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Facets vs Culture Amp: features and prices
Culture Amp puts engagement surveys (Culture Amp Engage) and reviews, 360s and 1:1s (Culture Amp Perform) in one platform, priced by quote: it suits a company that wants one system for all of them, with surveys in many languages. Facets suits a leader, manager or HR team that wants confidential engagement cycles and Leadership 360s bought one at a time, and manager tools priced per manager.
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Each line the two products share, on the rows Culture Amp’s own pages document, with Facets’ answer beside each, then both sets of prices.
Engagement surveys · Culture Amp Engage
| Row | Facets | Culture AmpCulture Amp Engage |
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| Try before you buyA trial, a plan at no charge, or only a demo. | No trial; bought per cycle | Demo on request; prices by quote |
| Smallest group shownHow many people must answer before a group's results appear, by default. | 5 by default; you may raise it to 50 when you set up a cycle | Chosen by each company |
| Smallest group for commentsThe same rule for written answers, which identify people more easily than scores. | Themes only for a shown group, each from 3 or more people; never quoted; needs AI on | Usually the same; can be raised |
| Compared with the last surveyEach group's movement since the previous survey. | Yes · From the second cycle; marked only when reliable | Yes · Past surveys, in heatmaps |
| AI summary of commentsWritten answers grouped into themes by a model. | Yes · Where AI is on: themes and a written summary of the results | Yes · AI comment summaries |
| Suggested actions after a surveyWhat to try next, offered once results are in. | Yes · Options to consider beneath the summary, from a library of 27 cited options | Yes · AI Coach suggests next steps |
| Action plans with a check-inManagers record what they will try and are asked later how it went. | Yes · A 30-minute team conversation for each manager whose group is published; commitments checked at 6 weeks | Action plans; check-in not listed |
| Slack or Microsoft TeamsSurvey invitations or reminders sent through chat. | Yes · Email, or a Slack or Teams direct message with the email for anyone not reached; survey notices in a manager's own channel and a cycle's channel | Yes · Slack and Microsoft Teams |
| Syncs with an HR systemThe survey roster kept in step with an HR system or identity provider, instead of a file. | Yes · Entra ID or Okta push the roster through SCIM 2.0; applied when an owner or admin confirms | Yes · HRIS sync: native connectors, more through Merge |
| Survey languagesLanguages people can answer in. | English and Spanish, one language a cycle; the translation by a language model, back-translated and reconciled, not reviewed by a professional translator; results in English | Yes · Many languages, listed in help |
| External benchmarksYour scores set beside other companies' scores. | No · Not offered; you are compared with your own last cycle | Yes · Benchmarking |
Not listed: we did not find it on that vendor’s public pages on 29 October 2026; it may exist.
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Engagement survey software compared: Facets beside 8 tools, Culture Amp among them.
360 feedback · Culture Amp Perform
| Row | Facets | Culture AmpCulture Amp Perform |
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| Who can run itBought and run by anyone, or only through a certified practitioner. | Yes · Anyone, self-serve, or a coach for a leader who accepts; under 5 responses the brief waits for a facilitator | Companies, in Perform |
| Smallest rater group shownHow many raters must answer before the leader sees results. | Nothing below 3; question detail from 5 | No reporting minimum (Effectiveness 360) |
| Raters' commentsWhether the leader reads comments as written or summarized. | Summarized in other words; never quoted | Unattributed, grouped by reviewer type |
| Leader predicts firstThe leader guesses how they were rated before seeing it, which shows the gap as well as the score. | Yes · Before seeing results | Self-rating, mandatory |
| Written reportWhat the leader receives. | Yes · A written brief: self, expected and actual | Report by reviewer type; a coach shares it |
| Follow-up laterA shorter check with the same raters some weeks on. | Yes · A short pulse at 60–90 days, included, where raters were told at the start | A lighter Feedback 360 (Pulse) template |
Not listed: we did not find it on that vendor’s public pages on 29 October 2026; it may exist.
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360 feedback software compared: Facets beside 8 tools, Culture Amp among them.
Reviews and 1:1s · Culture Amp Perform
| Row | Facets | Culture AmpCulture Amp Perform |
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| Try before you buyA trial, a plan at no charge, or only a demo. | Yes · 30-day trial of the Manager plan; none on the Organization plan | Demo on request; prices by quote |
| 1:1 agendasTopics and notes kept for each one-to-one. | Yes · Kept by the manager; the person adds topics by a personal link, with no account | Yes · 1-on-1s with templates |
| Reviews or assessmentsWritten reviews of each person's work. | Yes · Quarterly and end-of-year, with colleagues' input | Yes · Reviews and calibration |
| AI help writing reviewsA model drafts or improves review text. | Yes · A model drafts the text; the manager sets the band and the reason | Yes · AI Coach drafts and refines |
| 360 feedbackColleagues' ratings of one person, in the same product. | Leadership 360, $99 a leader | Yes · Effectiveness 360s |
| Engagement surveysOrganization-wide surveys, in the same product. | Engagement cycles, bought per cycle | Add-on: Engage, priced on request |
| Slack or Microsoft TeamsReminders and updates through chat. | Check-in and survey notices, project and board posts, one way to a Slack or Teams channel | Yes · Slack and Microsoft Teams |
| Syncs with an HR systemThe people a manager tracks kept in step with an HR system or identity provider. | Offered from the identity-provider feed; the manager adds them in one press | Yes · HRIS sync: native connectors, more through Merge |
Not listed: we did not find it on that vendor’s public pages on 29 October 2026; it may exist.
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Performance review and 1:1 software compared: Facets beside 8 tools, Culture Amp among them.
Where Culture Amp fits better
From what Culture Amp’s own pages say, line by line:
Engagement surveys
- Culture Amp. Culture Amp sends survey invitations and reminders through Slack and Microsoft Teams, for a company that works in either. It compares your results with other organizations in its benchmark database. Its help center lists many survey languages, which suits a workforce that does not share one.
360 feedback
- Culture Amp. Culture Amp runs leadership, manager and individual effectiveness 360s in Perform, beside its reviews, for a company that wants them in one place.
Reviews and 1:1s
- Culture Amp. Culture Amp's AI Coach helps managers draft and refine reviews, and every plan includes Slack and Microsoft Teams integrations. Its 360s and engagement surveys sit in the same platform as its reviews.
Where Facets is different
- Engagement cycles bought one at a time. An engagement cycle is priced once per survey of the whole organization, by headcount: from $999 up to 100 employees to $9,499 up to 2,500. A second cycle in the same calendar year is 60% of list. Two cycles in a year at 100 people cost $999 and $599, $1,598 in all: about $1.33 a person a month.
- A range on every score. Every group’s score comes with a 95% range, how far it could move by chance, and a change since the last cycle is marked only when it is reliable. A group appears once five people have answered, or more if you raise the floor when you set up the cycle, and a group that could be worked out by subtraction is hidden too.
- A conversation after the results. In a cycle that lets managers see their own group, each manager whose group is published can hold a 30-minute team conversation, choosing from a library of 27 cited options, and the team’s commitments are checked six weeks later. Since 29 October 2026, options to consider also appear beneath the cycle’s written summary.
- A Leadership 360 for one leader. A Leadership 360 is $99 a leader, and anyone can buy and run one. The leader predicts their ratings first, and raters’ comments are summarized in other words, never quoted. Since 29 October 2026 it includes a follow-up pulse 60 to 90 days after the brief, and a review that follows an earlier one is compared with it.
- Manager tools priced per manager. A manager with eight reports pays the Manager plan's $7 a month, billed annually ($84 a year), and the eight people are never charged. In quarterly and end-of-year assessments a model drafts, and the manager chooses the rating.
Using both
Facets does not have to replace Culture Amp. Its surveys are bought one at a time, so a company that keeps Culture Amp Perform for reviews can still run a Facets team survey for one team of 3 to 12 people, a Leadership 360 for one leader, or an engagement cycle, without a second subscription.
What a Facets survey finds stays out of performance records. Team survey and engagement answers do not move into the manager tools; the one route is a Leadership 360 summary the leader chooses to send.
Questions
Is Facets an alternative to Culture Amp?
For parts of it. Culture Amp sells engagement surveys, 360s and reviews in one platform, priced by quote. Facets sells engagement cycles and Leadership 360s one at a time, and its manager tools per manager.
How do Facets' prices compare with Culture Amp's?
Culture Amp's pricing page asks you to request a quote. At Facets an engagement cycle is $999 for up to 100 employees, a Leadership 360 is $99 a leader, and the manager tools are $7 a manager a month, billed annually.
Does Facets compare our results with other companies?
No. Facets offers no external benchmarks: each group is compared with its own last cycle, and a change is marked only when it is reliable. Culture Amp's pages list benchmarking.
Are Facets' engagement surveys anonymous?
They are confidential, not anonymous. Facets links each response to the person who gave it, so they can finish later and answer only once. Nobody with an account can read another person's answers as written, and no group shows until at least five people answer.
Can I try Facets before buying?
Yes: the Manager plan has a 30-day trial, and an engagement cycle or a Leadership 360 can be bought on its own, one at a time. On Culture Amp's pages: demo on request; prices by quote.
Sources
- Culture Amp: www.cultureamp.com/platform/plans-and-pricing, read ; support.cultureamp.com/en/articles/7048386-confidentiality-protections-in-reporting, read ; support.cultureamp.com/en/articles/12853780-heatmap-comparisons, read ; support.cultureamp.com/en/articles/8540095-ai-comment-summaries-in-engagement-results, read ; support.cultureamp.com/en/articles/12094206-ai-coach-in-surveys, read ; www.cultureamp.com/platform/engage, read ; support.cultureamp.com/en/articles/7048409-customize-survey-communications, read ; support.cultureamp.com/en/articles/7048544-sync-culture-amp-with-your-hris-data, read ; support.cultureamp.com/en/articles/7048535-supported-languages-and-product-coverage, read ; www.cultureamp.com/pricing, read ; support.cultureamp.com/en/articles/7048501-effectiveness-360-faq-for-employees, read ; support.cultureamp.com/en/articles/7048503-guide-to-understanding-your-individual-effectiveness-360-report, read ; support.cultureamp.com/en/articles/7048486-set-up-and-configure-individual-effectiveness-360-surveys, read ; support.cultureamp.com/en/articles/7048466-welcome-to-the-culture-amp-individual-360-effectiveness-survey, read ; www.cultureamp.com/platform/ai-coach, read
“Not listed” means we did not find it on that vendor’s public pages on 29 October 2026; it may exist.
Prices are as each vendor published them on 29 October 2026, in their own units, and they change.
Culture Amp is a trademark of its owner. Facets is not affiliated with it.
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See engagement cycles in full.
One confidential survey of the whole organization, bought per cycle, with a range on every score and a conversation for each manager whose group is published.