DISC alternative

The individually written alternative to a DISC profile

DISC is one of the most widely used behavioral models in the workplace. But most DISC reports are assembled from pre-written style descriptions, priced for corporate buyers, and mostly sold through providers and facilitators. Polaris writes a profile about the person who answered.

Try Polaris for $14.99
One-off payment. No subscription. Around 15 minutes.

Why look for an alternative to DISC?

Most people searching for a DISC alternative are people who want a behavioral profile without corporate pricing or buying through a provider. Leading DISC workplace profiles typically cost around $73 to $90 per person and are sold through providers and admin accounts. Polaris Profile is an individually written DISC alternative: a report of around 3,000 words for $14.99, bought online today, with a DISC cross-reference in your online profile so your results can still be read in DISC terms.

DISC and Polaris, side by side

The two are built for different purposes. The differences below are the ones that matter in practice.

DISC
The provider-sold style report

Template-based reports

Your answers place you on the DISC map, and the narrative is made of passages written in advance, selected by your results.

Corporate pricing

A leading DISC workplace profile typically costs around $73 to $90 per person, priced for organizations buying in volume.

Bought through providers

DISC is usually bought and delivered through providers, trainers and facilitation kits rather than direct to the individual.

Behavior on two axes

DISC measures observable behavior, which is useful, but says less about the preferences underneath it.

Polaris Profile
The individually written profile

Written from your answers

Around 3,000 words generated from your specific questionnaire responses, contradictions included. Each profile is written separately.

Direct pricing

$14.99, one-off, at launch, bought direct rather than through a provider.

Direct to you

Buy online, work through 25 sets of four statements, read your profile today. The report is written to be understood on its own.

Preferences and behavior

Grounded in Jungian type theory and translated into workplace behavior, including how you change under pressure. Your online profile includes a DISC cross-reference, so your results can still be read in DISC terms.

The design difference is simple: DISC describes your style. Polaris describes you. If your organization runs DISC workshops, a Polaris Profile still fits, because your online profile shows your results in DISC terms. You keep the shared language at a lower price.

The details

DISC Polaris Profile
Price Typically $73 to $90 per profile for a leading workplace version $14.99 launch price, reduced from $49.00
Time 15 to 20 minutes Around 15 minutes, 25 sets of four statements
Report Around 20 pages built from style descriptions Around 3,000 words plus your color mix, facet detail and Polaris Map position
Written for you? Partly. Personalized placement, pre-written content Yes. Every profile is individually generated from your specific answers
Frameworks DISC model Jungian preferences, plus DISC, Big Five and Learning Styles cross-references in your online profile
How you buy Usually via providers, facilitators or admin accounts Buy online, complete it today, download your PDF

An honest guide to choosing

Choose DISC if you

  • Only need a style category rather than a profile of you
  • Are prepared to pay corporate prices through a provider
  • Are content with a report made of passages written in advance

Choose Polaris if you

  • Want a profile about you, not about your style category
  • Want to buy direct, without provider pricing
  • Still want your results in DISC terms, which your online profile provides

Questions

Does Polaris replace DISC at work?
If your workplace uses DISC as a shared language, your online Polaris profile includes a DISC cross-reference, so you can place yourself in that conversation. The cross-reference is a translation of your Polaris results into DISC terms, not a licensed DISC assessment. What Polaris adds is an individually written profile underneath the style label.
Is Polaris validated like DISC?
Polaris is grounded in three established bodies of research: Jungian type theory, behavioral dimension theory and modern trait psychology. It is a new product, and we publish a complete sample profile so you can judge the output itself before you buy.

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So, what's your color?

One questionnaire. Fifteen minutes. Around 3,000 words written from your answers.

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