Qarrot vs Recognize

Qarrot is an employee rewards and recognition platform aimed at improving workplace culture and employee performance. Managers can recognize employees, colleagues can recognize one another, and the service can issue birthday and work-anniversary awards automatically. Incentive campaigns let managers set measurable objectives and award points and badges when employees meet them. Participants can monitor progress, compare results on leaderboards, and congratulate colleagues. Qarrot runs on web, iOS, and Android, with recognition through web, mobile, and chat channels. Integrations listed include Slack and Microsoft Teams; the maker also describes syncing employee data with BambooHR. Pro includes a global rewards catalog and customizable company rewards, while gift-card reward costs are based on face value. Reporting includes data the maker says can help with payroll taxes for recognition programs. The free trial costs nothing for 30 days and supports unlimited users, with no credit card required. Pro costs $4 a month, billed at $3.60/user/mo annually, plus reward costs, and requires at least 20 users. Qarrot is the business name of Friendefi Inc. and is headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Recognize is an employee recognition and rewards platform for office, remote and frontline teams. It supports peer recognition, manager awards, nominations, anniversaries, incentives, surveys and approval workflows, with custom award types and budget controls. Recognition can be delivered through web, mobile and chat channels, with notifications by email, SMS, desktop push or mobile push; notifications can also be disabled. Its rewards catalog includes gift cards, Amazon products, experiences, live events, swag, travel and company-funded rewards. Employee apps for Android and iOS provide recognition feeds, recognition sending and reward redemption. Integrations include Office 365, SharePoint, Outlook, Microsoft Teams, Zapier, Slack, Yammer and Workplace by Facebook. Employee additions and removals can sync using Azure AD, Workday or sFTP data. The OAuth-secured REST API reads and writes recognitions, users, nominations and redemptions, while webhooks provide real-time events. Pricing is available on request; subscriptions are annual and based on organization or active-user count. A free trial is available, but there is no free plan.