Orblit, Lemonbase, and CLAP Compared: What Is the Difference?
Dongyoung Kim, CPO
Lemonbase and CLAP are performance management suites that run reviews, goals, feedback, and one-on-ones in one place; Orblit 1on1 is a dedicated one-on-one tool focused on the one-on-one process and linked to goals and reviews. All three support one-on-ones, but their weight falls in different places, so choose by the problem your organization most needs to solve now.
What are Lemonbase, CLAP, and Orblit?
HR teams introducing one-on-ones as a company practice in Korea often compare Lemonbase, CLAP, and Orblit. All three support one-on-ones, but their weight falls in different places.
- Lemonbase is a performance management solution that covers everything from system design to operation. It offers multi-rater reviews and calibration, KPI, OKR, and MBO, 1:1 meetings, feedback, and surveys, along with diagnostics, consulting, and training.
- CLAP is an AI-based, customizable performance management solution. It is configured to run a company's own performance practices and connects feedback and one-on-ones through to reviews.
- Orblit 1on1 is a dedicated one-on-one tool. It focuses on preparation, notes, and follow-through for one-on-ones and on the leader's conversation habits, and links one-on-one notes to goals and reviews. HR can see one-on-one activity across the company, and it provides member reports and leader communication reports.
How do they compare?
| Criterion | Lemonbase | CLAP | Orblit 1on1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Focus | Performance management across reviews, goals, feedback, 1:1 meetings, and surveys | Customizable performance management fitted to the company's practices | One-on-one preparation, notes, and follow-through, leader conversation coaching, and links to goals and reviews |
| One-on-one features | AI meeting notes, recommended agendas, calendar integration | Question templates, meeting notes, a summary dashboard | Team member prep, suggested questions, recording-based notes with AI summaries, action items, cadence reminders |
| Conversation feedback for leaders and team members | - | - | AI leadership coaching analyzes speaking ratio and what the leader said |
| Pricing (monthly billing) | 10,000 KRW per person per month (6,000 KRW a month on annual billing) | 9,000 KRW per person per month (6,000 KRW a month on annual billing) | 8,000 KRW per member per month (about 6,700 KRW a month on annual billing) Basic plan free |
Where is each tool strong?
Lemonbase
Its strength is running reviews, goals, one-on-ones, feedback, and surveys in one system. It has review operations such as multi-rater reviews and calibration, and its AI review assistant finds evidence for reviews in 1:1 and feedback records. With diagnostics, consulting, and training as well, it suits organizations designing a performance system from the ground up.
CLAP
Its strength is customization that lets each company run its own review practices in the system as they are. Feedback, one-on-ones, and reviews connect in one flow, and AI summarizes accumulated feedback and one-on-one records to help prepare reviews. An enterprise plan with SSO login and in-house groupware integration suits organizations that want to keep an established review system while adopting software.
Orblit
Its strength is carrying each one-on-one from preparation through follow-through. Team members write prep in advance, leaders get tailored questions from past notes, and when the conversation is recorded, AI organizes it into a summary and action items. From the accumulated notes it provides member reports for each team member and leader communication reports, which suits organizations introducing one-on-ones for the first time and making them stick.
So which should you choose?
Look at Lemonbase or CLAP first if:
- You want to run performance management as a whole, including reviews, goals, and surveys, in one system
- You need advanced review operations such as multi-rater reviews and calibration
- You need the system to run your company's own review practices
Look at Orblit first if:
- You want to introduce one-on-ones in your organization
- You want leaders to focus on the conversation instead of writing down what was said
- You want to see leaders' conversation habits in data and coach them
- You want to start small, with one-on-ones, at no cost
Some organizations use both: reviews and goals in the performance suite they already use, and one-on-one preparation and notes in Orblit. A broader comparison of tool types is in How do you compare one-on-one meeting tools?, and the difference between one-on-ones and review conversations is in How is a one-on-one different from a performance review?.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Q.If we use Lemonbase or CLAP, do we need Orblit too?
- Not necessarily. If your suite's one-on-one features keep preparation, notes, and follow-through connected, keep using them. If leaders cannot focus because they are taking notes, or one-on-ones keep stalling, Orblit is worth considering alongside it.
- Q.How does pricing compare?
- On monthly billing, Lemonbase costs 10,000 KRW (6,000 KRW a month on annual billing), CLAP 9,000 KRW (6,000 KRW a month on annual billing), and Orblit's Business plan 8,000 KRW per person per month, and Orblit's Basic plan is free. Check each company's pricing page for annual discounts and conditions such as minimum seats.
ORBLIT
How Orblit helps
To make it easier to put this article into practice, Orblit helps in these ways.
01Focus on the conversation
Record the conversation and it is converted to text, with AI organizing key questions and answers, a summary, and action items.
02Prepared one-on-ones
Team members write prep in advance, and Orblit suggests tailored questions and a direction for the conversation from past notes.
03Check your own conversation habits
AI leadership coaching shows the speaking ratio of leader and team member and analyzes what the leader said to point out strengths and areas to improve.
04Start free
The Basic plan is free to start with no credit card and no minimum number of members.
05Through adoption
Diagnosis, Education, Coaching, and the three-month Orblit Momentum Program help one-on-ones take root in the organization.