Looking at Culture Amp? Here’s a simpler way to get the same answer.
Culture Amp is built for HR teams running a full analytics programme. HELM Culture Score gives any business one honest, credible number, without needing a platform to manage.
The difference in a sentence
Culture Amp gives you a platform to explore. HELM Culture Score gives you an answer to use.
Both start from wanting to understand your people better. Where they lead is different: Culture Amp becomes an ongoing system your HR team runs and interprets. HELM Culture Score becomes a single number you can put in front of your staff, your board, or a client, the same day you receive it.
Culture Amp | HELM Culture Score | |
What you get | A full analytics platform with dashboards, benchmarking and ongoing surveys | One overall score, plus a result for each of five pillars |
Who runs it | Usually needs a dedicated HR or people analytics resource | A founder or a single HR lead, without extra admin |
Setup | Can involve significant configuration and training to get value from it | Ten questions, ready to send |
Cost | Enterprise-oriented, and can be costly for a smaller or growing business | Transparent, published pricing by headcount band |
External Use | Built primarily for internal analysis | Built to be used externally too: careers pages, tenders, board papers |
Best for | Larger organisations with dedicated analytics capability | All businesses that want a clear answer without needing a specialist to run it |
Why businesses choose HELM instead
A full analytics platform is genuinely useful when you have the team to run it. Most businesses don’t have that team, and don’t want to build one just to find out how their staff feel about working there.
HELM Culture Score gives you the same underlying question, answered in a form that fits the business you actually have: ten questions, answered anonymously, producing one honest score and the detail behind it. No dashboards to learn, no ongoing configuration, no separate resource needed to keep it running.
Straightforward, published pricing
No sales calls needed to find out what it costs.
Small | Medium | Large | Enterprise |
£2,400 | £3,600 | £5,400 | Custom |
Common questions
Is HELM Culture Score as thorough as a full analytics platform?
It answers a different question. A full platform is built to explore culture from many angles on an ongoing basis. HELM Culture Score is built to give you one credible, comparable answer each year, backed by five pillars of detail, without the ongoing analytical overhead.
Can we use HELM Culture Score without an HR analytics background?
Yes. It’s built to be run by a founder or a single HR lead. There’s nothing to configure and nothing to interpret beyond the report you receive.
Can we switch from Culture Amp to HELM Culture Score?
Yes. Many businesses run HELM Culture Score as their primary annual measure, and use it as the credible, external-facing number their culture work builds towards.
Ready to see if it fits?
HELM Culture Score. 10 questions. One honest score.