Employee Engagement · head to head
Limeade vs Cooleaf
Limeade
Employee Engagement
Employee well-being and engagement platform
- From
- $3/month
- Rated
- -
Cooleaf
Employee Engagement
Employee engagement and recognition made easy
- From
- $4/month
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Limeade the limeade.com domain now redirects to webmdhealthservices.com, so Limeade is no longer sold as a standalone product; 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: Limeade covers Well-being activities, Cooleaf covers Peer recognition.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Limeade and Cooleaf actually diverge.
Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), platforms (Web), user rating (Not yet rated).
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 Limeade
- Well-being activities
- Health challenges
- Engagement surveys
- Recognition
- Listening tools
- Rewards
- Virgin Pulse
Only in Cooleaf
- Peer recognition
- Rewards marketplace
- Wellness challenges
- Team activities
- Gamification
- Social feed
- BambooHR
Both cover
- Analytics
- Mobile app
- Workday
- ADP
- Microsoft Teams
- Slack
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Limeade
- Employee wellbeing and wellness program administrationnot Cooleaf
- Wellbeing challenges and incentive tracking for a workforcenot Cooleaf
- Measuring employee wellbeing alongside engagementnot Cooleaf
Cooleaf
- Employee recognitionnot Limeade
- Wellness programsnot Limeade
- Team buildingnot Limeade
- Culture improvementnot Limeade
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Limeade
- The limeade.com domain now redirects to webmdhealthservices.com, so Limeade is no longer sold as a standalone product
- No Limeade-branded pricing, plan or per-employee rate remains published at the original domain
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
Limeade
$3/month- Well-Being$3/month
- Wellness activities
- Challenges
- Mobile app
- Total$undefined/month
- Engagement surveys
- Recognition
- Advanced analytics
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 Limeade or Cooleaf better?
- Neither clearly leads. Limeade starts at $3/month and Cooleaf at $4/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Limeade or Cooleaf?
- Limeade starts at $3/month and Cooleaf at $4/month.
- Does Limeade or Cooleaf run on more platforms?
- Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
- What is Limeade best used for?
- Limeade is most often used for employee wellbeing and wellness program administration, wellbeing challenges and incentive tracking for a workforce, measuring employee wellbeing alongside engagement. Of those, employee wellbeing and wellness program administration and wellbeing challenges and incentive tracking for a workforce are not what Cooleaf is typically brought in for.
- What can Limeade do that Cooleaf cannot?
- Limeade covers Well-being activities, Health challenges, Engagement surveys, Recognition. Cooleaf covers Peer recognition, Rewards marketplace, Wellness challenges, Team activities. Both handle Analytics, Mobile app, Workday, ADP.