A leading Employee Experience Platform
Forrester's Employee Experience Management Platforms Landscape, Q3 2026, provides a guide for enterprise leaders selecting an employee experience management platform, analysing 29 vendors shaping the market today. Led by Forrester Research's David Brodeur-Johnson, the report explores how employee experience platforms are well-positioned to generate insights on employees and drive business success.
Forrester, the leading global research company defines the category as:
“A collection of well-integrated solutions that not only offers capabilities for gathering meaningful experience insights from employees through various channels, such as surveys and analysis of employee communication streams, but also offers ways to improve that experience through better management of the factors that affect them most, such as rewards and recognition, communications, learning, and employee journeys”.
That combination - listening, recognition, communications and journeys, unified on one platform - is something Unily has been investing in for over 20 years.
What Forrester is seeing
At its core, the report suggests that the EX market is entering a new phase where signal, action, and AI must work as one, with the intranet uniquely positioned to surface that data. Forrester sets out three dynamics shaping the market today:
"AI is bringing complexity to the workplace. The businesses navigating it best are the ones that can connect to their people easily, personally, and with a clear read on sentiment across the business. We are proud to build the platform that makes this possible."
Hannah Unsworth, Director of Product, Unily
Why does Unily's recognition and onboarding focus matter for buyers?
Unily's inclusion reflects the platform's breadth across surveying, social listening, reward and recognition, and employee journeys - capabilities customers use every day to turn signals into action at enterprise scale.
The recognition follows a strong period for the company, including being named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Intranet Platforms, Q1 2026 and the general availability of Unily Glass, the AI-native conversational execution layer at the heart of Unily's AI-native evolution.
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A landscape report with an overview of 29 vendors. The Forrester Employee Experience Management Platforms Landscape, Q3 2026 is authored by David Brodeur-Johnson with contributors James McQuivey, PhD and Faith Born.
Button TextUnily is included as a notable vendor. Forrester researched 29 vendors, including 15Five, Achievers, Augeo, Betterworks, Culture Amp, Effectory, Haiilo, Lattice, Leapsome, LumApps, Medallia, Microsoft, Motivosity, O.C. Tanner, Perceptyx, PG Forsta, Qualtrics, Quantum Workplace, QuestionPro, Sogolytics, SurveyMonkey, Unily, Vantage Circle, Visier, Workday, Workhuman, Workleap, WorkTango, and Workvivo.
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Source: The Employee Experience Management Platforms Landscape, Q3 2026, Forrester Research, Inc., Q3 2026.
With a keen focus on AI search and community features, Amy supports the creation of solutions tailored for the future of work at Unily. As Product Marketing Manager, she combines her expertise in digital strategy with a passion for guiding large organizations toward enhanced employee experiences. Her insights help shape Unily’s innovative offerings, ensuring they not only meet but also anticipate the complex needs of demanding enterprises.