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Explorance Blue

byExplorance
in Voice of the Employee Solutions
4.5

Overview

Product Information on Explorance Blue

Updated 28th July 2025

What is Explorance Blue?

Explorance Blue is a feedback analytics platform designed to help organizations gather, analyze, and act on employee feedback. It enables HR leaders to conduct a wide range of feedback activities, including employee engagement surveys, employee experience surveys, 360 Degree Feedback, and more. Adaptable to both organization-wide initiatives and team-specific needs, Explorance Blue integrates with existing HR systems, simplifying data management and supporting survey participation. Its analytics capabilities transform raw feedback into clear insights to support data-driven decisions and workplace culture development.

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IT Associate
30B + USD, Finance (non-banking)
FAVORABLE

“Effective Support and Partnerships, Yet Challenges with API and Reporting Remain”

4.0
Mar 24, 2026
Explorance Blue has been a strong fit for running our large, structured annual review process and supporting different user populations. We've had positive experiences with their customer support and also have benefited from regular partnership touchpoints and roadmap discussions. Overall, the platform is reliable for our core use case but integration, automation, and configurability still have room to mature.
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Company Description

Updated 28th July 2025

Explorance is a software company that develops feedback analytics solutions to help organizations improve employee engagement, retention, and performance. Explorance offers products such as Blue, Metrics That Matter, BlueX, and MLY to support data collection and insight generation. Founded in 2003, Explorance serves clients in corporate, education, and government sectors. The company's mission is to empower organizations to make meaningful decisions through feedback that supports purpose, impact, and continuous improvement.

Company Details

Updated 28th July 2025
Company type
Private
Year Founded
2003
Head office location
Montreal, Canada
Number of employees
201 - 500
Website
http://www.explorance.com

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    Finance (non-banking)
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    Effective Support and Partnerships, Yet Challenges with API and Reporting Remain

    4.0
    Mar 24, 2026
    Explorance Blue has been a strong fit for running our large, structured annual review process and supporting different user populations. We've had positive experiences with their customer support and also have benefited from regular partnership touchpoints and roadmap discussions. Overall, the platform is reliable for our core use case but integration, automation, and configurability still have room to mature.
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    Customizability Praised While Some Formatting Challenges Persist With Explorance Blue

    5.0
    Feb 2, 2026
    We have used Explorance Blue for many years. The site has worked seamlessly 99% of the time and Customer Support is always helpful and quick to respond.
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Reviewer Insights for: Explorance Blue

Explorance Blue Likes & Dislikes

Like

1. Willingness to engage on roadmap and specific use case needs 2. Openness to product enhancement requests 3. Effective for structured, large-scale feedback cycles

Like

1) Responsiveness of anyone at Explorance Blue. 2) Product is easy to use and implement. 3) Product is customizable to fit our needs and our client's needs.

Dislike

1. API limitations (SOAP vs REST) 2. Reduced UI customization in newer versions 3. Reporting configurations and refresh efficiency

Dislike

1) Sometimes HTML coding is not recognized in customs paragraphs / text. This may be corrected from Blue 8 to Blue 9. 2) Ability to customize report cover or add contact details / email to report last page. 3) Sometimes, report page breaks leave a blank page in report.