Culture Amp vs Workleap (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 Workleap if

• Fits if you want one tool for manager coaching, reviews and surveys
• Works for mid-size companies with a set budget for people software

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you are small, because the $4,999 base fee comes before the per-manager charge
• Not for you if you have over 250 employees, as that goes to sales for Enterprise
• Skip it if you want to try first, since there is no free plan or trial
• Watch out: the page does not say how many employees the base fee covers, and pricing applies to new customers
• Watch out: SAML SSO, API access and custom properties need Pro at $11,999 a year

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.

Workleap

• Pricing is a yearly platform fee plus $32 per manager each month, and the pricing page does not state how many employees the base fee covers.
• Plans are billed annually, and the page says the pricing applies to new customers.
• SAML SSO, API access and custom properties and segments are limited to Pro.
• Organizations with more than 250 employees are sent to the sales team for Enterprise pricing.

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.

Workleap

Manager briefing

A daily summary of what needs a manager's attention, where to focus and what is blocking the team.

Performance reviews

The agent gathers evidence from across the year, drafts a review for the manager to refine and prepares the review conversation. 360 reviews are listed among the capabilities.

Team health and feedback

Surveys and feedback reports track team engagement and flag where a manager may need to step in.

Goals and OKRs

Goals can be drafted, checked for how they line up across teams and tracked as priorities shift.

Meetings and 1:1s

Agendas, notes and follow-ups for 1:1s and team meetings, with action plans that carry deadlines.

HR controls

HR edits the skills the agent follows, chooses what data it can read and decides when a person must approve before it acts.

Culture Amp

Pricing could not be confirmed. See cultureamp.com.

Workleap

• Standard$4,999

  per year, plus $32 per manager / month

  Performance management, team health and engagement reports, AI analyses and chat, org chart and people directory, goals, recognition and SSO. Billed annually.

• Pro$11,999

  per year, plus $32 per manager / month

  Standard plus advanced intelligence, MCP access, SAML SSO, API access, custom properties and segments, advanced security and personalized onboarding.

• EnterpriseCustom

  For organizations above 250 employees; pricing is set by the sales team.