CultureMonkey review (2026): is it worth it?
Employee engagement surveys with people-science support
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CultureMonkey report card
Weak · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for engagement surveys with people-science help
CultureMonkey runs engagement surveys with people-science support, priced as a custom quote by headcount and support level. No figures are published. It's surveys and feedback only, with no HR records, payroll or time off.
Who CultureMonkey is for
- Fits if you want engagement surveys with SSO and HRMS sync included
- Works for HR teams that want help reading results
Who CultureMonkey is not for
- Skip it if you want a price, as the page gives a custom quote only
- Not for you if you want HR records, payroll or time off
- Watch out: People Science Plus is a paid add-on
- Not for you if you want to try it free, as no trial is listed
Why CultureMonkey gets a 1.8
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyPricing is a custom quote by employee count and support level, with no figures, so C.
- FFree plan and trialNo free plan and no trial is listed. You start with a demo request.
- CFeaturesSurveys and feedback, with implementation, HRMS sync and SSO included. A smaller job than an HR suite, so C.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record, and you'd set it up with your own people data first, so it's an ordinary C.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, with eight listed integrations. No mobile app named.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from CultureMonkey's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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CultureMonkey's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 22 of the 101 other HR software we grade, and level with 33.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 34 of 101) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0).
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 102 HR software we grade, cut by the letter each got. CultureMonkey’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 6 of 101, level with 84
- FFree plan and trialAbove 0 of 101, level with 66
- CFeaturesAbove 1 of 101, level with 71
- CEase of useAbove 1 of 101, level with 98
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 34 of 101, level with 67
Keep CultureMonkey, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace CultureMonkey you would be making the WhatsApp Business API, which Meta opens only through approved partners. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 46 of the 101 other HR software grade higher.
What you could make
- Surveys and reports: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- The WhatsApp Business API, which Meta opens only through approved partners.
- Connections that pull numbers from dozens of other services.
- It plugs into other products, Workday, SAP SuccessFactors and Oracle HCM among them.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
- What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: single sign-on and roles and permissions.
What this rests on. CultureMonkey’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is CultureMonkey?
CultureMonkey is an employee engagement survey platform with templates, anonymous feedback, manager dashboards and action plans. Surveys reach people by email, Slack, Teams, SMS, WhatsApp, QR code or kiosk. Pricing is a written quote based on how many employees are surveyed.
Worth knowing
- Pricing is a custom quote based on employee count and support level; no figures are published.
- People Science Plus is the only paid add-on named; implementation, HRMS sync and SSO are included.
- Survey and feedback only, with no HR records, payroll or time off.
Key features
- Survey templates
- 100+ survey templates, including annual engagement, pulse, lifecycle and candidate experience surveys.
- Anonymous feedback
- Responses are aggregated so individuals are not identified.
- Many channels
- Send surveys by email, Slack, Microsoft Teams, SMS, WhatsApp, QR code or kiosk, in 100+ languages.
- Manager dashboards
- Role-based views show managers only their own team's results.
- HRMS sync and SSO
- Syncs from systems including Workday, SuccessFactors, BambooHR and Keka, and supports SAML sign-in.
- People Science Plus
- A paid add-on with driver analysis, predictive insights and board-ready reports.
CultureMonkey pricing
We could not confirm CultureMonkey’s current pricing from its own site, so we are not listing plans here. See culturemonkey.io for current prices.
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Common questions
Does CultureMonkey have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. CultureMonkey is listed for Web.
Does CultureMonkey have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. CultureMonkey is listed for Web.
Is CultureMonkey open source?
CultureMonkey is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.