Bucketlist vs Guusto

Bucketlist is an employee recognition and rewards platform with social recognition, automated awards, incentives, and analytics. Employees can recognize peers or managers in a feed with comments, GIFs, emojis, and values tags. The platform can trigger personalized awards for birthdays and service milestones, and it supports nomination workflows and goal-based awards linked to KPIs and business goals. Its rewards catalog includes gift cards, experiences, swag, donations, and custom perks; the site says it serves more than 200 countries. Reports cover participation, team coverage, values alignment, redemption trends, and budget use. Integrations include HRIS data sync and recognition within Microsoft Teams, Slack, Zoom, and Outlook; named integrations or partnerships include ADP Workforce Now, Microsoft Azure AD, Dayforce, Beekeeper, and Zipline. Bucketlist is available on web, iOS, and Android. Pricing is tiered by the number of employees in a program, with a one-time setup fee and annual fee; reward costs are billed separately at base cost. Prices are available on request.

Guusto provides employee recognition and rewards software intended for both frontline and office workers. Programs can cover milestones, anniversaries, birthdays, peer recognition, manager awards, nominations, performance awards, safety incentives, and learning incentives. Rewards can be sent by email or SMS, printed, displayed as QR codes, or routed to a manager for in-person delivery. Recipients can redeem Guusto cards for gift cards, company swag, charity donations, or custom rewards. Program managers get workspaces with separate budgets and admins, approval workflows, cost-center pools, real-time reporting, and taxable-benefit reporting. Integrations include HRIS, single sign-on, and collaboration tools such as Microsoft Teams, Outlook, SharePoint, and UKG Pro; the API supports recognition and reporting connections. The service is available on Android, iOS, web, and API. A free plan is listed, and the pricing note includes a 30-day trial. Essential costs $4 a month per sender seat and $0.70 a month per recipient seat, with a $200 monthly minimum and annual billing. Premium costs $5 a month per sender seat and $1 a month per recipient seat, with a $500 monthly minimum and annual billing.