Is Burnalong or Perceptyx better?

Neither clearly leads. Burnalong starts at On request and Perceptyx at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, Burnalong or Perceptyx?

Burnalong starts at On request and Perceptyx at On request.

Does Burnalong or Perceptyx run on more platforms?

Burnalong runs on Web, iOS, Android, Roku, Apple TV. Perceptyx runs on Web.

What is Burnalong best used for?

Burnalong is most often used for an employer with a distributed or deskless workforce that cannot use an on site gym subsidy and needs something every employee can actually reach, a health plan or health system wanting a wellbeing library it can offer its own members under its own brand, an employer whose population skews older or includes many people with limited mobility, where a general fitness library gets no use, an hr team running a quarterly wellbeing challenge and needing structured multi week programmes rather than an unstructured content library. Of those, an employer with a distributed or deskless workforce that cannot use an on site gym subsidy and needs something every employee can actually reach and a health plan or health system wanting a wellbeing library it can offer its own members under its own brand are not what Perceptyx is typically brought in for.

What can Burnalong do that Perceptyx cannot?

Burnalong covers Social classes, Instructor marketplace, Specialist populations, Beyond fitness content. Perceptyx covers Employee listening, AI-powered insights, Surveys, Pulse surveys.

Employee Engagement · head to head

Burnalong vs Perceptyx

Burnalong

Employee Engagement

Employer wellness platform built around social classes and a wide instructor marketplace

From: On request
Rated: -

Full review Website

Perceptyx

Employee Engagement

Employee listening platform powered by AI

From: On request
Rated: -

Full review Website

The short version

Each has a real cost: Burnalong nothing is published, so an employer cannot benchmark a Burnalong quote before entering a sales process, and third party estimates of a low single digit per employee per month rate are unconfirmed by the vendor.; Perceptyx aimed at Fortune 1000 scale organisations rather than small or mid-sized employers
They diverge on capability: Burnalong covers Social classes, Perceptyx covers Employee listening.
Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Burnalong and Perceptyx actually diverge.

Attributes where Burnalong and Perceptyx differ
Attribute	Burnalong	Perceptyx
Pricing model	quote	subscription
Platforms	Web, iOS, Android, Roku, Apple TV	Web
Founded	Unknown	2015

Identical on both: starting price (On request), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Employee Engagement).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Burnalong

Social classes
Instructor marketplace
Specialist populations
Beyond fitness content
Connected television
Challenges and programmes
Employer reporting
Reseller deployment

Only in Perceptyx

Employee listening
AI-powered insights
Surveys
Pulse surveys
Text analytics
Analytics dashboard
Action planning
Benchmarking

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Burnalong

An employer with a distributed or deskless workforce that cannot use an on site gym subsidy and needs something every employee can actually reachnot Perceptyx
A health plan or health system wanting a wellbeing library it can offer its own members under its own brandnot Perceptyx
An employer whose population skews older or includes many people with limited mobility, where a general fitness library gets no usenot Perceptyx
An HR team running a quarterly wellbeing challenge and needing structured multi week programmes rather than an unstructured content librarynot Perceptyx

Perceptyx

Employee engagement and lifecycle surveysnot Burnalong
Analysing open-text feedback at scalenot Burnalong
Manager coaching and behavioural nudges through Activatenot Burnalong
Adaptive learning tied to survey findingsnot Burnalong
Delivering surveys inside Teams, Slack or Workdaynot Burnalong

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Burnalong

Nothing is published, so an employer cannot benchmark a Burnalong quote before entering a sales process, and third party estimates of a low single digit per employee per month rate are unconfirmed by the vendor.
Content comes from a marketplace of independent instructors, so production quality and instructional rigour vary noticeably between classes and there is no consistent standard across the catalogue.
It is a wellbeing benefit rather than a clinical intervention, so it will not satisfy a plan looking for measurable clinical outcomes, and employers who buy it expecting claims reduction are buying the wrong category.
Per employee per month pricing across the whole population means an employer with typical wellbeing engagement is paying for the entire workforce to serve the minority who log in more than twice.
The social class feature only works if colleagues coordinate to attend at the same time, which requires organisational effort HR teams rarely sustain past the launch campaign, and without it the product is a video library like any other.

Perceptyx

Aimed at Fortune 1000 scale organisations rather than small or mid-sized employers
Split into named modules, Discover, Activate and Develop, so listening, coaching and learning are separate purchases
Pricing is not published

Pricing, plan by plan

Burnalong

On request

Burnalong$undefined/year
- Per employee per month across the eligible population, quoted not published
- Third party review sites estimate a low single digit dollar rate but Burnalong does not confirm it
- Rate varies by headcount, dependant eligibility and whether it is resold through a plan

Perceptyx

On request

Perceptyx Platform$undefined/month
- Employee listening
- AI insights
- Surveys

Which should you pick?

Choose Burnalong if

You need social classes.
You work on Web, iOS, Android, Roku, Apple TV.
You also want instructor marketplace.

Burnalong review

Choose Perceptyx if

You need employee listening.
You also want ai-powered insights.

Perceptyx review

Questions people ask

Is Burnalong or Perceptyx better?: Neither clearly leads. Burnalong starts at On request and Perceptyx at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Burnalong or Perceptyx?: Burnalong starts at On request and Perceptyx at On request.
Does Burnalong or Perceptyx run on more platforms?: Burnalong runs on Web, iOS, Android, Roku, Apple TV. Perceptyx runs on Web.
What is Burnalong best used for?: Burnalong is most often used for an employer with a distributed or deskless workforce that cannot use an on site gym subsidy and needs something every employee can actually reach, a health plan or health system wanting a wellbeing library it can offer its own members under its own brand, an employer whose population skews older or includes many people with limited mobility, where a general fitness library gets no use, an hr team running a quarterly wellbeing challenge and needing structured multi week programmes rather than an unstructured content library. Of those, an employer with a distributed or deskless workforce that cannot use an on site gym subsidy and needs something every employee can actually reach and a health plan or health system wanting a wellbeing library it can offer its own members under its own brand are not what Perceptyx is typically brought in for.
What can Burnalong do that Perceptyx cannot?: Burnalong covers Social classes, Instructor marketplace, Specialist populations, Beyond fitness content. Perceptyx covers Employee listening, AI-powered insights, Surveys, Pulse surveys.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Burnalong: Does Burnalong publish pricing?

No. It is quoted per employee per month. Third party review sites cite a low single digit dollar rate, but the vendor does not confirm any figure publicly.

Perceptyx: What is Perceptyx's pricing structure?

Specific pricing is not disclosed on the public website. Perceptyx requires customers to request a demo or speak with a sales expert to obtain pricing information.

Source

Burnalong: Is it a clinical programme?

No. It is a wellbeing content platform. It has content covering chronic conditions, but nobody is warranting clinical appropriateness for a given member, and it should not be compared against clinical vendors.

Perceptyx: Are there different pricing tiers based on company size?

No tier information or pricing levels are published on the homepage. All pricing discussions happen through direct contact with sales.

Source

Burnalong: What makes it different from a fitness app?

Two features: members can take a class together remotely, and the instructor marketplace covers niches such as adaptive, senior and cancer recovery that studio produced libraries do not.

Perceptyx: Is there a trial period available?

No trial details are mentioned on the website. Interested users are directed to book a demo to explore the product.

Source

Burnalong: Can health plans resell it?

Yes. Health plans and health systems are a significant channel and often deliver it under their own branding.

Burnalong vs Perceptyx

Burnalong

Perceptyx

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in Burnalong

Only in Perceptyx

What people use each for

Burnalong

Perceptyx

Where each one falls short

Burnalong

Perceptyx

Pricing, plan by plan

Burnalong

Perceptyx

Which should you pick?

Choose Burnalong if

Choose Perceptyx if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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