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Employee engagement surveys · October 2026 Edition

15Five Engage vs Qualtrics EmployeeXM

Zero of fourteen models named 15Five Engage first on the direct prompt; zero named Qualtrics EmployeeXM. 15Five Engage was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Qualtrics EmployeeXM by seven and 15Five Engage carries 28 labels and Qualtrics EmployeeXM 11, so the shares are not directly comparable.

15Five Engage

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Qualtrics EmployeeXM

criticized challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

First-choice share5%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%36%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#5#8A position in a field of 8; printed, not drawn.
Labels2811A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, 15Five Engage reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Culture Amp was named alongside these two in twelve of the fourteen direct answers. Culture Amp vs 15Five Engage · Culture Amp vs Qualtrics EmployeeXM · Workleap Officevibe vs 15Five Engage

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the employee engagement surveys page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
15Five EngageFirst choices, of fourteen modelsQualtrics EmployeeXM
Direct001 against Qualtrics EmployeeXM
Paraphrase20
Comparative00
Budget-constrained102 against Qualtrics EmployeeXM
Scale-constrained011 against Qualtrics EmployeeXM
Negative00
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, 15Five Engage and Qualtrics EmployeeXM were named in the same answer twenty-six times, of the 82 answers naming 15Five Engage and the 94 naming Qualtrics EmployeeXM. In those answers Qualtrics EmployeeXM took the first choice three times and 15Five Engage two.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where 15Five Engage and Qualtrics EmployeeXM stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 Fast
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
15Five Engage Qualtrics EmployeeXM first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, 15Five Engage on the left and Qualtrics EmployeeXM on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where 15Five Engage and Qualtrics EmployeeXM stood in it.

Neither was the first choice, one was named

10 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Culture Amp alternatives: 15Five Engage, Lattice, Quantum Workplace
GPT-5.4 miniCulture Amp alternatives: Explorance Blue, Qualtrics EmployeeXM, WTW Engage, WorkTango
Gemini 3.5 FlashCulture Amp, Lattice alternatives: 15Five Engage, Leapsome, Teamflect
Perplexity SonarCulture Amp alternatives: 15Five Engage, CultureMonkey, Leapsome
Grok 4.1 FastCulture Amp alternatives: 15Five Engage, CultureMonkey, Lattice, Quantum Workplace
DeepSeek V4 FlashCulture Amp alternatives: 15Five Engage, Lattice, Microsoft Viva Glint
Qwen 3.7 FlashLattice alternatives: 15Five Engage
Kimi K2Lattice alternatives: 15Five Engage, Culture Amp, Quantum Workplace, Workleap Officevibe
MiniMax M2.5Culture Amp alternatives: 15Five Engage, Lattice, Qualtrics EmployeeXM, Workday Peakon Employee Voice
Muse Glimmer 30BCulture Amp alternatives: 15Five Engage, Lattice, Microsoft Viva Glint, Quantum Workplace, TINYpulse, Workleap Officevibe

Neither was named

4 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Mistral SmallCulture Amp, Workleap Officevibe alternatives: Eletive, Leapsome
Llama 4 MaverickLeapsome alternatives: CultureMonkey, Workleap Officevibe
GLM 4.7 FlashXCulture Amp, Lattice alternatives: Leapsome
GPT-6 LunaCulture Amp alternatives: Lattice, Workleap Officevibe

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
15Five Engage leads by fourteen points.
15Five Engage14%#3 of 9
Qualtrics EmployeeXM0%#– of 9
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
15Five Engage leads by three points.
15Five Engage5%#5 of 8
Qualtrics EmployeeXM2%#8 of 8
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Qualtrics EmployeeXM leads at enterprise.
Qualtrics EmployeeXM20%#2 of 9
15Five Engage0%#9 of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about 15Five Engage

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.

“I'd recommend starting with Leapsome or 15Five” MiniMax M2.5 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Best low-cost dedicated option: 15Five Engage.” GPT-6 Luna · budget prompt · first choice
“Start with Culture Amp or 15Five:” Kimi K2 · paraphrase prompt · first choice

What the models said about Qualtrics EmployeeXM

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.

“Avoid platforms like Culture Amp, Leapsome, or Qualtrics” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“you cannot afford to spend months on enterprise implementation (like Qualtrics)” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · soft negative
“Rather than paying for enterprise-level suites like Culture Amp or Qualtrics” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“platforms like Culture Amp, Lattice, and Qualtrics often provide the best balance of features and support” GLM 4.7 FlashX · scale prompt · first choice
“if you need deeper survey logic, more advanced research-style analytics, or you're closer to enterprise complexity” GPT-5.4 mini · direct prompt · alternative
“if you need enterprise-grade analytics ... and you're okay with more complexity” GPT-5.4 mini · paraphrase prompt · alternative
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.