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Vantage Circle
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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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
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- Good range of reports and analytics
- Strong suite of integrations
- Good phone support availability
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- Robust corporate wellness program
- Ability to earn points as a percentage of what you spend using corporate discounts
- Good international reward options
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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- No public API
- Limited reporting and data exporting
Pricing
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Custom quotes and no public pricing.
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$3.60 or $4 per user per month depending of if monthly or annual.
Setup & Onboarding
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Direct guidance and implementation assistance but limited onboarding documentation.
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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
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Standard, boilerplate interface. Navigation can be tricky for admin-level users.
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Clean, polished, and modern look with fairly intuitive navigation.
Reward Catalog
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Gift cards and physical products.
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Gift cards, physical products, local experiences, and event tickets.
Integrations
HRIS
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Workday, BambooHR, Namely, ADP
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Zoho People, Freshteam, SAP, custom HRIS integrations via SFTP
SSO
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Okta, Onelogin, Google, custom SSO integrations
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Okta, Azure
Common Tool Integrations
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Slack, Outlook, Gmail
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Slack, Microsoft Teams, Facebook Workplace
Additional Integrations
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N/A
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Yammer
Analytics & Reports
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Diverse range of downloadable default reports, but few graphs to view data inside platform.
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Basic reporting dashboard and graphs but limited export options and default exportable reports.
Support
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Email support and international phone support with 24 hour availability four days a week.
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Email and chat are primary support channels, help center articles lack depth and breadth.
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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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
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Plenty of rewards, discounts, customizations, and integrations might make it too much for some.
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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.
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