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Employee feedback tools have come a long way from annual surveys and dusty suggestion boxes. Today’s tools are smarter, faster, and built to help HR teams actually act on what they hear. And that’s big deal — because when employees feel heard, engagement rises, retention climbs, and your culture gets stronger by the day.
In this blog, we’re rounding up 15 of the best employee feedback tools out there — platforms designed to capture real-time insights, spark meaningful conversations, and give you a clearer picture of how your people really feel.
Not all feedback tools are created equal — and not all will give you the insight you actually need. The best ones go beyond surveys to offer a full picture of how employees feel, what’s driving their experience, and where to focus next.
Here are five key features to look for:
G2 rating: 4.7/5
Achievers is an enterprise-grade platform that connects recognition and feedback in one experience. Its Voice of Employee solution captures feedback across every stage of the employee lifecycle — from onboarding to exit — and turns it into actionable insight. With 100+ customizable templates and flexible survey tools, HR teams can collect the right feedback at the right time.
Real-time dashboards surface trends as they happen, while self-serve reporting makes it easy to explore data and share results. Backed by the deepest recognition data in the industry and seamless HRIS integrations, Achievers helps leaders understand what drives engagement, culture, and retention — and act on it fast.
Enterprise organizations that want a unified recognition and feedback platform with advanced analytics and proven business impact.
Achievers is built for scale, which may exceed what smaller companies need — but for growing or global organizations, those same capabilities make it a long-term investment.
“From the moment I joined, I felt genuinely valued and motivated. The platform is intuitive, engaging, and truly built with the user in mind. What sets Achievers apart is its focus on recognition and employee engagement—it’s not just about rewards, but about building a culture of appreciation and connection. The recognition tools are easy to use and incredibly impactful. It’s amazing how a simple “thank you” or shout-out can boost morale and foster a sense of belonging. The rewards catalog is diverse and exciting, offering something for everyone.” — Kyaisia K., via G2
CultureMonkey helps organizations measure and improve engagement through customizable surveys, anonymous feedback, and AI-powered sentiment analysis. Its platform tracks eNPS and engagement scores, visualizes results with real-time dashboards, and automates survey delivery across the employee lifecycle. The tool supports multiple languages and regions, making it useful for distributed teams.
Organizations that need a scalable, data-focused platform to collect employee feedback, analyze sentiment, and guide engagement actions.
While strong in measurement, the tool offers fewer features for recognition or continuous performance enablement.
“Excellent automated tool for all your surveying needs. Very user friendly for team members, and HR administrators, great reporting insights, and excellent customer service from the CultureMonkey team.” — Mandy W., General Manager People, via G2
G2 rating: 4.6/5
15Five combines engagement, performance, and manager development in one platform. Its Engage tool uses AI and machine learning to analyze survey data and identify where to take action for the biggest impact. Users can create focused action plans, track progress, and measure outcomes with real-time dashboards. The platform also includes lifecycle surveys, customizable templates, and benchmarks from various survey responses.
Organizations looking for a data-driven feedback platform that connects engagement insights to performance outcomes.
15Five focuses heavily on analytics and planning but offers limited real-time recognition or integrated engagement features.
“Overall, I think the reporting is top-tier rivaling that of Workday Peakon and other well respected performance management platforms on the marker. However, the repetitive survey questions over time, coupled with the simple nature of the reward/accolades “high five” feature caused our engagement numbers to do down drastically.” — Justin, Senior Manager, via Capterra
Source: https://www.thrivesparrow.com/G2 rating: 4.3/5
ThriveSparrow helps organizations turn employee feedback into measurable action. The platform combines engagement surveys, performance tools, and collaborative action planning to help managers and teams address key improvement areas. With built-in checklists, task tracking, and performance insights, it provides a structured way to close the loop on employee feedback.
Companies that want an easy-to-use engagement and feedback platform with tools to create and manage action plans based on survey insights.
Organizations seeking deeper analytics or advanced recognition and reward functionality may require a more comprehensive employee experience platform.
“The only thing I wish was a bit better is the flexibility in customizing reports and survey templates. Sometimes I’d like to tailor them a little more to our internal needs. Also, smoother integration with other HR tools would make it even more powerful.” — Verified review via G2
G2 rating: 4.3/5
Officevibe, purchased by Workleap, helps organizations collect and act on employee feedback through pulse surveys, AI insights, and lightweight recognition tools. Its platform supports peer recognition with customizable digital cards, anonymous feedback channels, and manager coaching tools. Built-in AI summarizes feedback, identifies engagement trends, and suggests next steps for managers.
Small to midsize organizations that want an easy-to-use engagement and recognition tool focused on surveys, feedback, and light performance tracking.
Workleap offers simple recognition tools but limited options for large-scale rewards, advanced analytics, or deep integration into daily workflows.
“Workleap LMS is definitely easy to use and to implement for businesses looking to centralize their employee training program… There are a couple of features that could be added to make it an even more central tool to an organization, such as incorporating in-person activities into a course plan, for example.” — Marie-Hélène C. via G2
Qualtrics is an experience management platform that collects and analyzes feedback across employees, customers, and markets. Its Employee Experience suite supports large-scale survey programs, lifecycle feedback, and predictive analytics powered by AI. The platform offers detailed dashboards, automated workflows, and advanced segmentation to help organizations link feedback to engagement and performance outcomes.
Enterprises that need a research-grade survey and analytics platform to measure sentiment and drive data-based people decisions.
While its analytics are deep, it relies on traditional survey cycles rather than continuous, in-the-flow engagement like recognition platforms that turn feedback into everyday action.
“We use Qualtrics for customer feedback management through CSAT surveys. It’s a powerful tool helping us to understand customer feedback and take informed actions to improve customer experience.” — Review via Gartner
G2 rating: 4.5/5
QuestionPro provides a comprehensive platform for collecting and analyzing employee, customer, and market feedback. Its Employee Experience suite includes 360 feedback, lifecycle, and pulse surveys with real-time reporting and customizable templates. The platform supports multilingual surveys, offers advanced data visualization, and provides benchmarking tools to help organizations understand and act on engagement results.
Organizations seeking a survey and feedback solution with analytics, customization, and data privacy features.
QuestionPro emphasizes survey design and analytics but offers fewer tools for driving continuous recognition or behavioral engagement.
“Pleasantly surprised during our use of QuestionPro just how easy it was to design each questionnaire. Not only does it offer many question formats, the responses can also be designed as needed for each question.” — Samantha, Partnerships and Operations Manager, via Capterra
G2 rating: 4.4/5
TINYpulse by WebMD Health Services helps organizations gather feedback and recognize employees through simple, research-backed tools. Its platform includes pulse surveys, anonymous two-way messaging, and recognition features like Cheers for Peers to encourage appreciation across teams. Leaders can track engagement drivers, access analytics, and act on insights with guided action plans.
Organizations that want tools for collecting employee feedback, improving communication, and promoting recognition in smaller or mid-sized teams.
TINYpulse focuses on surveys and peer recognition but offers limited depth in analytics, global rewards, and in-flow recognition experiences. Companies seeking continuous, large-scale recognition and behavioral insights may need a more comprehensive solution.
“Appreciate that it’s anonymous but that you can still see data from different groups of folks. The pulse surveys have industry data to compare your own with, and it’s easy to select different questions or move them around to show up on different weeks… There are a couple of actions in the interface I wish I could do in fewer clicks, but that’s minor. It’s overall very easy to use and get employee feedback.” — Tina H., Chief of Staff, via G2
Quantum Workplace offers an all-in-one platform that connects engagement, performance, and development tools. It includes surveys, goal tracking, 1-on-1s, recognition, and performance reviews in one system. Its feedback tool supports peer and manager feedback, AI-assisted writing prompts, and automated feedback cycles.
Organizations seeking a connected performance and engagement platform that links survey feedback, performance reviews, and employee development.
Quantum Workplace emphasizes performance management and structured feedback but offers limited real-time recognition and global reward options.
“Quantum Workplace tools are easy to use and provide valuable data. We’ve used the engagement survey, feedback, and goals to help improve our culture…In the survey results, the options for filtering and slicing are robust. That means I have to be careful to do it properly and consistently to ensure accuracy in our data.” — Philip, Internal Communications Manager, via Capterra
Culture Amp combines engagement, performance, and development tools in one platform supported by extensive people science research. Its AI-driven features help managers collect feedback, set goals, and track progress through continuous performance conversations. The platform offers 360 feedback, one-on-ones, and ready-to-use survey templates.
Organizations that want a research-backed feedback and performance solution with strong analytics and science-based coaching tools.
Culture Amp focuses on structured performance and survey cycles but offers limited recognition and reward capabilities.
“Culture Amp is easy to use tool because it has intuitive and modern interface. Its used in our company 3-4 times in year, so employees feel comfortable with that, because they are not urged to use it frequently. I love how this tools allow us to maintain healthy relationship within a team due to its features such as anytime feedback, performance review etc.” — Dmitry D., HRP Specialist, via G2
Lattice combines performance management, engagement, and compensation in one AI-powered platform. It helps HR teams manage feedback, reviews, goals, and pay decisions from a single system. The platform includes built-in analytics, AI writing assistance, and personalized coaching tools to support managers.
Organizations seeking a modern HR platform that connects performance, engagement, and compensation within a single system.
Lattice centers on performance and HR processes rather than ongoing recognition or global reward delivery. Teams aiming to build daily engagement and measure the behavioral impact of recognition may find broader recognition-first platforms more effective for long-term culture building.
“It was quite confusing to fill up the goals and objectives and the way it needed to be updated was quite tedious. I have also heard from the one managing it that sending the feedback from the managers was quite difficult and they had to do it one by one.” — Review via Gartner
SurveyMonkey is a leading platform for creating and analyzing surveys across customer, market, and employee experience programs. It offers AI-powered survey creation, sentiment analysis, and automated insights that help teams collect and interpret feedback quickly.
Organizations that need a flexible, easy-to-use survey tool for collecting feedback across multiple audiences.
“Survey Monkey is a easy to use tool to conduct surveys at large scale and to do the data analysis. The tool has a good user interface and has good capabilities built in to conduct survey with advanced logic… The only thing they need to improve is data presentation once the analysis is done as right now you have to download the data and do you own data visualization.” — Verified review via Capterra
G2 rating: 4.8/5
Deel brings HR, payroll, and engagement together in one connected platform. Deel Engage builds on that foundation with tools that help teams listen, develop, and grow — from AI-powered surveys to career development and training programs. Everything works within the same system used for payroll and compliance, so data and insights flow easily across teams.
Companies with distributed or international teams that want to simplify HR operations while keeping engagement and performance in one place.
“Deel is a great company for international nomads. I can work as a coach from all over the world. My earnings arrive in time and in my country’s currency. With the Deel Visa Card I can pay everywhere at any time.” — Review via Capterra
Engagedly brings performance, learning, engagement, and recognition together in one connected platform. It uses AI and gamification to make development more interactive and feedback more actionable. From goal tracking and 360 reviews to personalized learning paths and real-time engagement insights, Engagedly helps organizations create a more connected, growth-focused culture.
Companies looking for a single platform that supports performance, development, and engagement.
Key features:
While the platform offers a broad range of features, its recognition and engagement insights focus more on activity than behavioral outcomes. It may not provide the depth of data linking recognition, belonging, and performance seen in more research-driven solutions.
“The goal setting feature is great and has worked to help evolve how our organization approaches goal setting.” — Verified review via G2
G2 rating: 3.5/5
Eletive combines engagement surveys, performance tools, and AI-driven insights to help organizations strengthen culture and retention. Its platform supports pulse, lifecycle, and targeted surveys — along with anonymous employee chat — giving HR leaders visibility into sentiment and areas for improvement. Features like real-time dashboards and AI analysis make it easy to identify trends and take action quickly.
Organizations that want a platform with automated survey tools and analytics for continuous feedback and performance insights.
Eletive focuses strongly on surveys and sentiment tracking, but offers fewer tools for turning feedback into ongoing recognition or measurable behavior change.
“The software works for the basic needs of delivering online learning. There are integrations that are still to come and there are always small quirks to work through and work out of the system, but nothing critical to its efficient use.” — Verified review via Capterra
The right software makes it easy to listen often, act quickly, and build a culture that keeps people connected and committed. Here’s what it can do for your organization:
Great feedback tools do more than collect opinions. They cut through the noise, surface what matters, and help you take meaningful action. That’s the real difference between a survey tool and a culture-shaping engine.
Achievers gets you there faster. With always-on feedback channels, 100+ customizable templates, and reporting that actually tells a story, our Voice of Employee solution turns employee insight into organizational impact. Backed by the industry’s richest recognition data set — and seamlessly connected to the tools you already use — it gives HR the clarity, confidence, and speed to lead real change.
*Information and pricing in this blog post was sourced from each vendors website
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Written by
Rebecca Mattina
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