Comparison
elli vs the classic engagement platforms
The big names are built for the enterprise, with everything included, but also with the slowness and the price that come with it. elli brings the same insight to the mid-market: live fast, transparently priced, and action-oriented from day one.
elli is a lighter, faster alternative to the big engagement platforms, built for the mid-market instead of the enterprise. The same strategic insights, but without an implementation project, with transparent pricing and action-oriented from the start. Before you choose, it helps to know where each one shines.
Platforms like Culture Amp, Workday Peakon, Microsoft Viva (Glint) and Qualtrics are the established names in engagement and employee experience. They have years of benchmark data, global brand recognition and a broad, deep ecosystem. For a large organisation with plenty of internal HR-tech resources, they are often a tailored fit.
But many organisations are not that. They have 100 to 2,000 employees and not the time or resources for a months-long implementation or a quote on request. For them those platforms are too heavy, too slow and too expensive. That is where elli sits: built for speed, simplicity and direct action, without a consultant.
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Choose elli if
- ✓ you have 100-2,000 employees and want to keep it light and manageable
- ✓ you want to be live within days, not after a months-long implementation project
- ✓ you want transparent pricing instead of a quote on request
- ✓ you want to turn insights straight into concrete, actionable steps
- ✓ you want to go beyond engagement: readiness that adds the missing half to lift productivity
Choose a big platform if
- you are a large enterprise with plenty of internal HR-tech resources
- an extensive external benchmark database is your top priority
- you need a globally recognised brand for your procurement
- you are deep in an existing ecosystem (e.g. Workday or Microsoft)
Comparison in detail
elli and the big platforms side by side
Legend: ✓ strongly present · ~ partial · – limited or not the focus
Where elli makes the difference
Live fast instead of an implementation project
The big platforms come with an implementation that takes weeks to months, often with a consultant. elli turns that around: you pick a survey, adjust it and launch, your dashboard is live within 24 to 72 hours, and HR manages it itself. No project, no waiting.
Transparent pricing instead of a quote on request
With most big players you first have to talk to sales to find out what it costs, and the price is tuned to enterprise budgets. elli simply shows its price on the site, from €99/month per 50 employees. You know where you stand right away, and it is built for mid-market budgets.
From analytics to action, and beyond engagement
The big platforms are strong in dashboards and benchmarks, but often leave the translation into action to you (or a consultant). elli delivers data-specific, explainable actions with an owner and follow-up. And it goes beyond engagement: readiness adds the missing half, retention, resilience, absence, AI readiness, that you need to genuinely steer productivity.
elli is also built for mixed workforces: alongside the digital survey it supports paper surveys, so you reach the shop floor too.
Where the big players are stronger
Fair is fair: on a few fronts the established platforms are (still) stronger. They have years of extensive external benchmark data, global brand recognition that carries weight with large procurement committees, and a very broad and deep ecosystem with many integrations. If you are a large enterprise for which that scale and breadth are the priority, they are a tailored fit. If you are mid-market and want speed, a fair price, direct action and a partner who stays close, then elli is the better fit, and it is exactly on speed and price that the best-known names score weakest.
Proof
Proven in practice
With high participation all the way to the shop floor.
Live dashboard within 24-72 hours, without an IT project or consultant.
Transparent pricing, visible on the site. No quote on request to find out what it costs.
Frequently asked questions
What is a good alternative to Culture Amp, Peakon or Qualtrics? +
elli is a lighter, faster alternative for mid-market organisations. You get the same strategic insights, but without an implementation project, with transparent pricing and with concrete actions instead of just dashboards.
Why do mid-market companies choose elli instead of a big platform? +
Because the big platforms are built for enterprise budgets and plenty of internal resources. Organisations of 100-2,000 employees that want to keep it lighter and faster find them too heavy, too slow and too expensive. elli delivers the same value, faster and simpler.
Is elli cheaper than the big platforms? +
elli uses transparent pricing from €99/month per 50 employees, visible on the site. The big players usually work with a quote at enterprise level. So always compare on your own number of employees.
Does elli measure more than engagement? +
Yes. elli measures workforce readiness across multiple dimensions, engagement, retention, resilience, absence and AI readiness, in one dashboard.
Does elli also reach the shop floor? +
Yes. Alongside the digital survey, elli supports paper surveys and adapts tone and language to whoever fills them in, so non-digital employees count too.
Is elli GDPR-compliant? +
Yes. elli is built in Belgium with GDPR by design; data stays in the EU and individual scores are never visible to managers (the 5+ anonymity rule).
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