Kudos Review - why 4.9 stars?

Kudos is a gamification and employee recognition platform for small and medium businesses. Other than recognition tools, it also offers engagement and performance management capabilities. The software was designed and launched by Kudos Inc headquartered in Alberta, Canada.

The rating of Kudos is 4.9 stars out of 5 and the total score is 91 out of 100. The rating score is based on our unbiased data-based algo. Learn more - rating methodology page.

The software is a most viable solution for small and medium businesses. It can be deployed in a wide range of major industries including retail and wholesale, customer services, banking and finance, sports and entertainment, media and publishing, education, and others. Some major customers of the software include Danmer Custom Shutters, Sportvision, and LUSH Cosmetics etc.

Yes, Kudos makes it fairly easy to use. This product is user friendly and intuitive.

Yes, they offer cloud based hosting, which means IT resources are retrieved through web-based tools and applications and you don't need to buy servers and additional hardware equipment.

No, currently Kudos can't be accessed on mobile, you would need to access it from your computer.

Kudos is ranked 1 out of 12 software in their category (Employee Recognition systems).

Recognition and feedback services offered by the software include peer-to-peer recognition, customizable badges, manager-to-peer recognition, custom values and stickers, custom value libraries, and external kudos. It offers culture and brand related features of directory, user profiles, cartoon and quote widgets, custom themes, and vanity URLs. Rewards are offered in the form of point leaderboards, administered redemption, and kudos point system.

Kudos features analytics capabilities of basic dashboard, point reports, hierarchical reports, and recognition reports. Integration is offered with all popular social media platforms. Other important capabilities include user and admin initiated invites, quick link widgets, HTML and image widget, custom welcome emails, calendar and event widgets, and automated gifts and notifications.

The major competitors for Kudos are Achievers and WooBoard.

Achievers provides a collaboration platform for employees and managers to share information about outstanding work, contributions as well as capabilities. All business initiatives are tied to corporate objectives with employees’ work being identified for best alignment with strategic goals. Recognition can be given by peers and superiors, with badges for superior performance, and rewards that include options for redemption from a large partner network or via a prepaid visa card as well.

Kudos on the other hand also provides an employee recognition platform with a number of similar features of Achievers. However the product includes endorsements by internal peers & managers, as well as by external customers. While it also has a collaboration platform, there are additional options for feedback, comments and announcements to improve engagement and recognition. Additionally the product is web based and accessible via mobile devices as well.

Then there is WooBoard which provides points based recognition systems that targets rewards based on task completion and target achievement. The product also utilizes gamification to encourage participation, social collaboration and team competition to improve performance while ensuring objectives are met. Employee recognition programs can also be customized to meet branding and business requirements with event based triggers to automate reward assignments.

While Kudos does not support these options currently it does offer integration with leading social media for greater social recognition. Additionally the product has business analytic tools with dashboards to track employee performance trends and identify the most effective rewards based programs.

Basic version of the software is available for $3 per month per user. Plus and Pro versions are available for $4 per month per user and $6 per month per user respectively.

What is the REAL total cost of implementation? on top of the total cost of licenses which is easy to calculate you need to add the cost of training, customization, data migration, and other "hidden cost". ITQlick pricing score is 5.2 out of 10 (10 is most expensive). You can fine here the REAL total cost breakdown for Kudos.

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