PushFar alternative
A PushFar alternative that takes the running off your team
PushFar gives you mentoring software for your team to run. We give you a mentoring team. We design your women’s mentoring or leadership programme with you, launch it in about 30 days and run it round after round, for around two to four hours of your team’s time per cohort.
If this is your brief
You’ve been asked to make a women’s programme work, with a team that’s already full.
These are the worries we hear from Heads of L&D, inclusion leads and People Directors before they choose a mentoring partner.
Your team’s time
Matching, chasing quiet pairs, rematching, answering questions and building reports take far more hours than anyone budgets for. With self-run software, those hours land on your team.
What we do
We run the programme day to day. Your part is around two to four hours per cohort: agreeing the goals, inviting your people and reading the report.
Pairs that never really start
Sign-ups are the easy part. The risk is month two, when pairs stop meeting and nobody notices until the end-of-round survey.
What we do
Each person is proposed one match, chosen from 47+ compatibility factors, and both people approve it, so every pair starts with a yes. Rounds last three months. When a pair goes quiet, we’re the ones who notice and get in touch.
Something real to show the board
Your People Director will ask what changed. A count of sign-ups won’t answer that.
What we do
At the end of every round we prepare the report with you: who took part, whether pairs met, how they rated their match and what changed for them, told through numbers and participants’ own words. Across our programmes, the success rate for mentorship quality is 93%.
Getting it right for women
Poor matches, the same few senior women asked to mentor again and again, a programme that feels like a box ticked. People notice quickly.
What we do
OneUpOneDown was built for women’s mentoring. We match near-peers, a few steps apart, so more women can mentor and be mentored at once, and the load doesn’t fall on a handful of senior leaders.
Who runs it
Your mentoring expertise team, from the first conversation to the last report.
With OneUpOneDown you get the platform and the people who run the programme on it. We design it with you, launch it, and run it round after round.
We onboard your participants and answer their questions. We propose every match. We keep an eye on every pair: whether they’ve met, how it’s going, and what to do when it isn’t. At the end of each round we gather the feedback and prepare the report you take to your board.
That’s a different job from an account manager checking in once a quarter, and a different job from software your team has to learn. Your team’s part comes to around two to four hours per cohort.
Mentoring is personal for us. OneUpOneDown began in 2019 with a single match, when Dzhuliana signed up as a mentee and was paired with Natalie. That match became the company.
Side by side
OneUpOneDown and PushFar, on the things you’ll be judged on.
Both give you a branded platform with matching and reporting. What changes is who does the work once it’s live.
| Compared on | OneUpOneDown | PushFar |
|---|---|---|
| Who designs the programme | OneUpOneDownWe design it with you: who it’s for, how people are matched and how you’ll measure it | PushFarYour team, using PushFar’s templates, with programme design support from its customer success team |
| Who runs it day to day | OneUpOneDownOur team: onboarding, matching, support for every pair, rematching | PushFarYour programme administrators, on the platform |
| Software your team has to learn | OneUpOneDownNone. We run the platform for you | PushFarThe PushFar admin platform, with training provided |
| Your team’s time | OneUpOneDownAround 2 to 4 hours per cohort | PushFarDepends on how much of the running your team takes on |
| How matches are made | OneUpOneDownOne match proposed at a time from 47+ compatibility factors, approved by both people | PushFarRecommended matches participants choose from, or matching controlled by your admins |
| When a pair goes quiet | OneUpOneDownWe notice, get in touch and rematch if needed | PushFarEngagement dashboards for your team to act on |
| Board reporting | OneUpOneDownPrepared with you at the end of every round, with numbers and stories | PushFarReporting dashboards your team builds the report from |
| Built for | OneUpOneDownWomen’s mentoring and leadership programmes | PushFarMentoring, coaching, buddying and sponsorship across a workforce |
| Single sign-on | OneUpOneDownYes | PushFarYes |
| Pricing | OneUpOneDownQuoted for each programme | PushFarNot published; request a demo |
Where you’re starting from
A first programme, or one for your members.
Starting a women’s programme inside your organisation
Many of the employers we speak to don’t have a women’s mentoring or leadership programme yet. They have a goal: more women stepping into management, better retention after that first step, a women’s network that wants to do more.
We start there. Together we decide who the programme is for, what success looks like and how you’ll report it. Then we build it, invite your people and make the first matches, around 30 days from the start.
Running mentoring for members across many employers
Associations, member networks and industry bodies use us to offer mentoring as a member benefit, with women matched across employers and countries.
Most don’t have a programme manager on staff, and they don’t need one. That’s the role we take on. See how we work with associations and member networks.
Why one network switched
A women’s network that moved to us from PushFar.
When they came to us, their team told us three things. The platform wasn’t flexible enough for the way they wanted to run their programme. It took a lot of admin from their side. And they had to teach their own people how to use the software.
With us, everything they had before was covered, and a good deal more.
Their programme is shaped around their members rather than around a template. Matching, onboarding, follow-up with pairs and reporting sit with our team. Nobody on their side has to learn the software, or teach it to anyone else.
What switching looks like
We handle the move for you.
If you’re on PushFar today, the work of moving sits with us.
Step 1
We plan it with you
Step 2
We bring everyone across
Step 3
Nothing for your team to relearn
Step 4
First matches around day 30
- 10k+
- Members on OneUpOneDown
- 170+
- Countries our members come from
- 93%
- Success rate for mentorship quality
Beyond mentoring
Sponsorship and coaching matching, when you need them.
Mentoring is where most programmes start. When your goals call for more, we can match for sponsorship and coaching too, run by the same team.
Mentoring
Sponsorship matching
Coaching matching
One team for all of it
FAQ
The questions we’re asked before anyone signs.
Is OneUpOneDown a PushFar alternative?
Yes. Both give you a branded mentoring platform with matching and reporting. The difference is who does the work. With PushFar, your team runs the programme on the software, with support from PushFar. With OneUpOneDown, our team designs, launches and runs the programme with you.
How much of my team’s time will it take?
Around two to four hours per cohort. We look after set-up, onboarding, matching, support for every pair, rematching, feedback and reporting.
We don’t have a women’s programme yet. Can you help us start one?
Yes, and many of the organisations we work with start there. We help you decide who the programme is for and what success looks like, then we build and launch it. First matches come around 30 days from the start.
What if people sign up and then don’t engage?
Each person is proposed one match, chosen from more than 47 compatibility factors, and both people approve it before it starts. Rounds last three months, so there is a clear finish line. If a pair goes quiet we notice and get in touch, and if a match isn’t working we match both people again.
How will we show the board it’s working?
At the end of each round we gather feedback and prepare the report with you: who took part, whether pairs met, how they rated their match and what changed for them, with participants’ own stories alongside the numbers.
Can we move from PushFar without disrupting participants?
Yes. We bring across your participants and past pairings, so nobody has to start again, and we usually time the move for the end of a round. We run the platform, so there is no new software for your team to learn.
Do you offer sponsorship or coaching matching?
Yes. Alongside mentoring, we can run sponsorship matching and coaching matching, designed and run by the same team.
Does it work for associations and member networks?
Yes. Associations use OneUpOneDown to offer mentoring as a member benefit, with members matched across different employers, and our team takes on the programme manager role. See mentoring for associations.
Do you support single sign-on?
Yes. People can sign in with their work accounts through SSO.
How is OneUpOneDown priced?
We quote for each programme, based on who it is for, how many people take part and what you want it to achieve. Use the pricing form on this page and we will come back to you with a quote.
Pricing
Request pricing for your programme.
We quote for each programme, because no two are quite the same. Tell us who it’s for, roughly how many people you’d like to include and what you want it to achieve.
One of us will read it and come back to you with a quote you can take to finance and procurement. If it would be easier to talk it through first, we’re happy to jump on a call.
Let’s talk about the programme you want to run.
Bring your goals and what you’ve seen on PushFar. In 30 minutes we’ll show you how we’d run it, and exactly what it would ask of your team.
A 30-minute demo with Dzhuliana, our co-founder and CTO.
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