A Microsoft Viva Glint alternative that measures capacity.

What Viva Glint is.

Microsoft describes Viva Glint as a people-driven platform that gives visibility into the health of an organization. It was previously LinkedIn Glint and is now part of the Microsoft Viva suite. According to Microsoft Viva Glint product page, it is sold as an add-on to a Microsoft 365 enterprise subscription, with a minimum number of seats, and offers standard content in more than 70 languages. Setup runs through a Microsoft 365 administrator and Microsoft Entra ID (Microsoft Learn: Viva Glint).

Why people look for a Viva Glint alternative.

1. 1
   Licensing. They are not on, or do not want to expand, Microsoft 365 enterprise plans.
2. 2
   Measurement gaps. Engagement scores are not showing burnout risk.
3. 3
   Independence. They want employee listening separate from their productivity suite.

Viva Glint and thrive at work side by side.

Viva Glint details are from Microsoft's public pages, reviewed November 2026.

Where Viva Glint is stronger.

For organizations already running Microsoft 365 enterprise plans and Viva Insights, Glint fits naturally into tools people use every day, with Microsoft identity, Teams integration and wide language coverage. Its survey heritage from LinkedIn Glint is long. thrive at work does not plug into the Viva suite in the same way.

The real difference.

Viva Glint measures engagement. thrive at work measures engagement and capacity, the energy, recovery, focus and resilience people have available to sustain performance, and reads the two together on the thrive matrix. That makes visible the teams that look engaged but are running low. thrive research shows that employees who are highly engaged but burning out lose three times as many days to not working effectively.

Other alternatives to Viva Glint.

What managers see in each tool.

Viva Glint gives managers team results, comments and suggested actions within the Microsoft environment. thrive at work gives managers engagement and capacity scores, the team's place on the thrive matrix, its lowest domains, three suggested priorities and comment themes. Both aim to help managers act; they differ in what they measure.

Engagement and the AI shift.

Many organizations buying Microsoft Viva are also rolling out AI assistants. That makes capacity more important: AI can give time back or add load, and adoption dashboards do not show which. Measuring energy and focus by team before and after AI changes shows the human side. See AI fatigue and AI readiness assessment.

Licensing considerations.

Because Viva Glint is sold as an add-on to Microsoft 365 enterprise subscriptions, its cost and availability depend on your Microsoft agreement. Organizations on other plans, or with workforces that do not all have Microsoft 365 licenses, such as frontline staff, should check how those employees would be included. A standalone platform avoids that dependency but adds another vendor. Compare the total cost and coverage for your whole workforce, not just office staff.

Including frontline employees.

Many organizations have employees without desks or company email: in stores, warehouses, hospitals and plants. Check how each tool reaches them, whether through mobile links, kiosks or QR codes, and whether those employees need a license or account. Frontline teams often carry the heaviest workloads and the highest turnover, so leaving them out of listening means missing the most important signals.

Decision criteria.

Decide what matters most: fit with Microsoft 365, measurement of capacity and burnout risk, coverage of the whole workforce, languages and data hosting. Score both options against the same list before deciding.

Bringing it together.

Viva Glint fits organizations committed to Microsoft 365 and Viva. thrive at work fits when you need capacity and burnout risk measured alongside engagement, independent of your productivity suite.

When to choose which.

Switching from Viva Glint.

Plan the switch at the end of a survey cycle. Keep a few comparable statements so trends carry over, sync or upload your employee list, agree anonymity rules with employee representatives and launch. See also Culture Amp, Qualtrics and Workday Peakon comparisons.

Pilot first.

Run a short pilot with two or three teams and compare what managers learn.

Data and hosting questions.

For European organizations, ask where survey data is stored and processed, how long it is kept and who can access it. Viva Glint runs within the Microsoft environment; thrive at work hosts data in the EU. Check both against your data protection and works council requirements before deciding.

A migration checklist.