Employee onboarding software that connects new hires from day one

Onboarding buddy system software like Aphinity pairs every new hire with a compatible colleague from day one, creating an immediate sense of belonging. Research shows that employees who form meaningful connections during their first 90 days are 58% more likely to stay beyond their first year. Aphinity’s AI analyzes shared interests, role similarities, and career goals to create buddy matches that lead to genuine relationships—not just checkbox introductions. The result is faster integration, higher confidence, and dramatically lower first-year turnover.

The best employee onboarding software for remote teams works inside the tools your team already uses. Aphinity integrates directly with Slack, Discord, and email so new hires receive warm introductions without needing to learn another platform. For remote and hybrid teams, this is critical—there are no hallway conversations or lunch meetups to rely on. Aphinity creates those organic moments digitally by matching new hires with buddies, mentors, and peers across departments and time zones.

Aphinity’s employee onboarding software starts at $15/month for small teams and scales based on program size—not per-user pricing that gets expensive fast. Most organizations see positive ROI within the first quarter through reduced early turnover and faster time-to-productivity. When you consider that replacing a single employee costs 50–200% of their annual salary, even one retained new hire pays for years of Aphinity. Visit our pricing page for a custom quote based on your team size.

Absolutely. Many HR teams use Aphinity to run structured 90-day onboarding programs with phased buddy matching. In the first week, pair new hires with a role-based buddy for tactical questions. In month one, introduce them to a cross-functional peer for broader company context. By month three, connect them with a mentor for career development conversations. Aphinity automates each phase—scheduling introductions, sending reminders, and collecting feedback—so program managers can focus on outcomes instead of logistics.

Aphinity’s AI analyzes multiple dimensions of each employee’s profile: role, department, location, seniority, interests, career goals, and custom survey responses. The matching algorithm then identifies the highest-compatibility pairings based on what each new hire needs most—whether that’s someone in a similar role for tactical guidance, a tenured employee for cultural context, or a peer from a different department for broader networking. This intentional approach delivers 85% match satisfaction versus roughly 40% with random buddy assignments.

Traditional onboarding focuses on paperwork, compliance training, and IT setup—the transactional side of joining a company. A new hire introduction platform like Aphinity addresses the relational side: helping new employees build the human connections that determine long-term engagement and retention. While your HRIS handles forms and benefits enrollment, Aphinity ensures every new hire actually knows people across the organization, has someone to ask questions, and feels like part of the team from day one.

Aphinity’s analytics dashboard tracks the metrics that matter: buddy match satisfaction scores, new hire engagement rates, time-to-first-connection, and program participation over the full onboarding period. You can correlate these with your existing HR metrics—first-year retention, time-to-productivity, and employee NPS—to quantify ROI. Most companies using Aphinity report 30–45% lower 90-day attrition and a measurable improvement in new hire confidence and productivity within weeks of launch.

Yes. Aphinity is designed to complement your existing HR tech stack, not replace it. It integrates natively with Slack and Discord for introductions and works alongside tools like BambooHR, Workday, and Rippling. New hires can be added manually, via CSV import, or through automated workflows. The platform fits into your existing onboarding checklist as the relationship-building layer—handling buddy matching, introductions, and follow-ups while your HRIS manages the administrative onboarding steps.