Visibility in this ranking can be paid for. Payment moves a vendor's position within the
shortlist; it never adds a vendor, and it never changes a word of the review. The largest vendors in employee engagement software
cannot hold places 1 to 3. Places 1 to 3 go to challengers, vendors outside the best-known brands in a category,
wherever the category has them; the established names follow from place 4 in their ranked order. How it works: placement disclosure ·
editorial process.
The 12 tools, reviewed
#1 Leapsome
Engagement surveys inside a Berlin-built people suite · Germany · leapsome.com
EU-based Published price Suite module
Leapsome gets first place because a buyer can read what the engagement module costs without talking to sales, and can start a 14-day trial to see it. The survey module comes with a question library, action plans after each wave, industry benchmarks, turnover analysis and DEI cuts.
- Pricing: Per employee / month. Engagement Surveys is a separate module at a published €4 per employee per month, with a calculator for other modules and no setup fee. Free plan: free trial.
- Best for: Growing companies, EU data needs
- Strengths: Science-backed question library; Post-survey action plans; Benchmarking and turnover analysis.
Where it falls short
The cheap entry price is for the survey module alone, and the cost climbs as modules are added.
Wrong for
Skip it if you already run a full HR suite from Workday or SAP and want a listening tool inside it, or if your survey program is a once-a-year study run by consultants who bring their own method.
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#2 Culture Amp
Survey-first engagement platform with built-in benchmarks · Australia · cultureamp.com
Survey specialist Benchmarks Quote only
Culture Amp started with surveys and the Engage product still shows it. The library covers engagement, DEI, retention, pulse and lifecycle surveys, results come with benchmarks, and AI summaries condense long comment threads.
- Pricing: Quote only. Quote only; Engage and Perform are sold separately or together, with enterprise pricing for 1,000+ employees and extra support tiers by company size. Free plan: none.
- Best for: Mid-size firms with a People team
- Strengths: Ready-to-use surveys; AI comment summaries; Pulse surveys.
Where it falls short
There is no published price, so budgeting means a sales conversation before any comparison.
Wrong for
Not for a 40-person company that wants to field a three-question pulse next week.
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#3 Workleap
Anonymous pulse surveys and feedback for small teams · Canada · workleap.com
Ex-Officevibe Anonymous feedback Published tiers
Workleap is the company that used to sell Officevibe, and its survey roots are clear: pulse and custom surveys, anonymous feedback and Good Vibes recognition cards, with an AI coach that suggests what a manager should do next. It publishes starting prices for two tiers, which almost no survey-first competitor does, and the reports are readable by managers without training.
- Pricing: Annual plan + per manager. Standard starts at $4,999 USD and Pro at $11,999 USD, billed annually, plus a $32 per manager per month charge. Free plan: none.
- Best for: SMBs under 250 employees
- Strengths: Pulse and custom surveys; Anonymous feedback; Good Vibes recognition.
Where it falls short
Billing by manager on top of a flat annual fee makes the cost harder to predict in a company that adds team leads quickly. Benchmarking and statistical depth are lighter than at Culture Amp or Qualtrics.
Wrong for
Not for a large employer with many languages, works-council reporting needs or multi-country segmentation.
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#4 15Five
Engagement module of a performance-focused platform · United States · 15five.com
Published price Performance suite AI insights
15Five lists three plans with numbers on its pricing page, and the Engage tier at $4 per user per month undercuts most competitors.
- Pricing: Per user / month. Published tiers billed annually: Engage $4, Perform $11 and Total Platform $16 per user per month. Free plan: none.
- Best for: Firms adding surveys to manager coaching
- Strengths: Engagement surveys and eNPS; Targeted assessments; Action planning.
Where it falls short
Engage is the thin end of a platform whose attention goes to performance reviews and manager coaching, so survey design depth is less than at specialists.
Wrong for
Not for a company that wants a research-grade annual study with consultant support.
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#5 Lattice
Engagement as one module of a performance platform · United States · lattice.com
Published price Modular Performance-first
Lattice shows each product price on one page, and Engagement is the cheapest at $4 per seat per month. It includes pulse, onboarding and exit surveys, action planning, eNPS and AI trend analysis, and every base product also carries one-to-ones, weekly updates and feedback.
- Pricing: Per seat / month. Per-seat modules: Engagement $4, Goals and OKRs $8, Performance $10 per seat per month, plus a $13 per seat bundle; enterprise custom. Free plan: none.
- Best for: Teams already running reviews and goals
- Strengths: Pulse surveys; Onboarding and exit surveys; Action planning.
Where it falls short
Engagement is a smaller module beside performance and goals, so benchmark depth, survey configuration and analyst-style reporting are limited compared with specialists. Buying only the engagement piece gets you the platform shell without the reasons people choose Lattice.
Wrong for
Not for a buyer whose main goal is a deep annual engagement study.
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Service-heavy Minimum $15,000 Mid-market
Quantum Workplace is the choice when the buyer wants the vendor to carry part of the work. Every plan includes a dedicated customer success manager, admin training and unlimited support for admins and users, and Signature Plus adds an annual survey design session with an insights analyst plus a live executive presentation.
- Pricing: Annual package. Packages start at $15,000 a year with discounts by user count; service tiers Signature and Signature Plus add survey design and analyst support. Free plan: none.
- Best for: Mid-size firms wanting vendor support
- Strengths: Engagement surveys; Pulse surveys; Performance and 1-on-1s.
Where it falls short
The stated minimum contract of $15,000 makes it poor value for companies of 50 or fewer, and per-head prices are not published.
Wrong for
Not for startups or teams that want to try a pulse for one department without a signed contract.
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#7 TINYpulse
Pulse feedback and peer recognition · United States · tinypulse.com
Pulse feedback Peer cheers Now under WebMD
TINYpulse is now presented as TINYpulse by WebMD Health Services, a solution inside a larger wellbeing company. Its pitch is to measure and raise engagement through feedback surveys, driver reports, tailored action plans with guidance and the Cheers for Peers recognition feature, which a customer quoted on the page credits with about 50 percent engagement.
- Pricing: Quote only. No price on the site; a demo request is the way to a quote. Free plan: none.
- Best for: Small firms wanting simple feedback
- Strengths: Employee feedback surveys; Engagement drivers reporting; Action plans.
Where it falls short
Ownership by a wellbeing business changes the roadmap: the product page sits among wellness and benefits offerings, and competitors are building AI coaching and benchmark depth faster. No price is shown and no trial is advertised.
Wrong for
Not for an employer that needs multilingual segmentation or benchmark-driven reporting for a board.
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#8 Engagedly
Low-cost engagement suite in a broad talent bundle · United States · engagedly.com
Low entry price Many modules Minimum $7,500
Engagedly lists the Engage and Listen suite at $2 per user per month, which is the lowest published survey price here alongside Microsoft Viva Glint. It includes an engagement survey based on its e-10 template, favorability distribution, department and team heat maps, customizable employee surveys, recurring surveys and Team Pulse questions with private responses.
- Pricing: Per user / month. Modular per user per month, annual billing; Engage and Listen from $2, minimum pricing of $7,500 a year, full platform on quote. Free plan: none.
- Best for: Cost-conscious firms wanting many modules
- Strengths: Engagement survey with e-10 template; Heat maps; Employee surveys.
Where it falls short
Pricing varies with employee count and bundling, with a minimum of $7,500 a year, so the $2 headline does not apply to small teams.
Wrong for
Not for a firm that wants only a clean, light pulse tool.
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#9 Workvivo
Employee communications hub with a survey module · Ireland · workvivo.com
Zoom-owned Comms-first Quote only
Workvivo is a social intranet first, now stated as Workvivo by Zoom Limited. Its Seer product, available standalone or as an add-on to the main Workvivo HQ product, runs engagement and pulse surveys with AI topic grouping and comment analysis, a radar heat map, benchmarking and executive summary reports.
- Pricing: Quote only. Quote only, based on licence count and needs; no free trial, demo offered instead. Free plan: none.
- Best for: Dispersed workforces needing a social hub
- Strengths: Employee engagement surveys; Pulse surveys; AI comment analysis.
Where it falls short
The product is chosen for communications, so buyers who want only survey science are paying for a platform they will not use. Pricing is by quote with no trial.
Wrong for
Not for a company without a communications problem.
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#10 Qualtrics EmployeeXM
Enterprise survey and analytics platform · United States · qualtrics.com
Enterprise Quote only Research-grade
Qualtrics is the research-grade option. Its employee experience pricing page lists engagement, pulse, research, onboarding and exit, candidate experience, 360 development and retention analytics, with a pricing metric based on employee count and AI-surfaced recommendations for managers. The company says it is co-headquartered in Provo, Utah and Seattle, and its privacy statement names EU and UK data representatives.
- Pricing: Quote only. Quote only, with the pricing metric based on employee count. Free plan: none.
- Best for: Large employers with research teams
- Strengths: Employee engagement; Employee pulse; Employee research.
Where it falls short
The product is more than most mid-size buyers will use, and pricing is hidden behind a request. A first project needs a skilled owner; without one, the flexibility becomes complexity.
Wrong for
Not for companies under about 500 people or those without a survey analyst. Leapsome, Workleap or 15Five Engage reach insight with less effort.
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#11 Microsoft Viva Glint
Microsoft's survey tool inside the Viva suite · United States · microsoft.com
Microsoft 365 Published price Copilot summaries
Viva Glint, formerly Glint, is priced on Microsoft's site at $2.00 per user per month, paid yearly, which is among the lowest in this list. It offers survey templates for engagement, lifecycle, 360s and digital experiences, AI summaries of thousands of comments, internal and industry benchmarks, alerts for populations at risk of attrition, and guided results presentations for managers.
- Pricing: Per user / month. Published at $2.00 per user per month on an annual commitment; Viva suite bundles cost more. Free plan: none.
- Best for: Microsoft 365 shops with larger staff
- Strengths: Engagement and lifecycle surveys; Copilot comment summaries; Benchmarks.
Where it falls short
The pricing page notes that the product is not available in every market, so check availability for your country. Specialists often provide more survey coaching and implementation help.
Wrong for
Not for a company outside the Microsoft ecosystem or one that wants a friendly, hands-on survey partner.
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#12 Workday Peakon Employee Voice
Workday's continuous listening platform · United States · workday.com
Workday-owned Benchmarks Enterprise
Workday Peakon Employee Voice is an intelligent listening platform that captures sentiment across the employee lifecycle, covering engagement, wellbeing and diversity. Workday points to a large benchmarking dataset for consistent measurement over time, dashboards and collaborative action tools for every stakeholder, and integration with Microsoft Teams and Slack.
- Pricing: Quote only. Quote only; Workday publishes no price on the product page. Free plan: none.
- Best for: Large employers already on Workday
- Strengths: Employee engagement; Employee retention; Leadership development.
Where it falls short
Pricing is not shown and buyers outside the Workday customer base get less from the integration. The company is a very large enterprise software vendor, and a mid-size buyer will find the sales process heavy.
Wrong for
Not for companies without Workday HCM or those under a few hundred employees.
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Questions and answers
What is the best employee engagement software in 2026?
Leapsome ranks first of 12, best for growing companies, EU data needs. Culture Amp is second (mid-size firms with a People team) and Workleap third (sMBs under 250 employees). Places 1 to 3 go to challengers, vendors outside the best-known brands, wherever the category has them.
What is the difference between an engagement survey and a pulse survey?
An engagement survey is a long, annual or twice-yearly questionnaire, often 40 to 80 items, built to give a benchmarked score across themes such as manager quality and growth.
How anonymous are employee engagement surveys really?
Anonymity in these products rests on a minimum group size: results for a team are hidden until enough people have answered, so a manager cannot work out who wrote what.
How much does employee engagement software cost for 100 employees?
Where prices are published, the engagement module runs about $2 to $4 per person per month, which is $2,400 to $4,800 a year at 100 people.
Do I need a separate survey tool if I already have an HRIS?
Often not at first. Several HR systems include basic surveys, and a few vendors here, such as Workday Peakon and Viva Glint, work best next to a parent platform.
How often should we run engagement surveys?
A common pattern is one longer survey each year with short pulses each quarter, or monthly for teams in change.
Can engagement software replace performance management software?
It does a different job. Engagement tools measure how employees feel about work, while performance tools handle reviews, goals and calibration. Many suppliers, including Lattice, 15Five, Leapsome and Culture Amp, sell both so that survey results appear beside review data.
Which tools publish their engagement price?
Six of the twelve ranked here publish a number: Leapsome, 15Five, Lattice, Engagedly, Workleap and Microsoft Viva Glint. Quantum Workplace shows a $15,000 minimum but no per-head price. Culture Amp, TINYpulse, Workvivo, Qualtrics and Workday Peakon require a quote.
Is EU data hosting a concern for engagement surveys?
It can be. Survey answers describe how people feel about their employer, and in Germany and the Netherlands a works council may need to approve the tool.
What should we ask a vendor about getting survey history out?
Ask for a sample export that contains response rows, demographic fields, free-text comments and survey metadata, not a summary PDF.
Why do engagement programs fail after the first survey?
Rarely because of the software. The usual cause is that results reach managers late, nobody owns the follow-up, and employees see no change before the next round.
