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How It Works
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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.
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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
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- Good range of reports and analytics
- Strong suite of integrations
- Good phone support availability
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- Simple software
- Quick to implement
- Very low maintenance
The Bad
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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
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- 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
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Custom quotes and no public pricing.
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Basic plan for $59 flat fee. $3 per user per month for premium.
Setup & Onboarding
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Direct guidance and implementation assistance but limited onboarding documentation.
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Simplicity makes it easy to quickly implement. Can schedule a quick 1-hour onboarding session with Qarrot and be ready to go.
UI & UX
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Standard, boilerplate interface. Navigation can be tricky for admin-level users.
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Basic interface, but not unappealing. Pain-free navigation thanks to minimal options and settings.
Reward Catalog
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Gift cards and physical products.
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Gift cards, charity donations
Integrations
HRIS
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Workday, BambooHR, Namely, ADP
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BambooHR, custom HRIS integrations via SFTP
SSO
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Okta, Onelogin, Google, custom SSO integrations
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Custom SSO integrations
Common Tool Integrations
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Slack, Outlook, Gmail
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Slack, Mircosoft Teams
Additional Integrations
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N/A
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N/A
Analytics & Reports
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Diverse range of downloadable default reports, but few graphs to view data inside platform.
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Very basic reporting.
Support
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Email support and international phone support with 24 hour availability four days a week.
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Chat, email and basic help center articles.
Extra Features
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Corporate discounts program, Chrome extension that identifies nearby corporate discounts, employee expense reimbursement program, Android and Apple mobile apps.
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Can create “campaigns” around any measurable objective and award points to anyone who reaches the set goal(s).
The Bottom Line
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Plenty of rewards, discounts, customizations, and integrations might make it too much for some.
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Employee recognition software that focuses on the fundamentals, which makes it easy to implement and use, but also very limiting.
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