Peakon Review — Continuous Listening, Driver Analysis, and Attrition Prediction for Mid-Market and Enterprise

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Peakon — now officially Workday Peakon Employee Voice — is the continuous listening platform that built its reputation on making employee engagement measurement feel like a conversation rather than an annual event. The platform sends short, intelligent surveys at regular intervals, analyzes responses in real time, identifies the drivers that matter most for each team, and predicts which employees are at risk of leaving. Workday acquired Peakon in 2021 for $700 million, and the product now serves as Workday's primary employee listening capability for mid-market and enterprise organizations with 500 to 50,000+ employees.

What makes Peakon worth reviewing in 2026 is how the Workday integration has changed the product's value proposition. As a standalone tool, Peakon competed head-to-head with Culture Amp and Glint on engagement surveys and analytics. Inside Workday, it gains access to HCM data — compensation, tenure, performance ratings, manager changes — that enriches the predictive models and creates a closed loop between listening data and workforce decisions. My review examines whether that integration delivers on its promise and whether standalone buyers still get enough value without the Workday ecosystem.

Peakon uses custom quote (pepm, annual contract), available standalone or as workday add-on pricing, runs on cloud, supports Web, and Demo-led, no public free trial.

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Written by Maya PatelFact-checked by ChandrasmitaLast updated Mar 22, 2026

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Custom quote (PEPM, annual contract), available standalone or as Workday add-on

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Peakon pricing, Workday add-on costs, and what standalone buyers should expect

Peakon does not publish pricing. As Workday Peakon Employee Voice, pricing flows through Workday's enterprise sales team for existing HCM customers and through a separate sales process for standalone buyers. Third-party estimates from G2 and Capterra place standalone pricing in the $5 to $10 per employee per month range, though contract minimums and implementation fees affect the total cost.

For Workday HCM customers, Peakon is typically added as a module to the existing Workday contract with incremental pricing that reflects the deeper integration value. Buyers report that the add-on pricing is more favorable than standalone purchasing because Workday treats it as an expansion of an existing relationship rather than a new sale.

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Why Peakon stands out for continuous listening and engagement driver analysis

My take on Peakon is that it remains one of the best continuous listening platforms available — and the Workday acquisition made it significantly more valuable for Workday HCM customers while leaving standalone buyers in an awkward middle ground.

The driver analysis is genuinely useful. Instead of presenting a wall of survey scores and leaving managers to figure out what matters, Peakon identifies the specific factors that influence engagement for each team. The attrition prediction model, when fed enough data, provides early warnings that give HR teams time to intervene before resignation letters appear.

For Workday customers, the integration creates a feedback loop that standalone engagement tools cannot replicate — survey data flows into the same system that manages compensation, development, and succession planning. That closed loop is the real value proposition.

For standalone buyers not on Workday, the question is whether Peakon's analytical depth justifies the price when Culture Amp offers a comparable experience with broader performance management features at a similar cost point.

Peakon is best for

Peakon is best for mid-market and enterprise organizations with 500 or more employees that want continuous engagement listening with real-time analytics and attrition prediction — particularly those already using Workday HCM.

It fits HR teams that prioritize understanding engagement drivers over running periodic satisfaction surveys, and that want a platform capable of turning listening data into manager-level action plans.

If you are a Workday customer evaluating engagement tools, Peakon should be your first evaluation. If you are not on Workday and need performance management alongside engagement, Culture Amp or Lattice may offer better total value.

Why Peakon stands out

Peakon stands out because of how it handles the analytics layer. Most engagement platforms give you scores and benchmarks. Peakon's driver analysis goes a step further — it identifies which factors have the greatest statistical impact on engagement for each specific team, not just the organization overall. A customer success team might be driven primarily by career growth opportunities, while an engineering team in the same company is driven by autonomy and tooling quality.

The attrition prediction model is the other differentiator. By analyzing survey response patterns, sentiment trends, and behavioral signals, Peakon flags employees and teams at elevated flight risk before the traditional indicators — disengagement, PTO patterns, recruiter activity — become visible to managers.

For Workday customers, the native HCM integration adds compensation, tenure, and performance data to these models, which significantly improves their accuracy.

Commercial fit for Peakon

Commercially, Peakon's strongest position is as the engagement layer for Workday HCM customers. The integration value, the bundled pricing advantage, and the data enrichment from HCM fields make it a natural extension of the Workday ecosystem.

For standalone buyers, the commercial proposition is more competitive. Peakon's continuous listening and driver analysis are strong, but without the Workday data enrichment, buyers are choosing between analytically similar platforms from Culture Amp, Glint, and Lattice — and those competitors offer broader HR feature sets alongside engagement.

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Peakon in depth

Peakon is best evaluated in the context of the specific employee listening workflows your team is trying to improve.

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Peakon features: continuous surveys, dashboards, benchmarking, action planning, and integrations

Peakon continuous listening and intelligent survey distribution

The continuous listening engine distributes short, intelligent surveys to employees at configurable intervals — typically weekly or biweekly.

The continuous listening engine distributes short, intelligent surveys to employees at configurable intervals — typically weekly or biweekly. The algorithm selects questions from the engagement framework based on recency, relevance, and coverage, ensuring each employee sees a balanced mix of topics over time without answering the same questions repeatedly.

The question bank covers 14 engagement drivers including autonomy, growth, environment, management, meaningful work, organizational fit, peer relationships, reward, strategy, and workload. Each driver has multiple items that rotate through the survey cycle to maintain measurement validity.

Adaptive question selection algorithm

The algorithm tracks which questions each employee has answered recently and prioritizes under-measured drivers. When a specific driver shows a significant shift — up or down — the algorithm increases question frequency on that driver to validate the trend. This produces faster signal detection than fixed-schedule surveys.

Survey frequency and response rate optimization

Administrators configure survey frequency and can adjust cadence by population. The platform monitors response rates and provides guidance on optimal frequency to maximize data quality without causing fatigue. Most organizations find weekly surveys of 5–8 questions produce the best balance.

Peakon driver analysis and statistical engagement modeling

The driver analysis uses statistical regression to identify which engagement factors have the strongest relationship with overall engagement and attrition for each team, department, and organizational segment.

Results are presented as prioritized driver lists — showing managers and HR leaders which factors to focus on for maximum impact. The prioritization avoids the common trap of chasing the lowest-scoring items when they may not be the most impactful.

Team-level driver customization

Driver analysis is computed at the team level, not just organizationally. An engineering team's engagement drivers may differ significantly from a customer success team's drivers. This granularity enables targeted action plans rather than organization-wide programs that may not address the actual root causes.

Driver trend analysis over time

The platform tracks how driver importance shifts over time. Factors that were once secondary may become primary drivers as organizational context changes — a merger, leadership change, or market shift can reorder driver priorities. Trend analysis ensures action plans stay current.

Peakon attrition prediction and flight risk modeling

The attrition prediction model combines survey response data — sentiment trends, response frequency changes, specific driver scores — with behavioral signals to estimate departure probability.

The attrition prediction model combines survey response data — sentiment trends, response frequency changes, specific driver scores — with behavioral signals to estimate departure probability. The model is calibrated against actual attrition data in the organization, improving accuracy over time.

Flight risk indicators surface at the team level (for manager visibility) and the organizational level (for HR strategic planning). Individual-level predictions are available but subject to privacy configurations that organizations set based on their culture and legal requirements.

Behavioral signal detection

Beyond survey scores, the model detects behavioral changes — declining response rates, shorter text responses, shifts in response timing — that correlate with disengagement patterns. These signals provide early detection before survey scores show measurable decline.

Attrition prediction accuracy and limitations

Prediction accuracy improves with organizational size and data history. Organizations with 1,000+ employees and 12+ months of survey data typically see meaningful predictions. Smaller organizations or those early in their Peakon deployment should treat predictions as directional rather than precise.

Peakon real-time dashboards and role-based reporting

Dashboards provide real-time visibility into engagement scores, driver analysis, benchmarking comparisons, and trend data.

Dashboards provide real-time visibility into engagement scores, driver analysis, benchmarking comparisons, and trend data. The interface updates continuously as new survey responses arrive, eliminating the lag between data collection and insight availability.

Role-based access controls ensure managers see their team's data, directors see their department, and executives see the organization — with appropriate anonymity thresholds at each level. The dashboard hierarchy mirrors the organizational reporting structure imported from the HRIS.

Manager dashboard and action suggestions

The manager dashboard presents team-level engagement scores, driver priorities, benchmark comparisons, and suggested actions. The interface is designed for managers without analytical backgrounds — insights are presented in plain language with specific action recommendations rather than statistical outputs.

Executive dashboard and organizational heatmaps

The executive view provides organizational heatmaps showing engagement variation across departments, locations, and demographic segments. Drill-down capability allows executives to explore specific areas of concern while maintaining anonymity protections at the individual level.

Peakon action planning and manager enablement tools

The action planning module connects survey insights to specific initiatives with owners, timelines, and progress tracking.

The action planning module connects survey insights to specific initiatives with owners, timelines, and progress tracking. Plans are created at the team or department level based on the driver analysis results, ensuring actions target the highest-impact areas.

Manager enablement resources include contextual guidance on interpreting survey results, conversation templates for discussing engagement with teams, and best practice libraries curated from the benchmarking database.

Suggested actions based on driver priorities

The platform suggests specific actions based on which drivers are most important and how they compare to benchmarks. Suggestions are drawn from a library of practices that have produced measurable improvement in similar organizations, giving managers a starting point rather than requiring them to design initiatives from scratch.

Action tracking and impact measurement

Completed actions are tracked against subsequent survey data to measure impact. Over time, the organization builds a record of which interventions produced measurable engagement improvement, creating an evidence base for future decision-making.

Peakon integrations and Workday HCM connectivity

Peakon integrates with major HRIS platforms — Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, BambooHR, and others — for employee data sync, organizational hierarchy, and demographic segmentation.

Peakon integrates with major HRIS platforms — Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, BambooHR, and others — for employee data sync, organizational hierarchy, and demographic segmentation. SSO support through SAML 2.0 ensures authentication flows through the organization's identity provider.

The Workday HCM integration is the deepest and most valuable. Engagement data, driver analysis results, and attrition predictions appear natively in Workday's talent management workflows. This enables use cases like incorporating engagement scores into compensation reviews, flagging flight risk in succession planning, and triggering development plans based on survey insights.

Workday native integration capabilities

The native Workday integration goes beyond data sync. Peakon insights appear in Workday dashboards, talent review workflows, and manager self-service tools. This eliminates the context-switching that happens when engagement data lives in a separate system from the HCM platform.

Third-party HRIS integration for standalone buyers

Standalone Peakon buyers connect through standard HRIS integrations that sync employee data, org structure, and demographics. While functional, these integrations do not provide the depth of the native Workday connection — engagement data remains in Peakon's interface rather than appearing natively in the HRIS.

Peakon pros and cons: listening, analytics, attrition prediction, and Workday dependency

Evaluating Peakon means separating what sounds strong in the demo from what holds up after implementation for employee engagement software teams.

Strengths

Where Peakon earns its place on the shortlist for mid-market teams once practical fit matters more than feature breadth.

Peakon driver analysis identifies the specific levers that move engagement for each team

The driver analysis goes beyond reporting which survey dimensions scored lowest. It uses statistical modeling to determine which factors have the greatest causal relationship with overall engagement for each team and department. This means the action plan targets high-impact areas, not just low-scoring areas.

A common insight: 'work-life balance' scores lowest, but 'manager communication' is the actual driver of engagement. Without driver analysis, teams waste effort improving the wrong things.

Multiple G2 reviewers cite the driver analysis as the single feature that distinguishes Peakon from simpler engagement tools.

Peakon attrition prediction provides early warning before employees decide to leave

The predictive model analyzes survey response patterns — declining sentiment, reduced response frequency, shifts in specific dimensions — to estimate attrition probability at the individual and team level.

The model improves over time as it learns from actual departures in your organization, calibrating its predictions against real outcomes. For organizations with 1,000+ employees, the statistical sample is large enough to produce meaningful predictions.

This capability enables proactive retention conversations rather than reactive exit interviews. HR teams can identify at-risk populations and intervene with targeted stay initiatives before the situation becomes irreversible.

Peakon real-time dashboards give managers ongoing visibility into team sentiment

Unlike platforms that produce reports after a survey closes, Peakon dashboards update continuously as responses arrive. Managers see their team's engagement trends, driver priorities, and suggested actions in a live interface that reflects the current state rather than a quarterly snapshot.

The real-time visibility encourages managers to treat engagement as an ongoing responsibility rather than a once-a-year measurement. Dashboard access is role-based — managers see their team, directors see their department, executives see the organization — with anonymity thresholds enforced throughout.

The dashboard design is clean and intuitive enough that managers without analytical backgrounds can understand their team's data without HR interpretation.

Peakon continuous listening reduces survey fatigue while increasing data quality

Instead of sending every employee a 60-question annual survey, Peakon distributes short intelligent surveys — typically 5–10 questions — at regular intervals. The algorithm selects questions based on what has already been asked, what needs to be refreshed, and what is most relevant for each employee based on their role and tenure.

This approach produces more frequent data points with higher response rates than traditional annual surveys. Multiple Peakon customers report response rates above 80%, compared to the 60–70% typical of annual engagement surveys.

The intelligent question rotation also means the platform covers the full engagement framework over time without any single survey feeling burdensome.

Peakon benchmarking contextualizes engagement data against relevant peer organizations

The benchmarking database compares your engagement data against industry, geography, and company size segments. Each survey dimension is benchmarked independently, so you can see where your organization outperforms peers and where it trails.

The benchmarks are useful for board and executive reporting, where contextualizing internal data against external standards adds credibility to HR insights. A 72% engagement score means different things in healthcare versus technology — Peakon surfaces those distinctions automatically.

The benchmarking data updates continuously as more organizations contribute survey responses, ensuring comparisons reflect current market conditions rather than historical snapshots.

Peakon Workday HCM integration creates a closed loop between listening data and workforce decisions

For Workday customers, Peakon data integrates natively with the HCM system. Engagement scores, driver analysis results, and attrition risk indicators appear alongside compensation, performance, and development data in Workday's talent management workflows.

This integration enables use cases that standalone engagement tools cannot support — for example, incorporating engagement data into compensation review decisions, flagging attrition risk during succession planning, or triggering manager coaching interventions based on team sentiment trends.

The closed loop between listening and action is Peakon's most compelling value proposition for Workday buyers, and it is the primary reason Workday paid $700 million for the acquisition.

Limitations

What to press on in Peakon pricing calls and technical validation before treating it as a safe choice for cloud deployment.

Peakon standalone value is diminished without Workday HCM data enrichment

The product's strongest capabilities — attrition prediction accuracy, driver analysis depth, and action planning precision — all improve with HCM data inputs. Without Workday's compensation, tenure, and performance data, the models rely solely on survey responses, which limits their predictive power.

Standalone buyers get a strong continuous listening platform, but they miss the closed-loop integration that makes Peakon's analytics uniquely valuable. For standalone buyers, the analytical advantage over Culture Amp or Lattice is narrower than Workday's marketing suggests.

This creates a buyer segment problem: the product is best for Workday customers, adequate for standalone enterprise buyers, and overbuilt for mid-market teams under 500 employees.

Peakon does not include performance management, recognition, or broader engagement tools

Peakon is a listening and analytics platform, not a comprehensive engagement solution. It measures engagement but does not provide the tools — recognition, communication channels, feedback mechanisms, performance reviews — that directly improve it.

Competitors like Culture Amp and Lattice bundle engagement surveys with performance management, goal tracking, and development tools. For organizations that want a single platform for both measurement and management, Peakon requires a separate performance management tool.

The gap is partially addressed through the Workday integration, where performance data flows from Workday's native modules. But standalone Peakon buyers need to assemble a multi-tool stack for full engagement and performance coverage.

Peakon product roadmap is now governed by Workday's enterprise priorities

Since the Workday acquisition, Peakon's development roadmap is driven by Workday's strategic priorities rather than the standalone engagement market. This means features that benefit Workday integration may be prioritized over features that serve standalone buyers.

Multiple G2 reviewers who used Peakon before the acquisition note that the pace of standalone feature development has slowed. New capabilities tend to emphasize Workday connectivity rather than independent engagement innovation.

For standalone buyers evaluating a multi-year commitment, this roadmap orientation is a risk. Culture Amp and Lattice, as independent companies, invest their entire roadmap in the standalone engagement and performance market.

Peakon implementation requires careful survey design and manager enablement

While the technology deployment is straightforward, the organizational change management — teaching managers to interpret dashboards, establishing action planning cadences, setting expectations for the continuous listening model — takes significant effort.

Organizations that launch Peakon without investing in manager training often see high initial response rates that decline as employees realize their feedback is not driving visible change. The tool works only when managers act on the data, and that requires a deliberate enablement program.

Implementation timelines run 4–8 weeks for the technology but 3–6 months for the organizational adoption that makes continuous listening sustainable.

Peakon pricing transparency is limited with no published plans or rates

Neither Peakon nor Workday publishes pricing for the Employee Voice product. All pricing is custom and quote-based, which means buyers cannot benchmark costs without engaging with sales. This creates procurement friction for organizations that need budget approval before initiating vendor conversations.

The lack of transparency also makes it difficult to compare Peakon's value against competitors that publish their pricing — Culture Amp and Lattice both offer more pricing visibility, which simplifies the evaluation process.

For finance teams that need predictable software costs, the quote-based model requires an extra step of securing a preliminary quote before the business case can be built.

Peakon plan structure and what buyers should verify

How Peakon pricing differs for Workday customers versus standalone buyers

The pricing dynamics split along two clear paths. Workday HCM customers negotiate Peakon as an add-on module during their annual renewal or expansion conversation. The incremental cost is typically lower than standalone pricing because the infrastructure — contracts, data integration, support — already exists. Multiple Workday customers on G2 report that the add-on cost felt reasonable relative to the integration value.

Standalone buyers negotiate directly with the Peakon sales team and face a different economics. Without the Workday HCM data enrichment, the product is competing purely on its listening and analytics capabilities against Culture Amp ($5–$10 PEPM) and Lattice ($11 PEPM base with engagement add-on). At $5–$10 PEPM standalone, Peakon is competitively priced, but the implementation cost and lack of performance management features may tilt the total cost comparison.

What to verify about Peakon pricing before committing to a contract

Ask whether implementation costs are included or separate. Peakon implementations involve survey design, dashboard configuration, manager training, and integration setup — each of which may carry professional services fees. Buyers who assumed implementation was included in the per-employee price have reported surprise charges in the $10,000 to $30,000 range.

Clarify the contract minimum. Enterprise engagement platforms often require minimum annual commitments, and Peakon is no exception. For companies with 500 employees at $8 PEPM, the annual cost is approximately $48,000 before implementation. Ensure the contract allows flexibility for headcount changes and does not lock in pricing for employee counts you may not reach.

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Peakon demo checklist, Workday integration questions, and buying motion

If Peakon is on your shortlist, the buying conversation depends heavily on whether you are a Workday customer or a standalone buyer. Here is how to navigate both paths.

If you are a Workday customer, start the conversation with your existing Workday account team rather than the Peakon sales team. Workday account managers can bundle Peakon into your existing contract with potentially favorable pricing. Ask for a demo that shows the native integration — how engagement data appears in Workday dashboards, talent reviews, and compensation workflows. The integration capabilities should be the primary evaluation criterion, not just the survey features.

If you are evaluating Peakon standalone, request a head-to-head comparison against Culture Amp and Lattice. Ask the Peakon team to demonstrate where their driver analysis and attrition prediction provide insights that lighter platforms cannot. If the demo focuses on survey features rather than analytical differentiation, the premium pricing may not be justified for your use case. Also confirm whether standalone buyers get the same analytics depth as Workday-integrated customers.

Negotiate implementation scope separately from the platform license. Peakon implementations involve survey design, dashboard configuration, integration setup, and manager training. Some of these workstreams may carry professional services fees that are not included in the per-employee platform price. Get a capped implementation cost in writing before signing the platform agreement.

Ask about the product roadmap for standalone customers specifically. Given that Workday drives the roadmap, standalone buyers should understand which upcoming features benefit them versus which are Workday-integration enhancements. If the roadmap is heavily weighted toward Workday features, standalone buyers should factor that into their evaluation of the long-term value proposition.

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Frequently asked questions about Peakon, Workday integration, and engagement analytics

Question 1

Is Peakon still available as a standalone product outside of Workday?

Yes, Peakon is still available as a standalone product for organizations that do not use Workday HCM. The standalone version provides the same continuous listening, driver analysis, dashboards, and action planning capabilities. However, the deepest analytics and integration features — including native talent management workflow integration and HCM data enrichment — are only available through the Workday connection. Standalone buyers should evaluate whether the analytical capabilities justify the price compared to Culture Amp or Lattice, which offer similar engagement features with additional performance management tools.

Question 2

How does Peakon's continuous listening model work compared to annual engagement surveys?

Peakon replaces the traditional annual engagement survey with short, frequent surveys — typically 5–10 questions delivered weekly or biweekly. An intelligent algorithm selects questions from the engagement framework based on recency, relevance, and coverage, ensuring comprehensive measurement over time without burdening employees with long surveys. This produces more frequent data points, higher response rates (typically 80%+ versus 60–70% for annual surveys), and real-time trend data that enables faster response to emerging issues.

Question 3

How accurate is Peakon's attrition prediction model?

Prediction accuracy depends on organizational size and data history. Organizations with 1,000+ employees and 12+ months of continuous survey data typically see meaningful predictions that identify teams and individuals at elevated flight risk. For smaller organizations or those early in deployment, predictions should be treated as directional signals rather than precise forecasts. The model calibrates over time as it learns from actual attrition patterns in your organization, and accuracy improves with each cycle of predictions and observed outcomes.

Question 4

How does Peakon compare to Culture Amp for mid-market organizations?

For mid-market organizations not on Workday, Culture Amp is generally the stronger choice. Culture Amp combines engagement surveys with performance management, goal tracking, and development tools at a comparable price point ($5–$10 PEPM). Peakon offers deeper continuous listening analytics and attrition prediction but lacks performance management features. If your primary need is engagement measurement with sophisticated analytics, Peakon excels. If you want a combined engagement-and-performance platform, Culture Amp provides better total value without requiring a second tool.

Question 5

What changed about Peakon after the Workday acquisition?

Workday acquired Peakon in 2021 for $700 million and rebranded it as Workday Peakon Employee Voice. The core product — continuous listening, driver analysis, dashboards, action planning — remains intact. The major changes are the native Workday HCM integration, which enriches analytics with compensation and performance data, and the shift in roadmap priorities toward Workday ecosystem features. Standalone buyers report that the feature development pace for non-Workday features has slowed, while Workday customers benefit from increasingly tight integration.

Question 6

How long does Peakon implementation take?

Technical deployment takes 4–8 weeks covering HRIS integration, survey design, dashboard configuration, and role-based access setup. However, organizational adoption — training managers to interpret dashboards, establishing action planning cadences, and building the habit of continuous listening — takes 3–6 months. Organizations that launch Peakon without investing in manager enablement typically see high initial response rates that decline as employees perceive that feedback is not driving visible action.

Question 7

Does Peakon support DEI and inclusion measurement?

Peakon includes inclusion and belonging dimensions within its engagement survey framework, and results can be segmented by demographic groups where anonymity thresholds are met. However, the DEI measurement capabilities are not as deep as Qualtrics' dedicated DEI module, which offers validated inclusion indices, intersectional analysis, and pay equity integration. For organizations where DEI measurement is a primary use case, Peakon provides adequate demographic segmentation but may need to be supplemented with a dedicated DEI survey tool.

Peakon alternatives worth comparing

Peakon is a strong continuous listening platform, especially for Workday customers. But for standalone buyers or teams that need broader HR functionality alongside engagement, these alternatives are worth evaluating.

Product	Pricing	Deployment	Free trial	Rating
Peakon	Custom quote (PEPM, annual contract), available standalone or as Workday add-on	Cloud	No	—
HiBob	Custom quote	Cloud	No	—
15Five	Per-user pricing	Cloud	Yes	—
Lattice	Custom quote	Cloud	No	—
Qualtrics	Custom quote	Cloud	No	—
Culture Amp	Custom quote	Cloud	No	—

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