Betterworks vs. Culture Amp
Culture Amp was built for engagement.
Betterworks was built for performance.
Betterworks was designed from day one for performance — connecting goals, check-ins, feedback, reviews, calibration, and talent decisions in one system built to scale. Culture Amp is a strong engagement platform. But performance was added through acquisition, and for organizations that need more than lightweight reviews, it shows.
Over two million employees run performance on Betterworks
4.5 on Gartner
Purpose-built vs. bolted on
The old way
Performance added as an afterthought
Culture Amp added performance through acquisition. The result is feature gaps, limited flexibility, and workflows that don't connect the way a performance-first platform should — limitations that go deeper than configuration.
The Betterworks way
Built for performance — and built to scale
Betterworks was built for performance from day one. Goals, feedback, reviews, calibration, and talent profiles are natively connected — with the depth and flexibility to scale as your organization grows.
Where Betterworks leads
Four places the difference shows up
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Goals that drive execution
Culture Amp has goal and OKR tracking, but limited visibility into how goals connect across teams and contribute to strategic priorities — and no automated progress tracking through external systems.
Explore Goals & OKRsWhy Betterworks
OKRs connect directly to check-ins, feedback, and reviews. Progress tracks automatically through Jira, Asana, Salesforce, and Google Sheets — the tools where work actually happens.
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85%
OKR adoption in the first 45 days
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Calibration your HR team can actually run
Culture Amp calibration is tied to the review cycle and hard to configure. In practice, it ends up in spreadsheets.
Explore CalibrationWhy Betterworks
Fully configurable — 4-box, 9-box, custom axes — and completely decoupled from the review cycle. Your HR team configures it. No vendor required.
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Performance data that drives talent decisions
Culture Amp helps collect feedback and review information, but leaders still struggle to answer critical talent questions — often relying on fragmented data and manual processes to get there.
Explore Talent IntelligenceWhy Betterworks
Unified Talent Profiles, Skills Intelligence, Calibration, and Succession Planning work together in one connected system — giving leaders a real-time view of performance, skills, potential, and readiness.
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AI across every performance conversation
Culture Amp's AI features are narrower on the performance side, focused mainly on feedback suggestions and manager coaching nudges.
Explore AI for HRWhy Betterworks
AI is built into goals, reviews, feedback, check-ins, performance summaries, and skills inference — bringing context into every performance conversation and talent decision, on a private LLM so your data never leaves your environment.
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How Betterworks compares to Culture Amp
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Goals & OKRs
Betterworks
Culture Amp
Performance conversations
Betterworks
Culture Amp
Calibration
Betterworks
Culture Amp
Skills intelligence
Betterworks
Culture Amp
Succession planning
Betterworks
Culture Amp
Reporting & analytics
Betterworks
Culture Amp
AI — performance workflow
Betterworks
Culture Amp
Unified talent profile
Betterworks
Culture Amp
Engagement surveys
Betterworks
Culture Amp
Trusted by growing teams turning
performance into impact
Leading organizations use Betterworks to connect goals, feedback, skills, and talent intelligence — helping HR leaders improve alignment, support managers, and make better decisions.
“Partnering with Betterworks has allowed us to enable year-round performance conversations with our workforce. A dynamic platform where we can modify goals, track progress, and get feedback on a regular basis.”
Humera Shahid
VP of Talent Development, Intuit
“Betterworks is helping us build a culture of regular 1:1 conversations, ongoing feedback and recognition, and goals aligned to our common objectives”
Dolça Freixes Pascual
Talent & Culture Advisor, Ferrer
“Betterworks has helped define employee-manager expectations on both business and behavioral outcomes, leading to increased efficiency and engagement, stronger collaboration, and higher morale.”
Sanjana Sambantham
HR Application Specialist, Collinson
“We wanted to ensure there is transparency, visibility, and alignment across the firm for all the big, audacious goals that matter to us, and we realized that Betterworks is one of the best platforms that can help us turn this philosophy into reality for our employees.”
Vincy Philip
Vice President, Organization Design & Talent Development, Arcesium
98%
completion rates for reviews
“The partnership was very clear, right from the first person I spoke with. There’s a whole team working together to help us succeed — and that’s been true from the support we received through integration to the support we receive today from our client success manager.”
Andrea Malec
Manager of Talent Management and Development, The Driving Force Group of Companies
88%
Employee Role Clarity
“The Betterworks platform has given us the tools to streamline engagement, and it doesn’t feel like a chore. Employees can come in, get it done, and move on knowing that they’ve done what they needed to do to the right level.”
Matthew Meech
Talent Development Manager, LivePerson
75%
Faster Feedback Delivery
“Betterworks has helped us see where we are in relation to our goals, pressure ourselves to think differently, and to be honest with ourselves. …Betterworks helped show us we were not where we needed to be, and more importantly, to understand why we were not there. ”
Mónica Monserrat Cabrera Solís
Manager of Corporate Strategy, Grupo Posadas
97%
OKR Adoption
Experts along the way
Named experts, not a help center. For every customer.
Every Betterworks customer gets a named Program Architect and a designated CSM — with a custom SOW, defined success metrics, and executive business reviews built in from day one.
Our implementation team includes organizational psychologists and change management specialists averaging 10+ years of experience, with 2 months of hypercare support standard after go-live.
Implementation isn't a handoff. It's the start of an ongoing partnership.
90+
Implementation NPS Score
14+
Average years of HR experience on the implementation team
187,000
Largest employee count implemented
No need to choose
No need to choose
Betterworks covers engagement too
Already running Culture Amp for surveys? Betterworks can handle both — with engagement insights that turn directly into trackable goals, assigned to real owners.
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Pulse, lifecycle & eNPS surveys built in
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Engagement data converts to trackable goals
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One platform — no integration tax
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Frequently asked questions (FAQs)
Is Culture Amp good for performance management?
Culture Amp is a strong engagement platform. Performance was added through acquisition — which creates real gaps in calibration depth, goal visibility, and talent intelligence for organizations that need performance to drive execution.
What's the best Culture Amp alternative for performance management?
Betterworks is the strongest alternative for organizations where performance is a strategic priority — purpose-built with native OKRs, configurable calibration, connected talent profiles, and AI across the performance workflow.
How does Betterworks compare to Culture Amp?
Culture Amp leads on engagement surveys. Betterworks leads on every dimension of performance management — and also offers engagement surveys, so organizations don't have to choose.
Does Culture Amp have OKR software?
Culture Amp has goal and OKR tracking, but limited visibility into how goals connect across teams and contribute to strategic priorities. Many organizations end up supplementing it with a separate tool. In Betterworks, goal alignment and progress connect directly to check-ins, reviews, and feedback throughout the year.
Why do companies switch from Culture Amp to Betterworks?
The most common pattern: adopted Culture Amp for engagement, added the performance module, discovered it doesn't scale. The specific pain points are reporting inflexibility, calibration that defaults to spreadsheets, and disconnected goals.
Can Betterworks replace Culture Amp?
For organizations using Culture Amp for performance, Betterworks is a clear upgrade. For those using it for engagement alongside a separate performance tool, Betterworks consolidates both — with engagement insights that connect directly to trackable goals.
