Kudosvs
BambooHR
BambooHR: HR software with heart
Kudos
Employee recognition that drives performance
As of 30 August 2026, Kudos starts at $5/month. Kudos is an employee recognition and engagement platform designed to enhance workplace culture through peer-to-peer recognition, rewards, and meaningful connect. Softwr lists it under HR. Kudos is made by Kudos Inc, launched in 2010, available on Web, iOS, Android, API.
Overview
What Kudos does
Kudos is an employee recognition and engagement platform designed to enhance workplace culture through peer-to-peer recognition, rewards, and meaningful connections. The platform helps organizations boost morale, retention, and productivity.
What people use it for
- Employee recognition
- Culture building
- Employee engagement
- Retention improvement
- Values reinforcement
Related searches
The honest half
Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Kudos.
- No pricing published; requires demo request or direct sales contact
Cross-shopped
What people choose instead of Kudos
Each pairing was judged by two reviewers asking whether a buyer would genuinely weigh the two against each other. The ones that failed were deleted rather than published.
- KudosvsWorkday
Workday: Enterprise cloud applications for finance and HR
- KudosvsCulture Amp
Culture Amp: Build a better workplace with employee experience data
- KudosvsFreshteam
Freshteam: Smart HR software for growing businesses
Pricing
What Kudos costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Plus
$5 /mo
- Peer recognition
- Social recognition wall
- Points system
- Basic reporting
- Mobile app
Enterprise
On request
- Everything in Plus
- Awards & nominations
- Advanced analytics
- HRIS integration
- Custom branding
Capabilities
Features
Peer-to-peer recognition
Manager recognition
Social recognition wall
Points & rewards
Awards & nominations
Anniversary celebrations
Analytics dashboard
Company values alignment
Slack
Integration with Slack
Microsoft Teams
Integration with Microsoft Teams
Workday
Integration with Workday
ADP
Integration with ADP
Answered, with sources
Questions people ask
Each answer names the page it came from, so you can check it rather than take our word for it.
How much does Kudos cost?
Kudos does not publish standard pricing on its website. To learn pricing, contact Kudos for a 30-minute demo or reach out directly at +1 (888) 915-8367 or [email protected].
SourceHow can I get Kudos pricing information?
Contact Kudos through their website demo request form or directly at [email protected] to discuss pricing and setup for your organization.
SourceBehind it
Who makes Kudos
- Company
- Kudos Inc
- Based in
- Calgary, Canada
Keep looking
Where to go from Kudos
- Kudos alternativesEvery product people weigh against it
- Kudos pricingPlans, floors and what the tiers exclude
- Kudos badgesWhich rules it meets, and the figure behind each
- All HR softwareThe full category
- Best HR softwareThe shortlist, and how it was cut
Best HR software for
Compare Kudos with
- Culture Amp
- Workday
- BambooHR
- Freshteam
- Achievers
- Bonusly
- Motivosity
- TINYpulse
- HiBob
- Nectar
- 15Five
- Officevibe
- Insperity
- People HR
- Recruiterbox
- Motivosity
- Nectar
- Officevibe
Other HR software
US professional employer organisation providing co-employed HR, payroll and pooled benefits for small and mid-sized companies
Pricing on request12 researched notes
Softwr does not host reviews and shows no star rating for Kudos, because a rating we did not collect is not ours to publish. What is here is the pricing and platform detail from the vendor’s own pages, limitations we could state concretely, and alternatives a reviewer confirmed people weigh against it. Tell us if any of it is wrong.
More on Kudos
Kudos alternatives
What people switch to, and what they give up
Kudos pricing
Every tier, and where the cost actually lands
Compare Kudos
Put it head to head with anything we hold
Kudos badge
Its rating, and an embed for your own site
Best HR software alternatives
Employer mental health benefit that puts a share of its own fee at risk against measured symptom improvement
quote
Employer and payer channel for Talkspace therapy, sold as an in-network benefit rather than a session block
quote
UK built workplace mental health platform combining therapy, coaching, manager training and a 24/7 helpline in one contract
quote
Employer-funded education benefit administered as a curated marketplace of degree and skilling programmes
quote
Spanish HR and time recording platform built around the legal obligation to record daily working hours
quote
API-first HRIS for fast-growing companies that treat employee data as a system of record other tools read from
quote
Mid-market HR system for UK and multi-country European employers, with per-country configuration and EU or UK data hosting
quoteUS professional employer organisation providing co-employed HR, payroll and pooled benefits for small and mid-sized companies
quote