Honest comparison

Sparko vs Lattice

Lattice is a mature talent-management platform — performance, goals, and engagement for high-performing teams — now refocusing on talent and stepping away from HRIS and payroll. Sparko is an AI-native HRIS that keeps core HR, recruiting, onboarding, and time-off in one place. Here's an honest look.

Competitor details from public sources, accessed 16 July 2026.

Which is right for you?

Choose Sparko if…

You want your HRIS, recruiting/ATS, onboarding, and time-off in one system — areas Lattice's current product doesn't cover, and its HRIS is being sunset.
You're migrating off Lattice's HRIS and want a new core-HR home that also includes talent tools.
You want simple, transparent self-serve pricing ($5/$10/$16 per user/month) — Lattice is annual-only, carries a large minimum, and stacks priced modules on top.
You want performance and engagement built into a full AI-native HRIS, not layered on a separate system of record.

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Choose Lattice if…

You want the deepest, most mature performance-review and engagement tooling, and you already run a separate HRIS/system of record (e.g. Workday).
You need SOC 2, GDPR, or CCPA compliance today — Sparko has no certifications yet.
You want an established brand (4,500+ customers) with enterprise integrations.
You only need talent management, not a full HRIS.

Side by side

	Sparko	Lattice
Category	Full AI-native HRIS	Talent management (refocusing away from HRIS)
Core HR / HRIS	Included	Being sunset (~Jul 31, 2026); partners with Workday as system of record
Recruiting / ATS	Included	Not a first-party module
Onboarding & time-off	Included	Going away with the HRIS sunset
Performance / OKRs	Included, AI-drafted	Deep, mature (core strength)
Engagement	Included: recognition, pulse, eNPS	Mature surveys (core strength)
Compensation	Included; pay-equity on Business	Add-on (+$6/user/mo)
Learning / LMS	Not offered	Not offered (Grow = career pathing, not an LMS)
Payroll	Included — CSV export on Core; full multi-entity/multi-currency with bank rails on Business	Discontinued
Pricing model	Self-serve, monthly or annual; no seat minimum — a monthly dollar floor instead ($25 Core / $100 Growth / $160 Business)	No free tier; annual-only, ~$4,000 minimum
Pricing	Public: $5 / $10 / $16 per user/mo billed annually ($6/$12/$19 monthly)	Public per module: ~$13 Foundations + $6 comp + $4 grow
Compliance	GDPR-aligned; AES-256; MFA/SSO/RBAC. No SOC 2/ISO yet	SOC 2, GDPR, CCPA
Best for	One AI-native HRIS + talent	Deep talent management over a separate HRIS

Where Lattice is stronger

No spin — if these matter most to you, Lattice is the better choice, and we'll say so.

Deeper, more mature performance-review and engagement tooling — its 10-year core strength.
SOC 2, GDPR and CCPA compliance today — more than Sparko holds.
A major brand (4,500+ customers, including Slack and Reddit) with enterprise integrations and a Workday partnership.
If you already run a separate system of record and want best-in-class talent management on top, Lattice is purpose-built for that.

Where Sparko fits

Lattice is excellent at what it now focuses on — deep performance and engagement for teams that already have a system of record. But it's stepping away from HRIS and payroll (reported HRIS access ending around 31 July 2026), so it's no longer a place to run core HR, recruiting, onboarding, or time-off.

Sparko is an AI-native HRIS that keeps all of that in one place — core HR, recruiting, onboarding, and time-off — with performance, engagement, recognition, and career built in and AI in every module. It's simply and transparently priced — self-serve from $5/user/month, with a 14-day free trial of the full Business experience, no credit card required. If you only need talent management on top of Workday, Lattice is deeper; if you want one AI-native home for your people — especially if you're migrating off Lattice's HRIS — that's Sparko. Sparko now runs payroll too; the one gap that remains is an LMS.

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Frequently asked

Is Lattice still an HRIS?

Lattice launched an HRIS in 2024 but has announced it is sunsetting its HRIS and payroll; third-party sources and Lattice’s current pricing page (which no longer lists an HRIS product) indicate HRIS access ends around 31 July 2026, with Lattice refocusing on talent management and partnering with Workday as the system of record. Sparko is a full HRIS and keeps core HR, recruiting, onboarding, and time-off in one platform.

I'm migrating off Lattice HRIS — is Sparko a fit?

Likely yes. Sparko covers the core HR, onboarding, and time-off you would lose, plus a recruiting/ATS module, and it includes performance, engagement, and career — so you keep talent tools too. Every plan starts with a 14-day free trial of the full Business experience, no credit card required, so you can import your team and try it first. Sparko also runs payroll now (CSV export on Core; full multi-entity/multi-currency with bank rails on Business) — note it still doesn't include an LMS.

Does Sparko have a free tier? Does Lattice?

Neither has a free tier. Sparko is self-serve at $5/$10/$16 per user/month billed annually ($6/$12/$19 monthly), with a 14-day free trial of the full Business experience and no credit card required. Lattice has no free tier either — it is annual-only with a ~$4,000 minimum, and its modules (performance, goals, engagement, compensation, grow) are priced separately.

Is Lattice more certified than Sparko?

Yes today. Lattice lists SOC 2, GDPR and CCPA. Sparko uses AES-256 encryption with MFA, SSO and RBAC and follows GDPR-aligned practices, but holds no SOC 2 or ISO 27001 certification yet.

Sources

Sparko details reflect the current product. Lattice details are drawn from the public pages below, accessed 16 July 2026; pricing and features may have changed since.

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