# Culture Amp vs Microsoft Viva Glint: which do AI models recommend for employee engagement surv, October 2026

HR AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, Employee engagement surveys. Eleven of fourteen models named Culture Amp first on the direct prompt; zero named Microsoft Viva Glint. Page: https://hr-ai-index.com/experience/employee-engagement-surveys/culture-amp-vs-microsoft-viva-glint/

| | First-choice share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Models naming it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Culture Amp | 37% | #1 of 8 | 17% | 42 | 14 of 14 |
| Microsoft Viva Glint | 2% | #7 of 8 | 0% | 10 | 8 of 14 |

## The direct prompt, model by model

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

## What the models said about Culture Amp

- "Avoid platforms like Culture Amp, Leapsome, or Qualtrics—they're excellent but priced for enterprise" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, budget prompt, hard negative)
- "Avoid "Enterprise Trap" Tools Platforms like Culture Amp ... high minimum annual contracts" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, budget prompt, hard negative)
- "avoid platforms with $4,000+ annual minimums like Lattice/Culture Amp" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, budget prompt, hard negative)
- "the most-cited dedicated employee experience platform for this segment... Want best-in-class survey science + benchmarks and analytics: Culture Amp." (Muse Glimmer 30B, direct prompt, first choice)
- "The gold standard for people science and analytics. Highly robust, excellent benchmarking, but can be on the pricier/more complex side." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, scale prompt, first choice)
- "Culture Amp and Officevibe are top choices due to their strong analytics, ease of use, and focus on actionable insights" (Mistral Small, direct prompt, first choice)

## What the models said about Microsoft Viva Glint

- "Culture Amp and Glint are the most popular for mid-market companies like yours" (Mistral Small, scale prompt, first choice)
- "The ideal enterprise choice for organizations heavily embedded in the Microsoft 365 ecosystem." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, comparative prompt, alternative)
- "If you're heavily invested in Microsoft 365 \u2192 consider Microsoft Viva Glint." (DeepSeek V4 Flash, direct prompt, alternative)

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.