WorkStride - Top Competitors (May 2022)

WorkStride Review
ITQlick Score: 89/100
ITQlick Rating:
Pricing: 5.6/10 - average cost
Category: Employee Engagement -> WorkStride review -> WorkStride competitors
Ranking:Ranked 4 out of 96 Employee Engagement systems
Company: WorkStride
Typical customers: Small, medium and large size businesses
Platforms: Desktop, Mobile, Cloud
Links: WorkStride review, WorkStride pricing guide
Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / updated: May 06, 2022

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WorkStride vs. Alternatives in 2023

WorkStride competes with other employee management systems like Awardco, LevelEleven, Zoho PeopleSoft, and Bonusly. We will compare these employee management systems in some specific aspects below.
  • Functionality: WorkStride offers features like Spot Awards, Social Recognition, Service Awards & Milestone Recognition, Engagement & Program Gamification, Retention Solutions, Administrative Capabilities, Program Administration, Automation & Communication, Insights & Reporting, Branded Reward Issuance & Redemption Portal, Custom Award Types, Memorable Award Presentation, Monetary Administration, Award Calendar, etc. Awardco offers features like Social Recognition, Modernize Your Milestones (available in WorkStride), Bonus Boxes, Automation, Traditional Service Awards, Reward Network, Gift Cards, Zero Markups on Rewards, Customizable Reward Catalogs, Custom Company Swag Store, International Award Network LevelEleven offers features like Performance Scorecards, Badges, Manager Scorecards, Leveleleven Performance Index, Real-Time Course Correction, Achieve Performance Goals, Motivate with Visibility, Define Key Behaviors, Actionable Info for Managers, Stay Focused on What Matters, Contest Engine, Motivate Your Teams, Gamification (available in WorkStride), Real-Time Standings, Healthy Competition, Channel11, Real-Time Team Performance, etc.

    Zoho PeopleSoft offers features like Chat for Simplified Team Communication, Audio/Video Conferencing, The Social Wall, Chatbots, Zia (The AI Assistant), Employee Database Management, Performance Management (available in WorkStride), Learning Management System, HR Workflow Management, People Analytics, Employee Query Management, Onboarding, Time Off Tracking, Attendance Tracking, Timesheet Management, etc. Bonusly offers features like Monthly allowance, Bonus feed, Engaging interface, Employee Feedback, Company Awards, Integrations, Analytics, Digital Signage, Manager experience, Mobile apps, Engagement Tracking, Manager-to-Peer Recognition, Mention Management, Nominations, Peer-to-Peer Recognition, Performance Management (available in WorkStride), Pulse Surveys, etc.
  • Customers/Industries: Awardco has customers like GoHealth, Qualtrics, Ford, J.P. Morgan Chase, Texas Roadhouse, Utah Jazz, Pinterest, Amazon, Chick-fil-a, Hertz, Cornell University, Zillow, Pacific Life, Blue Cross Blue Shield, MasterBrand Cabinets, Southwest Gas, Lendio, Fremont Bank, America First Credit Union, APTIVE Environmental, ARUP Laboratories, First Choice Health, Hunt Brothers Pizza, TaylorMade, etc. Bonusly has customers like Hulu, ZipRecruiter, headspace, Surveymonkey, Chobani, inVision, Ordermark, baremetrics, MongoDB, Big Commerce, toast, Wrike, etc.
  • Cost: The license cost information for WorkStride, LevelEleven, and Awardco is unavailable. Zoho PopeleSoft starts at $5.78 per user per month billed annually and $7.23 monthly with a free trial. Bonusly starts at $2.70 per user per month on an annual agreement, and $32.40 per user per year, billed annually with a free trial.
  • Cloud-based/On-premise: WorkStride and all its alternatives are cloud-based.
  • Popularity: WorkStride is privately held with 150+ Customers, over 2.1 million end-users, and supported in 200+ countries. Bonusly is also privately held and trusted by 2,000+ companies.
  • Scalability: WorkStride, LevelEleven, Zoho PeopleSoft, and Bonusly can accommodate organizations of all sizes. Awardco can accommodate midsized and large enterprises.
  • Support: WorkStride only offers the Chat support channel, while Awardco and Bonusly offer Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, and Chat. LevelEleven offers Email/Help Desk and Phone Support, while Zoho PeopleSoft offers Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, and Phone Support.

WorkStride alternatives - for small & large Business

Here are the top 4 alternatives to WorkStride that are worth checking out: Flex Surveys for SMBs, Achievers for large size business, Honestly Employee Engagement for growing companies, and EmployeeConnect for low budget organizations.

ITQlick rating ITQlick Rating is based on the software score (below) and aggregated online reviews
Score ITQlick Score is a 1 to 100 score, based on pricing, and functionality Vs. alternative solutions
Pricing pricing Score is a 1 to 10 score, based on the TCO (cost of licences, customizations, training, hardware when relevant) Vs. alternative solutions
License pricing license pricing (if provided by the software vendor)
Functionality
Review
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WorkStride
ITQlick rating
3.3/5
Score
89/100
Pricing
5.6/10
License pricing
Pricing not available
Functionality
3
Best for SMBs
Flex Sur...
ITQlick rating
3.9/5
Score
92/100
Pricing
5/10
License pricing
$2,500 per license
Functionality
3
Best for Enterprise
Achievers
ITQlick rating
4.8/5
Score
90/100
Pricing
4/10
License pricing
Pricing not available
Functionality
3
Growing
Honestly...
ITQlick rating
5/5
Score
85/100
Pricing
2/10
License pricing
$3 per user/month
Functionality
13
Free version
EmployeeConnect
ITQlick rating
3.2/5
Score
85/100
Pricing
4.2/10
License pricing
$8 per employee/month
Functionality
3


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