Culture Amp review

Culture Amp is built around the engagement survey, and it shows. The Engage module ships with ready-to-use surveys for engagement, pulse checks, onboarding, offboarding and DEI, plus a Performance Culture Quadrant diagnostic and Retention Insights for spotting attrition risk. AI comment summaries condense open-text answers, and AI Coach, which runs across every module, suggests a next step rather than leaving managers with a dashboard. Proven action plans connect results to concrete follow-up, and benchmarking compares scores against the vendor's large employee dataset. The Perform module adds continuous feedback, reviews with calibration, 1-on-1s, goals, development plans and Shoutouts for recognition, so engagement data can sit next to performance data. The trade-off is cost transparency: Culture Amp publishes no prices and every plan is quoted, so small teams cannot compare it on price without a sales call. For a People team that wants a structured listening program with benchmarks and action planning, it is the most complete specialist here.

Who it is for

People teams at mid-size and large companies that want a survey science program with benchmarks and guided action planning.

Price

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Key features

• Ready-to-use engagement, pulse, onboarding and offboarding surveys
• AI comment summaries and AI Coach inside every module
• Proven action plans tied to survey results
• Retention Insights and a Performance Culture Quadrant diagnostic survey
• Benchmarking against Culture Amp's employee dataset

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Engagement, performance and development share one platform
• Strength: DEI survey and retention insights come with the Engage module
• Strength: Shoutouts in Perform add a simple recognition layer
• Weakness: No published prices; every plan is quoted
• Weakness: Recognition is lighter than in dedicated tools such as Bonusly
• Weakness: Full value needs both Engage and Perform, which raises the quote

Key facts

• Pricing: Quote on request, enterprise pricing available
• Modules: Engage, Perform, AI Coach
• Customers: More than 6,000 companies, per the vendor
• Lifecycle surveys: Onboarding and offboarding

Where it ranks

Culture Amp is No. 1 in our Best Employee Engagement Software verdict and No. 7 in Best Performance Management Software.