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Culture Amp vs Improvado

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Culture Amp

HR & Recruiting

Build a better workplace with employee experience data

From
On request
Rated
-
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Improvado

Marketing & Analytics

Data integration platform for marketing teams

From
$1000/month
Rated
-

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Culture Amp no price is published, and cost depends on employee count, product chosen and service tier; Improvado no pricing is published, and no cost driver or minimum is stated
  • They diverge on capability: Culture Amp covers Employee engagement surveys, Improvado covers 500+ data source connectors.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Culture Amp and Improvado actually diverge.

Attributes where Culture Amp and Improvado differ
AttributeCulture AmpImprovado
Starting priceOn request$1000/month
PlatformsWeb, Ios, Android, ApiWeb, Api, Data-warehouse
CategoryHR & RecruitingMarketing & Analytics
Founded20092015

Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated).

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 Culture Amp

  • Employee engagement surveys
  • Pulse surveys
  • Performance management
  • Goal tracking
  • 360-degree feedback
  • Analytics & insights
  • Action planning
  • Manager effectiveness

Only in Improvado

  • 500+ data source connectors
  • Data transformation
  • Real-time syncing
  • Data warehouse integration
  • ETL capabilities
  • Data quality monitoring
  • Historical data
  • Custom connectors

Both cover

  • Data encryption

What people use each for

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

Culture Amp

  • Employee engagement surveys and analysisnot Improvado
  • Performance reviews and development planning across an organisationnot Improvado

Improvado

  • Aggregating marketing data from many platforms into one pipelinenot Culture Amp
  • Feeding blended campaign data into BI tools and dashboardsnot Culture Amp

Where each one falls short

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

Culture Amp

  • No price is published, and cost depends on employee count, product chosen and service tier
  • All products are billed annually
  • Support level is banded by organisation size, with additional support starting at 200 employees and enterprise treatment at 1,000, so smaller customers get less for the same product

Improvado

  • No pricing is published, and no cost driver or minimum is stated
  • The route to a figure is a working session with a solutions engineer rather than a rate card

Pricing, plan by plan

Culture Amp

On request
  • Engage$undefined/month
    • Engagement surveys
    • Pulse surveys
    • Action planning
  • Perform$undefined/month
    • Goal tracking
    • Performance reviews
    • 1-on-1 meetings
  • Develop$undefined/month
    • Skills development
    • Career paths
    • Learning integrations

Improvado

$1000/month
  • Starter$1000/month
    • Up to 20 data sources
    • Basic transformations
    • Standard support
  • Professional$2500/month
    • Up to 100 data sources
    • Advanced transformations
    • Priority support
  • Enterprise$undefined/month
    • Unlimited data sources
    • Custom integrations
    • Dedicated support

Which should you pick?

Choose Culture Amp if

  • You need employee engagement surveys.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android, Api.
  • You also want pulse surveys.

Choose Improvado if

  • You need 500+ data source connectors.
  • You work on Web, Api, Data-warehouse.
  • You also want data transformation.

Questions people ask

Is Culture Amp or Improvado better?
Neither clearly leads. Culture Amp starts at On request and Improvado at $1000/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Culture Amp or Improvado?
Culture Amp starts at On request and Improvado at $1000/month.
Does Culture Amp or Improvado run on more platforms?
Culture Amp runs on Web, Ios, Android, Api. Improvado runs on Web, Api, Data-warehouse.
What is Culture Amp best used for?
Culture Amp is most often used for employee engagement surveys and analysis, performance reviews and development planning across an organisation. Of those, employee engagement surveys and analysis and performance reviews and development planning across an organisation are not what Improvado is typically brought in for.
What can Culture Amp do that Improvado cannot?
Culture Amp covers Employee engagement surveys, Pulse surveys, Performance management, Goal tracking. Improvado covers 500+ data source connectors, Data transformation, Real-time syncing, Data warehouse integration. Both handle Data encryption.

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