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Culture Amp vs Podio

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Culture Amp

Software

Build a better workplace with employee experience data

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On request
Rated
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Full reviewWebsite
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Podio

Software

The flexible team collaboration platform

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On request
Rated
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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; Podio the free plan stops at 5 users and 100 items across the whole organisation
  • They diverge on capability: Culture Amp covers Employee engagement surveys, Podio covers Workspaces.

Where they differ

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

Attributes where Culture Amp and Podio differ
AttributeCulture AmpPodio
Pricing modelsubscriptionfreemium
PlatformsWeb, Ios, Android, ApiWeb, Ios, Android

Identical on both: starting price (On request), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown), founded (2009).

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 Podio

  • Workspaces
  • Apps
  • Workflows
  • Tasks
  • Calendar
  • Google Drive
  • Dropbox
  • Zapier

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 Podio
  • Performance reviews and development planning across an organisationnot Podio

Podio

  • Building custom workspaces and apps without codenot Culture Amp
  • Project and task management for a small teamnot Culture Amp
  • Client collaboration with external users on the paid plansnot Culture Amp
  • Simple workflow automation between appsnot 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

Podio

  • The free plan stops at 5 users and 100 items across the whole organisation
  • Workflow automation is capped at 25,000 actions a month even on Premium at $19.20 per user
  • API access is a paid add-on from $23 a month, and higher call rates run to $159
  • Extra automation is billed separately, from $39 up to $559 a month
  • Visual reports, email integrations and PDF generation all require Premium

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

Podio

On request
  • FreeFree
    • 5 employees
    • Basic features
  • Basic$7.2/month
    • Unlimited employees
    • User management
    • Automations

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 Podio if

  • You need workspaces.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want apps.
Podio review

Questions people ask

Is Culture Amp or Podio better?
Neither clearly leads. Culture Amp starts at On request and Podio at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Culture Amp or Podio?
Culture Amp starts at On request and Podio at On request.
Does Culture Amp or Podio run on more platforms?
Culture Amp runs on Web, Ios, Android, Api. Podio runs on Web, Ios, Android.
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 Podio is typically brought in for.
What can Culture Amp do that Podio cannot?
Culture Amp covers Employee engagement surveys, Pulse surveys, Performance management, Goal tracking. Podio covers Workspaces, Apps, Workflows, Tasks. Both handle Slack, GDPR.
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