Bucketlist
Cooleaf
How It Works
Bucketlist
Recognition can be peer-to-peer or manager-to-peer and monetary or non-monetary. Users get a number of points to give away every week, month, quarter, or year. Earned points can be exchanged for gift cards, charity donations, and local experiences.
Cooleaf
All users can give recognition, but only admins and managers can award points. Challenges and performance goals let users earn more points. Points can be exchanged for digital gift cards, swag, or other physical products. Monthly budget determines how many rewards can be redeemed.
The Good
Bucketlist
- 14-day free trial (requires initial meeting)
- Easy to use
- Hands-on guidance through implementation and launch
Cooleaf
- Huge number of integrations and automations
- Good set of default reports
The Bad
Bucketlist
- Limited configuration options
- Help center lacks breadth and depth
- Very limited reporting
Cooleaf
- Peer-to-peer recognition is non-monetary
- No public API
- Primarily email support
Pricing
Bucketlist
Custom quotes and no public pricing, but we’ve seen quotes in the range of $1-$4 per user per month.
Cooleaf
Custom quotes and no public pricing.
Setup & Onboarding
Bucketlist
Requesting a demo or the free trial both require setting up an initial sales meeting. Regardless of choice, they remain hands-on up through launch to ensure rollout goes smoothly.
Cooleaf
They setup your account based on your company’s goals, then train you on the platform and prepare you for launch.
UI & UX
Bucketlist
Standard, somewhat bland look, but quite easy to navigate.
Cooleaf
Fairly modern, though some areas of the platform feel dated. Navigation is simple for normal users and intuitive for admins.
Reward Catalog
Bucketlist
Gift cards, charity donations, and local experiences like helicopter tours.
Cooleaf
Gift cards, physical products, company swag.
Integrations
HRIS
Bucketlist
Workday, BambooHR, ADP, UKG, custom HRIS integrations via SFTP
Cooleaf
Workday, BambooHR, ADP, Namely
SSO
Bucketlist
Okta, Azure, custom SSO integrations
Cooleaf
Okta, Onelogin
Common Tool Integrations
Bucketlist
Slack, Microsoft Teams, Gmail, Outlook
Cooleaf
Microsoft Teams, Slack, Facebook Workplace
Additional Integrations
Bucketlist
Beekeeper
Cooleaf
Linkedin Learning, Lessonly, Salesforce, Zendesk, Salesloft, Lattice, and more.
Analytics & Reports
Bucketlist
Other than some minimal default reports, doesn't provide much data to dig into.
Cooleaf
Decent set of graphs with a good range of filters. More than a dozen default reports that cover a variety of metrics.
Support
Bucketlist
Email and phone support during standard business hours with a basic help center.
Cooleaf
Primary support channel is email. The help center features articles that thoroughly cover the basics, but doesn't cover more advanced topics.
Extra Features
Bucketlist
Has mobile apps for Apple and Android. Can display the recognition feed externally via an iframe.
Cooleaf
Pulse surveys, incentivized in-person or virtual events with in-app registrations and check in, and Android and Apple mobile apps.
The Bottom Line
Bucketlist
Solid fundamentals with hands-on support through setup and launch, but lacks the feature set to support more demanding use cases.
Cooleaf
The top-down recognition and earning points through challenges and KPIs makes it good for incentivizing performance, but not for those wanting peer-led recognition programs.
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