Employee Engagement · head to head
Burnalong vs Perkbox
Burnalong
Employee Engagement
Employer wellness platform built around social classes and a wide instructor marketplace
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
Perkbox
Employee Engagement
Employee perks, discounts, recognition and a wellbeing hub in one benefits platform
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Burnalong nothing is published, so an employer cannot benchmark a Burnalong quote before entering a sales process, and third party estimates of a low single digit per employee per month rate are unconfirmed by the vendor.; Perkbox perkbox no longer publishes any pricing, plan names or minimum headcount, so buyers must run a full sales process before they can compare it against Reward Gateway or Vantage Circle on price.
- They diverge on capability: Burnalong covers Social classes, Perkbox covers Perks and discounts.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Burnalong and Perkbox actually diverge.
Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (quote), free tier (No), 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 Burnalong
- Social classes
- Instructor marketplace
- Specialist populations
- Beyond fitness content
- Connected television
- Challenges and programmes
- Employer reporting
- Reseller deployment
Only in Perkbox
- Perks and discounts
- Perkbox Recognition
- Wellbeing hub
- Celebrations
- Flexi points
- Multi country delivery
- Admin reporting
- Mobile app
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Burnalong
- An employer with a distributed or deskless workforce that cannot use an on site gym subsidy and needs something every employee can actually reachnot Perkbox
- A health plan or health system wanting a wellbeing library it can offer its own members under its own brandnot Perkbox
- An employer whose population skews older or includes many people with limited mobility, where a general fitness library gets no usenot Perkbox
- An HR team running a quarterly wellbeing challenge and needing structured multi week programmes rather than an unstructured content librarynot Perkbox
Perkbox
- A United Kingdom employer wanting a benefits perk that employees can see the value of immediately, where the discount catalogue is deepestnot Burnalong
- An organisation replacing several separate suppliers for discounts, recognition and wellbeing with one platform and one loginnot Burnalong
- A company with high volume frontline staff where a few pounds a month of real redeemable saving matters more than an abstract wellbeing programmenot Burnalong
- An HR team that wants automated celebration prompts so managers stop missing work anniversariesnot Burnalong
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Burnalong
- Nothing is published, so an employer cannot benchmark a Burnalong quote before entering a sales process, and third party estimates of a low single digit per employee per month rate are unconfirmed by the vendor.
- Content comes from a marketplace of independent instructors, so production quality and instructional rigour vary noticeably between classes and there is no consistent standard across the catalogue.
- It is a wellbeing benefit rather than a clinical intervention, so it will not satisfy a plan looking for measurable clinical outcomes, and employers who buy it expecting claims reduction are buying the wrong category.
- Per employee per month pricing across the whole population means an employer with typical wellbeing engagement is paying for the entire workforce to serve the minority who log in more than twice.
- The social class feature only works if colleagues coordinate to attend at the same time, which requires organisational effort HR teams rarely sustain past the launch campaign, and without it the product is a video library like any other.
Perkbox
- Perkbox no longer publishes any pricing, plan names or minimum headcount, so buyers must run a full sales process before they can compare it against Reward Gateway or Vantage Circle on price.
- The value depends entirely on redemption, and a catalogue weighted toward metropolitan retail and hospitality delivers much less to a distributed workforce in smaller towns, which is exactly the workforce most likely to have been sold on the saving.
- Recognition points are funded by the employer on top of the platform fee, and that reward budget is usually the larger of the two numbers, so a quote that looks cheap can hide the real annual cost.
- Catalogue depth outside the United Kingdom is thinner, so a multinational rolling out one platform gives materially different value to employees in different countries while paying a similar rate for each.
- Perks platforms have low switching costs and high substitutability, which means renewal negotiations are competitive but also that Perkbox has limited ability to differentiate beyond catalogue and price.
Pricing, plan by plan
Burnalong
On request- Burnalong$undefined/year
- Per employee per month across the eligible population, quoted not published
- Third party review sites estimate a low single digit dollar rate but Burnalong does not confirm it
- Rate varies by headcount, dependant eligibility and whether it is resold through a plan
Perkbox
On request- Perkbox$undefined/year
- Quote only, with no plan names, rates or minimum headcount published
- Recognition points funding is an employer cost separate from the platform fee
- Rate varies by headcount, country mix and which modules are included
Which should you pick?
Choose Burnalong if
- You need social classes.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android, Roku, Apple TV.
- You also want instructor marketplace.
Choose Perkbox if
- You need perks and discounts.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want perkbox recognition.
Questions people ask
- Is Burnalong or Perkbox better?
- Neither clearly leads. Burnalong starts at On request and Perkbox at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Burnalong or Perkbox?
- Burnalong starts at On request and Perkbox at On request.
- Does Burnalong or Perkbox run on more platforms?
- Burnalong runs on Web, iOS, Android, Roku, Apple TV. Perkbox runs on Web, iOS, Android.
- What is Burnalong best used for?
- Burnalong is most often used for an employer with a distributed or deskless workforce that cannot use an on site gym subsidy and needs something every employee can actually reach, a health plan or health system wanting a wellbeing library it can offer its own members under its own brand, an employer whose population skews older or includes many people with limited mobility, where a general fitness library gets no use, an hr team running a quarterly wellbeing challenge and needing structured multi week programmes rather than an unstructured content library. Of those, an employer with a distributed or deskless workforce that cannot use an on site gym subsidy and needs something every employee can actually reach and a health plan or health system wanting a wellbeing library it can offer its own members under its own brand are not what Perkbox is typically brought in for.
- What can Burnalong do that Perkbox cannot?
- Burnalong covers Social classes, Instructor marketplace, Specialist populations, Beyond fitness content. Perkbox covers Perks and discounts, Perkbox Recognition, Wellbeing hub, Celebrations.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Burnalong: Does Burnalong publish pricing?
No. It is quoted per employee per month. Third party review sites cite a low single digit dollar rate, but the vendor does not confirm any figure publicly.
Perkbox: Does Perkbox publish pricing?
No. The pricing page offers flexible packages and a quote form with no plan names, per employee rates or minimum headcount.
Burnalong: Is it a clinical programme?
No. It is a wellbeing content platform. It has content covering chronic conditions, but nobody is warranting clinical appropriateness for a given member, and it should not be compared against clinical vendors.
Perkbox: Is there a minimum number of employees?
None is published. Perkbox has moved upmarket from its earlier self service positioning, so smaller employers should confirm eligibility early in the conversation.
Burnalong: What makes it different from a fitness app?
Two features: members can take a class together remotely, and the instructor marketplace covers niches such as adaptive, senior and cancer recovery that studio produced libraries do not.
Perkbox: Is recognition reward budget included?
No. Recognition points are funded by the employer separately from the platform fee, and that budget is typically larger than the licence itself.
Burnalong: Can health plans resell it?
Yes. Health plans and health systems are a significant channel and often deliver it under their own branding.
Perkbox: Does it work outside the United Kingdom?
Yes, in Australia and parts of Europe, but the discount catalogue is much deeper in the United Kingdom and value per employee differs accordingly.
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