Manageable vs Culture Amp

Culture Amp is the people-science platform for enterprise engagement. Manageable is manager development and performance for SMBs. Different scale, different problem.

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Manageable

Define → Coach → Recognize for 15 - 250 employee teams. Software plus coaching, training, and HR advisement.

Culture Amp

Engage, Perform, and Develop modules for 6,500+ companies. People science, 1.5B+ benchmarks, and AI comment analysis at enterprise scale.

Feature comparison

	Manageable	Culture Amp
Pricing	Free - $12 PEPM	Custom (~$5 - 9+ PEPM est.)
Best for team size	15 - 250	200 - 5,000+
Engagement benchmarks		1.5B+ data points
Pulse surveys	Milestone only
360 feedback
Manager coaching services	Founder-led
Work-based auto reviews		Configurable
Free tier / trial	Free tier

When Culture Amp may be the better fit

You need industry engagement benchmarks and people-science action plans for board-level reporting at 200+ employees.

Why teams choose Manageable instead

SMB focus - built for teams too small for Culture Amp’s minimum contracts and sales process.
Manager practice - training and coaching, not just survey insights.
Transparent pricing - published rates and free tier vs. quote-only enterprise sales.
Integrated performance cycle - roles and QQTR feed reviews directly.

What Manageable does best

Managerial Leadership, not just modules

Define → Coach → Recognize gives managers a repeatable practice - backed by the Managerial Leadership Academy, implementation support, and optional founder-led coaching.

Reviews grounded in real work

Roles and QQTR projects maintained all year auto-populate reviews - less form-filling, more accurate feedback.

Start free, scale when ready

The Define plan is free forever. Full coaching and reviews at $12 PEPM with no module maze or annual minimum.

Results backed by a guarantee

Follow Manageable Best Practices for a year and get a full refund if results fall short - see our 12-month guarantee.

Manageable is built around Define → Coach → Recognize - a structured cycle where managers clarify expectations in living role descriptions, coach through structured 1:1s, and recognize contributions in work-based reviews. Training, implementation support, and optional founder-led coaching help managers build the practice in daily work, not in a separate classroom.

Roles and QQTR projects are maintained throughout the year. When review season arrives, the system auto-populates from that work - managers are not reconstructing the year from memory or assembling forms from scratch. That cuts review time and reduces recency bias.

The Define plan is free forever: digital job descriptions (Roles), QQTR project templates, team directory, and company directory. Teams can clarify accountability before upgrading to coaching meetings ($8 PEPM) or full performance reviews ($12 PEPM).

Manageable pairs the app with the Managerial Leadership Academy, people system implementation, strategic HR advisement, and one-on-one coaching from the co-founders - unusual for a performance platform and especially valuable when you do not have a full HR department.

If you follow Manageable Best Practices for a full year and results do not meet expectations, Manageable offers a full refund. That level of accountability is rare in HR software - and it reflects confidence in the methodology, not just the interface.

Ready to rethink performance?

If engagement surveys feel like the wrong starting point for a 50-person team, Manageable begins with manager clarity.

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Sources: Culture Amp, getmanageable.com. As of 2026.