Name: Hivel - Software Engineering Productivity Tool
Brand: Hivel
Rating: 4.8 (70 reviews)

Four Reasons Engineering Leaders are Making the Switch to Hivel

What Hivel does Differently

Show Real AI Impact, Not Just Activity

LinearB tells you if developers are using AI tools. Hivel tells you whether those tools are actually improving your team's speed, quality, and throughput.

Hivel connects AI adoption data directly to your engineering KPIs, giving you a clear, defensible answer when leadership asks: "Is our AI investment paying off?"

That's the number your board is asking for and hasn't been able to get until now.

With Hivel, you don't get a platform and a knowledge base. You get a DevEx engineering partner.

Our DevEx engineers acts as an extended team and provides curated insights report based on your engineering KPIs. They're available 24/7 when it matters.

LinearB leaves the interpretation to you. Hivel does it with you.

A Dedicated DevEx Partner, Not Just a Dashboard

30–40% Lower TCO Than LinearB

The difference between $58/seat and $35/seat compounds fast.

For a 500-person engineering team, that's $138,000 saved every year on platform cost alone.

Simple, predictable per-contributor pricing with no add-ons required.

LinearB is built around a narrow set of metrics. Hivel gives you the full picture.

With Hivel, see where effort is actually going, balance deep work with meetings, and support your team’s health. All backed by Lucy: an AI agent that turns complex data into instant, plain-English insights.

LinearB dumps data. Hivel provides actionable insights.

Metrics That Go Beyond DORA & SPACE

The Freshworks Story

"We evaluated other comparable tools, but none were comprehensive enough."

How an $800M NASDAQ-listed Company Proved AI Impact

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The Problem

Limited AI impact visibility for an org with 1500+ devs distributed globally across multiple products & teams

Solution Offered

A single pane of visibility (AI and non-AI) showcasing engineering productivity & efficiency.

Outcomes Achieved

10%

Improvement in Time-to-Market

50%

Reduction in Rework & Maintenance

20%-25%

Boost in Features Released

8%-10%

Reduction in Review Time

What Leaders Say About Hivel

Vaibhav Bansal

V.P. Engineering

"Hivel has been phenomenal in helping us present our progress to leadership. Its insights into leading indicators have empowered our team leads to enhance review efficiency and ship features faster. Now, we are able to show the impact of our process changes, clearly identify areas of opportunity, and bring in a data-driven culture without spending time pulling manual reports."

Murali Swaminathan

Chief Technology Officer

“We were looking for a unique solution to understand engineering productivity and efficiency, with a single tool that could give leaders complete visibility. We evaluated other comparable tools, but none were comprehensive enough. When we came across Hivel, it checked all the boxes for measuring developer productivity across both AI and non-AI workflows.”

Derek Mackie

Director of Engineering

"Using Hivel shone a light on the non-standard aspects of our work, emphasizing the need for crucial adjustments. The insights from Hivel helped us recognize areas for improvement, particularly in managing cycle times and streamlining development workflows. This guidance has been instrumental in our efforts to enhance operational efficiency and productivity."

Leonardo Pinheiro Ferrari

Chief Technology Officer

"Thanks to Hivel, we've seen a staggering 157% improvement in our deployment frequency. By identifying and addressing inefficiencies, and adopting best practices, we've significantly accelerated our progress. Hivel has been instrumental in our journey to operational excellence."

Chris Callander

Senior Engineering Manager

"Hivel has been instrumental in identifying areas for enhancement and guiding our strategic improvements. It has significantly contributed to our journey toward greater operational efficiency. The Activity and Dev360 features in Hivel have been particularly valuable for providing feedback to engineers during 1-1's, enhancing our communication and development practices."

Shiro Theuri

Chief Technology Officer

"Before Hivel, understanding our engineering team's dynamics was a game of guesswork. Now, with Hivel's clear dashboards and insights, our leaders have the clarity and time-saving tools they need to excel. It's been transformative in streamlining our operations."

Koti Reddy

Chief Technology Officer

"Incorporating Hivel into our daily operations has been a game-changer. It's not just a tool; it's a part of our strategic decision-making process, trusted by our leaders at every level. The impact on our engineering efficiency is undeniable and deeply valued."

Manoj Awasthi

Chief Technology Officer

"It has been great to partner with Hivel to get access to insights that help leaders at all levels gain visibility into bottlenecks and challenges that the teams face, build actionable plan to resolve them and track the progress over time. And thanks for the fantastic support!"

Paras Sood

Associate Director

"Hivel's insights have been pivotal in refining our engineering processes, elevating both efficiency and the developer experience. We're now making smarter decisions, faster, thanks to Hivel."

Frequently asked questions

Our team is 500+ devs. Does the per-contributor price stay flat at scale?

Yes. $35/dev regardless of team size. For a 500-person eng team that means a predictable $210,000/year and the savings vs. $58/dev alternatives only compound as you grow.

What does the free plan actually include?

The free plan gives you access to core engineering metrics so you can see Hivel working with your actual data before committing. When you are ready for dedicated DevEx support, curated insights reports, and full AI impact tracking, that is when you upgrade.

We already track DORA metrics. What does Hivel add?

On top of DORA, you get the SPACE framework for a more complete picture of engineering health, an Investment Profile showing exactly where effort is going, Meeting Time Analysis, Quadrant Performance View, and an AI-powered insights chatbot you can query in plain language.

How exactly does Hivel measure AI impact?

Most tools report vanity metrics like suggestions accepted count. Hivel goes further. We correlate AI tool adoption data, from Copilot, Cursor, and Claude directly with your engineering KPIs: cycle time, throughput, deployment frequency, and code quality signals. That correlation is what turns "our developers are using AI" into "our AI investment reduced cycle time by X% for teams that adopted it vs. those that did not." That is the number your board is asking for.

What does the DevEx partner actually do?

Your dedicated DevEx engineer is an ongoing part of your Hivel experience. They audit your data hygiene and tool setup, surface insights your team might not have time to find, and deliver a curated insights report on a regular cadence. They are available 24/7 and they understand engineering orgs, not just the platform. Think of them less as support and more as an embedded engineering intelligence analyst.

Does Hivel work for teams that don't yet have an AI coding tool in place?

Absolutely. AI impact measurement is one part of what Hivel does, not a requirement for getting value from it. Teams use Hivel to understand DORA and SPACE metrics, optimize meeting load, identify bottlenecks, and give engineers clearer performance feedback, all before any AI tooling is in place. When you do adopt Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code or something else, Hivel is already instrumented and ready to measure the impact from day one.

The LinearB alternative for engineering leaders who need insights, not dashboards

Four Reasons Engineering Leaders are Making the Switch to Hivel

Show Real AI Impact, Not Just Activity

A Dedicated DevEx Partner, Not Just a Dashboard

30–40% Lower TCO Than LinearB

Metrics That Go Beyond DORA & SPACE

Join 1,000+ Engineering Teams

Ship at High Velocity Without Sacrificing Quality

"We evaluated other comparable tools, but none were comprehensive enough."