Culture Amp vs Pequity (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 Pequity if

• Fits if you run annual pay review cycles and want approvals in one place
• Works for HR teams that already have an HR records system and only need comp planning

Look elsewhere if

• Not for you if you want to see a price first, because none is published
• Skip it if you want to try before buying, as there is no free plan or trial
• Too light for HR records or payroll, since it is compensation software only
• Watch out: the homepage says Pequity has joined ADP, so plans and sales may change
• Watch out: no integrations are listed on its pages

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.

Pequity

• No prices are published; Pequity asks for a custom quote, so this listing has no price.
• The homepage says Pequity has joined ADP, so packaging and sales may change.
• It is compensation software only and does not replace an HR records or payroll system.

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.

Pequity

Comp Cycle

Runs pay review cycles such as merit and bonus rounds with automation at scale, in a spreadsheet-like interface.

Market Pulse

Market data used to price roles and check pay against benchmarks.

Approvals

Routes compensation changes through approval steps so cycle decisions are recorded in one place.

Range management

Pay bands and ranges that can be managed centrally and shared across the compensation program.

Employee portals and visual offers

Employee-facing views of pay and visual offer documents, as listed in the platform menu.

Salary Board

Lets a company publish salary ranges to candidates directly or inside job posts, to support pay transparency.

Culture Amp

Pricing could not be confirmed. See cultureamp.com.

Pequity

Pricing could not be confirmed. See pequity.com.