HR & Recruiting · head to head
Culture Amp vs Paragon

Culture Amp
HR & Recruiting
Build a better workplace with employee experience data
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -

Paragon
Automation & Integration
Embedded integration platform for SaaS
- From
- $299/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; Paragon no price is published for either plan, and both require a quote
- They diverge on capability: Culture Amp covers Employee engagement surveys, Paragon covers Embedded workflows.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Culture Amp and Paragon actually diverge.
| Attribute | Culture Amp | Paragon |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | On request | $299/month |
| Platforms | Web, Ios, Android, Api | Web, Embedded |
| Category | HR & Recruiting | Automation & Integration |
| Founded | 2009 | 2021 |
Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Culture Amp
- Employee engagement surveys
- Pulse surveys
- Performance management
- Goal tracking
- 360-degree feedback
- Analytics & insights
- Action planning
- Manager effectiveness
Only in Paragon
- Embedded workflows
- Native integrations
- Workflow builder
- Error handling
- Monitoring
- Analytics
- Webhooks
- 500+ apps
Both cover
- Slack
- GDPR
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Culture Amp
- Employee engagement surveys and analysisnot Paragon
- Performance reviews and development planning across an organisationnot Paragon
Paragon
- Embedding third party integrations into a SaaS productnot Culture Amp
- Managing customer facing connectors without building each onenot Culture Amp
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Culture Amp
- No price is published, and cost depends on employee count, product chosen and service tier
- All products are billed annually
- Support level is banded by organisation size, with additional support starting at 200 employees and enterprise treatment at 1,000, so smaller customers get less for the same product
Paragon
- No price is published for either plan, and both require a quote
- Cost scales with the number of customer tenants using the integrations, so the bill follows an end customer count rather than the vendor's own usage
- SAML SSO, self hosting, dynamic field mapping and SLAs are all Enterprise only
Pricing, plan by plan
Culture Amp
On request- Engage$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
Paragon
$299/month- Starter$299/month
- 50 integrations
- Basic support
- Growth$999/month
- 200 integrations
- Priority support
- Enterprise$5000/month
- Unlimited 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 Paragon if
- You need embedded workflows.
- You work on Web, Embedded.
- You also want native integrations.
Questions people ask
- Is Culture Amp or Paragon better?
- Neither clearly leads. Culture Amp starts at On request and Paragon at $299/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Culture Amp or Paragon?
- Culture Amp starts at On request and Paragon at $299/month.
- Does Culture Amp or Paragon run on more platforms?
- Culture Amp runs on Web, Ios, Android, Api. Paragon runs on Web, Embedded.
- 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 Paragon is typically brought in for.
- What can Culture Amp do that Paragon cannot?
- Culture Amp covers Employee engagement surveys, Pulse surveys, Performance management, Goal tracking. Paragon covers Embedded workflows, Native integrations, Workflow builder, Error handling. Both handle Slack, GDPR.
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