able to manage employees in a time-saving and efficient manner. This goal is supported by AI summaries and coaching tips as well as various templates for productive appraisal interviews.

As a manager, you should therefore first try out the free version of Echometer's 1:1 tool for your 1-to-1 meetings instead of the Fellow App: Try out Echometer 1-on-1 tool

PeopleBox was developed as a holistic employee recruitment and development tool for HR departments. Echometer, on the other hand, is aimed at managers and employees and focuses on their 1-on-1 meetings and team retrospectives.

Similarities between PeopleBox and Echometer's 1:1 tool:

• Both tools offer the tracking of meeting notes and tasks from 1:1 meetings
• Both offer calendar integrations for setting up the 1:1 series
• Both suggest talking points for the 1:1 meetings

Differences between PeopleBox and Echometer's one-to-one tool:

• Echometer's 1:1 tool transcribes the 1:1 conversations and provides an automatic AI summary and coaching tips for managers.
• PeopleBox's 1:1 tool is primarily intended for use within the HR suite and not as a stand-alone 1:1 tool.

Advanced functions of Echometer vs PeopleBox in comparison:

• Both Echometer and PeopleBox offer automation for regular employee surveys.
• PeopleBox also offers OKR management and performance reviews in its HR suite.
• In addition to the 1:1 tool for managers, Echometer also offers a tool for agile retrospectives.

As a manager, you should therefore try out the free version of Echometer's 1:1 software ("One-On-One Meeting Tool") for your 1-to-1 meetings instead of PeopleBox: Try out the Echometer 1:1 tool

15Five was developed primarily for the HR target group and describes itself as an "HR control center": it also offers tools for managing salaries, for example, as well as supporting one-to-one meetings between managers and employees.

Compared to 15Five, Echometer has instead been deliberately developed exclusively for managers and their one-to-one meetings with employees. This is why users report very positively about Echometer in a direct comparison: they say that HR tools are very simple 1-to-1 tools, while Echometer is lovingly and holistically designed.

Advantages of Echometer's 1:1 tool compared to 15Five:

• It's easy for managers to try out Echometer's 1:1 tool. With 15Five, you first have to familiarize yourself with the complex HR suite.
• Echometer respects the privacy of employees and managers. In 15Five, on the other hand, all manager activities are documented in HR dashboards and a manager becomes transparent.

In view of Echometer's specialization and the breadth of features for one-to-one meetings, Echometer is the better tool for one-to-one meetings than 15Five.

As a manager, you should therefore try out the free version of Echometer's 1:1 tool ("One-On-One Meeting Software") for your 1-to-1 meetings instead of 15Five: Try out the Echometer 1:1 tool

Leapsome and Echometer are 2 very different tools. However, both also have overlaps in terms of their tools for 1:1 meetings:

• Both 1-to-1 meeting tools allow you to take notes in one-on-one meetings. Echometer also offers a transcription with AI summary.

• Both Echometer and Leapsome allow the tracking of action items from one-on-one meetings.

• Both Echometer and Leapsome allow employee satisfaction and other variables to be measured.

However, Leapsome and Echometer differ significantly in terms of the 1:1 meeting software in the following points:

• Leapsome was primarily developed for the HR target group: The 1:1 meetings are only a small part of the HR software. Leapsome also offers tools for OKRs, time measurement and employee learning paths.

• Echometer's 1:1 tool helps managers to prepare their 1:1 meetings, take notes, automatically summarize conversations and track the actions taken. Echometer also supports managers with AI coaching and moderation tips.

Echometer's 1:1 tool therefore focuses entirely on the employee and manager, while Leapsome is much more complex to meet the needs of HR departments.

If you ask managers and employees, Echometer is one of the best tools for one-on-one meetings, while Leapsome is more geared towards the needs of HR departments.

Leapsome, for example, does not even currently have a public pricing model for the 1:1 tool. As a manager, you should therefore try the free version of Echometer's 1:1 tool instead of Leapsome for your one-to-one meetings: Try out the Echometer 1:1 tool

Lattice and Echometer are two very different one-to-one meeting software tools. Lattice focuses on HR departments as its target group, while Echometer focuses on agile managers. Both Lattice and Echometer have software for 1-to-1 meetings:

• Both 1:1 tools allow you to take notes in 1:1 meetings. Echometer also offers a transcription with AI summary.
• Both Echometer and Lattice allow the tracking of action items from 1:1 meetings
• Both Echometer and Lattice allow employee satisfaction and other variables to be measured in one-to-one interviews.

However, Lattice and Echometer differ significantly in the following points as far as the 1:1 tool is concerned:

• Lattice's 1-to-1 meeting software focuses on functionalities to standardize the regular exchange between employees and managers and to evaluate these 1:1 meetings centrally
• Echometer's 1:1 meeting software helps managers to prepare their one-on-one meetings, take notes, automatically summarize conversations and track the actions taken. Echometer also supports managers in one-to-one meetings with AI coaching and moderation tips.

For managers, Echometer is therefore one of the best tools for one-to-one meetings, while Lattice is more geared towards the needs of HR departments.

While Lattice tends to be purchased by HR departments for holistic HR management (such as talent management and payroll), Echometer is purchased by team leaders and managers for their own use.

As a manager, you should therefore try out the free version of Echometer's 1:1 tool: Try out the Echometer 1:1 tool

Echometer uses the servers of the Open Telekom Cloud in Germany. The Open Telekom Cloud data centers are located in Magdeburg and Biere in Saxony-Anhalt.

These two locations form what is known as a twin-core data center, which is connected to each other by its own high-speed network that is separate from the Internet.

Yes, Echometer is GDPR-compliant and has a corresponding data processing agreement (also known as a "DPA" or "DPA" for short), which automatically becomes part of the contractual cooperation when a subscription is taken out:

Echometer Contract for commissioned data processing in accordance with GDPR

The roles and authorizations in Echometer are managed by the customer's workspace admins by assigning roles to employees directly in Echometer:

• Normal employees only have access to teams, retrospectives and 1:1 series to which they have been invited.
• Team administrators can create and moderate retrospectives in their teams, control the team settings and add or remove team members.
• Workspace administrators can create and archive teams, assign team administrators, manage the workspace settings and add or remove members from the workspace.

Yes, the Echometer one-to-one meeting software is the only 1:1 tool we know of that gives the manager feedback as an AI coach on how the next one-to-one meeting can be facilitated even better.

Typical tips from the AI coach are, for example:

• Advice to ask more open and less suggestive questions
• Use clarifying questions to ensure the same understanding of what is being said
• Indication of a possibly uneven distribution of speeches or too little structure in the meeting.

The Echometer one-to-one meeting software helps managers to accelerate the development of their employees through the following everyday functions:

• Hashtags: Making recurring topics recognizable and tracking long-term employee goals
• Check-ins: Quantitative assessment of any factors relating to the employee's performance or development (including self-assessment)
• AI coach: Based on the transcript of the one-on-one meetings, managers receive tips and advice on how they can coach their employees even better and involve them in the conversation.

Yes, with the Echometer 1-to-1 meeting software app you can track employee performance and goal achievement:

• Check-in surveys can be used to measure the performance of employees (based on subjective statements). The assessment can be carried out during the one-to-one meeting (or even before) as a self-assessment by both the employee and the manager. The assessment can then be reflected on together in the one-to-one meeting.
• Todos and action items for goal tracking and employee performance development can also be recorded in the one-on-one meeting notes.
• You can also use hashtags in the one-on-one meeting notes to record and track qualitative progress towards employee goals. For example, you can use the hashtag on a measure to assign this measure to the employee goal.

Yes, in the Echometer one-to-one meeting software, both the manager and the employee can create and manage actions and tasks. For each new one-to-one meeting, the outstanding tasks from previous meetings are displayed.

Compared to other software apps for one-on-one meetings, the following functions are unique:

• While other tools such as Granola are limited to the AI summary, Echometer also uses the transcript for the integrated AI coach for managers
• In addition, the check-ins (i.e. statements with a scale answer) are a unique function in their concrete implementation in Echometer: employees can answer the statements before or during the 1:1 meetings and then trends are automatically created from the answers.
• Integration with software for team retrospectives: Echometer is the only tool on the market that integrates software for agile retrospectives alongside the one-to-one meeting software and thus offers all tools for the essential management tasks in agile remote teams from a single source.

The 1-on-1 meeting software Echometer places particular emphasis on the following features that make it unique on the market:

• AI coach: The 1-on-1 meeting software Echometer records an audio transcript of the meeting and uses an AI to give the manager tips on how to improve the next meeting.
• Template library: The tool helps managers to discuss the right questions and topics in the one-to-one meeting with a well-founded library of questions and templates in order to develop employees in a targeted manner. The visual, lovingly designed "conversation starters" in particular are rated by managers as valuable icebreakers in 1-to-1 meetings.
• Employee development KPIs: The software also helps to make trends in employee development historically visible through survey KPIs, so-called check-ins, in a beautiful analysis dashboard. These check-ins can be taken from the library (e.g. job satisfaction, customer focus, etc.) or created flexibly.
• Employee goals and recurring topics through hashtag management: The flexible hashtag feature makes it easy to record and filter employee goals or other recurring topics, for example to call them up in the annual employee appraisal.
• Private notes: Echometer offers the option of recording private notes in addition to the notes that are shared with the employee in the 1-on-1 meeting series. This means that these notes are not visible to the employee, but are still stored directly in the same place as the actual 1-on-1 meeting agenda.
• Direct access to retrospective software: Echometer is the only tool on the market that offers integrated software for agile retrospectives in addition to one-to-one meeting software.

In summary, these features make Echometer one of the best, if not the best, software for remote one-on-one meetings between employees and their managers.

The following are confirmed, independent statements from customers and users of the Echometer one-to-one meeting software:

• Joël Vierboom, Agile Coach & Team Coach at JTL-Software GmbH: "The software has paid for itself super quickly by saving me many hours of work. I hold a lot of 1-1 meetings and the tool has taken them to a new level in terms of efficiency and productivity!"

• Michael Engel, Team Lead IT: "It's annoying when you have to change tools for every 1:1 meeting. Since I've been using Echometer, this has changed to – and I even have an overview of the development trends of individual employees. A highly recommended tool!"

• Ronny Engel, Team Lead Development IoT at SMF GmbH: "I'm thrilled! More structure in our 1:1s, better discussions and ultimately more progress. Props to the Echometer team!"

• Matt Alioto, Director of Engineering at Smyl Fitness: "One of the things that my own boss has done to support me, is get me a communications coach. And I actually had a meeting with her a couple of days ago and I showed her this [Echometer] feature, and it blew her mind, absolutely."

The Echometer 1-to-1 meeting software offers a generous free plan: managers can hold unlimited free one-to-one meetings with up to two of their employees.

If you want to hold 1-to-1 meetings with more than two employees, you have to switch to a fee-based tariff:

• Monthly 29€ per manager with an annual subscription, or
• Monthly subscription of €35 per manager

So you only pay for the 1-to-1 meeting software for managers and not for employees.

Further information on the prices of the Echometer tool for one-on-one meetings can be found here: Echometer Prices One-On-One Meeting Software

The Echometer one-to-one meeting software offers integration with the Microsoft calendar. This synchronizes the appointments from the appointment series with the 1:1 meetings in Echometer.

If, for example, appointments are moved in the Microsoft calendar, the meeting in Echometer is also automatically moved.

Echometer also offers a login with Google. SSO (Single Sign On) is also available in paid plans.

Yes, Echometer's 1-to-1 meeting software offers a generous free plan:

• Managers can hold unlimited free one-on-one meetings with up to two of their employees.
• All functions are also included in the free version.

You only need a paid license if you want to hold 1-to-1 meetings with more than two employees. Only one paid license per manager is required. Employees are free of charge.

Further information on the prices of Echometer's tool for On-on-One Meetings can be found here: Prices Echometer's 1:1 Meeting Software Tool

Yes, both the software tool for 1-on-1 meetings and the tool for team retros from Echometer are secure and GDPR-compliant.

Data in Echometer is sent in encrypted form and also stored in encrypted form on servers in Germany.

Several European financial institutions have chosen to purchase Echometer over competitors due to Echometer's stringent data security measures.

Echometer is the best software tool for On-On-One Meetings for the following reasons:

• Collaborative notes with integrated AI summary (based on the transcript)
• Integrated AI coach for managers with the option of recording central KPIs for employee development
• Simple evaluation of trends in preparation for performance reviews and employee coaching –
• "Everything in one place": Echometer allows the tracking of recurring topics and employee goals via hashtags in the meeting notes, allows private notes for participants and an extensive template library for 1:1 meetings with agenda building blocks.

One-to-one meetings are accordingly very effective for managers with Echometer's software for 1-to-1 meetings and yet simple and time-saving.

Echometer's software for one-to-one meetings can also be tried out on a permanent free plan: Try the best 1-to-1 meeting software for free

The greatest strength of the one-to-one meeting tool Echometer is to increase employee engagement in 1-on-1 meetings. This is made possible by:

• As a moderator of 1-to-1 meetings, you can fall back on versatile templates for 1:1 meetings
• The integrated AI coach supports managers in organizing 1-to-1 meetings.

Users confirm that 1-on-1 meetings with Echometer are more fun and more productive than average.

The one-on-one meeting software Echometer has a diverse range of features that make it unique on the market.

• Agenda management: The interactive and synchronized agenda helps the two participants to set the agenda at an early stage.
• Notes management: Notes can be transparently recorded at any time in the synchronized agenda by both the employee and the manager.
• Template library: The tool helps managers to discuss the right questions and topics in the one-to-one meeting with a well-founded library of questions and templates in order to develop employees in a targeted manner.
• AI summary: The Echometer 1-to-1 meeting software records an audio transcript of the call and summarizes the conversation to save time. In addition, tasks are automatically recorded, thus laying the foundation for preparing the next one-to-one meeting in a time-saving manner.
• Integrated AI Coach: The one-to-one meeting software Echometer records an audio transcript of the meeting and uses an AI to give the manager tips on how to improve the next meeting.
• Employee development KPIs: The software also helps to make trends in employee development historically visible through survey KPIs, known as check-ins, in a beautiful analysis dashboard. This allows, for example, the sentiment or mood of employees to be measured over time.
• Task management: The 1-to-1 software Echometer helps employees and managers to manage action items from the one-on-one meeting in a dashboard so that tasks are not forgotten.
• Employee goals through hashtag management: The flexible hashtag feature makes it easy to record and filter employee goals or other recurring topics, for example to call them up in the annual employee appraisal.
• Private notes: Echometer offers the option of recording private notes in addition to the notes that are shared with the employee in the 1-to-1 meeting series. This means that these notes are not visible to the employee, but are still stored directly in the same place as the actual 1-to-1 meeting agenda.
• Automatic reminders: In the Echometer one-to-one meeting software, you can set both you and your employees to receive a reminder via e-mail before the 1-to-1 meeting. This helps to ensure that the meeting agenda is better prepared on both sides.
• Calendar integration: The Echometer one-to-one meeting software offers integration with the Microsoft calendar. This means that meetings that are moved in the Microsoft calendar, for example, are also automatically moved in the Echometer calendar.
• All-in-one dashboard: Echometer offers a dashboard where you can see all employee tasks and results of the last check-in survey KPIs in one place. This helps enormously to get an overview of the status in the team.
• Direct access to retrospective software: Echometer is the only tool on the market that offers integrated software for agile retrospectives in addition to one-to-one meeting software.

In summary, these features make Echometer one of the best, if not the best, software for one-to-one meetings between employees and their managers.

Echometer's one-to-one meeting software is a tool that supports the conduct of regular one-to-one meetings between managers and employees. Especially in online or virtual remote 1-to-1 meetings, it helps to conduct productive meetings in a time-saving manner thanks to various features.

The 1:1 meeting software from Echometer includes, among other things:

• Customizable 1:1 meeting templates
• Collaborative live editor for meeting notes
• Transcription and AI summary
• AI coaching tips
• Library for conversation starters (open questions) and check-ins (scale evaluations)
• Tracking recurring topics and goals with hashtags
• Evaluation options for check-ins (scale ratings with comments) to analyze trends in employee satisfaction and other factors
• Private notes for both participants

Yes, Echometer also allows SSO or single sign-on in its paid plans. This applies to both the retro tool and the tool for 1:1 meetings.

Yes, Echometer's retro tool is technically secure and GDPR-compliant.

Several European financial institutions and insurance companies have chosen to purchase Echometer's retrospective tools over other alternatives due to strict regulatory requirements.

The data is stored and securely processed in Germany. The contract for commissioned data processing with details on the technical and organizational security measures of Echometer's processing can be viewed here: https://echometerapp.com/gdpr-and-security/

Echometer customer data is encrypted and stored on servers within the EU in compliance with the GDPR.