Culture Amp vs Leapsome (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Culture Amp if

• Fits if you run regular engagement surveys and want results next to reviews
• Works for mid-sized firms that want survey science help from the vendor

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you want a price before a sales call, as none is published
• Not for you if you need payroll or employee records
• Watch out: everything is billed annually
• Tight if you are small, as onboarding and support depth follow company size

Pick Leapsome if

• Fits if you want to buy reviews, goals and surveys one module at a time
• Works for firms that also want a basic HR record in the same login

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you stack modules, since each adds $3 to $7 per employee a month
• Watch out: compensation benchmarks cost $3 more and the learning library from $1
• Not for you if you need payroll, as only prep exports are included
• Skip it if you want a free plan, as only a 14-day trial is listed
• Watch out: the pricing page defaults to euros, which could differ from the dollar figures

Culture Amp

• No prices are published; the pricing page leads to a quote form, so the cost is unknown until you ask.
• The pricing FAQ says all products are billed annually.
• It does not cover payroll or core employee records; it is a survey and performance product.
• Onboarding and support depth depends on the service tier, which follows company size.

Leapsome

• The page shows the same figures in euros, dollars and pounds with no conversion; the pricing page defaults to euros.
• Prices are per employee per month for each module, so a full set adds up; multi-module and volume discounts are not shown.
• Compensation benchmarks cost $3 more per employee a month, and the learning content library is from $1.
• Payroll prep exports are included, but the pricing page does not list payroll itself.

Culture Amp

Engagement surveys

Ready-to-use surveys, pulse surveys, onboarding and offboarding surveys, AI comment summaries, benchmarking and action plans.

Performance reviews and calibration

Review cycles with calibration, continuous feedback, goal management and performance insights in the Perform module.

1-on-1s and development

1-on-1 conversations with templates, employee development plans and a skills coach, which the pricing FAQ says are included for every customer.

AI Coach

An assistant built into Engage and Perform that surfaces themes in results and suggests next steps and action plans.

People Science Consulting

An add-on to Engage and Perform with advisory work from the vendor's people scientists, quoted separately.

Leapsome

Core HRIS

Employee profiles and org chart, absence management and policies, document management and payroll prep exports.

Performance reviews

Review automations, flexible templates, drag-and-drop calibration, external reviewers and cross-cycle analytics.

Goals and OKRs

Individual, team and company OKRs with automatic progress tracking, a goal tree and a Jira integration.

Engagement surveys

A question library, action plans, benchmarking and turnover analysis, and onboarding and offboarding surveys.

Recruiting, learning and compensation

An applicant tracker, a learning module with SCORM support, and compensation reviews with budgets and pay bands.

Time tracking

A time-tracking widget, work schedules, timesheets and hours that feed payroll prep.

Culture Amp

Pricing could not be confirmed. See cultureamp.com.

Leapsome

• Agentic HRIS Foundation$7

  per employee / month

  Profiles, org chart, absence, documents, payroll prep exports, meetings and feedback. The page says it is free with any Talent Suite module until Dec 31.

• Agentic HRIS Pro$10

  per employee / month

  Foundation plus full custom attributes, unlimited workflows, analytics and e-signatures, and advanced AI agents.

• Talent Suite modules$3

  per employee / month, per module

  Time Tracking and Compensation $3; Goals, Engagement and Learning $4; Recruiting $5; Performance Reviews $7.