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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

    Jive

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AJive Software, part of the Aurea family of customer experience solutions, provides the gateway to an organization's most important assets – its knowledge and people. Jive's interactive intranet solution promises to connect people, information and ideas to help businesses outpace their competitors. The vendor says the product has more than 30 million users worldwide across every industry, and is consistently recognized as a leader by top analyst firms.N/A
    Pricing
    AwardcoJive
    Editions & Modules
    Awardco Enterprise
    Varies
    Recognition program needs
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AwardcoJive
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    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.
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    Community Pulse
    AwardcoJive
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    Awardco
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    Aurea
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
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    AwardcoJive
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    HCL Connections
    Score9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Bonusly
    Score9.6 out of 10
    HCL Connections
    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Achievers
    Score9.8 out of 10
    HCL Connections
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    AwardcoJive
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.3
    (6 ratings)
    9.1
    (37 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.6
    (17 ratings)
    Usability
    8.8
    (4 ratings)
    6.1
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    6.9
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    5.0
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    3.0
    (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)
    -
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    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    AwardcoJive
    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.
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    Aurea
    It's definitely worth considering Jive for the type of application we've developed i.e. a central shared repository for all employees to host and discuss information. I can't say I have ever used a superior tool, but they may exist. I'm just not sure I would want to use it exclusively for file hosting, though. It does integrate with various other tools, so perhaps it would be fine if used in conjunction with another tool for that purpose.
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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.
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    Aurea
    • Individual design
    • Presence of Russian language (localization can be independently established)
    • You can configure several information tapes with different themes. One for work, the second for communication
    • A newly-arrived network user immediately receives a prepared block for beginners. After completing several game tasks, the user will receive the basics of using Jive.
    • There is a template for each scenario. There is even a template for planning R&D, and there are more than twenty of them.
    • Integrates with MS Office, Google Drive, Google Docs
    • There are all platforms (even Winphone and blackberry)
    • You can create forum threads
    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.
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    Aurea
    • Search functionality is very weak
    • The information architecture and taxonomy doesnt allow for easy discoverability of content
    • It's hard to navigate the and find spaces/groups that I already know about
    • The main profile/interface does not allow easy access to key tasks or common tasks.
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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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    Aurea
    There are always external factors that can impact this decision but currently, the Jive platform is maintaining its lead in the market place in this area. If the innovation in this space by Jive continues, then this number will remain high. Integration with other systems and adaptability to changes in the market or in client needs will also make this decision hard to predict more then 6 months into the future
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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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    Aurea
    It was harder to use that expected. The admin needs to be code savvy to truly customize the system. And users need to trained on the system and the setup. Trainings and monitoring need to continue to enforce use.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Awardco
    Never an issue
    Incentivized
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    Aurea
    Uptime was OK. But there was one day that the system crashed for a whole day. Our company was unable to operate. And all the plugins to word/excel froze causing those systems to freeze.

    Jive posted a statement to the media saying all customers were up, but we were not.
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    Performance
    Awardco
    We have not experienced any performance issues
    Incentivized
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    Aurea
    The product worked as designed. It just didn't work for our needs.
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    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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    Aurea
    They did an OK job when I needed them. Except for the one day the system went down. Jive pointed the finger at the hosting company, and the hosting company pointed the finger at Jive. No reliable information came to us.
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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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    Aurea
    Jive online training is there. It is OK/average. I feel some other companies are doing better. It is not a piece that is required to have a successfully implementation, but it could be useful to improve it
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    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
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    Aurea
    If I did this over, I would hire out the implementation. They know the best practices and could have guided us to make an easier to use setup.
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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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    Aurea
    We had a Google phone number set up before and Jive was a lot better option than that. It is more consistent and can be configured much easier and with more advanced settings. Additionally, based on the pricing as well as working with the rep on our account, it was a perfect option for us
    Incentivized
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Awardco
    No, it was a basic standard agreement with straightforward terms
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    Aurea
    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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    Aurea
    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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    Aurea
    • reduce email traffic
    • reduce amount of files/documents scattered & lost across shared drives
    • increased discovery, awareness and interaction of historically more separated individuals & team functions across the organisation
    • from an IT perspective, we've benefited from improved IT operations (e.g. troubleshooting info shared and easily searched/found with all team members - such that even junior team members can solve technical problems outside of business hours, lessening the burden for standby/call-in for more senior team members)
    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.

    Jive Screenshots

    Screenshot of Jive's Interactive Intranet software provides a single platform for employee collaboration without complication.