Inpulse employee engagement survey software
Best Perceptyx alternative for 2026
Want to switch from Perceptyx to an employee engagement platform that can get surveys off the ground quickly, and offers easy-to-read, instantly downloadable reports?
Inpulse could be the enterprise-level upgrade you need.
Why Inpulse?
Find out why 96% of our customers recommend us.
Manager-led engagement
Give managers the tools (and confidence) to listen, lead and own employee engagement.
Bespoke, ongoing support
Maximise platform performance with ongoing guidance from a dedicated contact, and tap into a network of industry peers.
Data-driven strategy
Use live employee feedback and AI-powered foresight to drive strategic decision making at the macro level.
One platform, all your people data
See all your people data represented in one cohesive picture, without the manual burden of finding the story yourself.
What sets Inpulse apart?
Inpulse vs. Perceptyx
Pereceptyx is a widely-trusted solution with deeply complex capabilities, but that same benefit is also what makes it so lengthy and resource-intensive to implement and use properly.
Inpulse offers advanced, AI-powered functionality, but with fast setup and speed-to-value, rapid results, and accessible timely reporting.
Let’s take a closer look at Perceptyx vs. Inpulse, side by side:
| Criteria | Inpulse | Perceptyx |
|---|---|---|
| Primary focus | Employee listening, emotional insight, and empowering managers to own engagement | Employee listening and people analytics |
| Best for | Organisations that want to understand how employees feel and why | Large enterprises running sophisticated listening programmes |
| Ease of use | Simple and intuitive for employees, managers and HR | Powerful but often more difficult to manage |
| Speed to value | Fast deployment with consistent support, and immediate actionable insights | Strong but hyper-complex capabilities, typically requiring more setup |
| Emotional analytics | Reveals how employees feel and what's driving sentiment | Focuses on engagement, experience and survey analytics |
| Human-first AI | AI surfaces emotions, themes and actions | AI identifies trends, themes and priorities |
| Support for managers | Action planning, conversation support and human/AI coaching available | Dashboards and action planning tools |
| Support for C-suite | Strategic insights directly linked to business priorities and measurable outcomes | Extensive workforce analytics and reporting |
| Implementation & partnership | High-touch support and ongoing consultancy | Strategic consulting alongside the platform |
| Flexibility for complex organisations | Tailored programmes aligned to organisational goals | Configurable for enterprise needs |
Make the switch without losing your data
If you’re moving from Perceptyx or another employee engagement platform to Inpulse, you can retain all your previous trend data.
Your dedicated Inpulse expert will help you map question themes, so you can make comparisons against historic survey results, and see how engagement trends are shifting over time.
Want to upgrade to Inpulse?
Frequently asked questions about employee engagement software
Find answers to our most asked questions about the Inpulse platform and employee engagement survey software.
Employee engagement is the strength of people’s commitment, motivation and advocacy at work. Inpulse measures engagement using a balanced framework: an Engagement Index (core drivers like purpose, leadership, manager trust and growth), advocacy/eNPS-style items, and emotion insights that explain why scores move, so leaders get a clear, actionable view, not just a single number.
Most of our clients can launch quickly, because we provide ready-to-use question banks, templates and guided setup. Our team supports question design, comms and rollout, reducing admin for HR and internal comms. You get fast insight without a big project, ideal for busy teams.
An annual survey provides a broad baseline across the whole organisation, while pulse surveys are shorter, more frequent check-ins that track progress and spot risks early. Inpulse helps you combine both into a continuous listening strategy, annual for depth, pulses for momentum, so engagement improves year-round.
Inpulse turns results into clear headlines, hotspots and recommended next actions for leaders and managers. Dashboards highlight what’s changing, where it’s concentrated (team/site/role) and what’s driving it, so managers can run better conversations, prioritise actions and track progress over time.
Benchmarking is useful only when it leads to action. Inpulse helps you compare results by team, location, role and trend over time, and we focus on the “so what”: which drivers will shift engagement most. Our advisory team helps interpret results in context, so benchmarks become decisions, not vanity scores.