Head to head
Same facts, side by side: starting price, free tier, MCP, API and what each one is actually built for.
Sales-quoted
Employee engagement, performance and development platform with AI Coach built in. Pricing is quote-based, billed annually.
Where Culture Amp fits
$4/employee/mo Free tier Free trial
A low cost pulse survey and review tool for teams of about 10 to 200: free for up to 10 people, then $4 per employee a month on annual Pro for anonymous surveys, eNPS benchmarks, 360 and performance reviews. It suits a founder or first HR hire who wants a monthly listening habit running this week, not a mid-market platform with compensation, HRIS and a procurement process.
Where FeedbackPulse fits
| Detail | Culture Amp | FeedbackPulse |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Sales-quoted | $4/employee/mo |
| Free tier | –No | ✓Yes |
| Free trial | Not on record | Yes |
| MCP server | ✓Yes | ✓Yes |
| Public API | ✓Yes | ✓Yes |
| Listed under | Engagement, People analytics, Performance | Engagement, Performance |
Culture Amp
Stands out: AI Coach is built into Engage and Perform, plus an MCP connector for Claude and ChatGPT and a developer API.
Watch out: All products are billed annually and priced by headcount, product and service tier. The MCP connector needs sign-up.
Not the right fit for
FeedbackPulse
Stands out: Prices are published and low: Pro at $4 per employee a month includes reviews, 360 feedback and AI summaries that bigger platforms sell as separate modules, and kudos come free on every plan. Survey answers stay hidden until three people respond, and a first-party MCP server lets an admin pull results or launch a survey from inside Claude or ChatGPT.
Watch out: Slack and Microsoft Teams, where many teams actually answer pulse surveys, sit on the Max plan at $8 per employee a month, double Pro. Goals are Max only too. There is no HRIS, payroll or compensation module, so employee data lives in its own directory. It is a small vendor (Hindcast LLC, registered in Wyoming in 2025) that relies on its hosting providers' certifications rather than its own SOC 2, and says itself that it does not chase 500 seat enterprise security reviews. Production data is hosted in the EU.
Not the right fit for
Culture Amp
FeedbackPulse
Culture Amp
Sales-quoted
Sales-quoted. No public rate card on the vendor site. All products are billed annually, priced by employee count, products chosen and service tier. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.
Checked 19 Sep 2026
FeedbackPulse
$4/employee/mo
Free covers up to 10 people and five active or scheduled surveys. Pro is $4 per employee a month billed annually, or $5 billed quarterly, and adds unlimited surveys, performance reviews, 360 feedback, eNPS benchmarks and AI insights. Max is $8 per employee a month billed annually, or $10 billed quarterly, and adds goals, advanced analytics and Slack and Microsoft Teams integrations. Enterprise is quoted. Paid plans come with a free trial and no card is needed for the free plan. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.
Checked 26 Sep 2026
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