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Employee engagement surveys · November 2026 Edition
Culture Amp vs ThriveSparrow Engage
Four of fourteen models named Culture Amp first on the direct prompt; zero named ThriveSparrow Engage. Culture Amp was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and ThriveSparrow Engage by ten and Culture Amp carries 48 labels and ThriveSparrow Engage 17, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in nine categories this edition.
ThriveSparrow Engage
accepted challengerNamed in one category this edition.
First-choice share22%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate25%6%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#6A position in a field of 10; printed, not drawn.
Labels4817A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Culture Amp reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.15Five Engage was named alongside these two in twelve of the fourteen direct answers. 15Five Engage vs Culture Amp · 15Five Engage vs ThriveSparrow Engage · Culture Amp vs Workleap Officevibe
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the employee engagement surveys page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Culture AmpFirst choices, of fourteen modelsThriveSparrow EngageDirect405 against Culture Amp · 1 against ThriveSparrow Engage
Paraphrase502 against Culture Amp
Comparative20
Budget-constrained013 against Culture Amp
Scale-constrained301 against Culture Amp
Negative101 against Culture Amp
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Culture Amp and ThriveSparrow Engage stood in it.
| Model | DirectTE | ParaphraseTE | ComparativeTE | Budget-constrainedTE | Scale-constrainedTE | NegativeTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | ||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | |||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | TE | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | TE | TE | |||
| Grok 4.20 | TE | TE | | | ||
| Mistral Small | | | ||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | TE | TE | | | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | | TE | ||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | | ||
| Kimi K2 | | | | |||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | TE | TE | |||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | TE | ||||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | ||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | TE | TE | TE |
Culture AmpTE ThriveSparrow Engage first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Culture Amp on the left and ThriveSparrow Engage on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Culture Amp and ThriveSparrow Engage stood in it.
Culture Amp first, ThriveSparrow Engage not the choice
4 of 14 modelsThriveSparrow Engage was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Claude Haiku 4.5Culture Amp alternatives: 15Five Engage, Lattice Engagement, Quantum Workplace, WorkTango
GPT-5.4 miniCulture Amp alternatives: Betterworks, Lattice Engagement, Workvivo
Perplexity SonarCulture Amp alternatives: 15Five Engage, Lattice Engagement, Workleap Officevibe
GPT-6 LunaCulture Amp alternatives: 15Five Engage, Lattice Engagement, Workleap Officevibe
Neither was the first choice, one was named
4 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Gemini 3.5 FlashLattice Engagement alternatives: 15Five Engage, Culture Amp, Leapsome, Workleap Officevibe
Qwen 3.7 Flash15Five Engage alternatives: Culture Amp, Lattice Engagement, Leapsome
MiniMax M2.515Five Engage alternatives: Culture Amp, Leapsome, Workleap Officevibe
Muse Glimmer 30B15Five Engage alternatives: Culture Amp, Leapsome, ThriveSparrow Engage, Workleap Officevibe
Neither was named
6 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Grok 4.2015Five Engage alternatives: Leapsome, Workleap Officevibe
Mistral Small15Five Engage, Leapsome, Workleap Officevibe alternatives: Lattice Engagement
DeepSeek V4 Flash15Five Engage alternatives: Leapsome, Workleap Officevibe
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Kimi K215Five Engage alternatives: Leapsome
GLM 4.7 FlashX15Five Engage alternatives: Leapsome, Workleap Officevibe
Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
ThriveSparrow Engage leads by eleven points.
ThriveSparrow Engage14%#3 of 11
Culture Amp4%#6 of 11Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Culture Amp leads at mid-market.
Culture Amp22%#2 of 10ThriveSparrow Engage2%#6 of 10
The full mid-market standing →Enterprise
Culture Amp leads by forty points.
Culture Amp40%#1 of 7ThriveSparrow Engage0%#– of 7
The full enterprise standing →What the models said about Culture Amp
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of four in this category shown.
“Avoid for Tight Budgets: ... Culture Amp” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · hard negative
“Vendors that hide pricing — Platforms like CultureAmp and others require you to contact sales, with minimum annual spends around $4,500+ and 12-month minimum contracts” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Culture Amp (Best for Benchmarking and Insights) ... Advanced survey technology that compares your results against an industry-specific database” Qwen 3.7 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“Platforms like Culture Amp and Qualtrics offer scientifically tested question sets... (This is where Culture Amp and Qualtrics are strongest.)” DeepSeek V4 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
What the models said about ThriveSparrow Engage
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.
“Niche for mid-market with neuroscience/AI focus; good for frontline/growing B2B but less established.” Grok 4.20 · direct prompt · soft negative
“Best HR Features per Dollar | Workleap (Officevibe) or ThriveSparrow” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“Best for SMB and mid-market teams that want low per-employee pricing and reach deskless employees: ThriveSparrow Engage starts at $3 per employee/month” Muse Glimmer 30B · paraphrase prompt · alternative
“Cheapest Dedicated Option ... Specifically designed for growing and frontline teams at a very low cost per employee.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · alternative
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Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.