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Alternatives to Qualtrics EmployeeXM
20 employee engagement tools sit alongside Qualtrics EmployeeXM in this directory. Below is what separates each from Qualtrics EmployeeXM on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 20
- With a free tier
- 3
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Qualtrics EmployeeXM starts at
- On request
Why people look past Qualtrics EmployeeXM
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Qualtrics EmployeeXM entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Qualtrics EmployeeXM carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 3 of the 20 alternatives below can be used without paying.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Gift-based employee recognition platform
- Can be used without paying; Qualtrics EmployeeXM cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $200/month, where Qualtrics EmployeeXM does not.
Cloud-based employee engagement and performance management
- Can be used without paying; Qualtrics EmployeeXM cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where Qualtrics EmployeeXM does not.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than quote.
- 2 tiers to Qualtrics EmployeeXM's 3.
Employee recognition platform for distributed teams
- Can be used without paying; Qualtrics EmployeeXM cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where Qualtrics EmployeeXM does not.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than quote.
- 2 tiers to Qualtrics EmployeeXM's 3.
Turn employee feedback into business success
Priced and rated the same as Qualtrics EmployeeXM on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Employee engagement powered by AI
- Sold on a subscription model rather than quote.
- 1 tier to Qualtrics EmployeeXM's 3.
Employee app for frontline and deskless workers
- Publishes an entry price of $3.4/month, where Qualtrics EmployeeXM does not.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than quote.
- 2 tiers to Qualtrics EmployeeXM's 3.
Every Qualtrics EmployeeXM alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Qualtrics EmployeeXM badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
What you would be giving up
Qualtrics EmployeeXM is most often brought in for organizations wanting employee experience tools priced against their own headcount rather than a flat seat fee. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Qualtrics EmployeeXM is broadly right and the question is cost, the Qualtrics EmployeeXM pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Employee Engagement category lists everything the directory holds, and best employee engagement tools ranks them.
Qualtrics EmployeeXM runs on web, ios, android, api. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Qualtrics EmployeeXM alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Qualtrics EmployeeXM?
- 20 other employee engagement tools are listed in this directory, led by Guusto, Engagedly, Assembly, Peakon by Workday. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Qualtrics EmployeeXM?
- 3 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Guusto, Engagedly, Assembly.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Qualtrics EmployeeXM?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: there is no free tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Qualtrics EmployeeXM?
- Qualtrics EmployeeXM is most often brought in for organizations wanting employee experience tools priced against their own headcount rather than a flat seat fee. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Qualtrics EmployeeXM?
- None of the employee engagement tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Qualtrics EmployeeXM alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Employee Engagement, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored slot runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Qualtrics EmployeeXM against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Qualtrics EmployeeXM covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every employee engagement tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Employee Engagement category, 20 tools beside Qualtrics EmployeeXM. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.