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Employee engagement surveys · October 2026 Edition

Microsoft Viva Glint vs Qualtrics EmployeeXM

Zero of fourteen models named Microsoft Viva Glint first on the direct prompt; zero named Qualtrics EmployeeXM. Microsoft Viva Glint was named by eight of the fourteen models and Qualtrics EmployeeXM by seven and Microsoft Viva Glint carries 10 labels and Qualtrics EmployeeXM 11, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Microsoft Viva Glint

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

Qualtrics EmployeeXM

criticized challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

First-choice share2%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#7#8A position in a field of 8; printed, not drawn.
Labels1011A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Microsoft Viva Glint 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 Microsoft Viva Glint · Culture Amp vs Qualtrics EmployeeXM · Workleap Officevibe vs Microsoft Viva Glint

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.
Microsoft Viva GlintFirst choices, of fourteen modelsQualtrics EmployeeXM
Direct001 against Qualtrics EmployeeXM
Paraphrase00
Comparative00
Budget-constrained002 against Qualtrics EmployeeXM
Scale-constrained111 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, Microsoft Viva Glint and Qualtrics EmployeeXM were named in the same answer thirty times, of the 52 answers naming Microsoft Viva Glint and the 94 naming Qualtrics EmployeeXM. In those answers Qualtrics EmployeeXM took the first choice five times and Microsoft Viva Glint four.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Microsoft Viva Glint 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
Microsoft Viva Glint Qualtrics EmployeeXM first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Microsoft Viva Glint on the left and Qualtrics EmployeeXM on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Microsoft Viva Glint and Qualtrics EmployeeXM stood in it.

Neither was the first choice, one was named

4 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
GPT-5.4 miniCulture Amp alternatives: Explorance Blue, Qualtrics EmployeeXM, WTW Engage, WorkTango
DeepSeek V4 FlashCulture Amp alternatives: 15Five Engage, Lattice, Microsoft Viva Glint
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

10 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Culture Amp alternatives: 15Five Engage, Lattice, Quantum Workplace
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
Llama 4 MaverickLeapsome alternatives: CultureMonkey, Workleap Officevibe
Qwen 3.7 FlashLattice alternatives: 15Five Engage
Kimi K2Lattice alternatives: 15Five Engage, Culture Amp, Quantum Workplace, 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
Level: the same share of first choices.
Microsoft Viva Glint0%#– of 9
Qualtrics EmployeeXM0%#– of 9
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Level: the same share of first choices.
Microsoft Viva Glint2%#7 of 8
Qualtrics EmployeeXM2%#8 of 8
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Qualtrics EmployeeXM leads by sixteen points.
Qualtrics EmployeeXM20%#2 of 9
Microsoft Viva Glint4%#4 of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Microsoft Viva Glint

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

“Culture Amp and Glint are the most popular for mid-market companies like yours” Mistral Small · scale prompt · first choice
“The ideal enterprise choice for organizations heavily embedded in the Microsoft 365 ecosystem.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative prompt · alternative
“If you're heavily invested in Microsoft 365 \u2192 consider Microsoft Viva Glint.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · direct prompt · alternative

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.