# Employee engagement surveys for enterprise buyers: what AI models recommend, September 2026

Gane Index, September 2026 Edition. Asked as "employee engagement survey platform" and as "employee pulse survey tool", six framings each, to twelve models with search on, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/experience/employee-engagement-surveys/2026-09/enterprise

This is the permanent record of the September 2026 Edition, published September 17, 2026 and superseded since. The current standing: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/experience/employee-engagement-surveys/enterprise/index.md

**Standing:** Culture Amp leads with 30% of first choices; verdict contested. 43 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Culture Amp](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/culture-amp/index.md) | 30% | 12% | 41 |
| 2 | [Qualtrics EmployeeXM](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/qualtrics-employeexm/index.md) | 23% | 21% | 38 |
| 3 | [Workday Peakon Employee Voice](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/workday-peakon-employee-voice/index.md) | 21% | 11% | 36 |
| 4 | [CultureMonkey](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/culturemonkey/index.md) | 7% | 0% | 21 |
| 5 | [Microsoft Viva Glint](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/microsoft-viva-glint/index.md) | 5% | 14% | 22 |
| 8 | [Lattice Engagement](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/lattice-engagement/index.md) | 2% | 12% | 17 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 89 products named; products with the same share are tied, and the order among them carries no meaning. The table lists those with at least 10 labels.

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: Qualtrics XM; alternatives Culture Amp, CultureMonkey, Lattice Engagement, Leapsome
- GPT-5.4 mini: Qualtrics EmployeeXM; alternatives Culture Amp, Microsoft Viva Glint, Workday Peakon Employee Voice
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Culture Amp; alternatives Lattice Engagement, Microsoft Viva Glint, Qualtrics EmployeeXM, Workday Peakon Employee Voice
- Perplexity Sonar: Qualtrics EmployeeXM; alternatives Culture Amp, CultureMonkey, Microsoft Viva Glint, Workday Peakon Employee Voice
- Grok 4.20: Qualtrics EmployeeXM; alternatives Culture Amp, Medallia, Workday Peakon Employee Voice
- Mistral Small: Qualtrics EmployeeXM, Workday Peakon Employee Voice; alternatives Culture Amp, CultureMonkey
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Culture Amp; alternatives Perceptyx, Qualtrics EmployeeXM, Workday Peakon Employee Voice
- Llama 4 Maverick: CultureMonkey
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Culture Amp; alternatives CultureMonkey, Microsoft Viva Engage, Qualtrics EmployeeXM, Workday Peakon Employee Voice
- Kimi K2: Culture Amp; alternatives Microsoft Viva Glint, Qualtrics XM, Workday Peakon Employee Voice
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Culture Amp; alternatives Betterworks, Gallup Access, Lattice Engagement, Qualtrics EmployeeXM
- MiniMax M2.5: Culture Amp, Workday Peakon Employee Voice; alternatives Betterworks, Microsoft Viva Glint, Qualtrics EmployeeXM

## Sources the answers cite

65 of 72 answers came back with a source list, from 12 of 12 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- culturemonkey.io: 35 answers, 65 citations
- feedbackpulse.com: 30 answers, 38 citations
- hrfuture.net: 19 answers, 21 citations
- selectsoftwarereviews.com: 16 answers, 18 citations
- engagedly.com: 16 answers, 17 citations
- happily.ai: 16 answers, 17 citations
- capterra.com: 16 answers, 16 citations
- thrivesparrow.com: 15 answers, 18 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://feedbackpulse.com/resources/best-employee-survey-software (23 answers)
- https://hrfuture.net/strategy-operations/top-employee-engagement-survey-software-in-2026 (19 answers)
- https://engagedly.com/blog/best-employee-engagement-survey-softwares (16 answers)
- https://culturemonkey.io/guides/employee-engagement-survey-questions/employee-engagement-survey-vendors/top-employee-engagement-survey-vendors-to-choose-from (15 answers)
- https://capterra.com/resources/best-employee-engagement-software-reviews-analysis (14 answers)
- https://selectsoftwarereviews.com/buyer-guide/best-employee-engagement-software (14 answers)
- https://thrivesparrow.com/blog/best-employee-engagement-software (13 answers)
- https://culturemonkey.io/employee-engagement/pulse-survey-tools (11 answers)
- https://workhuman.com/blog/employee-engagement-software (11 answers)
- https://assessmentcloud.com/blog/best-employee-survey-software (10 answers)

## Warned against

- Qualtrics EmployeeXM: 8 of 38 labels negative. "The Trap to Avoid: Qualtrics EX ... it is generally not recommended if your primary goal is predictable, simplified TCO." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, budget prompt)
- Culture Amp: 5 of 41 labels negative. "Why You Should Avoid "Enterprise Giants" (e.g., Qualtrics, Culture Amp)" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, budget prompt)
- Workday Peakon Employee Voice: 4 of 36 labels negative. "Tools like Workday Peakon are excellent, but they often require a Workday HCM commitment... This isn't a "avoid" but a "evaluate carefully."" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt)
- Discord: 3 of 3 labels negative. "High-Risk Categories to Avoid or Scrutinize... Consumer-Grade or Small-Business Tools (e.g., Basic Discord, Skool, or Free-Tier Community Platforms)" (Grok 4.20, negative prompt)

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, September 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/hr.