Terryberry vs Vantage Circle

Terryberry

The Bottom Line

A veteran in the employee recognition space that shows its age, for better or worse, but offers top-notch service and a uniquely strong background in specialty awards and trophies.

Vantage Circle

The Bottom Line

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.

How It Works

Terryberry

Users give monetary or non-monetary recognition by choosing an award level, each with it's own point value and eligible givers and receivers. Earned points can be redeemed for gift cards, physical products, experiences, or donations.

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

Terryberry

  • Extensive rewards catalog and custom engraved service awards
  • Dedicated account support teams are responsive and accommodating
  • Strong analytics and reporting

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

Terryberry

  • Outdated user interface
  • Limited integrations
  • Mobile apps have limited functionality

Vantage Circle

  • No public API
  • Limited reporting and data exporting

Pricing

Terryberry

Custom quotes, no public pricing.

Vantage Circle

$3.60 or $4 per user per month depending of if monthly or annual.

Setup & Onboarding

Terryberry

Consultative approach with a required setup and implementation package makes things go smoothly from determining the best program configuration to launching it.

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

Terryberry

Terryberry homepage

Outdated look and clunky feel, but it doesn’t impact usability.

Vantage Circle

Vantage Circle homepage

Clean, polished, and modern look with fairly intuitive navigation.

Reward Catalog

Terryberry

Physical products, gift cards, vacation & travel packages, experiences, charitable donations.

Vantage Circle

Gift cards, physical products, local experiences, and event tickets.

Integrations

HRIS

Terryberry

Custom HRIS integrations via SFTP

Vantage Circle

Zoho People, Freshteam, SAP, custom HRIS integrations via SFTP

SSO

Terryberry

Custom SSO integrations

Vantage Circle

Okta, Azure

Common Tool Integrations

Terryberry

Microsoft Teams, Slack

Vantage Circle

Slack, Microsoft Teams, Facebook Workplace

Additional Integrations

Terryberry

N/A

Vantage Circle

Yammer

Analytics & Reports

Terryberry

Good range of graphs with customizable reporting dashboard and a good variety of default reports.

Vantage Circle

Basic reporting dashboard and graphs but limited export options and default exportable reports.

Support

Terryberry

Dedicated support team made up of one member from sales, customer success, and support, available via chat & email.

Vantage Circle

Email and chat are primary support channels, help center articles lack depth and breadth.

Extra Features

Terryberry

Wellness module to create healthful challenges to earn points, Mailbox module that connects to any platform that generates an email so you can track external tasks and award recognition, Recognition University that provides recognition training for users, Apple & Android mobile apps, Recognition Showcase broadcasts the feed to internet-enabled monitors.

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

Terryberry

A veteran in the employee recognition space that shows its age, for better or worse, but offers top-notch service and a uniquely strong background in specialty awards and trophies.

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.