Head to head

Qualtrics Employee Experience vs Viva Glint

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

Enterprise employee experience software for engagement, pulse, lifecycle, and 360 feedback, with AI comment analysis. Quote-based.

Where Qualtrics Employee Experience fits

  • Enterprises running continuous employee listening
  • People teams that also own customer experience data
  • Teams that need 360 and lifecycle surveys
  • Builders connecting AI agents via API or MCP

Viva Glint

$2/user/mo

Microsoft Viva employee listening. Viva Glint is $2/user/mo paid yearly; Workplace Analytics + Feedback is $6; Viva Suite is $12.

Where Viva Glint fits

  • Microsoft 365 customers already buying Viva
  • Enterprise listening programs that want lifecycle, engagement, and 360 surveys
  • People teams that will act on results in Teams
  • Orgs combining survey sentiment with Viva Insights workplace analytics

At a glance

DetailQualtrics Employee ExperienceViva Glint
Starting priceSales-quoted$2/user/mo
Free tier–No–No
MCP server✓Yes–No
Public API✓Yes✓Yes
Listed underEngagement, People analyticsEngagement, People analytics
CapterraNot enough reviews4.6 from 25 reviews

Where they pull apart

Qualtrics Employee Experience

Stands out: Links employee feedback to customer and business outcomes, and offers MCP servers for its JSON APIs.

Watch out: No published price, and API access is a separately purchased feature. Expect an enterprise sales cycle and a scoped rollout.

Not the right fit for

  • SMBs that want a published engagement plan
  • Teams that only need a simple pulse survey

Viva Glint

Stands out: It is the Microsoft-stack listening product: org-wide surveys, lifecycle and 360 templates, and Copilot comment summaries inside the same tenant as Teams and Viva Insights, which is why Microsoft 365 shops pick it over a standalone Culture Amp seat.

Watch out: Copilot in Viva Glint is governed in the Microsoft 365 admin center, not just the Glint admin. A $2 Glint SKU without Copilot enabled and without a clean HRIS feed (Workday / SuccessFactors via MODIS or SFTP) is a survey tool, not the demo you were shown. It auto-renews annually.

Not the right fit for

  • Companies not on Microsoft 365
  • SMBs that want a $4 pulse seat with no Microsoft tenant work

Pros and cons

Qualtrics Employee Experience

  • Engagement, lifecycle, and 360 in one
  • AI comment analysis and actions
  • REST API plus MCP servers
  • No published price
  • API access is a paid feature
  • Enterprise sales cycle

Viva Glint

  • Public Glint SKU at $2/user/mo paid yearly
  • Lives in Microsoft 365 with Teams and Viva Insights
  • Copilot summaries of comments and manager reports
  • Copilot access is a separate M365 admin setting
  • A poor fit if you are not already a Microsoft shop
  • Annual auto-renew on the Glint SKU

What each one costs

Qualtrics Employee Experience

Sales-quoted

Sales-quoted. No public rate card on the vendor site. Employee count and service level drive the quote, and API access is purchased as a separate feature. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 19 Sep 2026

Viva Glint

$2/user/mo

Microsoft Viva Glint from $2/user/mo paid yearly. Broader Viva bundles are $6 and $12/user/mo. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 18 Sep 2026

Common questions

Can you try Qualtrics Employee Experience or Viva Glint for free?
Neither carries a free tier on our listing.
Does Qualtrics Employee Experience or Viva Glint have an MCP server?
Qualtrics Employee Experience ships 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?