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Employee Survey Software

Every survey you need - on one platform

Annual survey, pulse, onboarding, exit, eNPS, 360-degree feedback and the psychological risk assessment all run in the same system at Honestly: same question base, same channels, same analysis. You decide where to start.

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Leading brands across Europe trust Honestly

  • Teufel
  • Röhm
  • Helvetia
  • Tchibo
  • Vulkan
  • Elis

Sound familiar?

A different tool for every question

Today

What it costs

  • Today

    The annual survey sits with an agency, the pulse in a survey tool, the exit interview on paper

    What it costs

    No result can be compared with any other

  • Today

    Every survey brings its own questions, its own scales and its own way of reporting

    What it costs

    You cannot say whether anything improved - only what the latest reading was

  • Today

    Each tool needs its own data protection review and its own works council discussion

    What it costs

    The effort goes into the paperwork, not the results

At Honestly every survey type shares the same base: the same validated questions, the same participation channels, the same dashboards and the same data protection footing. Onboarding results can sit next to the annual survey.

The shared base

What applies to every survey

Validated templates - or your own questions

Every survey type starts from a reviewed template. Take it as it is, adjust the questions, or build your own from scratch.

  • The engagement and pulse questionnaires were developed with Freie Universität Berlin and validated in two studies

  • You set the anonymity threshold per survey, and a separate, higher threshold for open-text answers

  • Personal details in open answers are detected and masked automatically

"Create new survey" dialog with starting point, survey name and anonymity threshold
Validated survey question from the employee's perspective with a five-point answer scale

Reach everyone - whatever the survey type

The same channels are available to every survey, including for people without a company email address.

  • Email, the Engage app, Microsoft Teams, Slack, QR code or a personal access code

  • Open answers can be dictated on a phone instead of typed

  • Surveys and interface in 40 languages

Sentiment bubbles per topic with AI summary of open-text answers

One analysis for every survey

Results land in the same dashboards - which is why survey types and time periods can sit side by side.

  • The AI clusters open answers automatically and summarises them by topic, across languages

  • Recurring topics sit in a library and can be tracked across several surveys

  • Internal and external benchmarks put your scores in context

Initiatives board with drafts and defined measures

And it ends in a measure, not a report

Every action field turns into an initiative - in the same system as the results.

  • Owners, deadlines and progress per measure, linked to the question it came from

  • The AI suggests fitting measures and knows the context of your organisation

  • The next survey shows whether the measure worked

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Which survey fits your question?

The types differ in occasion, frequency and length - not in the technology underneath. Start them individually and combine them freely.

The big picture

How is the organisation doing?

Moments in working life

What happens at the turning points of a career.

Compliance and special cases

What the law requires and more

All attributes side by side

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Survey When to use How often Length Who takes part
Annual Survey The full picture rather than a snapshot - the depth a pulse survey cannot give you. When to use:Baseline, goal setting for the year, evidence for the leadership team How often:once a year Length:72 questions Who takes part:entire workforce
Pulse Survey Tracks movement rather than causes - it shows that something shifted, not why. When to use:Between annual surveys, after measures, during change How often:weekly to monthly Length:15 questions, under 3 minutes Who takes part:entire workforce or single areas
eNPS A metric, not a diagnosis - it tells you whether, not why. When to use:Quick read on sentiment, a running metric for leadership How often:monthly to quarterly Length:1 question plus open text, under 60 seconds Who takes part:entire workforce
Onboarding Survey Runs automatically per person instead of for everyone at once. When to use:Automatically after the start date - typically after one week, one and three months How often:event-driven per new hire Length:31 questions Who takes part:new joiners in their first months
Exit Survey The only survey that captures reasons once the decision has already been made. When to use:On departure, to capture reasons for leaving systematically How often:event-driven per leaver Length:28 questions Who takes part:departing employees
Leadership Survey The outside view on leadership only - 360 degrees adds self-perception and peers. When to use:Leadership development, after training, when results stand out How often:once or twice a year Length:26 questions Who takes part:employees rate their direct manager
360° Feedback Assesses people rather than the organisation - the only survey with a self-versus-others gap. When to use:Individual development, talent management, succession planning How often:as needed, usually once a year per person Length:33 items in 7 sections, 13 competency dimensions Who takes part:individuals and the people around them
Psychological Risk Assessment The only survey that fulfils a legal duty and is documented for audit. When to use:Legal obligation under the German Occupational Safety Act How often:at regular intervals Length:26 questions Who takes part:entire workforce, evaluated per area of activity
Custom Surveys No fixed concept - but every question you cannot ask anywhere else. When to use:Transformation, site-specific questions, event feedback, ad-hoc topics How often:free, one-off or recurring Length:assembled freely from templates and the question library Who takes part:any employee segment you choose

Customer stories

Companies running more than one survey type

  • Reaching every employee - worldwide

    With Honestly, we can run global surveys on all kinds of topics quickly, easily and anonymously - and we reach every employee.
    Anna-Sophie Anna-Sophie HR Expert Development | Tchibo GmbH Tchibo

  • First results in under 24 hours

    It took less than 24 hours to get the product up and running and receive the first results. That was truly a success. We had found the solution that was a perfect fit for us.
    Paul Kittel Paul Kittel CHRO | ROM AG ROM AG

  • Employee surveys, solved simply

    With Honestly, we solved the topic of employee surveys at Lautsprecher Teufel - and in a simple way.
    Jannis Tsalikis Jannis Tsalikis General Manager HR | Lautsprecher Teufel Lautsprecher Teufel

The platform underneath every survey

Whichever type you run, the same capabilities sit beneath it.

Product overview

Common questions about employee surveys with Honestly

  • Which survey should we start with?

    If you have no baseline yet, start with the annual survey: it gives you the full picture everything else can be measured against. If an annual survey already runs and the results go stale too quickly, the pulse survey is the next step. Where a legal obligation applies, the psychological risk assessment takes priority.

  • Can we run several survey types in parallel?

    Yes. All types run on the same platform and share employee data, roles, channels and dashboards. A common setup is an annual survey as the baseline, quarterly pulse surveys alongside it, and event-driven onboarding and exit surveys that start automatically with joiners and leavers.

  • How anonymous are the answers?

    Results only become visible once enough answers are in - the threshold is five answers per group by default and can be adjusted per survey, with a higher threshold available for open-text answers. Personal details in open answers are masked automatically. This applies to administrators as well. Honestly is ISO 27001 certified, GDPR compliant and hosted in Germany.

  • What does the anonymity threshold mean for small teams?

    If a group has fewer answers than the threshold requires, its results are not reported separately - they only appear within the next larger unit. This mainly affects small departments as well as onboarding and exit surveys with few cases per period. During planning we agree with you on the level at which results are evaluated.

  • How long does it take to run the first survey?

    The survey itself is ready in minutes using a template. In practice the timeline is set by the employee data import, internal communication and - where one exists - the works council. On request our experts guide the whole project, see Full-Service.

  • Are the questionnaires scientifically grounded?

    The engagement and pulse questionnaires implement the Job-Demands-Resources model and were validated in two studies together with the diagnostics department of Freie Universität Berlin. More under scientifically validated employee surveys.

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