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Culture Amp vs SmartHR

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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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SmartHR

Software

Japanese back-office cloud for labor management, payroll and talent management

From
On request
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; SmartHR pricing is not published for any of the three named plans (HR Strategy, HR Essential, Talent Management); the vendor states price varies by company size and requires a quote request form

Where they differ

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

Attributes where Culture Amp and SmartHR differ
AttributeCulture AmpSmartHR
Pricing modelsubscriptionquote
PlatformsWeb, Ios, Android, ApiWeb
Founded2009Unknown

Identical on both: starting price (On request), 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 SmartHR

Nothing recorded that Culture Amp does not also cover.

What people use each for

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

Culture Amp

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

SmartHR

No use cases recorded yet. See the SmartHR review.

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

SmartHR

  • Pricing is not published for any of the three named plans (HR Strategy, HR Essential, Talent Management); the vendor states price varies by company size and requires a quote request form
  • Many core functions (payroll, attendance tracking, hiring management, surveys) are separate paid add-on modules rather than included in the base plan price

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

SmartHR

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the SmartHR 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 SmartHR if

Nothing in the data separates SmartHR from Culture Amp on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.

SmartHR review

Questions people ask

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