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Culture Amp vs FeedbackPulse

Same facts, side by side: starting price, free tier, MCP, API and what each one is actually built for.

Starting price

Culture Amp

Sales-quoted

Employee engagement, performance and development platform with AI Coach built in. Pricing is quote-based, billed annually.

Where Culture Amp fits

  • People teams running engagement surveys
  • Companies pairing reviews with engagement data
  • Managers who want coaching in the tool
  • Firms of 1,000+ staff wanting expert help

FeedbackPulse

$2/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 $2 per employee a month for Basic Surveys, or $4 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

  • Founders and first HR hires at 10 to 200 person companies starting a monthly pulse or eNPS habit
  • Teams that bounced off Culture Amp or Lattice minimums and want a published per employee price
  • Small companies running their first structured review or 360 cycle
  • HR leads who want to query survey results from Claude or ChatGPT

At a glance

DetailCulture AmpFeedbackPulse
Starting priceSales-quoted$2/employee/mo
Free tier–No✓Yes
Free trialNot on recordYes
MCP server✓Yes✓Yes
Public API✓Yes✓Yes
Listed underEngagement, People analytics, PerformanceEngagement, Performance

Where they pull apart

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

  • Buyers who need a published per-employee price
  • Teams looking for HRIS or payroll

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

  • Enterprises that need a vendor security review, SOC 2 report or procurement track
  • Teams that want pulse surveys inside Slack or Teams on the cheapest paid plan
  • Companies after one platform for HRIS, compensation and learning as well as feedback

Pros and cons

Culture Amp

  • Engage and Perform on one platform
  • AI Coach included in every plan
  • Developer API and MCP connector
  • No published price
  • Annual billing only
  • No HRIS or payroll

FeedbackPulse

  • Free plan for up to 10 people, then a published $2 per employee price
  • Reviews, 360 feedback and kudos included rather than sold as add ons
  • First-party MCP server for Claude and ChatGPT with admin controls
  • Slack and Microsoft Teams integrations only on the $8 Max plan
  • Goals also locked to the Max plan
  • No HRIS, compensation or learning modules

What each one costs

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 4 Nov 2026

FeedbackPulse

$2/employee/mo

Free covers up to 10 people and five active or scheduled surveys. Basic Surveys is $2 per employee a month for engagement and pulse surveys, Slack invitations, results and AI summaries with eNPS benchmarks; the vendor's example is $1,200 billed yearly. 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 4 Nov 2026

Common questions

Can you try Culture Amp or FeedbackPulse for free?
FeedbackPulse carries a free tier on our listing. FeedbackPulse offers a free trial.
Does Culture Amp or FeedbackPulse have an MCP server?
Culture Amp and FeedbackPulse ship a first party MCP server, so an AI assistant can work the product directly.

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Editorial listings, never paid rankings. Prices checked 4 Nov 2026. Confirm current terms on the vendor site. Spot an error?