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Mentorloop vs Art of Mentoring
We’ll break down Mentorloop vs. Art of Mentoring across key factors to help you decide which platform best meets your organization’s needs.
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Why Organizations Choose Mentorloop
If you don’t want to read the whole article, here are the three main reasons why organizations choose Mentorloop over Art of Mentoring:
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Pricing
Mentorloop is transparent about pricing
Pricing transparency is crucial when choosing a mentoring platform. While Art of Mentoring does not publicly disclose its pricing, Mentorloop provides clear, affordable plans:
- Pro: Starts at $299/month
- Enterprise: Starts at $1,298/month
But that doesn’t mean you get less. In fact, with Mentorloop, you get more features at a fraction of the cost, making it a better choice for organizations of all sizes.
User Experience
Better and more accessible with Mentorloop
Mobile Access
For organizations that prioritize accessibility—whether they’re communities, universities, industry associations, or large enterprises with dispersed teams—Art of Mentoring’s lack of a mobile app can be a drawback.
Without mobile access, users who spend long hours away from a computer, such as those working on ships, in hospitals, or in on-site roles, may struggle to stay engaged in their mentoring program. Mentorloop solves this with a dedicated mobile app for both Apple & Android, ensuring that every participant can easily connect, no matter where they are.
User Experience
Designed with ease of use in mind, Mentorloop’s clean, user-friendly dashboard allows program coordinators to effortlessly set up and manage mentoring programs, track key metrics, and facilitate meaningful connections. Participants benefit from a seamless onboarding experience, clear navigation, and powerful features like goals setting, scheduling mentoring meetings, and accessing guidance throught their mentoring journey—all within a beautifully designed and responsive interface.
In contrast, Art of Mentoring’s UI feels more rigid and lacking in the fluidity and efficiency that modern users expect. Its interface can be less intuitive, requiring more manual effort from coordinators to manage pairings and track progress.
Mentorloop’s user interface stands out as a superior experience compared to Art of Mentoring, offering a more intuitive, modern, and engaging platform for both program coordinators and participants.
Mentoring Matches
Smarter, more equitable pairings with Mentorloop
Both platforms offer manual and algorithm-based matching, but Mentorloop takes it a step further by ensuring equitable distribution of match quality across an entire cohort.
Instead of a ranking-based system where top-scoring participants get the best matches (potentially leaving others with significantly weaker pairings), Mentorloop’s customizable and equitable smart matching algorithm ensures that all participants receive strong, meaningful connections—improving engagement and program success.
Another thing to note is that Art of Mentoring charges per mentoring pair. At Mentorloop, we don’t believe in charging multiple mentoring connections. So if some of your mentors decides they can take on 3 mentees, and some mentees decide to have 2 mentors in the same program, we won’t ever charge extra for that.
So if you’re looking for a platform that prioritizes and optimizes engagement through fair, data-driven pairings, Mentorloop is the superior choice.
| Art of Mentoring | Mentorloop | |
| Matching Types | Side by side manual matching | Self Match |
| Matching Algorithm | Yes, but without a specific emphasis on cohort-wide equitability | ✅ Customizable equitable matching algorithm—Mentorloop’s smart matching algorithm ensures equitable, high-quality matches across your entire cohort, optimizing compatibility and engagement while ensuring a balanced distribution of match compatibility. (Smart Match is fully bespoke with Mentorloop Enterprise) |
Feedback and Analytics
Real-time insights with Mentorloop
Mentorloop provides real-time sentiment data and post-meeting feedback, directly integrated with email, Slack, and Teams, making it easy to track program health without additional effort. Mentorloop’s Sentiment Feedback Analysis System also allows administrators to gauge how participants feel about their mentoring relationships in real time, enabling proactive support and adjustments. This, combined with intuitive, visually rich reports, makes it easy to track engagement, measure success, and demonstrate ROI.
In contrast, Art of Mentoring lacks the same level of real-time sentiment analysis and dynamic reporting. Its feedback mechanisms are more static, requiring coordinators to rely on periodic surveys rather than continuous insights. Mentorloop’s powerful analytics and user-friendly dashboards ensure program managers always have a clear, data-driven view of performance, making it the smarter choice for organizations that value actionable feedback and impact measurement.
Overall, Mentorloop outshines Art of Mentoring when it comes to feedback and analytics, offering real-time sentiment data and beautifully designed reports that give coordinators deeper insights into their program’s impact.
| Art of Mentoring | Mentorloop | |
| Feedback Collection | Smart surveys | ✅ Sentiment tracking (Real-time engagement insights) ✅ Post-meeting and mentoring quality feedback captured in the tools you already use, via email, Slack, or Teams—seamlessly integrating feedback collection into your ecosystem. |
| Reporting & Analytics | Program reports | ✅ Live Dashboard (with actionable Insights) |
Momentum Management
Rigid and time-based vs seamless and behavior-based
Engagement Tools
Art of Mentoring’s approach to momentum management relies on a structured timeline, where automated communications are triggered at fixed dates and milestones. While this ensures that participants receive timely reminders and prompts, it lacks flexibility in responding to actual engagement levels.
This rigidity can be limiting, especially for always-on mentoring programs where participants start at different times and progress at their own pace. A one-size-fits-all schedule may not accommodate the varying needs of mentors and mentees, leading to disengagement if messages aren’t aligned with their actual experience in the program.
In contrast, Mentorloop’s behavior-based Nudges and Milestones take a more dynamic and personalized approach. Instead of relying solely on preset timelines, Mentorloop triggers adaptive reminders and prompts based on participant actions—or inaction. If a mentor hasn’t reached out in a while or a mentee has yet to set a meeting, Mentorloop gently encourages them to take the next step.
This ensures that mentoring relationships remain active and supported without unnecessary manual intervention from program coordinators. By tailoring engagement to individual behavior rather than rigid schedules, Mentorloop’s approach is better suited to modern, flexible mentoring programs that need to accommodate a variety of participant journeys.
Integrations
Mentorloop offers the best calendar integration in the business. It allows participants to set their availability, see their mentoring partner’s availability, and schedule one-time or recurring mentoring meetings. This makes it easier for participants to set up and maintain their mentoring sessions without switching between multiple tools or having lengthy back-and-forths with their mentor or mentee to try to find mutually suitable meeting times.
| Art of Mentoring | Mentorloop | |
| Momentum Management | Visually represented timing of key activities in the program (milestones, events, expected actions). Dates are used to trigger comms, surveys, etc. Tailored or templated automated communication options | Proactive, behavior-based engagement tools ✅ Nudges ✅ Milestones ✅ Multi-channel notifications (including Slack) ✅ Goal setting and tracking |
| Integrations | Zoom Teams Skype | Calendars: |
Making mentoring as accessible as possible to as many people as possible is at the core of why we do what we do here at Mentorloop. So if this is also a priority for you and your organization, Mentorloop is the obvious choice.
Support & Resources
Mentorloop gives you more at no extra cost
At Mentorloop, we take pride in providing best-in-class customer support—going beyond what’s typically expected from a mentoring software provider. So a key difference between the platforms is the availability of resources and training.
Art of Mentoring offers fully customizable mentoring courses, but these are an add-on cost ($1500, excluding in-house training expenses). In contrast, Mentorloop includes best-in-class training resources—including the Mentor & Mentee Academy and a Program Coordinator Academy—at no additional cost.
Alongside these resources, Mentorloop’s Customer Success team hosts monthly bitesized training sessions for Program Coordinators—giving even Pro-tier users direct access to expert guidance and the opportunity to ask questions about their programs.
Many providers, including Art of Mentoring, limit support at the entry level to just email and a Help Center. And while both platforms follow a tiered support model, Mentorloop delivers significantly more value—even for Pro users.
For Enterprise customers, both Mentorloop and Art of Mentoring provide dedicated Customer Success Managers. However, Mentorloop’s Enterprise support goes further, including:
✅ A personalized onboarding call
✅ Program Coordinator training
✅ Pre-launch check-ins
✅ A participant kick-off session
✅ Ongoing program reviews and strategy sessions
With Mentorloop, you’re not just getting a mentoring platform—you’re getting a true partner in mentoring success, regardless of what you pay.
Community & Social Impact
B Corp Certified
One of the key differentiators between Mentorloop and Art of Mentoring is Mentorloop’s commitment to social impact and social good.
Mentorloop is a certified B Corporation, meaning it meets the highest standards for social and environmental responsibility. This commitment is reflected in our Community Support Program which provides discounted access for charities, nonprofits, and community organizations—ensuring mentoring remains accessible to those who need it most.
Art of Mentoring does not currently offer any specific social impact programs or sustainability certifications.
If your organization is a nonprofit or community group looking to scale mentoring without a hefty price tag, Mentorloop’s Community Support Program makes it the clear choice.
Who is each platform best for?
Art of Mentoring
- Organizations that prefer a highly consultative, hands-on approach (though this comes at a higher cost)
- Those looking for fully customizable mentoring courses as a paid add-on
- Companies that prioritize time-based program management over behavioral tracking
Mentorloop
- Organizations of all sizes looking for cost-effective mentoring
- Teams that want automated, real-time feedback and insights
- Companies that prioritize equitable, data-driven matching
- Organizations that need mobile access, strong integrations, and ongoing support
Final Verdict
Mentorloop is the smarter choice
While both Mentorloop and Art of Mentoring offer solid mentoring solutions, Mentorloop provides greater flexibility, accessibility, and value. With equitable matching, automated feedback, a mobile app, and industry-leading integrations, it’s the clear choice for organizations looking to maximize engagement and impact without breaking the budget.
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Mentorloop vs Art of Mentoring
Comprehensive Comparison Table
Who is it for?
Corporates or organizations needing highly consultative mentoring services
✅ Built with all organizations in mind—workplaces, member associations, communities, universities, and government.
Pricing
❌ No public information
From $299/month Professional
From $1298/month Enterprise
Access
❌ No mobile app—desktop only
✅ Desktop
✅ Mobile App (Apple & Android)
Mentoring Types
Traditional 1:1
Group
Peer
Flash
Traditional 1:1
Group
Peer
Reverse
Flash
Matching Types
Side-by-side manual matching
Algorithmic matching
Self-Match (mentor or mentee-led)
Manual Match (coordinator-led)
Blended Matching
Smart Match (algorithmic matching)
Matching Algorithm
Yes, however without a specific emphasis on cohort-wide equitability.
✅ Customizable equitable matching algorithm—Mentorloop’s smart matching algorithm ensures equitable, high-quality matches across your entire cohort, optimizing compatibility and engagement while ensuring a balanced distribution of match compatibility.
(Smart Match is fully bespoke with Mentorloop Enterprise)
Feedback Collection
Smart surveys
✅ Sentiment tracking
(Real-time engagement insights)
✅ Automated monthly reports
✅ Actionable insights
✅ Post-meeting and mentoring quality feedback captured in the tools you already use, via email, Slack, or Teams—seamlessly integrating feedback collection into your ecosystem.
Multi-Lingual Programs
English
French
German
Portugese
Spanish
✅ Included
English
Simplified Chinese
Spanish
French
Lithuanian
and more
User-friendly Interface
Reporting & Analytics
Program health reports
Organizational progress reports
✅ Live Dashboard
(with actionable Insights)
✅ Real-time Sentiment data
✅ Program health and participant data reports
✅ Reports exports
✅ Monthly digests
AI Tools
N/A
✅ Privacy-first use of AI: Mentorloop generates agendas via data from meeting notes without feeding your participants’ personal data (in their social media, profiles, or resumes) to AI
Momentum Management
Visually represented timing of key activities (milestones, events, expected actions)
Date-triggered comms, surveys, etc.
Tailored or templated automated communication options
Proactive, behaviour-based engagement tools:
✅ Nudges
✅ Milestones
✅ Multi-channel notifications
(including Slack)
✅ Goal setting and tracking
Admin
❌ No public information
Guided DIY setup with Program Themes
Multi-program capability (with Enterprise)
Promotion & Launch Support
❌ No public information
Ready-to-use media kit for program coordinators
*Live launch webinars
*on Mentorloop Enterprise
Single Sign On
& Social Sign On
Only SSO Available
✅ Both available, including:
Okta
Microsoft Active Directory
Google
LinkedIn
Integrations
Meetings & Communication:
Microsoft Teams
Zoom
Skype
Meetings & Communication:
Zoom
Microsoft Teams
Slack
Email
HRIS:
Oracle
Bob
Employment Hero
Rippling
ELMO
UKG
Calendars:
Google Calendar
Office 365
Apple Calendar
Microsoft Exchange
Outlook
LMS:
LinkedIn Learning
Go1
UKG
Productivity:
Workplace
Microsoft Graph
Monday.com
CRM:
HubSpot
Salesforce
ZOHO
Support & Resources
Knowledge Base
Online
*Customer Service Manager
Fully customizable mentoring courses
($1500 add-on)
HelpHub
Email
Participant Academy
Mentor and Mentee Training
Program Coordinator Academy
Monthly Bitesized Training
*Customer Service Manager
Participant Academy
Mentor and Mentee Training
Program Coordinator Academy
Monthly Bitesized Training
*Customer Service Manager
*on Mentorloop Enterprise
G2 Rating
Not in the Top 50
#1 in Mentoring
Sustainability & Community Support
N/A
Mentorloop has been a B Corp since its inception in 2016 and is committed to using business as a force for good
Mentorloop’s Community Support Program has ensured over $500,000 has stayed in the community, giving thousands of individuals around the world access to mentoring connections.
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Real, qualified, customer reviews on G2:
Learning and Performance Partner Mentorloop has truly elevated my experience managing our mentoring program at Informa.
From the start, I’ve been impressed by how easy it is to use—both for admins and for our mentors and mentees. The implementation was seamless, and the features and integrations make it effortless to keep everything running smoothly.
What really sets Mentorloop apart, though, is the outstanding customer support.
Overall, Mentorloop has been a fantastic tool, and I couldn’t be happier.
From the start, I’ve been impressed by how easy it is to use—both for admins and for our mentors and mentees. The implementation was seamless, and the features and integrations make it effortless to keep everything running smoothly.
What really sets Mentorloop apart, though, is the outstanding customer support.
Overall, Mentorloop has been a fantastic tool, and I couldn’t be happier.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Director Mentorloop and their team are top notch!
While the Mentorloop platform is extremely detailed and provides unique insights, it's also user-friendly!
The team at Mentorloop treated us like we were the most important client they had.
Super easy to get started once we made our choice!
While the Mentorloop platform is extremely detailed and provides unique insights, it's also user-friendly!
The team at Mentorloop treated us like we were the most important client they had.
Super easy to get started once we made our choice!
Mentorloop has revolutionized how we run our programming.
The matching algorithm, calendar integration, loop management, and data analysis are my favorite features.
They are extremely responsive, supportive, and knowledgeable.
Mentorloop is helping us match mentors and mentees with their complex algorithm and making it easy for mentors and mentees to connect and communicate.
The matching algorithm, calendar integration, loop management, and data analysis are my favorite features.
They are extremely responsive, supportive, and knowledgeable.
Mentorloop is helping us match mentors and mentees with their complex algorithm and making it easy for mentors and mentees to connect and communicate.
Culture & Change Partner Great platform, easy to use with great data insights and backed by excellent client support.
Mentorloop allows us to run a large organisation-wide mentoring scheme with no administrative burden.
The platform is high quality and looks great. The dashboard gives you in depth insights and real time data so that you have all that you need at your fingertips to manage your scheme.
Finally, the customer service is excellent.
Mentorloop allows us to run a large organisation-wide mentoring scheme with no administrative burden.
The platform is high quality and looks great. The dashboard gives you in depth insights and real time data so that you have all that you need at your fingertips to manage your scheme.
Finally, the customer service is excellent.
Best mentoring tool in business.
Mentorloop has a user-friendly interface so it's very easy to use.
OLX has different departments & employees in different countries. Mentorloop is bridging that gap by proving platform to learn cross culture, nuance of different business.
[Mentorloop] also increased the likelihood of productive relationships and conversations.
Mentorloop has a user-friendly interface so it's very easy to use.
OLX has different departments & employees in different countries. Mentorloop is bridging that gap by proving platform to learn cross culture, nuance of different business.
[Mentorloop] also increased the likelihood of productive relationships and conversations.
Excellent Mentoring Engagement Solution
(I like) that it's intuitively designed, and is still simple. The participants register themselves, login to the platform, get matched to their mentor/ mentee via an algorithm, and get started. Quick, simple and easy.
(Mentorloop helps us) enable employees to connect across timezones and geographies, thereby enabling a better 'connect' and best practices exchange. The solution also helps us in retaining the employees and engage them better.
(I like) that it's intuitively designed, and is still simple. The participants register themselves, login to the platform, get matched to their mentor/ mentee via an algorithm, and get started. Quick, simple and easy.
(Mentorloop helps us) enable employees to connect across timezones and geographies, thereby enabling a better 'connect' and best practices exchange. The solution also helps us in retaining the employees and engage them better.
The platform is easy to use. It takes all the hard work out of running a mentoring program.
The feature I most appreciate is the automatic surveys, this allows me to keep an eye on the MQS and to gauge what the overall feeling of the program might be from the participants.
Mentorloop helps me run a worldwide mentoring program that is offered to more than 70,000 people at my company. I can be more productive and more efficient at my job thanks to Mentorloop.
The feature I most appreciate is the automatic surveys, this allows me to keep an eye on the MQS and to gauge what the overall feeling of the program might be from the participants.
Mentorloop helps me run a worldwide mentoring program that is offered to more than 70,000 people at my company. I can be more productive and more efficient at my job thanks to Mentorloop.
Excellent software, even better customer support.
The analytics are punchy, easy to understand, and overall helpful for creating, executing and tracking metrics for a mentorship program. The extra tools and resources are helpful for the participants. .
Additionally, Mentorloop's customer service is excellent
The analytics are punchy, easy to understand, and overall helpful for creating, executing and tracking metrics for a mentorship program. The extra tools and resources are helpful for the participants. .
Additionally, Mentorloop's customer service is excellent
The platform is easy to use and it's easy to access support from our Mentorloop manager.
We can easily pull numbers and statistics from the platform to manage who we should target campaigns to and we can manage the success of participants' matching through the backend very easily.
It is allowing us to have a great program with little overhead cost. Additionally, it has improved cross-discipline connections across our North and South American offices.
Our previous mentoring programs have all lost momentum until we adopted Mentorloop as our tool.
We can easily pull numbers and statistics from the platform to manage who we should target campaigns to and we can manage the success of participants' matching through the backend very easily.
It is allowing us to have a great program with little overhead cost. Additionally, it has improved cross-discipline connections across our North and South American offices.
Our previous mentoring programs have all lost momentum until we adopted Mentorloop as our tool.
Mentorloop makes everything super easy.
The best thing about using Mentorloop is it allows for everything to do with our mentoring program to be in one place. The sign-up, matching, building engagement, re-launching a program, all the data, and resources! The support from the team has also been excellent. Can't fault it!
Mentoring through Mentorloop allows us to create opportunities for people to learn from one another and share experiences, cultivate a sense of connection and community.
The best thing about using Mentorloop is it allows for everything to do with our mentoring program to be in one place. The sign-up, matching, building engagement, re-launching a program, all the data, and resources! The support from the team has also been excellent. Can't fault it!
Mentoring through Mentorloop allows us to create opportunities for people to learn from one another and share experiences, cultivate a sense of connection and community.
Excellent mentoring software.
Mentorloop is great for managing our large number of mentoring pairs, giving them support and managing their satisfaction. We have many different cohorts running at once and enables us to manage them easily.
It enables large numbers of mentees and mentors to meet and their relationships be managed and supported. This allows us to support our participants across the globe and reach more of our target audience.
Mentorloop is great for managing our large number of mentoring pairs, giving them support and managing their satisfaction. We have many different cohorts running at once and enables us to manage them easily.
It enables large numbers of mentees and mentors to meet and their relationships be managed and supported. This allows us to support our participants across the globe and reach more of our target audience.
Excellent program and software.
The ability to customize the Mentorloop sign-up form was the most beneficial to our constituents, creating meaningful Loops for them to grow with. The in-software features of goal setting, messaging, etc. have also been beneficial in guiding mentor/mentee pairings.
Mentorloop is constantly seeking feedback from each program and participants. Any suggestions I have given for improvements I feel have been taken into consideration!
The ability to customize the Mentorloop sign-up form was the most beneficial to our constituents, creating meaningful Loops for them to grow with. The in-software features of goal setting, messaging, etc. have also been beneficial in guiding mentor/mentee pairings.
Mentorloop is constantly seeking feedback from each program and participants. Any suggestions I have given for improvements I feel have been taken into consideration!
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