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Employee engagement surveys · October 2026 Edition
Culture Amp vs Qualtrics EmployeeXM
Eleven of fourteen models named Culture Amp first on the direct prompt; zero named Qualtrics EmployeeXM. Culture Amp was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Qualtrics EmployeeXM by seven and Culture Amp carries 42 labels and Qualtrics EmployeeXM 11, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in thirteen categories this edition.
Named in three categories this edition.
First-choice share37%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate17%36%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#8A position in a field of 8; printed, not drawn.
Labels4211A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Culture Amp reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Lattice was named alongside these two in ten of the fourteen direct answers. Culture Amp vs Workleap Officevibe · Culture Amp vs Leapsome · Culture Amp vs Lattice
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.
Culture AmpFirst choices, of fourteen modelsQualtrics EmployeeXM
Direct1101 against Culture Amp · 1 against Qualtrics EmployeeXM
Paraphrase70
Comparative10
Budget-constrained006 against Culture Amp · 2 against Qualtrics EmployeeXM
Scale-constrained411 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, Culture Amp and Qualtrics EmployeeXM were named in the same answer eighty-two times, of the 385 answers naming Culture Amp and the 94 naming Qualtrics EmployeeXM. In those answers Qualtrics EmployeeXM took the first choice eleven times and Culture Amp twenty-four.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Culture Amp and Qualtrics EmployeeXM stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | | | |
Culture Amp Qualtrics EmployeeXM first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Culture Amp on the left and Qualtrics EmployeeXM on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Culture Amp and Qualtrics EmployeeXM stood in it.
Culture Amp first, Qualtrics EmployeeXM an alternative
11 of 14 modelsQualtrics EmployeeXM was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.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
Mistral SmallCulture Amp, Workleap Officevibe alternatives: Eletive, Leapsome
DeepSeek V4 FlashCulture Amp alternatives: 15Five Engage, Lattice, Microsoft Viva Glint
GLM 4.7 FlashXCulture Amp, Lattice alternatives: Leapsome
MiniMax M2.5Culture Amp alternatives: 15Five Engage, Lattice, Qualtrics EmployeeXM, Workday Peakon Employee Voice
GPT-6 LunaCulture Amp alternatives: Lattice, Workleap Officevibe
Muse Glimmer 30BCulture Amp alternatives: 15Five Engage, Lattice, Microsoft Viva Glint, Quantum Workplace, TINYpulse, Workleap Officevibe
Neither was the first choice, one was named
1 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Kimi K2Lattice alternatives: 15Five Engage, Culture Amp, Quantum Workplace, Workleap Officevibe
Neither was named
2 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Llama 4 MaverickLeapsome alternatives: CultureMonkey, Workleap Officevibe
Qwen 3.7 FlashLattice alternatives: 15Five Engage
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
Level: the same share of first choices.
Culture Amp0%#9 of 9Qualtrics EmployeeXM0%#– of 9Mid-marketThe figures above
Culture Amp leads by thirty-five points.
Culture Amp37%#1 of 8Qualtrics EmployeeXM2%#8 of 8Enterprise
Culture Amp leads by ten points.
Culture Amp29%#1 of 9Qualtrics EmployeeXM20%#2 of 9What the models said about Culture Amp
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of six in this category shown.
“Avoid platforms like Culture Amp, Leapsome, or Qualtrics—they're excellent but priced for enterprise” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Avoid "Enterprise Trap" Tools Platforms like Culture Amp ... high minimum annual contracts” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“avoid platforms with $4,000+ annual minimums like Lattice/Culture Amp” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · hard negative
“the most-cited dedicated employee experience platform for this segment... Want best-in-class survey science + benchmarks and analytics: Culture Amp.” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · first choice
“The gold standard for people science and analytics. Highly robust, excellent benchmarking, but can be on the pricier/more complex side.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“Culture Amp and Officevibe are top choices due to their strong analytics, ease of use, and focus on actionable insights” Mistral Small · direct 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
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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.