Compare Playful Shark and Centrical - Oct 2022

Shlomi Lavi

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Playful Shark or Centrical?

Centrical is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Playful Shark, and Centrical is rated higher (75/100) than Playful Shark (62/100). Centrical offers users more features (4) than Playful Shark (0).

Looking for the right Gamification solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

Playful Shark Vs. GamEffective

Playful Shark: Playful Shark is a game development studio based in Israel. We have been creating games since 2004. As a game development studio, we are constantly creating games, playing games and updating our knowledge about games and the industry. We use our knowledge and experience to make the ocean a little more playful for sharks and other sea creatures.

GamEffective: GamEffective is a next generation gamification company focusing on rich graphical narratives to drive skillful change in organizations. It is used by leading global organizations for the improvement of sales, customer support and training. Its unique rich graphical narratives range from sports to racing, virtual city-building and song-contests; ...

Who is more expensive? Playful Shark or GamEffective?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Gamification software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for Playful Shark and GamEffective.

Playful Shark accurate pricing info is available upon request (they don't share it publicly), however , On a scale between 1 to 10 Playful Shark is rated 4, which is lower than the average cost of Gamification software. GamEffective accurate pricing info is available upon request (they don't share it publicly), however , On a scale between 1 to 10 Playful Shark is rated 4, which is lower than the average cost of Gamification software.

Bottom line: Playful Shark cost is around the same cost of GamEffective.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Playful Shark Vs. Centrical based on some of the most important and required Gamification features.

Playful Shark: We are still working to collect the list of features for Playful Shark.

GamEffective: Customer Service, Sales, Customer Success, Content Management.

Target customer size

Most of the customers using Playful Shark come from small and medium business backgrounds. Customers of the software include businesses of all sizes and types.