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Culture Amp vs PlanetScale

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Culture Amp

Software

Build a better workplace with employee experience data

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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PlanetScale

Software

The MySQL-compatible serverless database

From
$15/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

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; PlanetScale eBS High Availability requires 3-node configuration with replication overhead
  • They diverge on capability: Culture Amp covers Employee engagement surveys, PlanetScale covers Database Branching.

Where they differ

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

Attributes where Culture Amp and PlanetScale differ
AttributeCulture AmpPlanetScale
Starting priceOn request$15/month
PlatformsWeb, Ios, Android, ApiCloud-hosted (AWS, GCP, Azure)
Founded20092018

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

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 PlanetScale

  • Database Branching
  • Non-blocking Schema Changes
  • Insights
  • Horizontal Scaling
  • Connection Pooling
  • Query Caching
  • Automatic Backups
  • Global Replication

Both cover

  • GDPR

What people use each for

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

Culture Amp

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

PlanetScale

  • MySQL database hosting with automatic failover and replicationnot Culture Amp
  • Vitess-based sharding for horizontal scaling across large datasetsnot Culture Amp
  • Cloud provider flexibility across AWS, GCP, Azure with 60+ regionsnot Culture Amp
  • Cost-effective database clusters using ARM64 architecture optionsnot 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

PlanetScale

  • EBS High Availability requires 3-node configuration with replication overhead
  • EBS Non-HA single-node option lacks redundancy and automatic failover
  • Pricing varies by cloud provider and region, requiring queries for specific rates
  • ARM64 architecture only available on EBS tier, not Metal deployments

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

PlanetScale

$15/month

No published plan breakdown. See the PlanetScale review.

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.
Culture Amp review

Choose PlanetScale if

  • You need database branching.
  • You work on Cloud-hosted (AWS, GCP, Azure).
  • You also want non-blocking schema changes.
PlanetScale review

Questions people ask

Is Culture Amp or PlanetScale better?
Neither clearly leads. Culture Amp starts at On request and PlanetScale at $15/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Culture Amp or PlanetScale?
Culture Amp starts at On request and PlanetScale at $15/month.
Does Culture Amp or PlanetScale run on more platforms?
Culture Amp runs on Web, Ios, Android, Api. PlanetScale runs on Cloud-hosted (AWS, GCP, Azure).
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 PlanetScale is typically brought in for.
What can Culture Amp do that PlanetScale cannot?
Culture Amp covers Employee engagement surveys, Pulse surveys, Performance management, Goal tracking. PlanetScale covers Database Branching, Non-blocking Schema Changes, Insights, Horizontal Scaling. Both handle GDPR.
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