Looking for a Cascade Alternative?
Loach is the planning-first OKR tool for startups and scale-ups. Free for your first 5 users, no sales call required, and a fraction of Cascade's enterprise pricing.
Free forever up to 5 users. No credit card required.
Why Teams Look for a Cascade Alternative
Cascade is a powerful platform — but it's built for enterprise organizations, not early-stage teams.
Cascade doesn't publish pricing publicly. Getting a quote means a sales conversation, an evaluation process, and typically committing to a paid tier estimated at $35–50/user/month. Loach is publicly priced and free to start.
Cascade's free tier supports only 2 users — not enough for any real team to evaluate meaningfully. Loach is free for up to 5 users with no time limit, covering most founding teams.
Cascade is built for mid-market and enterprise organizations. Onboarding typically involves a sales process, kickoff calls, and configuration overhead. Loach is designed to be fully functional in under 30 minutes.
Cascade covers the full strategy lifecycle — focus areas, balanced scorecards, KPI libraries, AI drift detection. Startups don't need all of that. Loach gives you OKRs and weekly planning without the enterprise overhead.
How Loach Is Different
Built for teams that want to execute on OKRs, not manage enterprise strategy.
Cascade's free tier supports only 2 users and requires a sales call for paid plans. Loach is free for up to 5 users and publicly priced — a 10-person team pays €29.90/month.
Sign up, invite your team, create your first OKRs. No demo required, no sales call, no vendor-led onboarding program. Start free and upgrade only when you grow past 5 users.
Loach connects quarterly OKRs to weekly priorities. Every week, your team creates a plan tied to Key Results — making it clear what's getting worked on and what's blocking progress.
No implementation consultant, no onboarding calls, no configuration overhead. Sign up, use guided templates to write your first OKRs, and invite your team — all in the same session.
Loach vs Cascade at a Glance
| Feature | Loach | Cascade |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | First 5 users free forever | Free for 2 users only |
| Pricing transparency | Publicly listed at €2.99/user/month | Opaque — sales call required |
| Pricing (10 users) | €29.90/month | ~$350–500/month (estimated) |
| Weekly planning workflow | ||
| Setup time | < 30 minutes | Weeks (sales + onboarding) |
| Slack integration | ||
| AI insights |
Pricing Comparison
€0
for up to 5 users, forever
€2.99/user/month
after 5 users, no minimum
- 10 users: €29.90/month
- No sales call to start
- No credit card to sign up
$0
limited free tier (2 users only)
~$35–50/user/month (estimated)
opaque pricing — requires sales call
- 10 users: ~$350–500/month
- Requires sales conversation
- Free tier limited to 2 users
Switching Takes Less Than a Day
No implementation consultant needed. Most teams are up and running in under an hour.
Sign up free
Create your Loach account in seconds. No sales call, no demo, no minimum users. Free for up to 5 users forever.
Set up your OKRs
Use guided templates to create your first Objectives and Key Results. No configuration overhead — just clear goals in a clean interface.
Run your first weekly plan
Invite your team and kick off your first weekly planning session. OKRs drive this week's priorities from day one.
Frequently Asked Questions
OKRs Without the Enterprise Overhead
Free for up to 5 users. No sales call, no vendor onboarding. Set up your first OKRs today.