Bullhorn
The feed is Engage Boston conference recaps and AI thought-leadership, not releases.
Comparison · HR
Culture Amp vs Deputy
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Culture Amp and Deputy — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Culture Amp vs Deputy: at a glance
| Feature | Culture Amp | Deputy |
|---|---|---|
| Sector | HR | HR |
| Velocity score | 5.0 | 2.5 |
| Sparks · 30d | 0 | 0 |
| Top themes | employee-experience, survey-tooling, sso-self-service, permissions-scoping | workforce-management, permissions, access-control, pay-data |
| Last editorial update | 3d ago | 2d ago |
| Website | — | Visit → |
What is Culture Amp?
Culture Amp hardens its survey and performance suite for self-serve enterprise admins
Culture Amp is in a maturity phase, deepening its survey and performance tooling rather than opening new product surface. The recent batch centers on admin control and safer access: a rebuilt survey designer, conditional survey logic, scoped HRBP permissions, and self-service SSO replacing support-assisted setup.
What is Deputy?
Deputy tightens access control, but the feed is half crawl noise.
Deputy ships frequently, and the clean signal in this window is access control: sensitive-data permissions for pay rates, building on a recently rebuilt custom-access-levels system. Most other captured entries are malformed timeline stubs with no content, so the feed quality understates what's actually shipping.
Culture Amp vs Deputy: editorial side-by-side
Culture Amp hardens its survey and performance suite for self-serve enterprise admins
◆ Current state
Culture Amp is in a maturity phase, deepening its survey and performance tooling rather than opening new product surface. The recent batch centers on admin control and safer access: a rebuilt survey designer, conditional survey logic, scoped HRBP permissions, and self-service SSO replacing support-assisted setup.
◆ Where it's heading
The arc points toward self-serve enterprise readiness, with SSO configuration and demographic-scoped roles moving control to customers, alongside richer survey mechanics. AI is entering quietly through comment summaries, but the headline cadence is operational refinement, not directional bets.
◆ Prediction
Expect continued enterprise-admin polish and gradual extension of AI summary and sentiment features from surveys into performance and feedback reporting.
Deputy
2.5HR
Deputy tightens access control, but the feed is half crawl noise.
◆ Current state
Deputy ships frequently, and the clean signal in this window is access control: sensitive-data permissions for pay rates, building on a recently rebuilt custom-access-levels system. Most other captured entries are malformed timeline stubs with no content, so the feed quality understates what's actually shipping.
◆ Where it's heading
The visible product direction is granular permissions and data-sensitivity controls for workforce-management teams — locking down who sees pay and cost data. The crawl artifacts make broader trajectory hard to read from this source.
◆ Prediction
Expect more granular role and visibility controls following the custom-access-levels and pay-rate-permissions thread; the empty stub entries limit confidence on anything beyond that.
Alternatives to Culture Amp and Deputy
Other HR products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Culture Amp or Deputy.
Zoho Recruit
Zoho Recruit ships a native MCP server, opening the ATS to AI tools at no extra cost.
Fountain
Fountain is shipping in bulk across Hire Go, talent pools, and AI assists for high-volume hiring.
Workable
Workable deepens hiring analytics and opens an MCP door to its recruiting data.
Workstream
Workstream's feed is wall-to-wall best-software listicles for hourly-workforce hiring.
Crelate
Crelate's feed is recruiting podcasts and buyer-cost essays, not product releases.
See all Culture Amp alternatives → · See all Deputy alternatives →
Recent activity from Culture Amp and Deputy
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 3d agoDeputySensitive Data Permissions for Pay Rates
- 4d agoCulture AmpTrack Manager-Requested Feedback in Anytime Feedback Reporting
- 4d agoCulture AmpBuild Surveys More Simply with the New Survey Designer
- 4d agoCulture AmpGet Deeper Feedback with Rating Question Branching
- 12d agoCulture AmpSelf-Service SAML/SSO Configuration - Now available on all accounts
- 1mo agoCulture AmpIntroducing Self-Service SAML/SSO Configuration
- 1mo agoCulture AmpScoped Surveys (Limited) Role for Onboarding & Exit Surveys
- 1mo agoDeputyChangelog entry (content not captured)
- 1mo agoDeputyChangelog entry (content not captured)
- 1mo agoDeputyChangelog entry (content not captured)
- 1mo agoDeputyChangelog entry (content not captured)
- 1mo agoDeputyChangelog entry (content not captured)
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Culture Amp and Deputy?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Culture Amp is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 2.5), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Culture Amp better than Deputy?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Culture Amp is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 2.5), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other HR products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Culture Amp?
Top Culture Amp alternatives in HR are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Culture Amp alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/cultureamp for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to Deputy?
Top Deputy alternatives in HR are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Deputy alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/deputy for the full list with editorial commentary on each.