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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Xmind

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AHong Kong based Xmind offers their diagramming tool featuring a range of templates, alternate brainstorming and presentation modes, a clip art library, and export to a wide variety of file types (e.g. PDF, JPG, Word or Excel, etc.).

    $5.99

    per month

    Pricing
    Kudos®Xmind
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Kudos®Xmind
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsKudos® pricing is based on the number of users and the length of the contract.—
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    Community Pulse
    Kudos®Xmind
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    Kudos®
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    Xmind
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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
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Kudos®Xmind
    Mind Mapping
    Comparison of Mind Mapping features of Kudos® and Xmind
    Feature
    Kudos®
    -
    Ratings
    Xmind
    7.5
    2 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Cross-Platform Compatibility00 Ratings7.52 Ratings
    Customizable Templates00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Import and Export Options00 Ratings9.72 Ratings
    Real-time Collaboration Tools00 Ratings8.72 Ratings
    Drag-and-Drop Capabilities00 Ratings9.22 Ratings
    Notes and Attachments00 Ratings7.72 Ratings
    Color and Style Customization00 Ratings5.82 Ratings
    Presentation Mode00 Ratings7.52 Ratings
    Integration with Task Management00 Ratings6.72 Ratings
    Mind Map Revision History00 Ratings4.01 Ratings
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    Kudos®Xmind
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    MindManager
    Score7.8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Bonusly
    Score9.6 out of 10
    MindManager
    Score7.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Achievers
    Score9.8 out of 10
    MindManager
    Score7.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Kudos®Xmind
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (13 ratings)
    8.2
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Kudos®Xmind
    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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    Xmind
    Definitely well suited to generate our total client profiles clearly presenting and displaying insights into particular clients.
    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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    Xmind
    • Hierarchical breakdown of information.
    • Visually pleasing diagrams.
    • Fast and responsive UI.
    • Generating Markdown (.md) files for the mindmaps.
    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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    Xmind
    • A few steps are needed to mark a label for each customized branch.
    • Branch customization, such as line width and style, could be improved.
    • Customization, such as a different shape of nodes, would be good.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Kudos®
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    Xmind
    Commands and controls extremely easy to navigate and use. Ability to import mindmaps and collaborate also contribute to a very pleasant usability experience
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Kudos®
    No answers on this topic
    Xmind
    The support around a bug in the tool which prevented the correct printing of diagrams. Support came back after a few days, and there was no workaround. Eventually, the bug was fixed in a future release. The company does not pay much attention to user forums. With better support and plugin mechanism for user contributions, the product would be more convincing.
    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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    Xmind
    This is the first tool of its kind that I have used, however it's simple UI and low learning curve make it very beginner friendly
    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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    Xmind
    • Increased productivity of employees.
    • Provided structure and clear thought processes.
    • Reusable content.
    Incentivized
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