Culture Amp Review
Culture Amp is an employee experience platform offering Engage surveys, Perform performance management and an AI Coach, sold on quote-only annual contracts by company size.
- Company size
- Small businesses, mid-market companies, enterprises
- Pricing model
- Quote only
Best for
- Engagement surveys with benchmarking
- Companies adding performance reviews to surveys
- Organizations of any size, with service tiers from small teams to enterprises
Not ideal for
- Buyers who need published prices or monthly billing
How we evaluated Culture Amp
This review rests on 17 facts checked against Culture Amp’s official pricing pages and documentation, most recently on . We did not test the product hands-on: the score and the pros and cons use only those verified facts, as our methodology explains, and third-party ratings are quoted, never scored.
Our verdict
Culture Amp is an employee experience platform for organizations running engagement surveys and performance reviews, with service tiers by company size. The trade-off is quote-only pricing on annual contracts and 24/5 rather than 24/7 support.
Strengths
Engagement survey depth
Engage includes ready-to-use surveys, pulse and lifecycle surveys, benchmarking, action plans and AI comment summaries.
Evidence: Survey templates and library: Yes
Performance module on the same platform
Perform covers goals, continuous feedback, 1-on-1s, reviews and calibration, with an AI Coach for managers.
Evidence: Calibration: Yes
Service tiers by company size
Support scales from group Customer Success under 200 employees to one-on-one partnership at 200-999 and People Scientist calls at 1,000+.
Evidence: Best for: Small businesses, mid-market companies, enterprises
SSO and GDPR on every plan
Every plan lists SSO and encryption, enterprise-grade security, and full GDPR and SOC2 compliance.
Evidence: Single sign-on: Yes
Weaknesses
No published prices
Pricing is quote-only and depends on employee count, product and service tier.
Evidence: Pricing model: Quote only
Annual billing only
All Culture Amp products are billed on an annual basis.
Evidence: Contract term: Annual
Support is 24/5, not 24/7
The vendor states 24/5 chat and email support.
Evidence: Support hours: 24/5 chat and email support
Price at a glance
Pricing model
Quote only
Contract term
Annual
Quick answers
- How much does Culture Amp cost?
- Culture Amp does not publish prices. Pricing is quote-only and depends on employee count, the product chosen and service tier, and all products are billed annually.Based on Pricing model: Quote only
- What does Culture Amp include?
- Its modules are Engage, Perform, Develop and AI Coach. Engage covers surveys, benchmarking and action plans; Perform covers goals, feedback and calibration.Based on Modules: Engage, Perform, Develop, AI Coach
- Does Culture Amp integrate with Slack?
- Yes. Slack, Microsoft Teams and Pave are listed on its integrations page.Based on Notable integrations: Slack, Microsoft Teams, Pave, LifeLabs Learning, Go1
- Is Culture Amp GDPR compliant?
- Yes. Every Culture Amp plan lists full GDPR and SOC2 compliance alongside SSO and encryption.Based on GDPR program: Yes
Coverage of core employee engagement software capabilities
Each core capability we evaluate in Employee Engagement Software, checked against Culture Amp’s own documentation. “Not verified yet” means we have not confirmed it either way, not that it is missing.
9 verified of 11 core capabilities
Employee Engagement Software
- Survey templates and library
- Pulse surveys
- Onboarding and exit surveys
- Anonymity controls
- HRIS sync and segmentation · not verified yet
- Manager dashboards · not verified yet
- Action planning
- Comment analysis
- Frontline and shift access
- Benchmarking
- Data privacy and security
Specifications
Pricing
- Price transparency
- Quote only
Fit
- Industry focus
- Professional Services, Financial Services, Software & Technology, Manufacturing
Product
- Modules
- Engage, Perform, Develop, AI Coach
- AI features
- AI Coach, AI comment summaries
Integrations
- Open API
- Yes
- API type
- REST
Culture Amp integrations
Culture Amp integration coverage
The 10 apps that employee engagement software products document most often, and whether Culture Amp documents each.
6 of the 10 most-connected apps documented by Culture Amp; median of the 14 products compared: 7
- Slack · documented by 13 of 14
- BambooHR · documented by 12 of 14
- Microsoft Teams · documented by 12 of 14
- Workday · documented by 12 of 14
- Okta · documented by 9 of 14
- Gusto · documented by 7 of 14
- HiBob · documented by 7 of 14
- Rippling · documented by 7 of 14
- ADP · documented by 6 of 14
- UKG Pro · documented by 6 of 14
Integrations each vendor documents (native, marketplace, Zapier or API), 14 live employee engagement software products. Not documented does not mean not possible.
Where it ranks
- #4 of 4 scoredEmployee Engagement Software
- #3 of 3 scoredEmployee Survey Software
- #3 of 3 scoredEmployee Engagement Software for Enterprises
- #2 of 2 scoredEmployee Engagement Software for Manufacturing
- #4 of 4 scoredEmployee Engagement Software for Mid-Sized Companies
- #3 of 3 scoredEmployee Engagement Software for Small Business
- #2 of 2 scoredEmployee Survey Software for Enterprises
- #3 of 3 scoredEmployee Survey Software for Mid-Sized Companies
- #2 of 2 scoredEmployee Survey Software for Small Business
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Security and compliance
- GDPR programYes
- Single sign-onYes
Implementation and support
- Support channels
- Chat, email
- Support hours
- 24/5 chat and email support
About Culture Amp
- Founded
- 2009
- Headquarters
- Melbourne, Australia
- Ownership
- Private
Official profiles
Culture Amp: frequently asked questions
Does Culture Amp use AI?
Yes. It offers an AI Coach and AI comment summaries.
Is Culture Amp anonymous?
Culture Amp hides results for any group below the reporting group minimum the company sets, and its Strong protections add safeguards against identifying people indirectly through filters.
Is Culture Amp legit?
Culture Amp is sold by the company of the same name, which was founded in 2009, is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, and is privately held.
What are the best alternatives to Culture Amp?
In our employee engagement software ranking, the highest-scored products other than Culture Amp are 15Five, Leapsome, and Workleap Officevibe. Compared side by side, by reason to switch: Culture Amp alternatives.
Which is better, Culture Amp or 15Five?
It depends on the team. Choose Culture Amp if: you want ready-to-use surveys, pulse surveys and benchmarking. Choose 15Five if: you want to see prices first: Engage is $4 per user a month and Perform $11. The full comparison: Culture Amp vs 15Five.
What are the pros and cons of Culture Amp?
Strengths documented on the vendor’s own pages: engagement survey depth, performance module on the same platform, and service tiers by company size. It is less suited to buyers who need published prices or monthly billing.
Does Culture Amp have an API?
Yes. Culture Amp offers an open API (REST) to customers.
Is Culture Amp good for small businesses?
Culture Amp lists small businesses among the company sizes it is built for (small businesses, mid-market companies, and enterprises). It ranks #3 of 3 in our employee engagement software for small businesses.
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