Employee Engagement · head to head
Blink vs Cooleaf
Blink
Employee Engagement
Employee app for frontline and deskless workers
- From
- $3.4/month
- Rated
- -
Cooleaf
Employee Engagement
Employee engagement and recognition made easy
- From
- $4/month
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Blink aPI access, advanced admin controls and compliance features are Enterprise only, with pricing on request; Cooleaf cooleaf's archived 2013 employer pricing (under its original wellness-marketplace business model, before its pivot to employee engagement) shows tiered per-employee-count fees rather than flat per-seat pricing: the mid Healthy Partnership tier had a $1,000 setup fee and monthly fees ranging from $150 for 1-100 employees up to $250 for 201-500 employees, with 500+ employees requiring a custom quote (archived pricing page, 31 August 2013)
- They diverge on capability: Blink covers Mobile-first design, Cooleaf covers Peer recognition.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Blink and Cooleaf actually diverge.
Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), platforms (Web), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Employee Engagement).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Blink
- Mobile-first design
- News and updates
- Chat messaging
- Recognition
- Forms and surveys
- Document hub
- Integrations
- Microsoft 365
Only in Cooleaf
- Peer recognition
- Rewards marketplace
- Wellness challenges
- Team activities
- Gamification
- Mobile app
- Social feed
- Slack
Both cover
- Analytics
- Workday
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Blink
- Employee communications app for frontline and deskless staffnot Cooleaf
- Company news feed and targeted announcementsnot Cooleaf
- Single sign-on hub to internal tools from a phonenot Cooleaf
- Multi-language publishing for distributed workforces on Pronot Cooleaf
Cooleaf
- Employee recognitionnot Blink
- Wellness programsnot Blink
- Team buildingnot Blink
- Culture improvementnot Blink
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Blink
- API access, advanced admin controls and compliance features are Enterprise only, with pricing on request
- Events management, multi-language publishing and the AI assistant require Pro at $5 per user per month
- Monthly billing costs about 40 percent more than annual, at $5.60 against $3.75 on Core
Cooleaf
- Cooleaf's archived 2013 employer pricing (under its original wellness-marketplace business model, before its pivot to employee engagement) shows tiered per-employee-count fees rather than flat per-seat pricing: the mid Healthy Partnership tier had a $1,000 setup fee and monthly fees ranging from $150 for 1-100 employees up to $250 for 201-500 employees, with 500+ employees requiring a custom quote (archived pricing page, 31 August 2013)
Pricing, plan by plan
Blink
$3.4/month- Essential$3.4/month
- News feed
- Chat
- Recognition
- Business$undefined/month
- Forms and surveys
- Analytics
- Integrations
Cooleaf
$4/month- Essentials$4/month
- Recognition
- Rewards catalog
- Mobile app
- Premium$undefined/month
- Wellness challenges
- Advanced gamification
- Custom integrations
Which should you pick?
Questions people ask
- Is Blink or Cooleaf better?
- Neither clearly leads. Blink starts at $3.4/month and Cooleaf at $4/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Blink or Cooleaf?
- Blink starts at $3.4/month and Cooleaf at $4/month.
- Does Blink or Cooleaf run on more platforms?
- Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
- What is Blink best used for?
- Blink is most often used for employee communications app for frontline and deskless staff, company news feed and targeted announcements, single sign-on hub to internal tools from a phone, multi-language publishing for distributed workforces on pro. Of those, employee communications app for frontline and deskless staff and company news feed and targeted announcements are not what Cooleaf is typically brought in for.
- What can Blink do that Cooleaf cannot?
- Blink covers Mobile-first design, News and updates, Chat messaging, Recognition. Cooleaf covers Peer recognition, Rewards marketplace, Wellness challenges, Team activities. Both handle Analytics, Workday.