Best Employee Engagement Software
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- This comparison covers ten employee engagement tools, plus Google Forms as a bonus.
- Talkspirit pairs collaboration with engagement tracking, and hosts its data in the EU with OVHcloud.
- Officevibe, Peakon, Culture Amp and TINYpulse are built on regular surveys and continuous feedback.
- Bleexo puts artificial intelligence to work for HR leaders, while Moodwork focuses on quality of life at work.
- Officevibe's Manager Essentials plan is free, while Bleexo and Moodwork quote on request only.
Do you care about your employees' quality of life at work?
Do you believe that your people's fulfillment benefits your company's performance?
Do you value performance as much as your employees' wellbeing?
Discover our top 10 best software to improve employee engagement:
- Talkspirit
- Officevibe
- Peakon
- Bleexo
- Culture Amp
- 15Five
- BambooHR
- TINYpulse
- Mood Work
- Zest
Bonus: Google Forms
Then pick the one that fits you best.
1. Talkspirit
The solution to encourage and measure your employees' engagement
Beyond being an effective collaboration tool, Talkspirit helps you make sure your people feel involved in the company. Among other features, you get access to your enterprise social network activity stats, for example: number of active users, number of messages exchanged, groups created, posts published, and so on. These are very useful indicators for re-motivating your people, making the changes you need and improving their day-to-day employee experience. Talkspirit serves more than 500 customers today.
Key features:
- all-in-one platform, customizable to your brand
- activity stats available for administrators
- friendly news feed
- create groups by role, by team and even by shared interest
- email-free access available, so you can onboard ALL of your people
- mobile & desktop apps
- responsive customer service & user support (FR and EN), 7 days a week
- GDPR: data hosted in the EU (with OVHcloud)
Limitations / drawbacks: Talkspirit is a Swiss-army-knife tool that lets you both get work done and improve your people's engagement, but it isn't the ideal fit if you're looking for an HR-only platform
Pricing:
- paid plans from €5 / month per user (volume discounts from 500 users and preferential terms for nonprofits)
- free trial (15 days)
- free personalized demo
Read Talkspirit user reviews.
2. Officevibe
The software that measures your employees' engagement
Officevibe is a SaaS tool designed to run regular surveys within your company by asking employees questions across 10 different variables. Among them: the quality of the relationship with their manager, the quality of professional feedback, and more. Useful for taking the pulse of your organization and making sure your people stay engaged.
Key features:
- pleasant graphical interface
- varied, engaging questions
Limitations / drawbacks:
- the Slack integration could be improved
- limited customization options
Pricing:
- the Manager Essentials plan is free
- Premium plan at $4 / month (minimum of 5 users)
3. Workday Peakon Employee Voice
The easy-to-use platform for boosting team engagement
Peakon is an employee engagement tool that, on top of measuring your employees' engagement and capturing their feedback, helps you take the steps needed to make the changes your organization requires.
Key features:
- continuous feedback tools that help drive individual and collective performance
- “smart listening” technology that goes beyond simple periodic surveys
Limitations / drawbacks: a large volume of data is collected, which can take extra effort to put to good use.
Pricing:
- Essential subscription
- Business subscription
- Premier subscription
4. Bleexo
The French HR tool ranked among Europe's top 10 solutions
Bleexo is a SaaS tool dedicated to measuring employee engagement and improving the employee experience. This solution puts artificial intelligence (AI) to work for HR leaders to enable management that stays close to your employees. Interested in questions around building a feedback culture at work? Be sure to watch this webinar co-hosted by Bleexo.
Key features:
- complete suite of tools
- flexible, customizable tool
- genuine support
- custom KPIs (key performance indicators)
Limitations / drawbacks: nothing to report
Pricing: request a quote on the vendor's website.
5. Culture Amp
The tool for managing company culture
Culture Amp is a SaaS platform that lets you survey your employees to improve their engagement and performance. What sets this software apart is its strong focus on building a genuine company culture to ensure your employees' satisfaction, fulfillment and sense of belonging.
Key features:
- customizable questions
- surveys are easy to create
- reminder / notification system
Limitations / drawbacks:
- useful survey templates, though new additions would be welcome
- easy-to-use tool, but one you need to be able to set aside enough time for
Pricing:
- the Self-starter
- plan, the Standard
- plan, the Enterprise plan
6. 15Five
The software that gives your managers the tools to motivate your employees
15Five is a tool that lets your managers gather frequent feedback, both positive and negative, to build and sustain an ongoing dialogue with employees. This software also helps you keep your teams aligned through OKR setting (objectives and key results).
Key features:
- quick information gathering
- peer recognition feature (high-five)
Limitations / drawbacks: getting up to speed takes some effort
Pricing:
- the Basic plan at $7 / month per user
- Plus plan at $14 / month per user
- Performance plan available on request
7. BambooHR
The HR tool that puts your employees ahead of process
BambooHR is a SaaS human resources management software. It's a particularly effective tool for onboarding your new hires quickly and easily.
Key features:
- simple but effective interface
- responsive support
- smoother onboarding and offboarding
Limitations / drawbacks: a large set of features that take time to fully get to grips with
Pricing:
- 7-day free trial
- see pricing details on the vendor's website
8. TINYpulse
An employee engagement tool built on the frequency of feedback
TINYpulse is a SaaS tool that sends your employees one question each week to take the pulse of your company. Responses are anonymous, which encourages candor and lets you adapt your management accordingly.
Key features:
- intuitive dashboard
- pulse surveys pulse (regular surveys)
- notifications
Limitations / drawbacks: customization options (question format, frequency, etc.) could be expanded
Pricing: from $5 / month per user
9. Moodwork
The software that improves your employees' quality of life at work (QWL)
Moodwork is a web and mobile app that improves your employees' QWL through a three-step method: analysis, so everyone can self-assess and identify what drives their wellbeing and their stress; action, to improve QWL accordingly; and finally, support.
Key features:
- every employee plays an active role in QWL at their own level
- Moodwork is software that grew out of researchers' work
- tool suited to individual concerns
Limitations / drawbacks: nothing to report
Pricing: a quote is available on the vendor's website.
10. Zest
The solution that brings together the three main pillars of employee engagement
Zest is an employee engagement software that lets you listen to your employees, support them and share with them more often. Through surveys, mood check-ins and regular feedback that replace the traditional annual performance reviews, you make sure you stay at the heart of your teams' day-to-day life.
Key features:
- flexible tool that allows usage tailored closely to your company
- accessible on mobile
Limitations / drawbacks:
- some features could be improved
- pricing fairly high for small businesses
Pricing:
- Essential plan
- Intermediate plan
- Complete Suite plan
Bonus: Google Forms
Google's tool for creating customizable forms
Google Forms is a tool that's part of Google Workspace. It lets you create customizable forms to run surveys and generate charts of every response in real time.
Key features:
- very easy-to-use tool
- anonymization
Limitations / drawbacks:
- requires a Gmail address
- a tool that isn't specifically dedicated to employee engagement
Pricing:
- the Business Starter plan at €4.68 / month per user
- the Business Standard plan at €9.36 / month per user
- the Business Plus plan at €15.60 / month per user
- the Enterprise plan available from the sales team
- 14-day free trial
FAQ
Talkspirit is described as a Swiss-army-knife tool that lets you both get work done and improve engagement, but the article says it is not the ideal fit for an HR-only platform. BambooHR, built for human resources management, is closer to that need.
Talkspirit offers a fifteen-day free trial and a free personalised demo, Officevibe's Manager Essentials plan is free, BambooHR provides a seven-day trial, and Google Forms comes with a fourteen-day free trial.
Several tools rely on regular surveys: Officevibe asks employees questions across ten variables, TINYpulse sends one question each week, and Peakon adds continuous feedback and smart listening. Talkspirit instead surfaces the activity statistics of your enterprise social network.
Moodwork is a web and mobile app that improves quality of life at work through a three-step method: analysis, so everyone can self-assess and identify what drives their wellbeing, then action to improve it, and finally support.
The article states it only for Talkspirit, whose data is hosted in the EU with OVHcloud in line with GDPR. For the other tools compared, hosting is not documented anywhere in this comparison, so it is worth asking each vendor directly.
Officevibe's Manager Essentials plan is free, 15Five charges seven then fourteen dollars per user per month, and Google Forms ranges from 4.68 to 15.60 euros. Talkspirit starts at five euros per user per month, with volume discounts beyond five hundred users.
