Bonusly vs. Betterworks
Let’s start with a high level comparison:
Bonusly is a performance enablement solution that celebrates employee wins, builds meaningful connections, enables consistent feedback, and equips managers with tools and insights—to unlock your team's full potential.
Betterworks is an enterprise-oriented performance management platform.
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What separates Bonusly from Betterworks
Bonusly for all sizes
In every organization, large or small, employee performance is pivotal for achieving success. Our platform seamlessly adapts and expands alongside your organization’s growth trajectory, helping you crush goals along the way.
Top-notch support
Prioritizing our users is at the heart of our approach. Our exceptional customer success team is dedicated to assisting your every step, from initial setup to ongoing measurement, surpassing your organization’s goals.
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Rewards library
The ultimate employee rewards are those that employees select themselves. Bonusly offers a variety of incentives to motivate your team, including digital gift cards, company swag, cashout choices, personalized rewards, and charitable donations! Providing options empowers your employees and enhances their experience.
Strong participation
An impressive 82% of Bonusly users actively engage with our platform 2x a week. Consistent feedback correlates with heightened levels of engagement, productivity, and employee retention.
Ease-of-use
Utilizing Bonusly for giving recognition, redeeming rewards, and managing performance is remarkably straightforward. Bonusly is designed to be so intuitive that you likely won't require our training materials—but we have them available should you ever need additional guidance.
Bonusly is fun to use, easy to navigate, and builds high performing cultures.
How Betterworks could be better
USER EXPERIENCE
Betterworks user experience leaves much to be desired. Users report struggling with usability which lowers participation rates.
A former user on Capterra shares:
“We used it for a couple of years, but it was difficult to get everyone at the firm to adopt. The frequency of updates and changes to the look and feel of the interface added to the challenge.”
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
Betterworks support is lacking and slow to respond.
One user on Capterra describes:
“It takes 6 months of us pushing them [Betterworks] for anything to be done. In general support tickets seem to get passed up to the technical team which then acts a black hole from which no support ever emerges again.”
EASE-OF-USE
Betterworks users have a steep learning curve when adopting the platform.
One verified user reports to TrustRadius:
“The platform is not very user friendly and requires training” and other users report it’s confusing due to lack of consistency across the platform."
Meanwhile, here’s what customers say about Bonusly on G2:
"Honestly, I love everything about Bonusly, starting with the stellar customer service to the attention to detail of our integration and the personalized service they offer. The customer success team is a pleasure to work with, no matter the size of your team. The integration resource package was excellent"
"Bonusly allows co-workers to recognize each other and award each other for little things (like a job well done) to big things (Birthdays, promotions, work anniversaries)."
I like how we're able to see who has received recognition and how easy it is to recognize other people on the team. It's straightforward to select the amount to send to the person, why you're giving it to them and the hashtags associated to why you're recognizing them.
Bonusly is a game-changer for employee engagement. With an intuitive interface, personalized recognition, flexible rewards, real-time analytics, and seamless integration, it fosters a positive workplace culture. It's not just a tool; it's an indispensable asset in cultivating a motivated and engaged workforce
"The most helpful feature of Bonusly is the reporting analytics. I can easily see who is using it, who needs a little recognition, and it allows us to calculate our quarterly award winners for core value representation."
"I really like that it encourages us to give kudos to people within the workplace that really make an impact. Whether its simply helping me with something, or jumping in to help a whole team, we can reward those that do a lot for our company..."
"Allows everyone to show gratitude in a genuine and meaningful way. The reward boosts are really a bonus to the kind words and appreciation from colleagues."
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"It's fun, it's a great way to be thankful and recognize your colleagues for the great work they do, and what I like about Bonusly is that amount of companies they work with to redeem gift cards or donating money. I would also thank Bonusly for the ease of use, it's very user friendly."
"Using Bonusly is super simple and quick to use. It clearly spells out how you want to make a shout out, and within seconds you are done!"
"I think it's fantastic that the point can be redeemed with SOOO many different options from gift cards to donations to charity there is something for everyone to gain by using their points each month and wanting to get points to redeem!"
Explore our customers’ success stories
If you're looking to achieve high levels of engagement, consistency across teams, and an exceptional ROI out of a total rewards platform Bonusly is a must-have.
Bonusly helped us increase cross-departmental recognition, which has had a major impact on collaboration throughout the company.
Bonusly worked wonders for team morale during the fast growth and uncertainty of acquisition and the quick move to remote work during the pandemic.
We’ve seen a 15% increase in recognition sentiment in our employee engagement survey.
Bonusly kept us together when we couldn’t be together.
Bonusly is core to our recognition program and a thoughtful way to connect the work of our employees to the value they deliver for our customers.
“Bonusly has been a GAME CHANGER. It’s quickly become an essential part of our success in working as a distributed team and creating more visibility around small wins!”
4 reasons Bonusly is better
Fuel business performance
Why it matters: High performing teams have increased productivity, quality of work, and engagement, leading to better business outcomes.
How Bonusly delivers: Within our platform, employees consistently exchange recognition and feedback in harmony with company values. This fosters an ideal environment for enhancing motivation, development, and performance.
How the competition lags behind: Lacking a forward-thinking platform, performance may not be rewarded fairly or at all, potentially causing demotivation and resulting in decreased performance.
Save time for HR and managers
Why it matters: A powerful performance platform streamlines processes for HR and people managers, freeing up valuable time and enhancing workflows and productivity. This time saved allows leaders to prioritize strategic initiatives over administrative work.
How Bonusly delivers: Our top-notch solution saves hours per week by automating time-consuming tasks, reducing administrative burden. Its intuitive, user-friendly features and seamless integrations enable you to operate at peak efficiency from the start.
How the competition lags behind: Using a poorly designed and less intuitive platform for your performance program will result in time wasted and frustrated employees.
Boost retention rates
Why it matters: Turnover is costly and results in a decrease in productivity, knowledge retention, employee morale, and even customer satisfaction.
How Bonusly delivers: Bonusly fosters a workplace environment that cultivates appreciation and recognition, instilling a sense of value. This culture of acknowledgment enhances employee loyalty and encourages them to stay in at your organization longer.
How the competition lags behind: There is a direct correlation between high retention rates and an exceptional reward and performance system. It’s a connection overlooked by competitors.
Foster collaboration
Why it matters: Employees who collaborate effectively tend to be more innovative, engaged, and productive. By fostering a culture of collaboration, organizations can harness the collective intelligence and creativity of their teams to achieve greater success.
How Bonusly delivers: Bonusly empowers your teams to excel by breaking down barriers and facilitating communication. When teams are interconnected, robust partnerships can form. Bonusly is crafted to nurture a profound sense of belonging and inclusivity, facilitating the growth of relationships and performance.
How the competition lags behind: Many competitors focus on top-down rewards while ignoring the value in peer-to-peer recognition.