Head to head

Culture Amp vs Lattice

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

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

Lattice

$4/seat/mo

Performance, engagement and HRIS for people operations, with per-seat pricing from $4/mo, billed annually.

Where Lattice fits

People-ops teams of roughly 50 to 500
Companies running review cycles
HR teams that want surveys next to goals
Buyers using the Claude or ChatGPT marketplaces

At a glance

Detail	Culture Amp	Lattice
Starting price	Sales-quoted	$4/seat/mo
Free tier	–No	–No
MCP server	✓Yes	✓Yes
Public API	✓Yes	✓Yes
Listed under	Engagement, People analytics, Performance	Engagement, HRIS, People analytics, Performance
Capterra	Not enough reviews	4.5 from 207 reviews

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

Lattice

Stands out: Review cycles, goals and surveys in one people-ops suite, with MCP in the assistant marketplaces.

Watch out: Pricing is modular, so the per-seat figure depends on which products you buy, and every contract is billed annually with a $4,000 minimum.

Not the right fit for

Talent acquisition teams looking for an ATS
US payroll-first small-business buyers

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

Lattice

Public per-seat pricing
Reviews, goals and surveys in one suite
MCP in the Claude and ChatGPT marketplaces

Modular pricing makes the real figure vary
Not an ATS

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 19 Sep 2026

Lattice

$4/seat/mo

Products are priced per seat per month and billed annually: Engagement $4, Goals and OKRs $8, Performance $10. Compensation adds $6 and Grow adds $4. The minimum annual agreement is $4,000, billed in US dollars. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 20 Sep 2026

Common questions

Can you try Culture Amp or Lattice for free?

Neither carries a free tier on our listing.

Does Culture Amp or Lattice have an MCP server?

Culture Amp and Lattice 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 19 Sep 2026. Confirm current terms on the vendor site. Spot an error?