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People analytics · September 2026 Edition

BambooHR vs Culture Amp

Zero of twelve models named BambooHR first on the direct prompt; zero named Culture Amp. BambooHR was named by twelve of the twelve models and Culture Amp by nine and BambooHR carries 26 labels and Culture Amp 22, so the shares are not directly comparable.

BambooHR

accepted challenger

Named in twenty-four categories this edition.

Culture Amp

accepted challenger

Named in ten categories this edition.

First-choice share13%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate19%5%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#8A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels2622A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, BambooHR reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.ChartHop was named alongside these two in eight of the twelve direct answers. HiBob vs BambooHR · HiBob vs Culture Amp · Crunchr vs BambooHR

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 people analytics page.

By framing

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
BambooHRFirst choices, of twelve modelsCulture Amp
Direct002 against BambooHR
Paraphrase001 against BambooHR
Comparative00
Budget-constrained71
Scale-constrained00
Negative002 against BambooHR · 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 BambooHR 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
BambooHR Culture Amp first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, BambooHR on the left and Culture Amp on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where BambooHR 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.
Gemini 3.5 FlashKnoetic alternatives: ChartHop, Culture Amp, Illoominus, Paradox
Perplexity SonarCrunchr, HiBob alternatives: ChartHop, Culture Amp
DeepSeek V4 FlashChartHop, Crunchr alternatives: Culture Amp, Lattice, Leapsome, Orgnostic
Qwen 3.7 FlashVisier alternatives: Culture Amp, HiBob, Looker, Tableau
GLM 4.7 FlashXCrunchr alternatives: BambooHR, ChartHop, Personio

Neither was named

7 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5HiBob alternatives: Rippling, UKG People Analytics
GPT-5.4 miniVisier alternatives: ChartHop, Crunchr, Workday Peakon
Grok 4.1 FastCrunchr alternatives: ChartHop, Lattice
Mistral SmallCrunchr alternatives: HiBob, Lattice
Llama 4 MaverickChartHop
Kimi K2Crunchr alternatives: ChartHop, Visier
MiniMax M2.5Visier alternatives: Lattice, Workday HCM

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
BambooHR leads by thirty-eight points.
BambooHR41%#1 of 16
Culture Amp3%#7 of 16
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
BambooHR leads by eleven points.
BambooHR13%#3 of 12
Culture Amp2%#8 of 12
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
BambooHR0%#– of 9
Culture Amp0%#8 of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about BambooHR

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

“BambooHR (if you want an all-in-one HR + analytics system) or 15Five (for the lowest cost with no seat minimums) are the strongest choices” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“Top Pick: BambooHR \u2013 Frequently recommended for budget SMBs due to affordability, ease of use, and built-in reports” Grok 4.1 Fast · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about Culture Amp

No label in this category carried a quote.

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.