15Five vs Culture Amp
performance & learning head-to-head for ERP teams: evidenced capabilities, published pricing, and which ERPs each actually integrates with.
| Starting price | From $4/user/mo (published) | Quote-based, annual subscription |
| Deployment | Cloud | Cloud |
| Company size | Mid-market, Enterprise | SMB, Mid-market, Enterprise |
| Stated ERP integrations | Workday | Workday, SAP, Oracle Fusion Cloud |
| Vendor | 15Five | Culture Amp |
Our take
Where 15Five leads
- Stronger evidenced coverage on 12 of the 19 capabilities where they differ (led by performance improvement plans (pips) and pay benchmarking against market data).
- Published pricing where the alternative quotes.
Where Culture Amp leads
- Stronger evidenced coverage on 7 of the 19 capabilities where they differ (led by ai sentiment analysis of open-text and engagement benchmarking).
- Stated SAP, Oracle Fusion Cloud integration the alternative doesn't list.
Where they differ
The 19 capabilities (of 55 in the performance & learning taxonomy) where the evidence separates them, biggest gaps first. “Not evidenced” means our research found no public documentation of this capability — the vendor may still offer it. Confirm on a demo.
| Capability | ||
|---|---|---|
| Performance improvement plans (PIPs)Performance Reviews & Feedback | Core strength Exportable PIP documentation with milestone tracking | Not evidenced |
| Pay benchmarking against market dataCompensation Management | Core strength Real-time benchmarking against 5,000+ companies | Not evidenced |
| AI sentiment analysis of open-textEmployee Engagement & Surveys | Not evidenced | Core strength AI-generated comment summaries |
| Engagement benchmarkingEmployee Engagement & Surveys | Not evidenced | Core strength Benchmarking against Culture Amp's customer dataset |
| Conversational AI copilotAI Content & Coaching | Core strength AMAYA natural-language AI assistant | Not evidenced |
| Configurable review templatesPerformance Reviews & Feedback | Supported | Not evidenced |
| 9-box performance/potential gridSuccession & Talent Intelligence | Supported | Not evidenced |
| Succession planning & readiness trackingSuccession & Talent Intelligence | Supported Succession nominations with readiness tracking | Not evidenced |
| Compensation band building & sharingCompensation Management | Supported | Not evidenced |
| Compensation review cycle managementCompensation Management | Supported | Not evidenced |
| Pay equity & fairness analyticsCompensation Management | Supported Compensation insights highlighting pay gaps and flight risk | Not evidenced |
| Performance-to-pay linkageCompensation Management | Supported | Not evidenced |
| Single sign-onPlatform & Integrations | Not evidenced | Supported |
| Public API & webhooksPlatform & Integrations | Not evidenced | Supported Developer API (docs.api.cultureamp.com) |
| Calibration workflowsPerformance Reviews & Feedback | Supported | Core strength |
| OKR creation and progress trackingGoals & OKRs | Core strength | Supported |
| Pre-built survey template libraryEmployee Engagement & Surveys | Supported | Core strength 40+ ready-to-use survey templates |
| Third-party content marketplaceLearning & Course Delivery | Partial Manager training microlearning content, not a full course library | Not evidenced |
| Collaboration app integrationPlatform & Integrations | Supported Kona AI coaching nudges delivered in Slack | Core strength Slack and Microsoft Teams |
Both grade identically on the other 36 capabilities — see each product's full profile: 15Five, Culture Amp.
15Five vs Culture Amp — FAQs
Is 15Five or Culture Amp better for ERP integration?
Both state integrations with Workday. Culture Amp additionally lists SAP, Oracle Fusion Cloud. Always verify the connector against your ERP version with a reference customer.
Which is cheaper, 15Five or Culture Amp?
15Five publishes a starting rate ($4/user/mo); Culture Amp prices by quote, so a like-for-like number requires asking both.
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