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Best Employee Engagement (2026)
The cheapest employee engagement is Bonusly at $0/mo. 1 offer a free tier (Bonusly). This page compares 8 options on entry price, free tier, HIPAA/SOC 2 and best-for — every figure linked to its source, updated June 2026.
8 options compared on price, free tier, compliance and fit — ranked cheapest-first. Every figure links to the vendor's own page and the date we captured it; quote-only tiers show “—”, never a guess.
Key takeaways
- Cheapest: Bonusly at $0/mo (Free).
- Typical paid price: from $2/mo, median $4/mo, up to $199/mo — across 6 with published pricing.
- Free tier: Bonusly.
- Tracked: 8 vendors, data current through 2026-06-15.
Comparison
| # | Employee Engagement | Entry price | Free | HIPAA | SOC 2 | Best for | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bonusly | $0/mo Free | Yes | — | — | Teams of all sizes wanting peer-to-peer recognition embedded in Slack/Teams | bonusly.com |
| 2 | Engagedly | $2/mo Engage & Listen | No | — | Yes | Mid-market organisations wanting a fully modular talent management suite at low per-module cost | engagedly.com |
| 3 | 15Five | $4/mo Engage | No | No | Yes | Mid-market companies (100–1,000+ employees) seeking combined engagement + performance | 15five.com |
| 4 | Lattice | $4/mo Engagement | No | No | Yes | Mid-market to enterprise teams needing modular performance + engagement + OKR stack | lattice.com |
| 5 | Workleap (formerly Officevibe) | $99/mo Manager Agent (add-on) | No | — | — | Small-to-mid organisations wanting unlimited-user flat pricing without per-seat cost creep | workleap.com |
| 6 | Leapsome | $199/mo Platform (base, no modules) | No | — | — | Mid-market companies wanting to consolidate HRIS, performance, engagement, and learning into one platform | leapsome.com |
| 7 | Culture Amp | — | No | — | Yes | Mid-market to enterprise organisations (6,000+ customers including Oracle, Etsy, McDonald's) | quote-only |
| 8 | Motivosity | — | No | — | Yes | Organisations prioritising rewards-first recognition with a large fulfilment catalogue | quote-only |
Prices are the lowest published self-serve monthly rate as captured on the linked source. Annual-billing and usage details are on each vendor's record in our open dataset.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the cheapest employee engagement?
Bonusly has the lowest published entry price at $0/mo (Free), as of 2026-06-15.
How much does employee engagement cost per month?
Across the 6 employee engagement with published paid pricing, the median starting price is $4/mo, ranging from $2/mo to $199/mo, as of 2026-06-15. 1 also offer a free tier. 2 are quote-only.
Which employee engagement have a free plan?
Bonusly offer a free tier.
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How we compiled this
Pricing fetched directly from each vendor's official pricing page via WebFetch. Where the official page returned an error or redirect, a reputable 2026 comparison page (GetApp, SoftwareAdvice) was used and noted in provenance. Culture Amp and Motivosity publish no self-serve USD prices; all their plans are recorded as null. Leapsome publishes a per-user base price but the exact interpretation is ambiguous (see notes). Workleap (formerly Officevibe) migrated to a flat annual pricing model; prices are annualized to monthly equivalents. Lattice has a $4,000/year minimum spend. Engagedly has a $7,500/year minimum spend. All accessedAt dates are 2026-06-14.
Last verified 2026-06-15. We re-check published prices and compliance on a recurring cadence and update this page when they change.
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