Cooleaf
Vantage Circle
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.
Vantage Circle
Users give monetary or non-monetary recognition using predefined awards, each with their own point values, approvers, and eligible givers/receivers. Giving balances are manually allocated by admins and earned points can be redeemed for gift cards, physical products, experiences and events.
The Good
Cooleaf
- Huge number of integrations and automations
- Good set of default reports
Vantage Circle
- Robust corporate wellness program
- Ability to earn points as a percentage of what you spend using corporate discounts
- Good international reward options
The Bad
Cooleaf
- Peer-to-peer recognition is non-monetary
- No public API
- Primarily email support
Vantage Circle
- No public API
- Limited reporting and data exporting
Pricing
Cooleaf
Custom quotes and no public pricing.
Vantage Circle
$3.60 or $4 per user per month depending of if monthly or annual.
Setup & Onboarding
Cooleaf
They setup your account based on your company’s goals, then train you on the platform and prepare you for launch.
Vantage Circle
You begin by requesting a free demo they setup for you. After initial setup, you’ll be assigned a dedicated account manager to assist with launch setup.
UI & UX
Cooleaf
Fairly modern, though some areas of the platform feel dated. Navigation is simple for normal users and intuitive for admins.
Vantage Circle
Clean, polished, and modern look with fairly intuitive navigation.
Reward Catalog
Cooleaf
Gift cards, physical products, company swag.
Vantage Circle
Gift cards, physical products, local experiences, and event tickets.
Integrations
HRIS
Cooleaf
Workday, BambooHR, ADP, Namely
Vantage Circle
Zoho People, Freshteam, SAP, custom HRIS integrations via SFTP
SSO
Cooleaf
Okta, Onelogin
Vantage Circle
Okta, Azure
Common Tool Integrations
Cooleaf
Microsoft Teams, Slack, Facebook Workplace
Vantage Circle
Slack, Microsoft Teams, Facebook Workplace
Additional Integrations
Cooleaf
Linkedin Learning, Lessonly, Salesforce, Zendesk, Salesloft, Lattice, and more.
Vantage Circle
Yammer
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.
Vantage Circle
Basic reporting dashboard and graphs but limited export options and default exportable reports.
Support
Cooleaf
Primary support channel is email. The help center features articles that thoroughly cover the basics, but doesn't cover more advanced topics.
Vantage Circle
Email and chat are primary support channels, help center articles lack depth and breadth.
Extra Features
Cooleaf
Pulse surveys, incentivized in-person or virtual events with in-app registrations and check in, and Android and Apple mobile apps.
Vantage Circle
Corporate discounts and cashback options for national retailers, pulse surveys, corporate wellness program with challenges and leaderboards, Android and Apple mobile apps.
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.
Vantage Circle
A fairly standard core recognition program with additional products that can add many other features, depending on how far beyond standard you want to go.
Cooleaf
