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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Awardco

    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Amazon are available through Awardco for rewards and recognition. Awardco has partnered with Amazon Business to bring millions of reward choices, lower vendor fees and dollar-for-dollar recognition spend to organizations. The vendor boasts more choice, more capability, and less spend, in a simple platform.N/A

    BrightHR

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/ABritish company BrightHR offers a human resources platform which helps replace paper documents with edocuments and contains features for managing employee scheduling and ROTA, sick leave and tardiness, vacation and holiday shift planning, as well as providing employment law legal advice.N/A
    Pricing
    AwardcoBrightHR
    Editions & Modules
    Awardco Enterprise
    Varies
    Recognition program needs
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AwardcoBrightHR
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsAwardco Enterprise is priced fairly depending on your recognition program needs, and is often much lower than the industry standard. Our previous customers have found that they can use a portion of their previous recognition budget to implement and utilize Awardco, and the rest of the funds can be directed immediately back to their employees, thus rewarding them even more than before.Prices start at £4.50 (per employee/per month)
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    Community Pulse
    AwardcoBrightHR
    Considered Both Products
    Awardco
    No answer on this topic
    BrightHR
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    93%
    Would buy again
    53 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    49 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    52 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    87%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    39 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    46 Answers
    Features
    AwardcoBrightHR
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Awardco and BrightHR
    Feature
    Awardco
    -
    Ratings
    BrightHR
    7.2
    41 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Employment history00 Ratings7.335 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration00 Ratings7.633 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings7.419 Ratings
    Organization and location management00 Ratings6.431 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings7.318 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Awardco and BrightHR
    Feature
    Awardco
    -
    Ratings
    BrightHR
    7.4
    16 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Pay calculation00 Ratings7.214 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings7.08 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings8.19 Ratings
    Reimbursement management00 Ratings7.39 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Awardco and BrightHR
    Feature
    Awardco
    -
    Ratings
    BrightHR
    7.3
    53 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Approval workflow00 Ratings6.551 Ratings
    Balance details00 Ratings7.845 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings7.526 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Awardco and BrightHR
    Feature
    Awardco
    -
    Ratings
    BrightHR
    8.4
    52 Ratings
    2% above category average
    View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings7.517 Ratings
    Update personal information00 Ratings8.650 Ratings
    View company policy documentation00 Ratings9.048 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of Awardco and BrightHR
    Feature
    Awardco
    -
    Ratings
    BrightHR
    7.4
    25 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Pre-built reports00 Ratings7.425 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of Awardco and BrightHR
    Feature
    Awardco
    -
    Ratings
    BrightHR
    7.3
    16 Ratings
    10% below category average
    New hire portal00 Ratings7.014 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools00 Ratings7.713 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of Awardco and BrightHR
    Feature
    Awardco
    -
    Ratings
    BrightHR
    7.8
    19 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Review reminders00 Ratings8.019 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency00 Ratings7.616 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Awardco and BrightHR
    Feature
    Awardco
    -
    Ratings
    BrightHR
    6.4
    14 Ratings
    21% below category average
    Job Requisition Management00 Ratings6.17 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking00 Ratings6.16 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings7.113 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    AwardcoBrightHR
    Small Businesses
    No answers on this topic
    UZIO
    Score9.4 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Bonusly
    Score9.6 out of 10
    Zoho People
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Achievers
    Score9.8 out of 10
    PeopleStrong
    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    AwardcoBrightHR
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.3
    (6 ratings)
    7.3
    (57 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.8
    (4 ratings)
    7.2
    (42 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    6.4
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AwardcoBrightHR
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Awardco
    Awardco has something for everyone. I have employees in a variety of age groups and some want to travel, some want a tangible item, and others feel like they don't really need/want anything so they choose a gift card so they can use it how and when they choose. Awardco allows that flexibility. Also, if the individual isn't ready to make a selection right away, they can save their points to use at a later time. If an individual would like to select an item larger than their award amount, they are not able to add dollars to their personal account, which may cause some frustration to an individual.
    Incentivized
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    BrightHR
    I feel Bright HR is well suited to most small/medium sized businesses where they have a 'straight' forward resource set up. For larger businesses or for complex businesses similar to ourselves, where we operate 24 hours per day, rotational shift patterns, ambulatory staff, locums etc...we have to 'fudge' the way we use the information sometimes to make it work for us.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Awardco
    • Every employee has an account.
    • There are multiple ways to use your points.
    • All points are stored in one place & easy to find.
    Incentivized
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    BrightHR
    • BLIP is working very well. Staff find it easy to use and the geo-fencing that can be set up is very useful.
    • Reporting, in particular reporting of Absence. We run this monthly and the information we can download is flexible and useful.
    • Sick analysis - helps in controlling absence.
    • Holiday planning and authorization is very helpful and details including date booked helps manage requests.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Awardco
    • I would like the system to be able to send email notifications to more than the employee and the HR Manager. It would be great if we could include the manager and the GM as well. Now I just forward the message to the others.
    Incentivized
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    BrightHR
    • Notifications for requests should be optional based on individual employees. For example an admin won’t necessarily want every staff members leave requests by email and push notification. The settings only currently allow for notifications for everyone or no one. Being assigned as a manager may not allow data viewing required of wider staff.
    • Toil should automatically be accrued into a balance if the employees clocked in time amounts to more than the target hours. It shouldn’t have to be calculated and requested.
    • When reviewing hours worked for the week, the history calculation should take into account approved leave and sickness etc. I have a staff members target of 37 hours, but if their hours show 29 hours worked then I have to work out why they worked less. It should account for this if the absence is approved.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Awardco
    Excellent product, easy to implement and use, solid customer service, employees love it
    Incentivized
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    BrightHR
    It's not entirely my decision - we are members of a 'community' of veterinary practices who have signed up to the contract with pensinusla and have bright hr as part of that contract however, I am usually involved in the tender process as I am one of the biggest users of both bright hr and the services from peninsula
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Awardco
    It’s not super user friendly compared to other apps I have used in the past, and it also offers not as many partners. One feature that would improve it, would be connecting award bucks to a digital credit card. That way employees can spend it on what they want without having to get a visa gift card which is the current solution/ work around
    Incentivized
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    BrightHR
    Onboarding took too long due to our unique working ways however the support team tried their hardest to make it work (still ongoing) In particular Leyla S. who has been our point of contact, she has ensured our issues are addressed and always follows up.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Awardco
    Never an issue
    Incentivized
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    BrightHR
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Awardco
    We have not experienced any performance issues
    Incentivized
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    BrightHR
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Awardco
    I am giving a "middle of the road" rating of 5 because I don't have experience with Awardco support. I have never had to reach out to the support team for anything, so I don't have any substantial feedback in this particular area. The program is so easy to use, so I've never needed to contact the support team.
    Incentivized
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    BrightHR
    The team are proactive, having an advocacy team is just amazing and a great way to really understand their product roadmap and have input into useful features or feedback
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    Online Training
    Awardco
    We had a dedicated person and he went over everything we needed to know on how to operate the system. Lots of examples and test environment was used
    Incentivized
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    BrightHR
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Awardco
    It was very in depth and easy to understand. There was a dedicated person that was assigned to our account and that made it easier to move forward. The process was very easy to follow
    Incentivized
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    BrightHR
    it was fairly easy to do but timely as i had to enter everything from scratch - i didn't at the time realise how important it was to set up the variable or fixed working pattern correctly given future changes as this is very tricky once it has been set up and i wished i had been aware that sometimes you can't make future changes without deleting the whole profile and starting again
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Awardco
    Motivosity is hands down better. Easier for companies with employees in multiple countries, easier to spend the money you receive, easier to gift the money, easier to interact with and more user friendly. However, Motivosity is also more expensive and I find that cost is hard to swallow when you want to just invest the money into employees
    Incentivized
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    BrightHR
    I chose BrightHR as it offered a one-stop platform for HR management for which we have dedicated UK and ROI HR specialists who not only give HR advice but also write policies and handbooks, etc. They are a one-stop-shop, which was very important as when I signed the contract I did not have an HR person in my team and they were essentially my back office. Also, by signing up, I got access to Bright Safe too; which is great as again it's a one-stop-shop for Health and Safety in the workplace. So I can roll out toolbox talks, training, and accident management.
    Incentivized
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Awardco
    No, it was a basic standard agreement with straightforward terms
    Incentivized
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    BrightHR
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Awardco
    This product was deployed across our entire organization from the start and replaced an old manual process
    Incentivized
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    BrightHR
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Awardco
    • When I set my annual budget, I know exactly how much my spend will be because I know how many individuals will receive recognition and what the price point is for that level of recognition. No surprises!
    • Employee satisfaction soars with Awardco. I polled employees after a year and received excellent feedback.
    Incentivized
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    BrightHR
    • Able to reduce one member of staff in personnel from 5 days to 3 days.
    • Able to reduce time spent by payroll on holiday records significantly and improve accuracy significantly.
    • Able to improve control of sick absence and improve record keeping.
    • BLIP meant we did not need to buy expensive attendance software.
    • Looking at possible use of payroll and other aspects of Bright HR not used at present.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Awardco Screenshots

    Screenshot of Simple, direct, and transparent, the Awardco platform makes it easy to recognize anyone in your organization.

    BrightHR Screenshots

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