Bucketlist
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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.
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Fund your account upfront with points, which are distributed to users to give away every month or quarter. Recognition can be peer-to-peer or top-down and monetary or non-monetary. Earned points can be used to purchase gift cards or physical products.
The Good
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- 14-day free trial (requires initial meeting)
- Easy to use
- Hands-on guidance through implementation and launch
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- Good range of reports and analytics
- Strong suite of integrations
- Good phone support availability
The Bad
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- Limited configuration options
- Help center lacks breadth and depth
- Very limited reporting
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- Some countries have few reward options
- Almost no help center documentation for integrations
- Can’t grant different levels of admin access
Pricing
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Custom quotes and no public pricing, but we’ve seen quotes in the range of $1-$4 per user per month.
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Custom quotes and no public pricing.
Setup & Onboarding
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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.
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Direct guidance and implementation assistance but limited onboarding documentation.
UI & UX
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Standard, somewhat bland look, but quite easy to navigate.
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Standard, boilerplate interface. Navigation can be tricky for admin-level users.
Reward Catalog
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Gift cards, charity donations, and local experiences like helicopter tours.
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Gift cards and physical products.
Integrations
HRIS
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Workday, BambooHR, ADP, UKG, custom HRIS integrations via SFTP
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Workday, BambooHR, Namely, ADP
SSO
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Okta, Azure, custom SSO integrations
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Okta, Onelogin, Google, custom SSO integrations
Common Tool Integrations
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Slack, Microsoft Teams, Gmail, Outlook
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Slack, Outlook, Gmail
Additional Integrations
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Beekeeper
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N/A
Analytics & Reports
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Other than some minimal default reports, doesn't provide much data to dig into.
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Diverse range of downloadable default reports, but few graphs to view data inside platform.
Support
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Email and phone support during standard business hours with a basic help center.
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Email support and international phone support with 24 hour availability four days a week.
Extra Features
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Has mobile apps for Apple and Android. Can display the recognition feed externally via an iframe.
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Corporate discounts program, Chrome extension that identifies nearby corporate discounts, employee expense reimbursement program, 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.
Fond
Plenty of rewards, discounts, customizations, and integrations might make it too much for some.
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