Cooleaf
Qarrot
How It Works
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.
Qarrot
Recognition can be peer-to-peer or manager-to-employee and monetary or non-monetary. Giving points reset weekly, monthly, quarterly, or yearly. Earned points can be redeemed for gift cards.
The Good
Cooleaf
- Huge number of integrations and automations
- Good set of default reports
Qarrot
- Simple software
- Quick to implement
- Very low maintenance
The Bad
Cooleaf
- Peer-to-peer recognition is non-monetary
- No public API
- Primarily email support
Qarrot
- Limited settings and configuration options
- Very few HRIS integrations and custom integrations require the Enterprise plan
- Single sign on options require the Enterprise plan
Pricing
Cooleaf
Custom quotes and no public pricing.
Qarrot
Basic plan for $59 flat fee. $3 per user per month for premium.
Setup & Onboarding
Cooleaf
They setup your account based on your company’s goals, then train you on the platform and prepare you for launch.
Qarrot
Simplicity makes it easy to quickly implement. Can schedule a quick 1-hour onboarding session with Qarrot and be ready to go.
UI & UX
Cooleaf
Fairly modern, though some areas of the platform feel dated. Navigation is simple for normal users and intuitive for admins.
Qarrot
Basic interface, but not unappealing. Pain-free navigation thanks to minimal options and settings.
Reward Catalog
Cooleaf
Gift cards, physical products, company swag.
Qarrot
Gift cards, charity donations
Integrations
HRIS
Cooleaf
Workday, BambooHR, ADP, Namely
Qarrot
BambooHR, custom HRIS integrations via SFTP
SSO
Cooleaf
Okta, Onelogin
Qarrot
Custom SSO integrations
Common Tool Integrations
Cooleaf
Microsoft Teams, Slack, Facebook Workplace
Qarrot
Slack, Mircosoft Teams
Additional Integrations
Cooleaf
Linkedin Learning, Lessonly, Salesforce, Zendesk, Salesloft, Lattice, and more.
Qarrot
N/A
Analytics & Reports
Cooleaf
Decent set of graphs with a good range of filters. More than a dozen default reports that cover a variety of metrics.
Qarrot
Very basic reporting.
Support
Cooleaf
Primary support channel is email. The help center features articles that thoroughly cover the basics, but doesn't cover more advanced topics.
Qarrot
Chat, email and basic help center articles.
Extra Features
Cooleaf
Pulse surveys, incentivized in-person or virtual events with in-app registrations and check in, and Android and Apple mobile apps.
Qarrot
Can create “campaigns” around any measurable objective and award points to anyone who reaches the set goal(s).
The Bottom Line
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.
Qarrot
Employee recognition software that focuses on the fundamentals, which makes it easy to implement and use, but also very limiting.
Cooleaf
