Bucketlist
Reward Gateway
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.
Reward Gateway
Recognition on the platform is monetary when given by managers and non-monetary for normal users. Points can be redeemed for gift cards, products on Amazon, or donated to a charity via the GlobalGiving platform.
The Good
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- 14-day free trial (requires initial meeting)
- Easy to use
- Hands-on guidance through implementation and launch
Reward Gateway
- Provides several unique flexible benefit offerings to employees
- Fully customizable and brandable platform experience personalized for specific groups
- Customized blogs, content pages, and file libraries that can be restricted to specific users
The Bad
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- Limited configuration options
- Help center lacks breadth and depth
- Very limited reporting
Reward Gateway
- Several features only eligible for UK, and to a lesser extent, US and AU
- Steep learning curve to make the most of the platform
- No monetary recognition or reward options for users that live outside ~50 supported countries
Pricing
Bucketlist
Custom quotes and no public pricing, but we’ve seen quotes in the range of $1-$4 per user per month.
Reward Gateway
Custom quotes, 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.
Reward Gateway
Implementation specialist guides you through onboarding and launch, then handed over to Client Success Manager.
UI & UX
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Standard, somewhat bland look, but quite easy to navigate.
Reward Gateway
Platform isn’t particularly attractive, but has a clean, modern aesthetic. There is a learning curve for admins to comfortably navigate the platform.
Reward Catalog
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Gift cards, charity donations, and local experiences like helicopter tours.
Reward Gateway
Gift cards, Amazon products, charitable donations.
Integrations
HRIS
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Workday, BambooHR, ADP, UKG, custom HRIS integrations via SFTP
Reward Gateway
BambooHR, Workday, Namely, custom HRIS integrations via SFTP
SSO
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Okta, Azure, custom SSO integrations
Reward Gateway
Okta, Azure, OneLogin, custom SSO integrations
Common Tool Integrations
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Slack, Microsoft Teams, Gmail, Outlook
Reward Gateway
Microsoft Teams, Slack
Additional Integrations
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Beekeeper
Reward Gateway
Yapster, Yammer, Google Analytics
Analytics & Reports
Bucketlist
Other than some minimal default reports, doesn't provide much data to dig into.
Reward Gateway
Strong data reporting with a variety of graphs, filters, and export options.
Support
Bucketlist
Email and phone support during standard business hours with a basic help center.
Reward Gateway
Chat, phone, and email. Two separate support teams for admins and non-admins. Very informative help center, but admin-centric.
Extra Features
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Has mobile apps for Apple and Android. Can display the recognition feed externally via an iframe.
Reward Gateway
Corporate discounts, Wellbeing Center with resources from wellness experts, Surveys, 0% interest payment plans for tech items, vacation trade-in, car purchase benefit for fixed monthly amount and no deposit or credit check, Android & 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.
Reward Gateway
So robust that it resembles a full-blown HR platform, but its complexity and UK-centric feature set makes it ideal only for some.
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