6Q vs SpeakUp

6Q uses six-question surveys to collect employee feedback and measure team mood. Survey creators can choose anonymous or individual surveys, use more than 200 professional questions, or write custom ones. Polls can be scheduled every 1, 2, 4, or 13 weeks at a chosen day and time. Email summaries and detailed web reports can be viewed, printed, or exported. Teams, locations, and departments can be grouped to compare moods, and employees can thank peers through High Fives, which has a leaderboard. The service is web-based. Its free plan supports up to 5 users; the 10 Team plan costs $9 per month for up to 10 users, and 50 Team costs $49 per month for up to 50 users. Custom enterprise plans are available for larger teams, with price not listed, and a free trial is offered. The pricing page says polls and reports are delivered over secure SSL and poll data is not shared with third parties. Support includes email and a knowledge base; enterprise customers can access telephone support during business hours.

SpeakUp is a web platform for collecting employee ideas and addressing workplace problems through structured collaboration. Employees can post problems, solutions, questions, and ideas, then vote and comment. Managers can approve, amend, or deny highly voted ideas and solutions, with decisions visible to the team. A solution post must connect to a problem post. Anonymous posting is available unless a company administrator disables it, and private groups provide separate feeds for discussions and decisions.

Users can earn points and badges and compare standings on a company leaderboard. Managers can set up automatic Trello card creation when approving an idea or solution. SpeakUp describes verified email addresses, encrypted sessions, private hosting, and separation between customer sites; its security information says the hosting environment complies with PCI DSS, ISO 27001, and HIPAA. The Free plan supports up to 25 users. Startup costs $39 a month for up to 50 users; higher tiers range up to $699 a month for up to 500 users. Customers are billed for active users at each billing cycle’s end.