Ten of twelve models named Culture Amp first on the direct prompt; zero named 15Five. Both were named by all twelve models and Culture Amp carries 42 labels and 15Five 37, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in ten categories this edition.
Named in eleven categories this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all twelve models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the employee engagement surveys page.
Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Culture Amp and 15Five were named in the same answer 161 times, of the 356 answers naming Culture Amp and the 368 naming 15Five. In those answers 15Five took the first choice thirteen times and Culture Amp thirty.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
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| Claude Haiku 4.5 | ||||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | ||||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | ||||||
| Perplexity Sonar | ||||||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | ||||||
| Mistral Small | ||||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | ||||||
| Llama 4 Maverick | ||||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | ||||||
| Kimi K2 | ||||||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | ||||||
| MiniMax M2.5 |
Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.
“Avoid enterprise platforms like Culture Amp, Qualtrics, or Microsoft Viva Glint” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Avoid enterprise like Culture Amp/Qualtrics ($10+/user, custom quotes).” Grok 4.1 Fast · budget prompt · hard negative
“If you want deep analytics, driver analysis, and rich benchmarks: Look at Culture Amp or Quantum Workplace. These are standard-setting platforms” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“One of the most popular standalone engagement platforms... Choose Culture Amp or Qualtrics if: You want hard data, industry benchmarks” Qwen 3.7 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“If you want a standalone, specialized employee-listening tool that helps your managers become better leaders, go with Culture Amp” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
No label in this category carried a quote.
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.