Employee Engagement · head to head
Fond vs Glint
Fond
Employee Engagement
Employee experience platform for modern teams
- From
- On request
- Rated
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The short version
- Each has a real cost: Fond acquired by Reward Gateway and now sold as part of their employee engagement suite rather than independently; Glint glint.com is now a domain sale listing operated by Digimedia and carries no Glint product, documentation or pricing
- They diverge on capability: Fond covers Social recognition, Glint covers AI-powered insights.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Fond and Glint actually diverge.
Identical on both: starting price (On request), 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 Fond
- Social recognition
- Engagement tools
- Culture programs
- Mobile app
- Analytics dashboard
- Manager resources
- Customizable workflows
- Reporting
Only in Glint
- AI-powered insights
- Engagement surveys
- Pulse surveys
- Real-time listening
- Predictive analytics
- Action planning
- Engagement roadmap
- Manager tools
Both cover
- Slack
- Microsoft Teams
- Workday
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Fond
- Peer-to-peer recognition with points employees send each othernot Glint
- Redeeming points against a rewards cataloguenot Glint
- Corporate perks and discounts for staffnot Glint
- Running a recognition programme across international officesnot Glint
Glint
- Employee engagement pulse surveysnot Fond
- Manager-level engagement dashboards and action planningnot Fond
- Tracking employee sentiment trends over timenot Fond
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Fond
- Acquired by Reward Gateway and now sold as part of their employee engagement suite rather than independently
Glint
- glint.com is now a domain sale listing operated by Digimedia and carries no Glint product, documentation or pricing
- There is no vendor-published rate, plan or minimum for Glint at its original domain
Pricing, plan by plan
Fond
On request- Fond Platform$undefined/month
- Recognition
- Engagement tools
- Culture building
Glint
On request- Engage$undefined/month
- Engagement surveys
- Pulse surveys
- AI insights
Which should you pick?
Questions people ask
- Is Fond or Glint better?
- Neither clearly leads. Fond starts at On request and Glint at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Fond or Glint?
- Fond starts at On request and Glint at On request.
- Does Fond or Glint run on more platforms?
- Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
- What is Fond best used for?
- Fond is most often used for peer-to-peer recognition with points employees send each other, redeeming points against a rewards catalogue, corporate perks and discounts for staff, running a recognition programme across international offices. Of those, peer-to-peer recognition with points employees send each other and redeeming points against a rewards catalogue are not what Glint is typically brought in for.
- What can Fond do that Glint cannot?
- Fond covers Social recognition, Engagement tools, Culture programs, Mobile app. Glint covers AI-powered insights, Engagement surveys, Pulse surveys, Real-time listening. Both handle Slack, Microsoft Teams, Workday.