Awardco vs Terryberry

Awardco

The Bottom Line

An incredibly flexible platform with a massive amount of reward options, but a daunting number of settings and configurations.

Terryberry

The Bottom Line

A veteran in the employee recognition space that shows its age, for better or worse, but offers top-notch service and a uniquely strong background in specialty awards and trophies.

How It Works

Awardco

The types of recognition that can be given by users are divided into "recognition programs", each with its own set of rules, users, rewards, and budget. In monetary programs, earned points can be exchanged for rewards.

Terryberry

Users give monetary or non-monetary recognition by choosing an award level, each with it's own point value and eligible givers and receivers. Earned points can be redeemed for gift cards, physical products, experiences, or donations.

The Good

Awardco

  • Very flexible and almost fully customizable
  • Truly massive rewards catalog
  • Extensive, thoroughly detailed hep center articles

Terryberry

  • Extensive rewards catalog and custom engraved service awards
  • Dedicated account support teams are responsive and accommodating
  • Strong analytics and reporting

The Bad

Awardco

  • Daunting amount of settings, options, and configurations
  • Many configurations require the involvement of your Client Success Manager
  • Limited pre-made integrations for HRIS and other tools

Terryberry

  • Outdated user interface
  • Limited integrations
  • Mobile apps have limited functionality

Pricing

Awardco

Custom quotes and no public pricing, but we’ve seen quotes in the range of ~3.50 per user per month.

Terryberry

Custom quotes, no public pricing.

Setup & Onboarding

Awardco

Extensive implementation process with an assigned Implementation Consultant makes launching this complex platform a smooth experience.

Terryberry

Consultative approach with a required setup and implementation package makes things go smoothly from determining the best program configuration to launching it.

UI & UX

Awardco

Awardco homepage

Nice, modern look with some minor clunkiness. Navigation for admins can be overwhelming due to the sheer amount of features.

Terryberry

Terryberry homepage

Outdated look and clunky feel, but it doesn’t impact usability.

Reward Catalog

Awardco

Near-endless reward catalog with options for Amazon products, Priceline hotels, concert tickets, Awardco's built-in swag store, hundreds of gift cards, and charitable donations.

Terryberry

Physical products, gift cards, vacation & travel packages, experiences, charitable donations.

Integrations

HRIS

Awardco

BambooHR, Workday, custom HRIS integrations via SFTP

Terryberry

Custom HRIS integrations via SFTP

SSO

Awardco

Custom SSO integrations

Terryberry

Custom SSO integrations

Common Tool Integrations

Awardco

Slack, Microsoft Teams

Terryberry

Microsoft Teams, Slack

Additional Integrations

Awardco

open API

Terryberry

N/A

Analytics & Reports

Awardco

Reporting dashboard offers a variety of filters to apply, but not many graphs. There are about 20 default reports that can be exported as CSV files.

Terryberry

Good range of graphs with customizable reporting dashboard and a good variety of default reports.

Support

Awardco

Offers chat, email, and phone support with a thoroughly extensive help center. They have five different lines for international callers and all support options are available 24 hours a day Monday through Friday.

Terryberry

Dedicated support team made up of one member from sales, customer success, and support, available via chat & email.

Extra Features

Awardco

Has a progressive web app instead of a mobile app, which is a custom web experience for mobile devices based on the standard desktop experience.

Terryberry

Wellness module to create healthful challenges to earn points, Mailbox module that connects to any platform that generates an email so you can track external tasks and award recognition, Recognition University that provides recognition training for users, Apple & Android mobile apps, Recognition Showcase broadcasts the feed to internet-enabled monitors.

The Bottom Line

Awardco

An incredibly flexible platform with a massive amount of reward options, but a daunting number of settings and configurations.

Terryberry

A veteran in the employee recognition space that shows its age, for better or worse, but offers top-notch service and a uniquely strong background in specialty awards and trophies.