Surveys measure opinions. ONA measures reality.
Culture Amp tells you how employees feel about work. Confirm shows you who's actually driving results, using behavioral data, not survey responses.
The problem with survey-based performance data
Culture Amp is excellent at measuring employee sentiment and engagement. Their performance review module handles self-reflections, 360 feedback, and ratings. But all of it (performance and engagement) is built on what people say, not what they do.
Survey fatigue is real
Employees get tired of answering engagement surveys, pulse checks, 360 reviews, and feedback requests. Response rates drop. Honest answers become surface-level.
Self-reported data is biased
When employees know their responses affect their career, they game the system. "How engaged do you feel?" isn't the same as "Are you actually performing well?"
Engagement ≠ Performance
You can have highly engaged underperformers and disengaged top performers. Culture Amp tells you how people feel, not what they accomplish or who they help succeed.
What makes Confirm different
Confirm uses Organizational Network Analysis (ONA) to measure performance through behavior, not surveys.
ONA: Behavioral data, not opinions
ONA analyzes who employees turn to for help, who drives collaboration, who connects teams, and who solves critical problems through brief, periodic surveys about collaboration patterns, not continuous feedback requests.
- Identify high-performers based on collaboration patterns, not opinions
- Spot collaboration bottlenecks and network dynamics
- See influence and impact that managers can't observe
- Minimal survey burden, brief questions once per review cycle
Performance signals, not just ratings
Culture Amp's performance module shows you how employees rated each other in written reviews. Confirm shows who people actually turn to, who unblocks teams, and who drives results. Those are signals no survey can capture.
Calibration grounded in behavior
Culture Amp added calibration views in 2025. They show rating distributions from written reviews. Confirm's calibration is grounded in ONA data: behavioral evidence that exists before anyone writes a single word.
Manager coaching from network data
Culture Amp's AI Coach synthesizes written survey responses and review text. Confirm's coaching is based on each employee's actual collaboration patterns: who they influence, who they help, where they're invisible.
Feature comparison
When to choose each platform
Choose Confirm if you need:
- To identify hidden high-performers before competitors poach them
- Performance insights without survey fatigue
- Real-time collaboration and network intelligence
- Data to make confident promotion and compensation decisions
- To understand who actually drives results, who's visible
- Manager coaching based on behavioral data
Choose Culture Amp if you need:
- Deep employee engagement tracking as your primary use case
- 40+ survey templates with industry benchmarking from 6,500+ companies
- DEI and wellbeing survey capabilities
- Traditional performance reviews with self-reflections, 360 feedback, and manager ratings
- AI-assisted feedback writing based on survey and review text
- Sentiment and culture measurement as your top priority
Or use both: Many companies use Culture Amp for engagement and sentiment tracking, and layer Confirm on top for performance intelligence and behavioral insights. They complement each other.
Hear from teams achieving true talent density
"We launched on a Monday, and by Saturday morning we had 98% of performance reviews done. I don't know that I've ever seen that level of completion in that amount of time."
"We reviewed Lattice, Rippling, and Culture Amp. Confirm was the only platform designed to be light-weight, fast, and easy to use."
"You don't realize how much you miss until you have a tool like Confirm."
"With Confirm, reviews were super quick, accurate and easy to edit. Probably saved me 80% of my time typically used in writing reviews."
"Confirm is the first tool that lets me see the behavioral side with holistic evidence. I can quickly get the information to make decisions."
"For the first time in my 10+ years in People/HR, 100% of team members completed their self evaluations."
"Confirm has transformed the way we do performance reviews, and helped us become a more data-driven HR organization."
"Confirm is a VITAL part of how we operate as a company. It helps us keep our team more engaged than they already were."
Go live in 5 weeks
Confirm is ranked #2 Easiest to Implement on G2. Our average customer is live and running their first ONA cycle in 5 weeks. White-glove onboarding and HRIS integrations are included in every plan.
Confirm
- White-glove onboarding included
- HRIS integrations pre-built
- Change management playbook
- Manager training sessions
Culture Amp
- Survey design and template customization
- HRIS integrations (limited in basic tiers)
- Change management support varies by plan
- Live support only at higher tiers
Common questions about Confirm vs. Culture Amp
Can I use both Confirm and Culture Amp?
Yes. Many companies use Culture Amp for employee engagement and sentiment tracking alongside Confirm for performance intelligence and talent decisions. Culture Amp tells you how employees feel about work; Confirm shows who's actually driving results. They solve different problems and work well together. That said, Confirm does include its own engagement survey module as an add-on for teams that want to consolidate.
How is ONA different from Culture Amp's engagement surveys?
Engagement surveys measure sentiment, how people feel about their manager, their work, and the company. ONA (Organizational Network Analysis) measures behavior, who people actually collaborate with, who they go to for expertise, who influences decisions. Sentiment can mislead you (a high-engagement employee may still be a flight risk). ONA reveals objective performance signals that surveys cannot. Confirm uses ONA to ground performance reviews in behavioral evidence, not opinions.
What if my team is already survey-fatigued from Culture Amp?
This is one of the most common reasons HR teams switch to Confirm. Culture Amp's continuous listening model means regular pulse surveys, weekly check-ins, and ongoing feedback requests, which leads to survey fatigue and declining response rates. Confirm's ONA runs once per review cycle (8–10 minutes per employee) with no ongoing burden. Customers who switched from Culture Amp-heavy workflows typically see immediate participation rate improvements.
How does Confirm handle employee privacy and data security?
Confirm is SOC 2 Type II certified and GDPR compliant. ONA survey responses are anonymized, we analyze collaboration patterns across your organization, not personal communications. Individual responses are never shown to managers or HR. Results are displayed in aggregate with minimum thresholds to prevent identification. All data is encrypted in transit and at rest. See our full security posture at confirm.com/security.
How does Confirm pricing compare to Culture Amp?
Confirm starts at $8 per person per month for the full performance management platform including ONA surveys, 360 feedback, AI-assisted calibrations, development plans, and analytics. Culture Amp requires a sales conversation for pricing and does not publish rates publicly. Organizations that need both the engagement and performance modules typically pay for each separately. Confirm has no setup fees; implementation, HRIS integration, and training are all included in your subscription.
Hear from teams achieving true talent density
"We launched on a Monday, and by Saturday morning we had 98% of performance reviews done. I don't know that I've ever seen that level of completion in that amount of time."
"We reviewed Lattice, Rippling, and Culture Amp. Confirm was the only platform designed to be light-weight, fast, and easy to use."
"You don't realize how much you miss until you have a tool like Confirm."
"With Confirm, reviews were super quick, accurate and easy to edit. Probably saved me 80% of my time typically used in writing reviews."
"Confirm is the first tool that lets me see the behavioral side with holistic evidence. I can quickly get the information to make decisions."
"For the first time in my 10+ years in People/HR, 100% of team members completed their self evaluations."
"Confirm has transformed the way we do performance reviews, and helped us become a more data-driven HR organization."
"Confirm is a VITAL part of how we operate as a company. It helps us keep our team more engaged than they already were."
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