Network Perspective
Employee monitoring software
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What is Network Perspective
Network Perspective is an organizational network analysis (ONA) and collaboration analytics product that helps companies understand how work happens across teams using digital collaboration metadata. It is used by HR, people analytics, and transformation leaders to analyze collaboration patterns, identify silos, and support organizational design and change initiatives. The product focuses on relationship and network signals (e.g., communication and meeting interactions) rather than screen capture or keystroke-level surveillance, and it typically integrates with common workplace tools such as email and calendaring systems.
Network-based work insights
The product emphasizes organizational network analysis to map collaboration patterns and informal structures. This supports use cases like identifying cross-team dependencies, bottlenecks, and isolated groups. Compared with activity-centric monitoring tools, it is oriented toward team and org-level diagnostics rather than individual productivity scoring.
Metadata-first monitoring approach
Network Perspective primarily uses collaboration metadata (who interacts with whom, frequency, and timing) instead of capturing content or recording screens. This can reduce the need to process sensitive message content and can simplify governance discussions. It also aligns better with change management and organizational effectiveness programs than with compliance-style surveillance.
People analytics and org design fit
The product is designed for HR and people analytics stakeholders who need evidence for organizational design, workforce planning, and transformation initiatives. It supports analyses such as team connectivity, collaboration load, and boundary spanning. This positioning differentiates it from time tracking and user-activity monitoring products that focus on individual utilization.
Not a classic UAM tool
Network Perspective is not primarily built for detailed user activity monitoring such as app/URL tracking, keystrokes, screenshots, or session recording. Organizations seeking granular evidence for investigations or strict compliance monitoring may need additional tooling. Buyers should validate whether its data granularity meets their monitoring requirements.
Depends on data integrations
The value of the analysis depends on access to collaboration-system data and the quality of those integrations. If key work happens in tools that are not connected, network graphs can be incomplete or biased. Integration scope and administrative permissions can also affect deployment timelines.
Interpretation and change effort required
ONA outputs require careful interpretation to avoid over-attributing causality from correlation (e.g., high connectivity does not always mean high performance). Effective use typically involves stakeholder alignment, privacy review, and change management to act on findings. Teams without people analytics capability may need services support to operationalize insights.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| DevEx Starter | $0 | Up to 50 respondents; battle-tested DevEx survey template; test it for free, no credit card required. |
| DevEx Teams | $6 per month per user (monthly) — Annual: Save 25% | Intra- and cross-team personalized reporting; internal benchmarks; follow-ups, trends & AI-guided actions; SSO & security controls; support & onboarding; API access & automated team naming (API/data-export features note: minimum contract size $9,000). 30-day trial, no credit card required. |
| Work Smart | Request a quote | Passive data collection & analysis (calendars, chats, emails); Organizational Network Analysis visualisations; privacy-first metadata (hashed identities); enterprise-grade security. |
| One-Team DevEx (Expert-Guided) | $900 one-time fee per program | 1h discovery meeting; DevEx survey snapshot (up to 50 people); AI-generated improvement insights; 1h expert results review and tailored improvement plan. |
| Multi-Team DevEx (Expert-Guided) | $5,000 one-time fee per program (starting at) | Tailored multi-team programme, quarterly team-level results, C-level views, ongoing expert review; listed as "starting at" $5,000. |
| DevEx & AI Workshop | $2,500 one-time fee per training | 2-hour online session on measuring & optimizing delivery for AI adoption; tailored action plan to prioritise next steps. |
