Only one flow-of-work app can be installed at a time: Slack or Microsoft Teams.
Organizations standardized on both collaboration tools cannot activate both Culture Amp apps simultaneously under the documented setup.
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Culture Amp
Culture Amp is a cloud employee-experience platform for engagement surveys, performance management, employee development, and people analytics.
6 key claims verifiedOur editorial team checked this profile against vendor documentation, pricing information, product documentation. Supported by 6 documented sources.
Editorial overview
Aggregated Overview
Official materials document engagement surveys, performance and development tools, integrations, API access, and customer support. Public G2 and Gartner ratings are positive, but pricing is quote-based and the accessible review evidence does not establish detailed recurring user themes.
This profile combines documented product information and independent evidence where available. It is not a hands-on test unless TechZella explicitly identifies one.
Overview
Culture Amp is a hosted employee-experience platform with products for engagement, performance management, and employee development. Its tools include surveys, review cycles, goals, feedback, and people analytics.
The product brings listening and performance workflows together, while pricing remains quote-based. Its API supports outbound retrieval rather than importing data, and API setup requires technical assistance.
Culture Amp Decision Snapshot
A quick way to understand who this product may suit, where its limits matter, and which facts are most relevant before you compare alternatives.
Best suited to
People and HR teams that want to combine employee listening with performance cycles, development plans, and manager guidance in one platform.
Look elsewhere if
Organizations seeking a low-cost, self-serve product with published pricing, or teams that need the Culture Amp API to ingest data into the platform, and should evaluate alternatives such as Lattice or 15Five instead.
Platforms
API, Cloud, Microsoft Teams, SaaS, Web
TechZella assessment
8.0/10
Culture Amp — What Sets It Apart?
These are the product-specific differences that may matter when deciding whether the software fits your workflow. They are based on documented evidence rather than a universal ranking.
- Combines engagement, performance, and development products with AI Coach and people-science-based survey resources.
- Provides HRIS synchronization options and a customer API for outbound data retrieval and custom reporting.
- Offers survey programs spanning engagement, onboarding, exit, DEI, wellbeing, and manager effectiveness.
Culture Amp Pros & Cons
Pros
- Combines survey-based employee listening with performance and development workflows.
- Supports native integrations with several named HRIS platforms and offers API and SFTP data options.
- Provides survey templates for engagement, onboarding, exit, DEI, wellbeing, and manager effectiveness.
Cons
- Public list prices are unavailable, and the vendor bills products annually.
- The API is outbound-only and requires developer support to configure and maintain.
- The Slack and Microsoft Teams apps cannot both be active simultaneously.
Culture Amp Gotchas & Operational Limits
These are documented constraints or practical friction points that may matter before you adopt the product.
The Culture Amp API retrieves data outward and does not accept inbound data ingestion.
Teams needing to load external data into Culture Amp must use another supported integration path rather than this API.
Evidence source ↗Setting up HRIS integrations can require coordination with an HRIS administrator or IT team.
Integration work may involve reporting, credentials, permissions, and technical setup beyond a People team's standard product administration.
Evidence source ↗Culture Amp Pricing & Plans
Culture Amp products
Contact for quote
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Pricing depends on employee count, selected products, and service tier. The official site says all products are billed annually.
Check current pricing →People Science Consulting
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Consulting is offered as an add-on to Engage and Perform; pricing is available from the vendor.
Check current pricing →Pricing may change. Verify current plans on the vendor's website.
Culture Amp Competitors & Alternatives
Compare similar products directly, then see which alternatives may make more sense when your requirements differ.
At a glance
Productivity Software| Decision factor | Culture Amp | Lattice | 15Five |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core scope | Employee engagement, performance, and development products in one employee-experience platform. | Performance, goals and OKRs, engagement, analytics, and AI Agent modules. Source ↗ | Engagement and performance plans, with manager-effectiveness resources in its Total Platform plan. Source ↗ |
| Pricing model | Quote-based; annual billing; varies by headcount, selected products, and service tier. | Publishes per-seat prices for several modules and bundles; annual agreements, with Enterprise quote-based. Source ↗ | Publishes per-user monthly prices billed annually for Engage, Perform, and Total Platform. Source ↗ |
| Engagement and performance capabilities | Engage includes survey programs and AI comment summaries; Perform includes reviews, calibration, feedback, one-to-ones, goals, and performance insights. | Offers employee engagement and pulse surveys alongside performance reviews, goals, and analytics across product modules. Source ↗ | Engage lists surveys, assessments, action planning, heat maps, and benchmarking; Perform lists AI-assisted reviews, goals, 360 feedback, and career plans. Source ↗ |
| Flow-of-work integrations | Offers a Slack app or Microsoft Teams app; customers cannot run both at once. | Its pricing page says integrations include Slack, Teams, Jira, major HRIS products, and SSO providers. Source ↗ | Its pricing page describes integrations with HRIS systems, collaboration tools, productivity platforms, and SSO providers. Source ↗ |
Only factors supported by the available research are shown. The comparison is descriptive, not a ranking.
Direct competitors
These products address broadly similar requirements. The descriptions focus on documented reasons a buyer might compare them with Culture Amp.
Culture Amp Features
Engagement
- Engagement and pulse surveys
- Onboarding and offboarding surveys
- DEI and wellbeing surveys
- Survey benchmarking
- AI comment summaries
- Action plans and retention insights
Performance and development
- Performance reviews and calibration
- Continuous feedback
- One-on-one conversations
- Employee development plans
- Goal management
- Performance insights
Integrations and data
- Native HRIS integrations
- SFTP employee-data transfer
- Outbound REST API
- Slack or Microsoft Teams app
- Pave compensation integration
Support and administration
- Module-based permissions
- 24/5 chat and email support listed on pricing page
- Implementation project management for organizations with 200u2013999 employees
Demo & Screenshots
Culture Amp Specifications
| Deployment | Hosted platform accessed via web |
|---|---|
| Pricing model | Quote-based; billed annually |
| API | RESTful, outbound data retrieval; no inbound data ingestion |
| API fee | Included in Culture Amp subscription |
| HRIS integrations | BambooHR, Namely, Personio, Workday, Gusto, HiBob, Dayforce, Paylocity, and Elmo listed in support documentation |
| Flow-of-work integrations | Slack or Microsoft Teams; cannot run both apps simultaneously |
| Hosting regions | United States, Europe, and Australia; customer-selected hosting region is described in the privacy policy |
| Security and compliance | Culture Amp states that it is SOC 2, ISO, and GDPR compliant; verify applicable controls and certifications with vendor documentation |
| API authentication | OAuth 2.0 Client Credentials Flow |
| Company address | Level 2, 29 Stewart Street, Melbourne VIC 3121, Australia |
Deployment & System Footprint
Verified installation, hosting, administration, or environment details that can affect implementation.
| Hosting | Hosted software platform accessed through the web; customers select from available US, Europe, or Australia server regions for personal information hosting. Source ↗ |
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Our evidence-based assessment
TechZella Score
A proprietary editorial score based on product capabilities, usability, value, performance, support and user sentiment evidence.
8.0/10Moderate confidence
Official materials document engagement surveys, performance and development tools, integrations, API access, and customer support. Public G2 and Gartner ratings are positive, but pricing is quote-based and the accessible review evidence does not establish detailed recurring user themes.
Methodology v1.0. The assessment weighs feature coverage (25%), ease of use (15%), value for money (20%), performance (15%), support (10%) and user sentiment (15%), using researched product evidence and verified review evidence where available. It is a TechZella editorial assessment, not a direct user-review average.
Editorial transparency
Our Review Methodology
Key claims are linked to the sources used to verify them. This evidence record is separate from third-party user ratings.
TechZella evaluates software using documented product capabilities, pricing information, usability and value considerations, independent user evidence where available, and competitive context. The assessment is an editorial review, not a hands-on test unless one is explicitly identified. Our editorial assessment is based on 6 documented sources.
What TechZella adds
- Combines engagement, performance, and development products with AI Coach and people-science-based survey resources.
- Provides HRIS synchronization options and a customer API for outbound data retrieval and custom reporting.
- Offers survey programs spanning engagement, onboarding, exit, DEI, wellbeing, and manager effectiveness.
Important limitations
- Pricing is quote-based, depends on employee count, selected products, and service tier, and is billed annually.
- The customer API is outbound-only and does not currently support data ingestion; setup requires developer support.
- Customers can install either the Slack app or the Microsoft Teams app, but not both simultaneously.
Evidence-backed claimsCulture Amp was founded in 2011. The platform includes engagement, performance, and development products. Pricing depends on employee count, product selection, and service tier, with annual billing. The Culture Amp API supports outbound data retrieval but not inbound data ingestion. The platform supports named HRIS integrations including BambooHR, Workday, and HiBob. The company appointed Caroline Rawlinson as CEO in January 2026.
A company funding announcement identifies Culture Amp as founded in 2011.
View source ↗Verified 2026-10-24The product overview identifies Engage, Perform, and Develop as core platform offerings.
View source ↗Verified 2026-10-24The official pricing page describes quote-based pricing and annual billing for all Culture Amp products.
View source ↗Verified 2026-10-24The API support article describes a one-way outbound REST API and states that data ingestion is not supported.
View source ↗Verified 2026-10-24The HRIS synchronization guide lists native integrations including BambooHR, Workday, and HiBob, among others.
View source ↗Verified 2026-10-24Culture Amp's announcement dated January 13, 2026 names Rawlinson as CEO and says founder Didier Elzinga transitioned to Executive Chairman.
View source ↗Verified 2026-10-24Culture Amp FAQs
Answers begin with the clearest available response, followed by the context that helps you act on it.
Does Culture Amp publish its prices?
No. Its official pricing page directs businesses to request a quote; pricing depends on employee count, products selected, and service tier.
Is Culture Amp billed monthly or annually?
The official pricing FAQ says Culture Amp products are billed annually.
Does Culture Amp have a free trial?
Culture Amp's terms allow certain features to be offered for a specified trial period, but the public pricing page does not advertise a standard self-serve free trial.
Can Culture Amp send data into another system through its API?
No. Its documented REST API is outbound-only and does not currently support inbound data ingestion.
Can I use Culture Amp in both Slack and Microsoft Teams?
No. The support guide says customers can install either the Slack app or Teams app, but cannot run both simultaneously.
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