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Performance management · September 2026 Edition

PerformYard vs Culture Amp

Zero of twelve models named PerformYard first on the direct prompt; zero named Culture Amp. PerformYard was named by eleven of the twelve models and Culture Amp by eleven and PerformYard carries 28 labels and Culture Amp 21, so the shares are not directly comparable.

PerformYard

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

Culture Amp

accepted challenger

Named in ten categories this edition.

First-choice share9%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate7%10%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#8A position in a field of 14; printed, not drawn.
Labels2821A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, PerformYard reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Lattice was named alongside these two in twelve of the twelve direct answers. Lattice vs PerformYard · Lattice vs Culture Amp · PerformYard vs 15Five

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 performance management page.

By framing

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
PerformYardFirst choices, of twelve modelsCulture Amp
Direct00
Paraphrase30
Comparative00
Budget-constrained001 against Culture Amp
Scale-constrained11
Negative002 against PerformYard · 1 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 PerformYard and Culture Amp 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
PerformYard Culture Amp first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, PerformYard on the left and Culture Amp on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Neither was the first choice, one was named

5 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Lattice alternatives: 15Five, Betterworks, Culture Amp, HiBob, Leapsome, PerformYard
Mistral SmallLattice alternatives: 15Five, Culture Amp
DeepSeek V4 FlashLattice alternatives: 15Five, Betterworks, Culture Amp, Leapsome, PerformYard
Kimi K2Lattice alternatives: 15Five, Culture Amp, Leapsome, PerformYard
GLM 4.7 FlashXLattice alternatives: 15Five, Culture Amp, HiBob, Leapsome, Rippling

Neither was named

7 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniLattice alternatives: Mitratech Perform
Gemini 3.5 FlashLattice alternatives: 15Five, Betterworks, HiBob, Leapsome
Perplexity SonarLattice alternatives: 15Five, Betterworks, HiBob, Leapsome
Grok 4.1 FastLattice alternatives: 15Five, HiBob, Leapsome, Paylocity
Llama 4 MaverickBetterworks, HiBob, Lattice
Qwen 3.7 FlashLattice alternatives: 15Five, Betterworks, HiBob
MiniMax M2.5Lattice alternatives: Engagedly, Paylocity

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
Culture Amp leads by two points.
Culture Amp2%#– of 10
PerformYard0%#10 of 10
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: PerformYard leads at mid-market.
PerformYard9%#2 of 14
Culture Amp2%#8 of 14
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
PerformYard0%#– of 9
Culture Amp0%#9 of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about PerformYard

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

“PerformYard: has limited and complex reporting options.” Llama 4 Maverick · negative prompt · soft negative
“Verdict: Be cautious if you need flexibility.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Leaders in this category typically include Lattice, Culture Amp, 15Five, Leapsome, and PerformYard.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“I recommend PerformYard as a top performance review tool” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“My Top Recommendation: PerformYard” MiniMax M2.5 · paraphrase prompt · first choice

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.

“Some users find its reporting and integration capabilities less robust compared to dedicated performance management systems.” Mistral Small · negative prompt · soft negative
Also compared
Lattice vs PerformYardLattice vs Culture AmpPerformYard vs 15FivePerformYard vs HiBobPerformYard vs Small ImprovementsPerformYard vs BetterworksPerformYard vs Leapsome15Five vs Culture AmpHiBob vs Culture AmpSmall Improvements vs Culture AmpBetterworks vs Culture AmpLeapsome vs Culture AmpAll twenty-eight head-to-head pages and the full performance management standing

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.