About Bonusly

Recognition should do more than reward good work—it should fuel it. Bonusly’s employee recognition platform helps your team improve engagement and adopt the behaviors that set them, and your organization, up for long-term success. Unlike conventional programs that offer surface-level appreciation and transactional rewards, Bonusly combines meaningful recognition with performance tools to create lasting behavioral change and measurable results. Bonusly makes recognition more effective and improves employee growth, performance, and retention—creating a win-win for employees and employers alike. On average, Bonusly users receive recognition five times each month, providing leaders with valuable data about collaboration, performance, and team dynamics. Most organizations stop at simple thank-yous. With Bonusly, managers gain actionable insights to inspire their teams, drive growth, and ensure every employee feels engaged and empowered. With more than 3,400 companies—including DoorDash, Toast, Seat Geek, and Magna-Tiles—seeing better team performance and improved retention, we're proving what effective recognition can achieve. We make recognition meaningful, habitual, and connected to what matters most—helping organizations build cultures where people want to stay and grow together. Because when recognition is done right, everyone succeeds.
Bonusly Software - With the recognition field up top, a live feed below, and reward points and top receivers to the right, your employees will quickly understand how to use Bonusly
Bonusly Software - Offer over 1,200 reward choices your employees will love and stop spending so much time on rewards fulfillment!
Bonusly Software - By allowing leadership to make announcements in Bonusly, employees will feel more informed and connected with their company. With over 80% employee adoption of the platform, you can confidently and quickly send announcements your employees will see.
Bonusly Software - When you automate awards, you lift a task from your managers shoulders. Bonusly creates shared traditions across your company without burdening anyone with an Excel file full of dates.
Bonusly Software - Bonusly’s new Manager Giving Tracker serves as an appreciation barometer to nudge managers to appreciate each of their direct reports every month.
Bonusly Software - Get actionable data about your employee experience to make data-informed decisions and drive success for your organization’s goals
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Bonusly Software - With the recognition field up top, a live feed below, and reward points and top receivers to the right, your employees will quickly understand how to use Bonusly - thumbnail
Bonusly Software - Offer over 1,200 reward choices your employees will love and stop spending so much time on rewards fulfillment! - thumbnail
Bonusly Software - By allowing leadership to make announcements in Bonusly, employees will feel more informed and connected with their company. With over 80% employee adoption of the platform, you can confidently and quickly send announcements your employees will see. - thumbnail
Bonusly Software - When you automate awards, you lift a task from your managers shoulders. Bonusly creates shared traditions across your company without burdening anyone with an Excel file full of dates. - thumbnail
Bonusly Software - Bonusly’s new Manager Giving Tracker serves as an appreciation barometer to nudge managers to appreciate each of their direct reports every month. - thumbnail

Bonusly pricing

Bonusly does not have a free version but does offer a free trial. Bonusly paid version starts at US$2.00/month.

Starting Price:
US$2.00/month
Free Version:
No
Free trial:
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Kalina
Kalina
  • Industry: Consumer Goods
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1-5 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
4
Features
4
Ease of Use
4
Customer Support
5

5.0
Reviewed on 7/10/2024

Bonusly Is A Must Try

I would have to say my overall experience using Bonusly has been nothing short of great. I really like using this app and how well it works for me.

Pros

Some things I like about Bonusly is ho2 easy-to-use it is. Its mobile app is also amazing and I never have issues when I am using it. Its truly amazing.

Cons

I haven't had really any problems with Bonusly except a few times it would run slow. But mostly it's been pretty great when I use it.

Roberta
  • Industry: Health, Wellness & Fitness
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
4
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5.0
Reviewed on 16/12/2024

Helps Boost Workplace Culture

Pros

Keeping your employee motivated through rewards and recognition helps in boasting the workplace culture and morale. Its an easy to use tool that supports a number of capabilities. Employees are able to engage and send a word of encouragement to one another.

Cons

I have found the tool to have minimal faults and downtime.

Emily
  • Industry: Recreational Facilities & Services
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
1
Features
3
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
1

2.0
Reviewed on 9/04/2024

Terrible Customer Support

Pros

I loved that it integrated with zapier - this was exactly what I was looking for in a product like this.

Cons

They have NO customer service dept. After having my account deactivated (for suspicious activity, I was told?), I reached out to them - then, after waiting almost two weeks for a response, I finally messaged the email listed in their google reviews. I was promptly contacted, but then sent to another rep who reactivated, then subsequently deactivated my account again - for reasons he could not disclose? I’ve since contacted my credit card company to get my money back.

Aarica
  • Industry: Education Management
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5.0
Reviewed on 14/11/2024

Simple tool to recognize and celebrate each other's accomplishments

Overall, I really enjoy Bonusly. Bonusly has made it simple to recognize and celebrate each other's accomplishments in real-time with more meaningful and tangible rewards and the GIFs are a fun touch!

Pros

One of the best aspects is how customizable the rewards are. From gift cards to donations, Bonusly offers something for everyone, which really boosts participation and encourages frequent, meaningful recognition.

Cons

Bonusly works best when it's an integral part of the work culture, promoting positive reinforcement and continuous acknowledgment of efforts. When used sparingly, the sense of shared celebration and team unity can wane. When employees see Bonusly being used inconsistently, they might not see its value or may forget about it, leading to a decline in adoption and participation rates.

Marco
  • Industry: Banking
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
  • Review Source
Value for Money
0
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
0

5.0
Reviewed on 24/08/2024

Recognition Must

Pros

Bonusly has a greatly designed system which simplifies employee/employer recognitions.

Cons

Catalog pricing seems a bit over priced.

Alternatives Considered

WorkTango, Awardco and LemonadeLXP

Reasons for Switching to Bonusly

At the time, Bonusly was most appealing compared to the other platforms.
Alexander
  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
3

5.0
Reviewed on 19/11/2024

Bonusly is an amazing employee recognition tool!

Overall experience with the tool has been excellent. As a primary admin and promoter of the tool, everything from front end usage to back-end resolution has been really simple and great.

Pros

Bonusly is a very strong employee recognition tool that encourages the use and engagement amongst this. The design really makes recognizing simple and receiving recognition rewarding and fulfilling.

Cons

The catalogue can be limited for companies outside of the United States. There are options for custom rewards but those still have to be manually processed. The automated redemptions are fairly limited.

Sitav
  • Industry: Apparel & Fashion
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
4
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
3

5.0
Reviewed on 31/10/2024

The Best Way to Say "Great Job!"

Wonderful experience, this program helps boost morale and bond employees, and is a great way to provide "thank you's" that actually matter and have real merit.

Pros

LOVED my experience with Bonusly, this is such a fun and easy way to spread company morale, to help employees feel valued, to spread goodwill, and to bond coworkers. I love being able to send kudos that people can actually cash in for prizes, it means so much more and gets employees more excited than just a blanket "thanks," that doesn't speak the way that actual prizes do. This gives actual merit to your thanks, and gets employees excited to hype each other up.

Cons

No complaints at all, although I was a primary user and not part of the team involved in setup, so I can't speak on that - Bonusly is easy to use, grows company morale, and employee happiness, and gives employees actual money to spend on what they really want. The best way to say "good job!"

Dave
  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
  • Review Source
Value for Money
4
Features
4
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

4.0
Reviewed on 16/12/2024

Bonusly is great!

Great experience to get all your colleagues involved and highlight their hard work during that specific week or month!

Pros

I loved that you could give points to coworkers and also choose donations as rewards.

Cons

My company did not always keep the stock up to date so sometimes we would choose rewards and find out weeks later that they were not available

Chitrang
Chitrang
  • Industry: Telecommunications
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1-5 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
4
Features
4
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
4

4.0
Reviewed on 18/10/2024

A great tool for employee recognition

Bonusly has provided a way to give due recognition and incentive to the employees, which has over the time enhanced the satisfaction and efficiency of the employees. A must-use tool for any organization.

Pros

A great product which offers effective employee recognition, giving incentives, gift cards to the employees. It helps in payroll reporting, employee management, and provides a platform for team building. It has been provided with a easy-to-use interface for employees, HRM and the management.

Cons

I found the customer support a bit delayed. Also, the analytics can be further improved. Otherwise, it is a great software.

Vince
  • Industry: Financial Services
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
0
Features
4
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
0

4.0
Reviewed on 23/01/2025

Good way to materialize employee recognition

Pros

good way to recognize employees and have more than empty words

Cons

required adoption across the company but was hard to do

Brian
  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
4

4.0
Reviewed on 9/01/2024

Great platform for empoyee recognition and engagement

Great! Our staff loves it and Bonusly is a core part of our culture.

Pros

Easy pre-loaded catalog, slack integration, able to name your own points, simple website.

Cons

User experience on the points giving site could be better. I need to wait seconds to get users to load.

Verified Reviewer
  • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5.0
Reviewed on 12/10/2023

A Fun and Effective Way to Recognize and Reward Employees

Pros

Helps to create a more positive and productive work environmentBoosts employee morale and engagement

Cons

Nothing that I can think of. It is a fun platform actually

Ahmad Farhad
  • Industry: Management Consulting
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5.0
Reviewed on 1/12/2023

Reward your employees with Best Way Possible!

Bonusly is a great product, we have been receiving awesome feedback from our clients and employees since we used it to appreciate our employees in the best way possible. It's easy, quick, and convenient. Thank you Bonusly!!

Pros

Bonusly helped us to recognize and appreciate our hardworking employees with the value they deliver to our loyal customers. We use it to announce our employee of the month and other ice breakers who work hard and deliver the best customer services to our clients in different projects and are the best co-workers. And then reward them with different possible gifts easily.

Cons

This is an amazing tool for our business, I can't explain how useful it is for our business.

Kiran
  • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
  • Review Source
Value for Money
0
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
0

5.0
Reviewed on 23/10/2023

Best Employee Appreciation Tool

Overall I am really happy using Bonusly for the employees. The peer-to-peer recognition system helps employees to stay motivated. The best thing is personalized messages along with bonus points.

Pros

Bonusly has changed the way we recognize and reward our employees. Its user-friendly interface helps non-tech employees to adapt quickly. This tool keeps employees encouraged. Public appreciation is really important for any employee's life and this tool fulfills our company culture.

Cons

There is nothing that I came across while using Bonusly. I am really really happy with this tool and its services.

Aiden
  • Industry: Banking
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
0
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5.0
Reviewed on 5/06/2023

Bonus.ly

Pros

I love that it's so easy to use - some users can have difficulty integrating with a new platform, but never an issue with Bonus.ly.

Cons

[My views do not reflect the view of the organization as a whole] While the customer service is fast, it's usually pretty one-note and not very 1 to 1. I'd like to see more personalized outgoing communication.

Alex
  • Industry: Financial Services
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 6-12 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
4
Features
3
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
4

4.0
Reviewed on 12/01/2024

Bonusly helped build a positive and ambitious work culture

Pros

Really easy to implement and a fun way to recognise the team and drive performance.

Cons

Hard to get in touch with customer service.

Brendan
  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
  • Review Source
Value for Money
0
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
0

5.0
Reviewed on 4/12/2023

Bonusly Review

Pros

Very customizable. Large database of gifs and other fun things

Cons

You only have certain thresholds to cash out rewards.

Greg
  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
4
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
4

5.0
Reviewed on 12/07/2023

Bonusly provides an easy way to recognize your co-workers

Easy to use, positive experience overall from the user perspective

Pros

We have Bonusly integrated with slack which makes it very easy to use and see who is being recognized. Our HR leader has also tied this into our core value awards which makes it even more relevant.

Cons

Overall, it really is easy to use to recognize peers. The ability to pool bonusly awards and then distribute hose across a group of people easily would be a great feature to allow for teams to recognize other individuals and teams. Also, when giving award points to multiple people, that counts as one recognition event when it should count as multiple - multiple people recognized.

Salah
  • Industry: Accounting
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5.0
Reviewed on 18/07/2023

Saif

Pros

The site is very convenient and excellent. I recommend everyone to try it

Cons

An application that works through the fingerprint and the password must be developed to increase privacy

Norton
  • Industry: Banking
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for Free Trial
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
4
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5.0
Reviewed on 14/08/2023

Lvery good

I like it sofar

Pros

It s really underdtandable and simple to users

Cons

I would’ve add more featurues.

Marko
  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
  • Review Source
Value for Money
0
Features
4
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
0

5.0
Reviewed on 21/02/2023

Awesome tool for peer recognition!

Bonusly is easy to use and has helped to improve employee engagement and morale. The social and collaborative features of Bonusly have been particularly well-received, with many users reporting that the public recognition feature has helped to build a more positive and supportive work environment.In terms of the software itself, Bonusly appears to be very user-friendly and customizable. The ability to create custom reward categories and integrate with other software tools is a major plus for organizations looking for a tailored solution. While there are some potential drawbacks to consider, such as the cost and limited reporting features, these limitations are relatively minor compared to the overall benefits of the software.Overall, my impression of Bonusly is very positive, and I would definitely recommend it to organizations looking for an easy and effective way to improve employee recognition and engagement.

Pros

Simple and Easy to Use: Bonusly has a very user-friendly interface, which makes it easy to use for everyone. It doesn't require any technical skills or knowledge, which means that employees can start using it right away without any training.Customizable: One of the best things about Bonusly is that it is highly customizable. Organizations can create their own reward categories, set point values, and even integrate the software with other tools for seamless use. This means that Bonusly can be tailored to meet the specific needs of any organization.Social and Collaborative: Bonusly encourages teamwork and collaboration, making it an excellent way to build team morale and strengthen working relationships. The public recognition feature allows everyone in the organization to see who is doing great work and who deserves to be recognized.Positive Impact: Bonusly has a positive impact on employee engagement, morale, and recognition. The software encourages employees to recognize and appreciate each other's efforts, which leads to a more positive and supportive work environment.Real-time Analytics: Bonusly provides real-time analytics that help organizations track employee engagement and recognition. This data can be used to identify areas of improvement and to develop strategies for increasing employee engagement.Overall, I think Bonusly is an excellent software solution for organizations that want to improve employee engagement and recognition. Its ease of use, customizab

Cons

While I think Bonusly is a great software solution, there are a few areas that could be improved. Here are some potential cons to consider:Cost: The cost of Bonusly can be a drawback for some organizations, especially smaller ones with limited budgets. However, the pricing is competitive compared to similar software solutions on the market.Limited Reward Options: Bonusly offers a limited number of reward options, which may not be ideal for all organizations. While it's possible to customize the reward categories, the available options are still relatively limited.Reliance on User Adoption: Bonusly's effectiveness relies heavily on employee participation and adoption. If employees are not actively using the software to recognize their colleagues, the program may not have the desired impact.Limited Integration Options: While Bonusly integrates with some popular software tools, the options are relatively limited. This may be a drawback for organizations that rely on other tools for HR or employee engagement.Limited Reporting Features: While Bonusly provides real-time analytics, the reporting features are relatively limited. Organizations may need to export the data to another tool to perform more in-depth analysis or track longer-term trends.Overall, while there are a few potential drawbacks to Bonusly, these limitations are relatively minor and are outweighed by the benefits of the software.

Priscilla May
  • Industry: Real Estate
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5.0
Reviewed on 9/05/2023

Bonusly is a great platform for employee rewards.

Excellent

Pros

I like bonusly since it provides more option and realtime support.

Cons

there is sometimes delays in claiming rewards.

Brandon
  • Industry: Financial Services
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1-5 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
0
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5.0
Reviewed on 12/05/2023

Fun and Engaging

It's been a positive experience from the user's perspective. I'm happy my company decided to partner with Bonusly.

Pros

I like that it increased team recognition and the rewards have real value. It's also encouraged donations to charities within our organization.

Cons

I have no complaints about Bonsuly so far. From a user's perspective, it's been only positive. I don't have any experience in set-up or account management, though.

Sam
  • Industry: Biotechnology
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
  • Review Source
Value for Money
0
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
0

5.0
Reviewed on 13/04/2023

Bonusly is great!

Pros

The perks that come with it are great. Also really like the exchanges you can make.

Cons

I think there should be a cash back option or sometimes options that give you extra value rather than always 1:1 ratio.

Sherissa
  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5.0
Reviewed on 28/02/2023

Bonusly is wonderful!

Overall, I’ve had a very wonderful experience with bounusly.

Pros

A great software that lets my employees work harder based on the rewards they will receive.

Cons

A little bit pricey, but well worth the cost. This is a great system.

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