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    Kudos®

    Score8 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Kudos® is an employee engagement and recognition platform, that harnesses peer-to-peer recognition, casual rewards, values reinforcement, and open communication to help organizations boost employee engagement, reduce turnover, improve culture, and drive productivity and performance.N/A

    Reflektive

    Score9.5 out of 10
    N/AReflektive is an employee performance management platform from the company of the same name in San Francisco, California.N/A
    Pricing
    Kudos®Reflektive
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Kudos®Reflektive
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
    Additional DetailsKudos® pricing is based on the number of users and the length of the contract.—
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    Community Pulse
    Kudos®Reflektive
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    Kudos®
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    Reflektive
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Kudos®Reflektive
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Kudos® and Reflektive
    Feature
    Kudos®
    -
    Ratings
    Reflektive
    10.0
    7 Ratings
    25% above category average
    Corporate goal setting00 Ratings10.07 Ratings
    Subordinate goal setting00 Ratings10.07 Ratings
    Individual goal setting00 Ratings10.07 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Performance tracking00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of Kudos® and Reflektive
    Feature
    Kudos®
    -
    Ratings
    Reflektive
    9.4
    7 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Performance plans00 Ratings10.07 Ratings
    Plan weighting00 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Manager note taking00 Ratings10.06 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Review status tracking00 Ratings10.07 Ratings
    Rater nomination workflow00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Review reminders00 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Workflow restrictions00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Reporting00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
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    Kudos®Reflektive
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    No answers on this topic
    15Five
    Score8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Bonusly
    Score9.6 out of 10
    Lattice
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Achievers
    Score9.8 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
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    User Ratings
    Kudos®Reflektive
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (13 ratings)
    9.0
    (13 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Kudos®Reflektive
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Kudos®
    Kudos is especially useful and helpful during project deployment where team members can be awarded kudos and appreciation and motivation for their team efforts in meeting milestones and targets. In some instances, the reward types or gifts may seem irrelevant to some departments in certain regions or my company' operations in other parts of the African continent.
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    Reflektive
    Reflektive is well suited for medium to large organizations where cross-functional work is a regular occurrence. It isn't meant to be used for employee reviews, self-reviews, or take the place of a corporate communications platform; rather, it is meant to do one thing - serve as a public soapbox and repository for giving and receiving employee gratitude.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Kudos®
    • One of the most useful aspects of this tool is that it allows you to save the profile of each of the employees individually and to be able to track their activities and give them the recognition they deserve.
    • Another useful feature of "kudos is that the system allows you to assign badges to each profile based on their job performance.
    • I also really like that the platform has a dedicated portal for employees. In which they can see their badges, recognitions and awards obtained for their efforts.
    Incentivized
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    Reflektive
    • In larger organizations, it is difficult to communicate and share news with everyone without sending all-agency emails. Reflektive lets you provide that feedback or recognition for everyone to see, but saves your inbox from unnecessary emails.
    • The weekly roundup email highlights a few of the most recent recognitions. It’s nice to see a brief highlight, without having to get notifications for each post.
    • Reflektive let’s you tag multiple people in a post, so you can thank a whole team in one post.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Kudos®
    • Rewards take a long time to be given out, but this I would put on the company's policy.
    • From my own perspective on a mobile phone, it's not so smooth like on desktop, like searching for a colleagues name sometimes is difficult.
    • Sometimes email notifications take too long to come, or they don't even come at all.
    Incentivized
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    Reflektive
    • Reflektive often didn't do the best job informing users about the product changes we could expect to see.
    • Oftentimes, it was hard to know exactly who would see what in the system. We had to go to our customer service rep for a lot of questions that we wished were more thoroughly explained in the help center.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Kudos®
    No answers on this topic
    Reflektive
    Reflektive is great with support. From the beginning, when it comes to training materials for those new to Reflektive, to clearly rolling out updates in the interface or releasing new features, everything is very clear and communicated solidly. Support is always available when needed, and answers are easy to find when support is not available.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Kudos®
    I used to work at a company called Sparc that developed its own in-house platform called Teamphoria. It was great software that coupled a lot of the same features as workday but also with a recognition system. Essentially it allocated certain types of recognition levels per month, 1 platinum, 5 gold, 20 silvers, where each was worth a drawing ticket. At the end of the month, someone would be drawn from that pool based on their received recognition and then receive a gift card. However, some abused this system and devalued its purpose and inflated the meaning behind it. Kudos seems to do a good job by having a direct point/monetization system which isn't up for random chance. This can help even incentivize employees to go above and beyond, getting them to work harder since they are receiving recognition for it.
    Incentivized
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    Reflektive
    Reflektive stacks up really well against its competitors because it's in all in one solution. It provides performance management tools, engagement surveys, and analytics. The majority of Reflektive's competitors only provide one of these features at most. Therefore Reflektive's competitors have to purchase multiple tools and HR teams have to use multiple tools for their employees. This creates more work not only for HR teams but for users as well.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Kudos®
    • Incentivizes employee to work harder.
    • Helps with thanking our employees for jobs well done without having just a normal "Thank You."
    • Allows the employees to use kudos for company SWAG or items they may need in their lives and it's all possible to get thanks to KUDOS.
    Incentivized
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    Reflektive
    • (+) improved company review process.
    • (+) improved company goal tracking and visibility!
    • (+) evolving product offering with a responsive team
    • (-) Functionality to send rewards/gift cards
    • (-) More format options in text boxes
    • (-) Integration of GIFs to make feedback more fun / personable
    Incentivized
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