Castlight Health vs. Virgin Pulse

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Castlight Health
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Castlight Health is a benefits administration software solution positioned to help employers efficiently provide healthcare for their employees.N/A
Virgin Pulse
Score 6.0 out of 10
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Virgin Pulse is an online platform that encourages employees to cultivate productive daily habits and a healthy company culture. It aims to improve employee productivity and corporate performance by supporting employee wellness. The three core pieces of the platform are: a tracking system for personal and workplace wellness metrics, a hub that connects to other HR programs, and a rewards engine.N/A
Pricing
Castlight HealthVirgin Pulse
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Castlight HealthVirgin Pulse
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Castlight HealthVirgin Pulse
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User Ratings
Castlight HealthVirgin Pulse
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(1 ratings)
5.9
(5 ratings)
User Testimonials
Castlight HealthVirgin Pulse
Likelihood to Recommend
Castlight Health
Castlight Health is best used when you have a wide organization (living all across the US) and you don't have the margin on your small/medium team to look into all the different offerings nationwide. We use them primarily to assist with employee health benefits across our whole organization and it has been a breeze
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Virgin Pulse
It's well suited for businesses who are looking for a way to approach employee wellness in a fun and fresh manner. It also helps create a little more connection between teams within the business and across other departments.
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Pros
Castlight Health
  • Ease of use
  • Customer Service (for questions and help)
  • Professional and Effective Platform
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Virgin Pulse
  • AMAZING app
  • Great communications
  • Awesome compatibility across systems/apps
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Cons
Castlight Health
  • Find ways to get our team more engaged in the system
  • In person rep meetings
  • Create an app
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Virgin Pulse
  • Sometimes, my Fitbit and even my Max device would have issues synching.
  • There weren't daily challenges, like the Fitbit. That made me have to use both apps, which was more work.
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Alternatives Considered
Castlight Health
We have used Asure in the past (direct competition). We have found the friendliness of Castlight Health to be better and the use of the website and benefit options are all better at Castlight Health. I am always open to shop around to find the best option for our company and I feel like we have found that with Castlight Health.
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Virgin Pulse
DESTROYS the competition. I am so happy that Virgin Pulse took over the capabilities that Gilsbar was in charge of due to Gilsbar 's lack of user-friendly, up to date, technology.
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Return on Investment
Castlight Health
  • We have spent way less time on health benefits (less than 10 hours this year)
  • Our team is able to reach out directly for assistance
  • Employee retention with better benefits
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Virgin Pulse
  • No ROI other than if the people chose not to use it, then the company saves money.
  • [I believe] it causes people's personal information to be disseminated without any concern.
  • [In my opinion,] they are not willing to help ever.
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