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360 feedback · September 2026 Edition

Culture Amp vs ThriveSparrow

Two of twelve models named Culture Amp first on the direct prompt; zero named ThriveSparrow. Culture Amp was named by twelve of the twelve models and ThriveSparrow by eight and Culture Amp carries 41 labels and ThriveSparrow 11, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Culture Amp

accepted challenger

Named in ten categories this edition.

ThriveSparrow

accepted challenger

Named in eight categories this edition.

First-choice share8%5%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate10%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#6A position in a field of 15; printed, not drawn.
Labels4111A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Culture Amp reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Lattice was named alongside these two in eleven of the twelve direct answers. Lattice vs Culture Amp · Lattice vs ThriveSparrow · Effy AI vs Culture Amp

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 360 feedback page.

By framing

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Culture AmpFirst choices, of twelve modelsThriveSparrow
Direct201 against Culture Amp
Paraphrase101 against Culture Amp
Comparative10
Budget-constrained021 against Culture Amp
Scale-constrained00
Negative001 against Culture Amp
Bars are first choices, 0 to 12 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to twelve.

Every model, every framing

The seventy-two answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Culture Amp and ThriveSparrow stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
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
Culture Amp ThriveSparrow first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Culture Amp on the left and ThriveSparrow on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Culture Amp and ThriveSparrow stood in it.

Culture Amp first, ThriveSparrow not the choice

2 of 12 modelsThriveSparrow was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GPT-5.4 miniCulture Amp alternatives: EchoSpan, Spidergap
Mistral SmallBetterworks, Culture Amp alternatives: Lattice, Leapsome

Neither was the first choice, one was named

7 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Gemini 3.5 FlashLattice alternatives: Culture Amp, Leapsome, Spidergap, Teamflect
Grok 4.1 FastLattice alternatives: Culture Amp, Leapsome
DeepSeek V4 FlashLattice alternatives: Culture Amp, Leapsome, Spidergap
Llama 4 MaverickLattice alternatives: Culture Amp, Effy AI, Leapsome
Qwen 3.7 FlashLattice alternatives: Betterworks, Culture Amp, Spidergap
Kimi K2Lattice alternatives: 15Five, Culture Amp, Leapsome, Spidergap
MiniMax M2.5Lattice alternatives: Culture Amp, Leapsome, Spidergap

Neither was named

3 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Lattice alternatives: Leapsome, PerformYard, SurveySparrow
Perplexity SonarLattice alternatives: Betterworks, Spidergap
GLM 4.7 FlashXLattice alternatives: EchoSpan, Leapsome, Spidergap

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.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
ThriveSparrow leads by five points.
ThriveSparrow5%#7 of 13
Culture Amp0%#13 of 13
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Culture Amp leads at mid-market.
Culture Amp8%#4 of 15
ThriveSparrow5%#6 of 15
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Culture Amp leads by thirty-three points.
Culture Amp33%#1 of 8
ThriveSparrow0%#– of 8
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Culture Amp

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. One of one in this category shown.

“platforms (like Lattice or Culture Amp) require expensive annual minimum contracts that cost thousands of dollars upfront” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative

What the models said about ThriveSparrow

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.

“The best 360-degree feedback tool for a company with a limited budget is ThriveSparrow, Small Improvements, or Primalogik.” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
“ThriveSparrow: Often cited as a top choice for SMBs on a budget... Best Overall Value” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
Also compared

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.