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Workvivo vs Cooleaf

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Workvivo

Software

Employee experience platform for connected workplaces

From
$4/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Cooleaf

Software

Employee engagement and recognition made easy

From
$4/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Workvivo the pricing page publishes no price, no minimum and no per-licence rate; the vendor states cost depends on licence count and organisation needs and requires a custom quote; 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: Workvivo covers Social activity feed, Cooleaf covers Peer recognition.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Workvivo and Cooleaf actually diverge.

Attributes where Workvivo and Cooleaf differ
AttributeWorkvivoCooleaf
Founded20172014

Identical on both: starting price ($4/month), pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), platforms (Web), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).

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 Workvivo

  • Social activity feed
  • Employee recognition
  • Internal communications
  • Podcasts and video
  • Surveys
  • Integrations
  • Zoom

Only in Cooleaf

  • Peer recognition
  • Rewards marketplace
  • Wellness challenges
  • Team activities
  • Gamification
  • Social feed
  • ADP

Both cover

  • Mobile app
  • Analytics
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Slack
  • Workday
  • BambooHR

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Workvivo

  • Company-wide internal communications and news for desk and frontline staffnot Cooleaf
  • Employee recognition, badges and awards inside a social activity feednot Cooleaf
  • Livestreamed all-hands broadcasts with multi-language auto-translationnot Cooleaf

Cooleaf

  • Employee recognitionnot Workvivo
  • Wellness programsnot Workvivo
  • Team buildingnot Workvivo
  • Culture improvementnot Workvivo

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Workvivo

  • The pricing page publishes no price, no minimum and no per-licence rate; the vendor states cost depends on licence count and organisation needs and requires a custom quote
  • There is no free trial; the vendor offers only a demo
  • Real-time chat with voice and video is a paid add-on rather than part of the core platform
  • Agentic search across connected systems is sold separately as the HQ Agent add-on tier
  • Employee listening and engagement surveys sit in the separate Seer product, added on or bought standalone
  • Digital signage through Workvivo TV is another paid add-on
  • Plan and add-on changes go through a Workvivo CX Manager rather than self-serve

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

Workvivo

$4/month
  • Business$4/month
    • Social feed
    • Recognition
    • Mobile app
  • Enterprise$undefined/month
    • Advanced analytics
    • Custom integrations
    • Dedicated support

Cooleaf

$4/month
  • Essentials$4/month
    • Recognition
    • Rewards catalog
    • Mobile app
  • Premium$undefined/month
    • Wellness challenges
    • Advanced gamification
    • Custom integrations

Which should you pick?

Choose Workvivo if

  • You need social activity feed.
  • You also want employee recognition.
Workvivo review

Choose Cooleaf if

  • You need peer recognition.
  • You also want rewards marketplace.
Cooleaf review

Questions people ask

Is Workvivo or Cooleaf better?
Neither clearly leads. Workvivo starts at $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, Workvivo or Cooleaf?
Workvivo starts at $4/month and Cooleaf at $4/month.
Does Workvivo or Cooleaf run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
What is Workvivo best used for?
Workvivo is most often used for company-wide internal communications and news for desk and frontline staff, employee recognition, badges and awards inside a social activity feed, livestreamed all-hands broadcasts with multi-language auto-translation. Of those, company-wide internal communications and news for desk and frontline staff and employee recognition, badges and awards inside a social activity feed are not what Cooleaf is typically brought in for.
What can Workvivo do that Cooleaf cannot?
Workvivo covers Social activity feed, Employee recognition, Internal communications, Podcasts and video. Cooleaf covers Peer recognition, Rewards marketplace, Wellness challenges, Team activities. Both handle Mobile app, Analytics, Microsoft Teams, Slack.
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