Assembly vs Bonusly

Assembly is a B2B HR SaaS platform for employee recognition, rewards, and workplace culture. Employees can send peer shout-outs, award points, and redeem rewards. Organizations can automate celebrations for birthdays, anniversaries, and new hires, then create custom awards and challenges around their values. Assembly describes Dora AI and real-time dashboards as tools for identifying culture gaps and highlighting contributors. Its integrations page lists 80 connections, including HRIS and SSO tools, Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Axomo. The service runs on Android, iOS, and the web. A progressive web app can be installed through Safari on iOS or Chrome on Android, but it does not provide push notifications. The Empower plan costs $36 a year, billed as $3.00 per user monthly when billed annually. Enterprise pricing requires contacting sales. Paid rewards are charged at face value on redemption and billed monthly. SOC 2 Type II and GDPR compliance are listed.

Bonusly provides peer recognition, rewards, and employee engagement tools for workplace culture. Employees can recognize colleagues publicly in connection with company core values and redeem points for rewards. The catalog includes gift cards, physical gifts, cash and prepaid cards, charitable giving, branded swag, and custom rewards. The platform can mark birthdays, work anniversaries, new hires, and other milestones automatically. Team features include enhanced one-to-ones, performance recaps, pulse check analytics, and automated manager alerts. Bonusly lists Slack and Microsoft Teams integrations, more than 30 HRIS platforms, SAML single sign-on, and an API. Its Bizy assistant can use connected tools such as Slack and Granola to recommend recognition, help prepare for one-to-ones, and summarize team activity; desktop apps are available for Mac and Windows. The free plan is for up to eight users and includes peer recognition, guidance, Slack and Teams integrations, and iOS and Android apps. Paid plans start at $3/user/mo. A 30-day trial for Team or Organization plans does not require payment information. Bonusly states that it is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant.