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93% SW Score The SW Score ranks the products within a particular category on a variety of parameters, to provide a definite ranking system. Read more

Kudos

Employee Recognition Software

4.9 1,381 user ratings

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83% SW Score The SW Score ranks the products within a particular category on a variety of parameters, to provide a definite ranking system. Read more

HiFives

Employee Recognition Software

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Bonusly

Employee Recognition Software

4.8 2,235 user ratings

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Workstars

Employee Recognition Software

4.8 19 user ratings

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Overview

Description

Kudos is an employee recognition platform with a highly interactive user interface. Recognition again is an elaborate concept, with Kudos in concern employees can be made aware of their rewards and achievements, through recognition messages that highlight their contribution. Kudos people analytics provide insightful dashboards that keeps a track of the employees’ performances, their workspace culture and the overall working experience. It allows users to peek into the pre-loaded or in-app campaigns, customised materials for promotion and guidelines from experts for improving the workspace culture as necessary. Kudos can be easily integrated with third-party systems and thus, implementation is not limited to a particular platform. It is quite evident that Kudos put employee engagement and performance recognition first in any given case. Engaging employees by recognising them ensures improved quality of productivity and work. It also enhances ROI by letting the employees feel at home while working. Kudos encourages stronger work culture, enhanced performance and inclusion with a sense of belonging. Read more

HiFives is an advanced employee recognition, rewards and engagement SaaS platform that allows companies to automate, transfigure, and computerize employees' experience. It serves industries and partners with startups, large enterprises, and small and medium industries across geographies. It allows employees and managers to recognize, nominate and reward employees based on the points-based system. With HiFives, you get a robust digital platform that helps clients get high return of investment from their programs. Employees can effectively redeem their reward points with the global redemption system. The platform comprises social features that include location, wall of fame along with e-certificates and leaderboards. It also facilitates budget management, multi-level approval workforce, and Jury-based evaluation by integrating with all leading HRMS systems. HiFives’s cutting-edge digital platform and consultative approach helps customers get the most out of their initiatives. They can improve their work experience, match employees with corporate objectives, and promote values and culture with ease. It also allows for the digital transformation of HR processes. Additionally, the platform offers best practices in incentives and recognition, as well as quick adoption depending on company needs. Read more

Bonusly is a 360-degree platform that enables its users to measure the engagement of an employee, and hence increase the productivity of the organization. The software allows users to create a tailored experience for their teams by adding their unique company rewards. Users can generate detailed reports and analytics and learn where their team members excel while evaluating recognition trends in the organization. Bonusly enables users to enhance the experience of the managers and their teams with shortcuts for recognizing the team, exceptional team achievements along with personalized bonus feeds based on individual groups. Users can display the latest bonuses on screens in the workplace through the software. The software allows its users to integrate their existing workflows with the system enabling the employees to see and give recognition wherever they work, be it MS Teams, Chatter, or personal intranet of the organization. Users can build their own tools or create something using the open API of the software. Read more

Workstars is a smart and advanced employee recognition platform that allows your staff to enjoy giving as well as getting recognition. It enables the users to get access to pre-paid cards and online rewards, or build their own incentive and benefits catalogue on a local or worldwide scale. With Workstars, you can make your recognition programme even more interactive by nominating friends and co-workers for awards with a single click, or by distributing transparent incentives across your company. You can add languages, nations, currencies, and cost of living adjustments without incurring additional resource overhead or paying set-up expenses. By connecting with your favorite processes, you can eliminate any impediments with this platform. Slack, Workplace, and MS Teams are all great places to share your accolades and can easily be integrated with Workstars. Users get meaningful engagement metrics, a powerful recognition experience, and a variety of incentive choices with Workstars. It has connections with all of your favorite products, making rollout and activity easier, quicker, and more successful, and allowing workers to observe and give appreciation at the same time. Read more

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SW Score & Breakdown

93% SW Score The SW Score ranks the products within a particular category on a variety of parameters, to provide a definite ranking system. Read more

Features The Feature Score % is calculated using the weighted average method, where core features hold more weight in the final calculation. Read more

99%
Reviews

87%
Momentum

74%
Popularity

87%

83% SW Score The SW Score ranks the products within a particular category on a variety of parameters, to provide a definite ranking system. Read more

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99%
Reviews

69%
Momentum

65%
Popularity

72%

98% SW Score The SW Score ranks the products within a particular category on a variety of parameters, to provide a definite ranking system. Read more

Features The Feature Score % is calculated using the weighted average method, where core features hold more weight in the final calculation. Read more

100%
Reviews

100%
Momentum

79%
Popularity

95%

87% SW Score The SW Score ranks the products within a particular category on a variety of parameters, to provide a definite ranking system. Read more

Features The Feature Score % is calculated using the weighted average method, where core features hold more weight in the final calculation. Read more

97%
Reviews

60%
Momentum

67%
Popularity

82%

Features

Total Features	18 Features	17 Features	19 Features	16 Features
Common Features for All	Access Control Defines application access to various users. Includes role-based system that controls options to be displayed to different users based on their role Badge Management Facilitates assigning and managing badges to employees or students Benchmarking Setting up standards and targets for your team and team members, so that they are performing at their best Content Library It is a catalog of resources that serves as a lead generating tool Customization Helps to customize the system for use in industry-specific use cases Dashboard A digital insight of reports and other workings on a single screen Employee Discount and Perks Provides employees with access to a wide variety of consumer products and services at a special discount price Employee Segmentation Segregates the employees into small groups by defined criteria such as location, demographics, and position. File Sharing A simple way to share files instantaneously with the team Gamification Helps in applying game mechanics to the work environment for better collaboration and engagement Goal Management Helps in setting targets of a team or an individual and track progress to reach business objectives HRIS Integration Seamlessly connect with HRIS to automatically sync data and manage permissions Manager-to-peer Recognition Allowing managers to acknowledge, nominate, recognize and reward employees in the form of awards, digital badges, points, or messages Peer-to-Peer Recognition Allowing employees to acknowledge each other in the form of digital badges, awards, or messages Points and Rewards A points-based system that allows users to redeem the achieved points for a reward of their choice Pulse Surveys Helps managers to measure employee satisfaction and health of the company on a time-to-time basis Recognition Tracking Allows tracking the number and types of recognition that individuals, teams, departments, or the whole company gave or received in a given period Reporting (Analytics) Provides insightful reports and important business metrics to track and measure the outcomes and progress. Rewards & Recognition Helps to acknowledge the achievements, accomplishments of an employee, acquaintances, peers, team, and team members Social Recognition Broadcast individual recognition with team members and managers through a social network-esque feed or a built-in customizable web portal + 15 More - Show Less	Access Control Defines application access to various users. Includes role-based system that controls options to be displayed to different users based on their role Badge Management Facilitates assigning and managing badges to employees or students Benchmarking Setting up standards and targets for your team and team members, so that they are performing at their best Content Library It is a catalog of resources that serves as a lead generating tool Customization Helps to customize the system for use in industry-specific use cases Dashboard A digital insight of reports and other workings on a single screen Employee Discount and Perks Provides employees with access to a wide variety of consumer products and services at a special discount price Employee Segmentation Segregates the employees into small groups by defined criteria such as location, demographics, and position. File Sharing A simple way to share files instantaneously with the team Gamification Helps in applying game mechanics to the work environment for better collaboration and engagement Goal Management Helps in setting targets of a team or an individual and track progress to reach business objectives HRIS Integration Seamlessly connect with HRIS to automatically sync data and manage permissions Manager-to-peer Recognition Allowing managers to acknowledge, nominate, recognize and reward employees in the form of awards, digital badges, points, or messages Peer-to-Peer Recognition Allowing employees to acknowledge each other in the form of digital badges, awards, or messages Points and Rewards A points-based system that allows users to redeem the achieved points for a reward of their choice Pulse Surveys Helps managers to measure employee satisfaction and health of the company on a time-to-time basis Recognition Tracking Allows tracking the number and types of recognition that individuals, teams, departments, or the whole company gave or received in a given period Reporting (Analytics) Provides insightful reports and important business metrics to track and measure the outcomes and progress. Rewards & Recognition Helps to acknowledge the achievements, accomplishments of an employee, acquaintances, peers, team, and team members Social Recognition Broadcast individual recognition with team members and managers through a social network-esque feed or a built-in customizable web portal + 14 More - Show Less	Access Control Defines application access to various users. Includes role-based system that controls options to be displayed to different users based on their role Badge Management Facilitates assigning and managing badges to employees or students Benchmarking Setting up standards and targets for your team and team members, so that they are performing at their best Content Library It is a catalog of resources that serves as a lead generating tool Customization Helps to customize the system for use in industry-specific use cases Dashboard A digital insight of reports and other workings on a single screen Employee Discount and Perks Provides employees with access to a wide variety of consumer products and services at a special discount price Employee Segmentation Segregates the employees into small groups by defined criteria such as location, demographics, and position. File Sharing A simple way to share files instantaneously with the team Gamification Helps in applying game mechanics to the work environment for better collaboration and engagement Goal Management Helps in setting targets of a team or an individual and track progress to reach business objectives HRIS Integration Seamlessly connect with HRIS to automatically sync data and manage permissions Manager-to-peer Recognition Allowing managers to acknowledge, nominate, recognize and reward employees in the form of awards, digital badges, points, or messages Peer-to-Peer Recognition Allowing employees to acknowledge each other in the form of digital badges, awards, or messages Points and Rewards A points-based system that allows users to redeem the achieved points for a reward of their choice Pulse Surveys Helps managers to measure employee satisfaction and health of the company on a time-to-time basis Recognition Tracking Allows tracking the number and types of recognition that individuals, teams, departments, or the whole company gave or received in a given period Reporting (Analytics) Provides insightful reports and important business metrics to track and measure the outcomes and progress. Rewards & Recognition Helps to acknowledge the achievements, accomplishments of an employee, acquaintances, peers, team, and team members Social Recognition Broadcast individual recognition with team members and managers through a social network-esque feed or a built-in customizable web portal + 16 More - Show Less	Access Control Defines application access to various users. Includes role-based system that controls options to be displayed to different users based on their role Badge Management Facilitates assigning and managing badges to employees or students Benchmarking Setting up standards and targets for your team and team members, so that they are performing at their best Content Library It is a catalog of resources that serves as a lead generating tool Customization Helps to customize the system for use in industry-specific use cases Dashboard A digital insight of reports and other workings on a single screen Employee Discount and Perks Provides employees with access to a wide variety of consumer products and services at a special discount price Employee Segmentation Segregates the employees into small groups by defined criteria such as location, demographics, and position. File Sharing A simple way to share files instantaneously with the team Gamification Helps in applying game mechanics to the work environment for better collaboration and engagement Goal Management Helps in setting targets of a team or an individual and track progress to reach business objectives HRIS Integration Seamlessly connect with HRIS to automatically sync data and manage permissions Manager-to-peer Recognition Allowing managers to acknowledge, nominate, recognize and reward employees in the form of awards, digital badges, points, or messages Peer-to-Peer Recognition Allowing employees to acknowledge each other in the form of digital badges, awards, or messages Points and Rewards A points-based system that allows users to redeem the achieved points for a reward of their choice Pulse Surveys Helps managers to measure employee satisfaction and health of the company on a time-to-time basis Recognition Tracking Allows tracking the number and types of recognition that individuals, teams, departments, or the whole company gave or received in a given period Reporting (Analytics) Provides insightful reports and important business metrics to track and measure the outcomes and progress. Rewards & Recognition Helps to acknowledge the achievements, accomplishments of an employee, acquaintances, peers, team, and team members Social Recognition Broadcast individual recognition with team members and managers through a social network-esque feed or a built-in customizable web portal + 13 More - Show Less

Technical Details

Organization Types Supported	Large Enterprises Medium Business Small Business	Large Enterprises Medium Business Small Business	Large Enterprises Medium Business Small Business	Large Enterprises Medium Business Small Business
Platforms Supported	SaaS/Web/Cloud Mobile - Android Mobile - iOS	SaaS/Web/Cloud Mobile - Android Mobile - iOS	SaaS/Web/Cloud Mobile - Android Mobile - iOS	SaaS/Web/Cloud Mobile - Android Mobile - iOS
Modes of Support	Business Hours Online	Business Hours Online	Business Hours Online	Business Hours Online
API Support	Available	NA	Available	Available

Reviews & Ratings

User Rating	4.9/5 1,381 user ratings	Not Available	4.8/5 2,235 user ratings	4.8/5 19 user ratings
Ratings Distribution	Excellent 90.2% Very Good 8.8% Average 0.7% Poor 0.1% Terrible 0.1%	Not Available	Excellent 85.7% Very Good 12.2% Average 1.5% Poor 0.3% Terrible 0.3%	Excellent 84.2% Very Good 15.8% Average 0% Poor 0% Terrible 0%
Review Summary	Overall, users find Kudos to be a user-friendly and comprehensive performance management software. Reviewers highlight its intuitive interface, customizable templates, and robust reporting capabilities. Many users appreciate the goal-setting and tracking features, which help align individual and team goals with company objectives. Additionally, Kudos is praised for its social recognition features, which foster a positive and supportive work culture. However, some users mention occasional technical glitches and customer support responsiveness as areas for improvement.	Not Available	Users praise Bonusly for its user-friendly interface, ease of implementation, and robust features that enhance employee recognition and engagement. Reviewers highlight the platform's ability to foster a positive workplace culture, boost employee morale, and improve overall team performance. Bonusly is lauded for its seamless integration with other HR systems, customizable rewards, and analytics capabilities that provide valuable insights into employee behavior and preferences. However, some users mention occasional technical glitches and a need for more detailed reporting options.	Not Available
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Pricing

Pricing Options	Free Trial Not Available Starts at $5.0.	Free Trial Available Starts at $0.25. Offers Custom plan.	Free Trial Available Starts at $2.7. Offers Custom plan.	Free Trial Not Available
Pricing Plans Monthly Plans Annual Plans	Plus $5.00 $5.00 per user / month Enterprise $7.00 $7.00 per user / month	Basic Plan $0.25 $0.25 per user / month Premium Plan $0.50 $0.50 per user / month Premium+ Plan Custom	Core $2.70 $3.00 per user / month Pro $4.50 $5.00 per user / month Custom Custom	Entry Others PRO Others Global Others
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