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Kudos®

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What is Kudos®?

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.

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Kudos® offers a range of use cases that have proven beneficial for organizations across various sectors. The software serves as a …
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Kudos to Kudos!

10 out of 10
January 09, 2021
Incentivized
Kudos is used as a peer recognition platform across our entire organization. It allows us to publicly or privately recognize fellow …
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Great Platform!

10 out of 10
January 05, 2021
Incentivized
Kudos is a platform that we use across all departments to show our appreciation for our remote team and everything they continue to do. It …
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What is Kudos®?

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.

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  • No setup fee

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  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Product Details

What is Kudos®?

Kudos is an employee engagement, culture, and analytics platform that helps to unlock employee potential. Kudos® harnesses peer-to-peer recognition, values reinforcement, and open communication to help organizations boost employee engagement, reduce turnover, improve culture, and drive productivity and performance.

The vendor states the Kudos® platform is used in over 80 countries on six continents in a wide variety of industries and languages.

Kudos® Features

  • Supported: Employee Recognition
  • Supported: Realtime Feedback
  • Supported: Rewards / Rewards Catalogue
  • Supported: Reporting / Analytics & Insights
  • Supported: Performance Management
  • Supported: Manager-to-Peer Recognition
  • Supported: Internal Communications
  • Supported: Social Recognition
  • Supported: Employee Database
  • Supported: Social Feedback Portal
  • Supported: Survey Customization
  • Supported: Birthdays & Annniversaries
  • Supported: Pulse Surveys
  • Supported: eCards

Kudos® Screenshots

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Kudos® Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Mobile Web
Supported CountriesAfrica, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Supported LanguagesArabic, Czech, English, Greek, Farsi, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese, Greek, Polish, Spanish, Chinese

Frequently Asked Questions

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.

Fond, Achievers, and HALO Recognition are common alternatives for Kudos®.

The most common users of Kudos® are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).

Kudos® Customer Size Distribution

Consumers0%
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)33%
Mid-Size Companies (51-500 employees)61%
Enterprises (more than 500 employees)6%
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Reviews and Ratings

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Community Insights

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Kudos® offers a range of use cases that have proven beneficial for organizations across various sectors. The software serves as a recognition and rewards platform, allowing HR departments to appreciate employees' work efforts promptly. By saving employees' profiles and monitoring their activities, Kudos enables efficient tracking and identification of individuals who deserve recognition and rewards.

One key use case of Kudos is its ability to create excitement and positive engagement among staff, fostering a lively and recognition-driven environment. With immediate recognition and rewards available, employees are motivated to push beyond their limits and exceed customer expectations. This instills confidence in users that their good performance will be acknowledged and rewarded, fueling their drive to strive for more.

Furthermore, Kudos functions as a social platform where team members can show gratitude and recognize one another for outstanding performance and hard work. The familiar Facebook-like format makes it user-friendly and accessible to all employees, promoting integration and cohesion among teams. The app's ease of use allows for effortless awarding and redeeming of kudos, increasing productivity and employee appreciation.

Kudos also serves as a peer recognition platform, enabling employees to publicly or privately acknowledge their colleagues' contributions. This promotes a culture of togetherness, collaboration, and active participation within teams and individuals. Additionally, the software's integration with Slack keeps teams updated on recognized team members' hard work, further enhancing employee engagement.

Overall, Kudos is a versatile software solution that facilitates employee recognition, boosts morale, and aligns individuals and teams with company values. It increases employee retention, creates a positive work environment, and motivates employees to perform at their best.

User Profile Customization: Users have found it helpful that Kudos allows for saving the profile of each employee individually and tracking their activities. This feature has been mentioned by several reviewers, highlighting its usefulness in recognizing and acknowledging employees' efforts.

Badge Assignment: Reviewers appreciate the ability to assign badges to each employee based on their job performance. This feature has been positively mentioned by multiple users, emphasizing how it helps in acknowledging and rewarding employees' achievements.

Dedicated Employee Portal: The dedicated portal for employees has been well-received by users. They appreciate having a centralized platform to view their badges, recognitions, and awards, enhancing their engagement and motivation. Several reviewers have highlighted this as a valuable aspect of Kudos.

Limited Variety of E-gift Cards: Some users have expressed that the catalog of available E-gift cards in Kudos is limited and they would like to see a broader selection.

Delays/Lack of Email Notifications: Several reviewers have mentioned experiencing delays or even a lack of email notifications from the software, which can be frustrating when trying to stay updated on important information.

Mobile Interface Not as Smooth as Desktop Version: Users have reported that the mobile interface of Kudos is not as smooth as the desktop version, particularly when searching for colleagues' names. This can make it more difficult to navigate and use the software on mobile devices.

Users have made several recommendations about Kudos based on their experiences. The most common recommendations include increasing options for gift cards in Kudos, improving recognition and appreciation of employees' efforts, and enhancing employee engagement and collaboration. In terms of gift cards, users suggest adding more choices to allow for personalized rewards. They highly recommend using Kudos as a tool to recognize and appreciate colleagues' work, emphasizing its positive impact on team morale. Additionally, users find Kudos user-friendly and easy to navigate, making it valuable for fostering collaboration and unity among team members. Overall, users recommend utilizing Kudos to build a culture of appreciation, encourage growth in employees' efforts, and create a sense of community within the company. They also suggest being patient when collecting Kudos and considering realistic pricing for gifts.

Reviews

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Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
As employees, we use the Kudos platform to recognize and show appreciation for fellow work mates for their hard work and achievements. The product is very powerful for team integration and cohesion by rewarding active team players, thus motivating them to keep performing with excellence. The app is also user friendly and allows for easy awarding of and redeeming of kudos thus increasing productivity in our company due to motivated and well appreciated employees.
Tommy Parker | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We currently use this service to reward and recognize the work and effort of workers in all areas of our company, since, for us, it is important to promote the idea that a job well done is the key to success in any type of business. The first commercial problem that we are solving with the implementation of this service is that now our co-workers are fulfilling their assigned tasks in a more efficient and proactive way making it worth paying for this service in the long term.
Jack Mattheus | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
•We currently use [Kudos] to reward the work efforts of our employees in all sectors of our company. Since for us it is important to have a place where employees feel satisfied and can always count on their work being appreciated and valued.

•Kudos is being used mainly only by the HR department as it is best suited for this type of work. However, implementation in other departments is being evaluated.

•One of the labor problems that this tool is offering us. It is that it allows us to have the profile of each of our employees saved in its data system. And in this way to be able to monitor each of their activities and reward them if necessary.
January 09, 2021

Kudos to Kudos!

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Kudos is used as a peer recognition platform across our entire organization. It allows us to publicly or privately recognize fellow colleagues by sending them Kudos points that can be accumulated and used for cash or gift cards. Kudos helps to increase employee retention, create a positive work environment and supportive culture, and spark positivity and happiness. It can also help to boost employee performance.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We deployed Kudos across the whole organisation to enable employees with a platform to share their good experience with others in the organisation, recognising and rewarding them. This allows recognition across different business units, locations and all job families, allowing individuals and teams to be called out for their good work and aligning them to our values.
January 05, 2021

Great Platform!

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Kudos is a platform that we use across all departments to show our appreciation for our remote team and everything they continue to do. It is absolutely wonderful and allows us to bake in our core values into the platform so that all our users see the impact they have made and continue to make. We love how it integrates with Slack and allows our team to stay even more up to date on team members that are being recognized for their hard work. I highly recommend this to anyone looking to make their remote team feel valued and appreciated!
Matthew M. Morris | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Kudos across our organization to recognize employees in all areas. It is our primary recognition system and allows immediate positive reinforcement of good behavior through company wide updates on Kudos, as well as the monitors we feed it directly too and run 24/7. It has been a Godsend and the familiar Facebook type format makes it very user friendly.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It is used in the entire organization where employees reward and recognize each other for the good work they do. It keeps up morale and motivation among the teams. They remain focused to do more and achieve overall company objectives.
It promotes a culture of togetherness among teams and individuals, as well as active collaboration.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Kudos is being used across the whole organization to shine and recognize our fellow colleagues for a good job done on spot. We conveniently shine fellow colleagues and give them kudos on the spot for what they have done and later redeem our points for rewards as allocated by the company. It's also used by the HR department for employee awarding an appointment. Kudos is mobile so it can be used from a mobile phone or even on a laptop giving us the ability to recognize colleagues at anytime.
Benefits:
1. We do not have to wait for the end of the year for best employee recognition, this is done on the spot and rewarded about a month later.
2. It's easy to track the highest receivers and at the end of the year, these receivers are sieved and awarded accordingly.
3. It creates excitement and positive engagement within the staff creating a lively environment knowing that everyone at least is recognized.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Kudos is used as a social platform to acknowledge all the great people that work for Chewy.com throughout the entire company. We use it as a positive tool to raise people up and encourage our agents to be more customer focused. In our line of work, it doesn't address any business problems, it gives all employees an outlet to create a positive working environment and to encourage one another even if we haven't met.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Kudos is used by our organization to provide an incentive for our employees to push further and beyond customers expectations! Chewy prides itself in customer service so when our employees go above and beyond for our customers we like to reward good deeds with KUDOS! It addresses our employee confidence! They are confident that when they do a good job they know they will be rewarded! So KUDOS keeps our employees striving for MORE!
From Customer Service agents to Managers at the highest level, we all interact with KUDOS for the benefit of all employees!
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Our company uses Kudos as a rewards incentive. It's used by all from the top level to entry level. The program does a great job keeping employees engaged and encourages them to do an overall good job. I use it in the classroom environment as a trainer to create excitement and to set the tone for those in the classroom to use the program for the greater good. It doesn't just reward those who do well in their job, but can be used as a goodwill tool to thank others for their kindness. Kudos inspires a pay it forward sense of mentality that creates a positive work environment.
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