# 15Five Engage vs FeedbackPulse: which do AI models recommend for employee engagement surv, October 2026

HR AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, Employee engagement surveys. Zero of fourteen models named 15Five Engage first on the direct prompt; zero named FeedbackPulse. Page: https://hr-ai-index.com/experience/employee-engagement-surveys/15five-engage-vs-feedbackpulse/

| | First-choice share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Models naming it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15Five Engage | 5% | #5 of 8 | 0% | 28 | 13 of 14 |
| FeedbackPulse | 5% | #6 of 8 | 0% | 10 | 7 of 14 |

## The direct prompt, model by model

- Claude Haiku 4.5: neither first, one named (first choices: Culture Amp) (alternatives: 15Five Engage, Lattice, Quantum Workplace)
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: neither first, one named (first choices: Culture Amp, Lattice) (alternatives: 15Five Engage, Leapsome, Teamflect)
- Perplexity Sonar: neither first, one named (first choices: Culture Amp) (alternatives: 15Five Engage, CultureMonkey, Leapsome)
- Grok 4.1 Fast: neither first, one named (first choices: Culture Amp) (alternatives: 15Five Engage, CultureMonkey, Lattice, Quantum Workplace)
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: neither first, one named (first choices: Culture Amp) (alternatives: 15Five Engage, Lattice, Microsoft Viva Glint)
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: neither first, one named (first choices: Lattice) (alternatives: 15Five Engage)
- Kimi K2: neither first, one named (first choices: Lattice) (alternatives: 15Five Engage, Culture Amp, Quantum Workplace, Workleap Officevibe)
- MiniMax M2.5: neither first, one named (first choices: Culture Amp) (alternatives: 15Five Engage, Lattice, Qualtrics EmployeeXM, Workday Peakon Employee Voice)
- Muse Glimmer 30B: neither first, one named (first choices: Culture Amp) (alternatives: 15Five Engage, Lattice, Microsoft Viva Glint, Quantum Workplace, TINYpulse, Workleap Officevibe)
- GPT-5.4 mini: neither named (first choices: Culture Amp) (alternatives: Explorance Blue, Qualtrics EmployeeXM, WTW Engage, WorkTango)
- Mistral Small: neither named (first choices: Culture Amp, Workleap Officevibe) (alternatives: Eletive, Leapsome)
- Llama 4 Maverick: neither named (first choices: Leapsome) (alternatives: CultureMonkey, Workleap Officevibe)
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: neither named (first choices: Culture Amp, Lattice) (alternatives: Leapsome)
- GPT-6 Luna: neither named (first choices: Culture Amp) (alternatives: Lattice, Workleap Officevibe)

## What the models said about 15Five Engage

- "I'd recommend starting with Leapsome or 15Five" (MiniMax M2.5, paraphrase prompt, first choice)
- "Best low-cost dedicated option: 15Five Engage." (GPT-6 Luna, budget prompt, first choice)
- "Start with Culture Amp or 15Five:" (Kimi K2, paraphrase prompt, first choice)

## What the models said about FeedbackPulse

- "Go with FeedbackPulse. It offers the best mix of free tier, low cost per user, no seat minimum" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, budget prompt, first choice)
- "best overall affordable employee feedback and listening tool for 30 to 100 person teams" (Muse Glimmer 30B, budget prompt, first choice)

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category. Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category. Published under CC BY 4.0; the output is the models' output, and nothing here is a recommendation by the index.