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What Is Kudos?

Recognition matters! Unlock employee potential through recognition with Kudos®. Clients in over 80 countries have built thriving cultures using this simple, scalable SaaS solution.

Kudos® is an employee engagement, culture, and analytics platform, that harnesses the power of peer-to-peer recognition, rewards, values reinforcement, and open communication to help organizations boost employee engagement, reduce turnover, improve culture, and drive productivity and performance.

Who Uses Kudos?

Kudos partners with mid-sized and enterprise clients worldwide in all industries. The Kudos platform is used in over 80 countries on six continents in a wide variety of industries and languages.

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Reviews of Kudos

Average score

Overall
4.8
Ease of Use
4.8
Customer Service
4.7
Features
4.7
Value for Money
4.6

Reviews by company size (employees)

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  • 51-200
  • 201-1,000
  • >1,001

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Tyson
Tyson
Regional Director Of Operations in Canada
Verified LinkedIn User
Hospitality, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Nothing short of an exceptional experience! Our team is in loving with having Kudos.

5.0 7 years ago

Comments: More customizing options for the pages feature, but not really a con. I've found a work around by creating custom graphics with my preferred images and fonts and uploading. Very easy to read on mobile phones which is so nice! This has become our company "go to" for resources such as our benefit program overview.

Pros:

The program is incredibly user friendly and availability on all platforms: computer, mobile, Gmail build in, and more. We have employees with language barriers that can use the program with ease! The program has connected our company and solidified our core values of team. With hotels spread out our province, all the teams can come together to recognize, share best practices, and celebrate success. It has also helped me get to know our team and helps our ownership group stay involved with day to day news. One of the customer rep, from the beginning, has been incredibly helpful and efficient. Kudos Support help answer any questions I have so quickly and properly. Not to mention, I have given multiple improvement requests which have come through shortly after! Kudos truly cares and we feel valued... most importantly, our team feels valued having this incredible tool to recognize and communicate with each other. I would not hesitate to recommend Kudos to any other organization.

Maria
Phlebotomy Technician in US
Hospital & Health Care, 5,001–10,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Kudos is so nice!!!

5.0 11 months ago

Pros:

I love that you can interact with the people you work with. I have been using kudos for over 2 years now and it's so easy to log in and recognize any coworker of yours that helped you out or when out of their way. Its also a great way for your supervisors to show their appreciation for their employees by saying something nice or giving someone a kudos points that could later be converted to gift cards. I will continue to use this platform!

Cons:

It would be great if we had more gift card choices! Overall kudos is great.

Sunita
Product Marketing Manager in UK
Retail, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Kudos review

4.0 2 months ago New

Comments: My overall experience is positive and I would like to recommend to my friends.

Pros:

I like that it is like an online card which allows a keepsake from all team members.

Cons:

I dislike that on the free version we only have 10 reviews in one board.

Nabi
Service Center Supervisor in Afghanistan
Consumer Services, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Kudus encourages me

3.0 5 years ago

Comments: Naturally, every human beings need for some sort of encouragement in life carrier. One of the best software which motivate us beyond extra miles, I've ever seen is Kudos. My specific experience; I got an exceptional vote from our CEO for attending a hard meeting with governor while all telecom operators were switched off due to security situation. As a result of my long discussion with governor, MTN was the first operator which restored and I was motivated by our CEO.

Pros:

It is well designed in 4 categories with clear explanations and easy use

Cons:

To be frank nothing is least likely in this software

Philip
Marketing analyst in US
Information Technology & Services, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

A superb Employee recognition and engagement solution

5.0 10 months ago

Comments: Kudos has made it easy for employees to engage and has provided a platform for rewarding employees.

Pros:

I like the its easy to engage and reward employees boosting their morale in work and this helps improve performance.

Cons:

The only drawback is that depending so much on technology may ruin personal relations