Gallup Access vs Qualtrics

Gallup Access9.2Visit Qualtrics9.0Visit

Higher score Gallup Access #2 in Employee Survey Software 9.2/10 Pricing on request ✓ 1 of 5 features Visit Gallup Access

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Qualtrics #4 in Employee Survey Software 9.0/10 Free plan · 30-day trial Free planFree trial✓ 0 of 5 features Visit Qualtrics

• Gallup Access fits best

  Organizations valuing established engagement methodology

• Qualtrics fits best

  Advanced general-purpose survey research

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Side by side

Feature	Gallup Access 9.2/10 Visit ↗	Qualtrics 9.0/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.2	9.0
Ranking	#2 in Employee Survey Software	#4 in Employee Survey Software
Best for	Organizations valuing established engagement methodology	Advanced general-purpose survey research
Pricing model	Paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	Pricing on request	$420/mo
Free plan	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Free trial	—	30 days
Deployment	Cloud, Mobile	Cloud
Platforms	Web, iOS, Android	Web
Support	Email, Live chat, Phone, Docs	Tickets, Community, Docs · 24/7
Compliance	SSO/SAML	SOC 2, ISO 27001, SSO/SAML, 2FA
Integrations	1 integrations	17 integrations
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Gallup Access 1/5 · Qualtrics 0/5
Pulse surveys	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Engagement surveys	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Anonymous responses	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Action planning	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Survey benchmarking	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Specs
Response limit	Not checked yet	500 responses
Our review
Pros	Combines engagement, lifecycle, pulse, and custom surveys Adds text analytics, heatmaps, benchmarking, and reporting Connects insights to manager action plans and progress tracking	Advanced logic, analysis, dashboards, and response visualizations Distribution across email, SMS, websites, QR codes, and anonymous links REST API, respondent panels, branding, and broad integrations
Cons	Workplace pricing requires a demo or Business Development conversation Its broad feature set may exceed the needs of survey-only teams CliftonStrengths tools may be less relevant to narrowly focused survey programs	Free plan is limited to one user, three surveys, and 500 responses Free surveys retain Qualtrics branding and have limited styling Annual pricing starts at $420 per month for Strategic Research
Our verdict	Gallup Access is a cloud-based workplace platform for leaders, managers, and HR professionals. It brings together employee engagement, lifecycle, pulse, and anonymous surveys with distribution, scheduling, respondent management, and… Read the review →	Qualtrics is a cloud-based survey and experience-management platform for employee, customer, product, brand, and market research. For employee survey programs, it supports survey creation, conditional logic, response collection, analysis,… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Gallup Access — where it wins

  • Combines engagement, lifecycle, pulse, and custom surveys
  • Adds text analytics, heatmaps, benchmarking, and reporting
  • Connects insights to manager action plans and progress tracking

  Where it doesn't

  • Workplace pricing requires a demo or Business Development conversation
  • Its broad feature set may exceed the needs of survey-only teams
  • CliftonStrengths tools may be less relevant to narrowly focused survey programs

• Qualtrics — where it wins

  • Advanced logic, analysis, dashboards, and response visualizations
  • Distribution across email, SMS, websites, QR codes, and anonymous links
  • REST API, respondent panels, branding, and broad integrations

  Where it doesn't

  • Free plan is limited to one user, three surveys, and 500 responses
  • Free surveys retain Qualtrics branding and have limited styling
  • Annual pricing starts at $420 per month for Strategic Research

• Gallup Access9.2/10 · Pricing on request

  A broad employee survey platform for engagement measurement, analysis, and manager action planning.

  Visit Gallup AccessFull verdict →
• Qualtrics9.0/10 · Free plan · 30-day trial

  A powerful research suite, but its price and free-plan limits may exceed employee-survey needs.

  Visit QualtricsFull verdict →