Decagon
Small (~210)
Replit
Small (~200)
Best For
Decagon
Best for: Builders who want to ship AI customer support agents directly to F500 customers with technical founders deeply involved
Replit
Best for: Builders who thrive in chaos and want to reinvent how the world creates software with AI
Ratings
DecagonReplit
3.9
4.0
Overall
3.7
3.9
Work-Life Balance
3.8
4.1
Culture & Values
3.2
4.0
Comp & Benefits
3.7
3.8
Senior Mgmt
3.7
3.8
Career Opps
👍 75% Recommend
👤 85% CEO Approval (Jesse Zhang)
👍 80% Recommend
👤 84% CEO Approval (Amjad Masad)
Culture Values
Decagon only
💎 Strong Comp & Equity
Replit only
🧩 Wears Many Hats💜 Mission-Driven
Shared
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate🎯 Direct Product Impact
Pros & Cons
Decagon
- Strong engineering-driven culture with technical founders still deeply involved
- Ship meaningful AI features to enterprise customers every week
- Intense workload and high expectations — not a typical 40-hour week
- SF-centric; most roles expect in-office presence
Replit
- Exciting AI-powered developer tools — cool technology on the frontier
- High autonomy and ownership — mission to empower the next billion software creators
- Disorganized operations — processes can feel chaotic
- Leadership style can feel intense — high pressure to deliver
Bottom Line
Decagon
Choose Decagon if you want intense builder energy at a $4.5B Series D AI agents startup with real enterprise revenue — but expect SF office-centric culture and cash comp that trails top AI labs.
Replit
Bold vision and explosive growth but a dramatic 50% headcount cut in 2025 signals a high-intensity, survival-of-the-fittest culture.
Open Roles
Decagon — 95 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
32
💻 Engineering
25
📋 Product
7
🧠 ML / AI
6
⚙️ Operations
3
⚖️ Legal
2
📣 Marketing
2
📊 Data
1
🎨 Design
1
👤 HR / People
1
Replit — 83 jobs
💻 Engineering
44
📣 Marketing
13
💼 Sales / GTM
9
📋 Product
4
🎨 Design
3
📊 Data
2
🎧 Support
2
⚖️ Legal
1
Summary
Decagon scores 3.9/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.7 work-life balance rating. Replit scores 4.0/5.0 overall with a 3.9 WLB. That’s a 0.1-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Engineering-Driven, Ship Fast & Iterate, Direct Product Impact. Decagon also emphasizes Strong Comp & Equity. Replit also emphasizes Wears Many Hats, Mission-Driven.
On the hiring front, Decagon has 95 open roles and Replit has 83 open roles.