# Employee engagement surveys: what fourteen AI models recommend, and why, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/experience/employee-engagement-surveys/guide

Fourteen AI models were asked for employee engagement survey platform six ways each, on behalf of a small, a mid-market and an enterprise B2B company: 252 answers, in which a judge labeled 108 products. Seven of them carry at least 10 labels and a first choice, and are ranked. This guide walks the top seven in the order the mid-market standing puts them, with what the models said for and against each, in their words. 15Five Engage leads at 39% of first choices, and the standing is contested.

## At a glance

| # | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15Five Engage | 39% | 2% | 44 |
| 2 | Culture Amp | 22% | 25% | 48 |
| 3 | Workleap Officevibe | 11% | 3% | 35 |
| 4 | Lattice Engagement | 7% | 12% | 32 |
| 5 | Leapsome | 4% | 14% | 21 |
| 6 | ThriveSparrow Engage | 2% | 6% | 17 |
| 7 | Google Forms | 2% | 30% | 10 |

## 1. 15Five Engage

15Five Engage is #1 of 7 at 39% of first choices, 44 labels, negative rate 2%. By buyer: small business #2 of 9 at 21%; mid-market #1 of 7 at 39%; enterprise #5 of 7 at 6%.

- For: "15Five - Best for mid-market and enterprise HR teams that want performance reviews, OKRs, and engagement surveys in one per-user platform." (Llama 4 Maverick, paraphrase prompt)
- For: "Popular starting points include Culture Amp for insights depth or 15Five for integrated performance/engagement." (Grok 4.20, scale prompt)
- Against: "Avoid for Tight Budgets: ... 15Five" (Grok 4.20, budget prompt)

## 2. Culture Amp

Culture Amp is #2 of 7 at 22% of first choices, 48 labels, negative rate 25%. By buyer: small business #6 of 9 at 4%; mid-market #2 of 7 at 22%; enterprise #1 of 7 at 40%.

- For: "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)
- For: "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)
- Against: "Avoid for Tight Budgets: ... Culture Amp" (Grok 4.20, budget prompt)
- Against: "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)

## 3. Workleap Officevibe

Workleap Officevibe is #3 of 7 at 11% of first choices, 35 labels, negative rate 3%. By buyer: small business #1 of 9 at 27%; mid-market #3 of 7 at 11%; enterprise unranked.

- For: "If you have 10–100 employees and want a purpose-built solution: Go with Workleap (Officevibe)." (DeepSeek V4 Flash, budget prompt)
- For: "I recommend considering Officevibe (now part of Workleap) or 15Five as top options" (Mistral Small, paraphrase prompt)
- Against: "Avoid for Tight Budgets: ... Workleap/Officevibe ($5K+/year min)" (Grok 4.20, budget prompt)

## 4. Lattice Engagement

Lattice Engagement is #4 of 7 at 7% of first choices, 32 labels, negative rate 12%. By buyer: small business #9 of 9 at 2%; mid-market #4 of 7 at 7%; enterprise #6 of 7 at 4%.

- For: "Best Overall for Modern B2B Companies: Lattice ... is the gold standard for mid-sized tech and B2B companies." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, paraphrase prompt)
- For: "For most mid-sized B2B companies, Culture Amp or Lattice tend to offer the best balance of features" (Claude Haiku 4.5, paraphrase prompt)
- Against: "Avoid for Tight Budgets: Tools like Lattice ($4/user/month + $4K annual min)" (Grok 4.20, budget prompt)
- Against: "$4,000 minimum may be a poor fit for companies under ~30 people; pricing complexity" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, direct prompt)

## 5. Leapsome

Leapsome is #5 of 7 at 4% of first choices, 21 labels, negative rate 14%. By buyer: small business unranked; mid-market #5 of 7 at 4%; enterprise unranked.

- Against: "Avoid for Tight Budgets: ... or Leapsome" (Grok 4.20, budget prompt)

## 6. ThriveSparrow Engage

ThriveSparrow Engage is #6 of 7 at 2% of first choices, 17 labels, negative rate 6%. By buyer: small business #3 of 9 at 14%; mid-market #6 of 7 at 2%; enterprise unranked.

- For: "Best HR Features per Dollar | Workleap (Officevibe) or ThriveSparrow" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, budget prompt)
- For: "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)
- Against: "Niche for mid-market with neuroscience/AI focus; good for frontline/growing B2B but less established." (Grok 4.20, direct prompt)

## 7. Google Forms

Google Forms is #7 of 7 at 2% of first choices, 10 labels, negative rate 30%. By buyer: small business #8 of 9 at 2%; mid-market #7 of 7 at 2%; enterprise unranked.

- For: "Google Forms (Best Overall for Truly Limited Budgets – Free)" (Grok 4.20, budget prompt)
- For: "Google Forms publishes no cap on questions or responses and will collect an employee satisfaction survey perfectly well" (Muse Glimmer 30B, budget prompt)

## Questions the record answers

**Which employee engagement survey platform do AI models name first most often?** 15Five Engage, in 39% of first choices for a mid-market B2B company in the November 2026 Edition, from 44 labels. The standing is contested: the models did not settle on one product.

**Does the answer change with the size of the company?** Small business: Workleap Officevibe at 27%. Mid-market: 15Five Engage at 39%. Enterprise: Culture Amp at 40%. Each standing is computed within its segment and never pooled.

**Which framing changes the answer?** The direct, paraphrase, budget and scale framings count toward share. The product named first differs by framing: direct 15Five Engage; paraphrase 15Five Engage; comparative Culture Amp; budget-constrained 15Five Engage; scale-constrained Culture Amp; negative Culture Amp. The table above has the counts.

**How stable is one answer?** The repeat measurement is published with the next edition.

**Where do the answers come from?** Fourteen of the fourteen models return sources. Their 66 answers here cite 685 pages; the sites cited most are thrivesparrow.com, leadchangegroup.com, feedbackpulse.com. The category page lists them all.

**Can a vendor pay to be on this list?** No. A product is on the record because a model named it. A vendor can claim its page, propose corrections to the vendor table and be told when its standing moves; it cannot change a label, a share or a rank, and the publisher's conflicts are disclosed on the method page.

Published under CC BY 4.0. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.