About Kudos

Unlock employee potential through recognition with Kudos®. Clients in over 80 countries have built thriving cultures using this simple, scalable SaaS solution. Reduce turnover, improve culture and drive productivity and performance.

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Key benefits of Kudos

Kudos can help you address key issues that effect your business and help you drive performance through the power of appreciation and communication.

  • Kudos can help improve morale with more timely and frequent recognition.
  • Kudos can help your team feel more valued, appreciated and empowered.
  • Kudos can help you improve retention, reduce absenteeism and improve productivity.
  • Kudos can help you build your culture, communicate your key messages and reinforce your core values.
  • Kudos can help you save money and time with our simply, intuitive SaaS solution
  • Typical Customers

    • Freelancers
    • Small Businesses (2-50)
    • Mid-size Companies (51-500)
    • Large enterprises (500 and more)

    Deployment

    • Cloud-based
    • On-premise

    Markets

    Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands and 6 others

    Supported Languages

    Arabic, Chinese, Czech, English, French and 5 others

    Pricing starting from:

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    • Free Version
    • Free Trial
    • Subscription

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    Features

    Total features of Kudos: 57

    • 360 Degree Feedback
    • API
    • Activity Dashboard
    • Activity Tracking
    • Alerts/Notifications
    • Benchmarking
    • Chat/Messaging
    • Commenting/Notes
    • Communication Management
    • Customizable Branding
    • Customizable Questions
    • Customizable Reports
    • Customizable Templates
    • Data Import/Export
    • Employee Database
    • Employee Management
    • Employee Onboarding
    • Employee Portal
    • Employee Profiles
    • Employee Recognition Software
    • Employee Reward Programs
    • Engagement Tracking
    • Feedback Management
    • For Cloud
    • Goal Management
    • Goal Setting/Tracking
    • HR Management
    • Manager-to-Peer Recognition
    • Mobile Access
    • Negative Feedback Management
    • Nominations
    • Peer-to-Peer Recognition
    • Performance Appraisal
    • Performance Management
    • Performance Metrics
    • Progress Tracking
    • Pulse Surveys
    • Question Library
    • Real Time Data
    • Real Time Notifications
    • Real Time Reporting
    • Real-time Updates
    • Recognition Tracking
    • Reminders
    • Reporting & Statistics
    • Reporting/Analytics
    • Rewards Catalog
    • Rewards Management
    • Rewards Points
    • Single Sign On
    • Social Recognition
    • Summary Reports
    • Survey/Poll Management
    • Surveys & Feedback
    • Third Party Integrations
    • Training Management
    • Visual Analytics

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    Reviews

    Overall rating

    4.8 /5
    (890)
    Value for Money
    4.7/5
    Features
    4.7/5
    Ease of Use
    4.8/5
    Customer Support
    4.7/5

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    Janelle
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    • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
    • Company size: 51–200 Employees
    • Used Weekly for 1+ year
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    • Ease of Use
    • Customer Support
    • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

    Kudos for Kudos!

    Reviewed on 07/03/2019

    Kudos really helps to build team morale. I love seeing everyone call each other out for the great...

    Kudos really helps to build team morale. I love seeing everyone call each other out for the great work their doing, and I think that kind of feedback makes people work harder. Sometimes teams can be a very segmented. With kudos, you can easily see what other teams are working on, fostering an atmosphere of engagement and communication.

    Pros

    Your hard work turns into cold, hard, cash!

    I like that you can choose from kudos-branded or company-branded rewards!

    I like that you can choose to send your kudos privately or publicly.

    I like that you can endorse a kudos someone else has sent.

    I like that you get kudos on your birthday!

    I like that you can't send all your kudos to one person, forcing you to spread it out.

    Cons

    I wish unused kudos could roll over to the next month.

    I wish adding giphs to a post was easier.

    I wish that clicking the +K button actually added additional kudos.

    I wish there were more Canadian-specific Kudos rewards.

    I would like to get a reminder email towards the end of each month, reminding me to use up the last of my kudos.

    Lisa
    Overall rating
    • Industry: Online Media
    • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
    • Used Monthly for 1+ year
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    • Ease of Use
    • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

    Fun system for employee recognition and rewards

    Reviewed on 05/02/2023

    Positive.

    Positive.

    Pros

    It's great to have an easy way for everyone on a team to recognize each other, offering both public praise and meaningful monetary value through gift cards. It encourages everyone to think at least once a month about how they appreciate their colleagues, and makes people feel appreciated. Warm fuzzies on both sides.

    Cons

    The public display of rewards giving seems backwards — at a glance, the giver looks like the recipient, and vice versa. Also, it would be nice if it were easy to see how many points a colleague has given you, in addition to the written praise that goes along with the points. Why not put that points number in the email notification? Also, more "select qualities" are needed beyond the ones that are offered — you know, the things like "accountability" and "bold innovation." I often don't find relevant words in there, so I end up choosing random words that aren't quite right.

    Gloria
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    • Industry: Telecommunications
    • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
    • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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    • Value for Money
    • Ease of Use
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    • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

    Kudos Review

    Reviewed on 02/04/2019

    Kudos has made it easy for us to motivate team members for a job well done and encouraged them to...

    Kudos has made it easy for us to motivate team members for a job well done and encouraged them to contribute more towards achieving the organization's objectives

    Pros

    Easy to use and was it easy to integrate with our system

    Cons

    Nothing in particular, the software is okay

    Arafat Hossain
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    • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
    • Company size: 51–200 Employees
    • Used Daily for 2+ years
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    • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

    Great way to connect with coworkers

    Reviewed on 08/01/2023

    My experience with kudos is awesome!

    My experience with kudos is awesome!

    Pros

    Making your staff feel connected and appreciated is easy with kudos.

    Cons

    Using the Kudos platform for your team really has no drawbacks in my opinion, however, that may be because I don't personally cover the cost of the service. I'm only speaking from the "user's perspective," and from that vantage point, Kudos is a fantastic tool for fostering culture.

    Zaira
    Overall rating
    • Industry: Financial Services
    • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
    • Used Monthly for 2+ years
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    • Value for Money
    • Ease of Use
    • Customer Support
    • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

    KUDOS The Booster to a Happy Workplace

    Reviewed on 01/02/2023

    Fun, Collaborative and Memorable how I can give my colleague a recognition publicly, or privately....

    Fun, Collaborative and Memorable how I can give my colleague a recognition publicly, or privately. We can exchange messages and fun chats on comment section, and it creates trust between me and my supervisor as we can break the communication gap that we had. It was an amazing experience.

    Pros

    What I like the most is how the software is easy and comfortable to use, you can open it in mobile or laptop. This gives us a chance to say thank you in a fun way to a colleague and letting them know that their effort and help is not wasted and being recognized. Sound simple but this can be an inspiration to them to use in everyday transaction.

    Cons

    I am looking to more design of Emoji, other than that I really like everything about it.

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    Kudos FAQs

    Below are some frequently asked questions for Kudos.

    Kudos offers the following pricing plans:

    Contact us for pricing. Kudos® pricing is based on the number of users and the length of the contract. Plans start with a minimum of 500 users.

    Kudos has the following typical customers:

    501–1,000, 1,001–5,000

    Kudos supports the following languages:

    Arabic, Chinese, Czech, English, French, Greek, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish

    Kudos supports the following devices:

    Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)

    Kudos integrates with the following applications:

    ADP Vantage HCM, ADP Workforce Now, Azure Active Directory, BambooHR, Bitium, Firefox, Google Chrome, LinkedIn for Business, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, Okta, OneLogin, Paylocity, SAASPASS, SAP SuccessFactors HXM Suite, Slack, Workday HCM, Zendesk Suite

    Kudos offers the following support options:

    Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, 24/7 (Live rep), Chat

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