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What is Kudos?

Acknowledgment is essential! Kudos® empowers employees by fostering genuine intrinsic recognition and appreciation.

The Kudos® platform enhances employee engagement, lowers turnover rates, cultivates a positive workplace culture, and promotes greater productivity and performance. Become part of a global community of clients spanning more than 140 countries and diverse industries, and experience the transformative impact of recognition firsthand.

Pricing

Price Starts At:
$3.25
Price Overview:
Kudos® pricing is based on the number of users and the length of the contract.

Contact us for pricing.
Free Version:
Free Version available.

Integrations

Offers API?:
Yes, Kudos provides an API

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Company Facts

Company Name:
Kudos®
Date Founded:
2010
Company Location:
Canada
Company Website:
www.kudos.com/software/employee-recognition
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Product Details

Deployment
SaaS
Windows
Mac
Linux
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook
Training Options
Documentation Hub
Online Training
Webinars
On-Site Training
Video Library
Support
Standard Support
24 Hour Support
Web-Based Support

Product Details

Target Company Sizes
1-10
11-50
51-200
201-500
501-1000
1001-5000
5001-10000
10001+
Target Organization Types
Mid Size Business
Small Business
Enterprise
Nonprofit
Government
Startup
Supported Languages
Arabic
Chinese (Simplified)
Czech
English
French
Greek
Japanese
Polish
Portuguese
Spanish

Kudos Categories and Features

Human Resources Software

360 Degree Feedback
Applicant Tracking
Attendance Management
Benefits Management
Career Development Planning
Compensation Management
Compliance Management
Employee Database
Employee Lifecycle Management
Onboarding
Payroll Management
Performance Management
Recruiting Management
Self Service Portal
Succession Planning
Time & Attendance Management
Time Off Management
Timesheets
Training Management

Employee Recognition Software

Goals
Leaderboards / Activity Tracking
Manager-to-Peer Recognition
Mention Management
Nominations
Peer-to-Peer Recognition
Performance Management
Rewards Catalog
Rewards Points
Social Recognition
eCards

Employee Engagement Software

Benchmarking
Cultural Alignment
Employee Awards
Employee Guides
Employee Recognition
Feedback Management
Goal Management
Health & Wellness Programs
Performance Management
Pulse Surveys

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Project Manager
    Has used product for: Less than 6 months
    Uses the product: Weekly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1,000 - 4,999
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Great platform!

    Date: Apr 12 2022
    Summary

    Good! I like this platform, great work! I will recommend it to others I know as it makes people feel valued and appreciated.

    Positive

    It really helps to deliver great reviews to team members and be able to give them something too! Great platform.

    Negative

    There are a few too many boxes in the layout. Lots of scrolling, could be easier to find certain things.

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Clinical Lab Technologist
    Has used product for: 1-2 Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1,000 - 4,999
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Great morale booster at work!

    Date: Apr 20 2022
    Summary

    Kudos is very effective for recognizing individuals at work. Often times, hard work goes unnoticed while slacking off is tolerated, but Kudos is a great tool to give someone a shout out whether it is big or small. It also provides a fun medium for developing good work relationships, since you can add gifs, stickers, and emojis - it's an easy way to express your gratitude and make someone's day better. I'm happy with my company's efforts to recognize hard work and foster healthy employee relations, and I think Kudos plays a big role in that.

    Positive

    - Easy to navigate
    - Fun ways to give people shout-outs through gifs and emojis
    - Helpful tags of traits exhibited by the individual
    - Extremely expansive selection of gift cards - there is something for everyone!
    - People directory is useful
    - Good way to track how individuals have been recognized for their hard work

    Negative

    Sometimes the feed displays posts from weeks or months ago randomly interspersed with current, chronological posts, which makes it confusing.

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Digital Support Officer
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 20,000 or More
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Kudos Review

    Date: Apr 12 2022
    Summary

    Kudos is the best tool any Human resource manger can use to recognize outstanding employees where by the accumulated points can be converted into gift vouchers.

    Positive

    Easy to use and does not require a VPN connection to access. All you need is an active internet connection. It is the best way of recognizing hard working employees which boosts their morale. You can turn the accumulated kudos points into gift vouchers that can be given to the employees. Kudos tracks the employment history of your workers and usually sends you notifications on their employee anniversary or birthdays.

    Negative

    You must be a member of an organization to use the service. This means an outsider cannot use Kudos to recognize an employee hard work.

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Advisor
    Has used product for: 6-12 Months
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1,000 - 4,999
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    Would you Recommend to Others?
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Sugar on top

    Date: Apr 11 2022
    Summary

    Kudos is a great way to celebrate employees and their achievements. User friendly. Functional app allows access anywhere.

    Positive

    The kudos platform provides the opportunity to give someone a little bit of extra recognition for a job well done. The page is easy to use, and has good rewards!

    Negative

    Nothing to dislike. No comment on any cons of this.

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  • Reviewer Name: Volkan Y.
    Position: Manager Finance
    Has used product for: 1-2 Years
    Uses the product: Monthly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 20,000 or More
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Great Initiative

    Date: Apr 11 2022
    Summary

    Generally, "Kudos" is an initiative to change the behaviors and create a rewarding culture. It works!

    Positive

    It motivates me to thank. Within the month, I track the behaviors of my stakeholders to recognize...

    Negative

    Sometimes seeing people's fake "thank-you" messages irritate me.

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  • Reviewer Name: Anatolii T.
    Position: DevOps Engineer
    Has used product for: 6-12 Months
    Uses the product: Monthly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 100 - 499
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Kudos review

    Updated: Apr 12 2022
    Summary

    Very convenient peer-to-peer recognition platform. Simple and useful. Great user experience. I like this platform.

    Positive

    Very convenient peer-to-peer recognition platform. Simple and useful. Great user experience. I like this platform.

    Negative

    Sometimes not enough points for recognition, so need to choose whom to recognise this month.

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Experte de matière
    Has used product for: 1-2 Years
    Uses the product: Weekly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 100 - 499
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Great way to connect with the team

    Date: Apr 19 2022
    Summary

    I love Kudos, I use it everyday and strongly recommend it. It's a great way to express your appreciation to your colleagues and also redeem your Kudos for rewards.

    Positive

    Kudos is a great way to connect with my team and make people feel appreciated. I can redeem for awesome rewards!!! You can send private or public messages and Kudos, it 's a great function to be able to customize the messages.

    Negative

    I wish a description wasn’t necessary in order to send Kudos.

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Support worker
    Has used product for: 6-12 Months
    Uses the product: Weekly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 100 - 499
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Kudos points program

    Updated: Apr 12 2022
    Summary

    Very good experience.
    Used for appreciating my coworkers.
    It’s a good way to give recognition and accept recognition.

    Positive

    Easy to use.
    Encouraging coworkers.
    Give gratitude.
    Build confidence.
    Improve teamwork by giving encouragement.

    Negative

    I don’t have anything in particular however it was confusing to use it in the beginning but now I’m good in using it.

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Account Cordinator
    Has used product for: 6-12 Months
    Uses the product: Monthly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 26 - 99
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    Would you Recommend to Others?
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Kudos to you. :)

    Date: Apr 11 2022
    Summary

    I like the rewards system its nice to be able to give your coworkers a nice little incentives. Adding up your points really make the rewards all worthwhile. :)

    Positive

    Love the simplicity.

    -quick and simple layout
    -supper user friendly
    -has a great variety of rewards

    Negative

    It would be nice for one to actually choose the qty of kudos to give instead of the 5/10/20/50 increments.

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  • Reviewer Name: Zain D.
    Position: Technical Support Analyst
    Has used product for: 1-2 Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 100 - 499
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Great awards platform!

    Date: Apr 11 2022
    Summary

    Great rewards and recognition platform! Whole company uses it! Love the rewards we can redeem with our points!

    Positive

    Sending thank you notes and great jobs to colleagues in the company. Great rewards to redeem with points!

    Negative

    No ability to edit kudos posts in case of a typo for a post. Need more variety of gifs to add to the post. As an admin, the navigation is slow and needs to be faster.

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  • Reviewer Name: Patricia R.
    Position: FISH Technologist II
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Monthly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1,000 - 4,999
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Kudos to Kudos

    Date: Apr 12 2022
    Summary

    I am extremely satisfied with Kudos and always encourage my coworkers to participate in activates that will award and to give Kudos points.

    Positive

    There are many things that I like about Kudos! First it is nice to be recognized by the administration and coworker on a job well done. It encourages me to always give my best. It is an easy platform to give Kudos to my coworkers when they also go the extra mile. Lastly there is a great selections of gift cards to choose from to cash in the Kudos points from.

    Negative

    I do not have any complain for Kudos. It is easy to use. Simply select the gift card you are interested and with in minutes you will receive an email with the rewards link.

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  • Reviewer Name: Akarsh F.
    Position: Senior Quality Assurance
    Has used product for: 6-12 Months
    Uses the product: Weekly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 100 - 499
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Best way to thank, recognize and appreciate your colleagues

    Date: Aug 11 2022
    Summary

    Best experience using Kudos and redeeming the Kudos points for various gift cards.

    Positive

    I love the ease we can appreciate, thank and recognize the hard work of colleagues in my workplace.
    Bunch of gift cards to choose from.
    Ease of redeeming the gift card/coupons.

    Negative

    Few denominations of gift cards is too high.

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  • Reviewer Name: Charode G.
    Position: Site Supervisor, Winston Salem, NC
    Has used product for: 6-12 Months
    Uses the product: Monthly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 10,000 - 19,999
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Recognizing the unrecognizable

    Date: Apr 26 2022
    Summary

    I love it. Not only do I get to say a job well done but I get to express it differently. What more can you ask for.

    Positive

    I love the opportunity to recognize individuals just for the simple things. It's "Thank you" made simple. A few simple clicks and kudos points add up.

    Negative

    I take a while to amass the points for what you may want. There is only a small selection of items out there.

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Senior Accountant
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Weekly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 26 - 99
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Great Product

    Date: Apr 25 2022
    Summary

    A very good product for showing your pride to your colleagues and receiving recognition from others. The redeem options are also good!

    Positive

    It makes it positive to recognize others' work and achievement. It makes it encouraging to work with others and show your pride or accomplishment. When you receive kudos, you feel encouraged and recognized by others.
    There're so many options for redeeming your points.

    Negative

    You can't accumulate your points if you don't use it within a month so sometimes if we want to spend more points during a period, we can't do that if we're out of points but sometimes we still have remaining points for a month.

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  • Reviewer Name: Kasey B.
    Position: Compounding pharmacy tech 3
    Has used product for: 1-2 Years
    Uses the product: Monthly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 100 - 499
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Review of Kudos

    Date: Apr 17 2022
    Summary

    Great! Kudos is a great tool to keep everyone connected and motivated to reach certain goals in the workplace!

    Positive

    I like being to send encouragement and congratulate fellow coworkers using kudos! I enjoy being able to use kudos rewards to get chewy merch and represent our brand! ❤️

    Negative

    None. I don't have any negative to say about Kudos.

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  • Reviewer Name: Samantha G.
    Position: Phlebotomist tech 1
    Has used product for: 6-12 Months
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 20,000 or More
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Phlebotomist

    Date: Apr 11 2022
    Summary

    It's like having Facebook with only work employees, the info is great and its nice to see the company congratulate others.

    Positive

    i like that you can see whats going on with in the company and ppl are quick to answer question or just say hi!

    Negative

    None at all the program is great for me and has a lot of info.

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Sr. Graphic Designer
    Has used product for: 1-2 Years
    Uses the product: Weekly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 500 - 999
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Token Of Positivity

    Date: Apr 12 2022
    Summary

    I love that I can give my team the right recognition and uplift their spirits when the work assigned is a huge chunk but the team manages and delivers before time. Now to thank each one personally would be a task and emails are something that I personally find boring. So KUDOS ! One stop for happiness and recognition in your organisation.

    Positive

    Kudos is what I like the most. Especially the hash-tags.
    Love the UI and UX too. Simple, straight and to the point.

    Negative

    No cons. Absolutely no cons. Zero!
    Sometimes the gifs that I want are not available but that is seriously not a thing to worry about.

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  • Reviewer Name: Louey P.
    Position: RAS
    Has used product for: 6-12 Months
    Uses the product: Weekly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 5,000 - 9,999
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Kudos deserves Kudos

    Date: Apr 11 2022
    Summary

    I have been using Kudos for months now with no problems. Simple to use and understand, great way to give recognition to people, and it encourages team morale.

    Positive

    Easy to understand, navigate, and use. Kudos encourages team building, understanding, and morale. Wonderful site.

    Negative

    Limited points, but it makes getting Kudos more appreciative.

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  • Reviewer Name: Faith K.
    Position: Admin assistant
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Monthly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 100 - 499
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Kudos

    Date: Apr 11 2022
    Summary

    Love it and I will continue to use it to acknowledge those who work hard in what they do for the facility and others.

    Positive

    I love that we can acknowledge others by giving the kudos points. Kudos can be very encouraging to others.

    Negative

    Iʻm only allowed to give 100 points per month. Wish I had more.

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  • Reviewer Name: Melanie V.
    Position: Licensed Clinical Social Worker
    Has used product for: 1-2 Years
    Uses the product: Weekly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 100 - 499
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    Work Recognition Program: Kudos

    Date: Apr 12 2022
    Summary

    I very much enjoy using Kudos to praise my co-workers for a job well-done. I also enjoy receiving Kudos as a special recognition for my hard work and then being able to redeem them for gift cards is very satisfying!

    Positive

    I like the convenience of Kudos in that it is easy and quick to send recognition to a co-worker who did a great job. I like the specific tags that you can include to quickly show admiration in one specific area. Most of all, I like the variety of real rewards that can be redeemed. Gift cards from all types of places nation-wide can be redeemed with your Kudos points and there is something for everyone!

    Negative

    I love the concept and don't have any complaints! My co-workers have found difficulty in remembering to give out Kudos but I think this is something that will just have to be worked into the daily system of how we do business.

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