# Page 3 | Bonusly Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 3 - Is Bonusly the right Employee Recognition solution for you? Explore 1607 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/167338/Bonusly/reviews --- Bonusly 4.8 (1607) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Page 3 - Reviews of Bonusly ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 51-75 of 1607 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use DM Darrik M. Technology Consultant Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "A new way to encourage and capture positive feedback" July 12, 2022 5.0 Bonusly has been a game changer for the org in terms of giving and receiving feedback. We have become more feedback-oriented and have a lot more tangible data to work with. I have anecdotally seen employee engagement increase as they get recognized from their peers. Pros I love that we can formalize the feedback process, whereas before it was not incentivized and didn't hold much tangible weight. Giving/receiving points now has meaning and can be converted into real rewards. It's particularly encouraged a lot of peer-to-peer recognition whereas before we used Bonusly, this was spotty at best. Performance reviews benefit greatly from this tool as well. I can go in and grab all feedback I've received and put it into my packet. I can do the same for those that I manage. Cons We have to use hashtags in our posts and the options are pretty limited. Not a big issue, but having to use a hashtag diminishes the point and power of those specific hashtags. Review Source Junko O. Business Consultant Financial Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "An efficient way to reward employees " May 9, 2023 4.0 A reward system capable of analyzing and delivering incentives to the most outstanding employees in their working days, increasing their satisfaction and their desire to continue growing in the organization Pros I like this tool because in addition to being efficient and necessary if you want to grow as a company, I understand that professionals also need to stay motivated, I also like it because it is customizable, which means that it can be adjusted to business plans and it is also quite profitable, ideal for recognition of employees that is not expensive for the organization Cons I have not found any functions that I do not like, it is quite configurable to the brand itself, it allows identification and helps each recognition to have been exact and evaluated without problems Review Source Mehul S. Salesforce Developer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Best Recognition Software" August 16, 2022 5.0 Simply amazing! Pros Very good denomination & ratio to redeem on Amazon, Flipkart, MMT & Nike. Simple interface to give, manage & redeem points. Lets users add GIFs to the recognition post. Cons Very less categories to redeem the points. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Senior Software Engineer Financial Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Employee Happiness Meter redefined" September 7, 2022 5.0 Employee recognition. We use bonusly with over 90% usage across the year. Have been using it employee recognition and also award employees across the year for fun friday activities, monthly quarterly and yearly awards. Birthday, Annual company recognition and gifting and so much, Pros Easy integration with existing tools, we used slack to integrate. Easy setup and get started in no time. Simple and clean onboarding process. Amazing and very extensivereward catalogs, across the world,including charity and donations. Amazing dashboarding and analytics. Cons it will be better to have more customization like rebranding it based on company design. Custom domain. Alternatives considered [Kudos](https://www.capterra.com/p/140423/Kudos/) Reason for choosing Bonusly Easy to use. Integrations. Decent user fees. No hassle in payment configuration. Review Source Thomas P. Digital Marketing Director Health, Wellness and Fitness Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The perfect modern employee recognition program " December 21, 2022 5.0 I'm a huge fan. Has been successful and used daily by the staff since the first day we implemented it. Pros \-After a little training, easy to use by employees-It's actually USED by the employees, the most important aspect -Software works great, no bugs that I've encountered-Lots of integrations with programs such as Slack-Great selection of rewards-Highly customizable Cons \-May not fit into your HR/Employee Engagement budget Reason for choosing Bonusly I've used it in the past at another company with similar success. Review Source BK Bridgette K. Owner Retail Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Bonusly has its perks!" June 10, 2024 5.0 Pros Bonusly does an awessome at boosting employee engagement. I enjoy being able to increase dialogue and morale amongst my employees with such a great software. Since incorporating this app, my team has been reaching more goals and challenging each other. the peer to peer recognition feature does wonders. The employee analytics offers a real time demonstration in trends and growth Cons i love everything about the software.it is beyond helpful. Review Source Emily J. Account Director Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "A Great Program for Rewards and Peer Recognition" January 19, 2021 4.0 It helps in appearing bonuses to public feed so that everyone will be able to view important activities and work. It helps in making recognition engaging and easy which will help every member of a team to make their activities and work are valuable. It helps in bringing every employee together by incorporating recognition with workflows that are already existed. It helps to engage everyone across departments, locations and teams with social recognition. It helps people in showing the impact of their activities and work. Pros It is an employee recognition program which helps teams to stay connected. It helps employees in recognizing each other easily no matter how they are working. It helps in promoting your missions and making recognition more impressive and impactful by linking it with the core values of your company. It helps in providing visibility to the contribution of everyone. Employees will be able to get a monthly allowance through it for recognition of their contribution. Cons It should provide more features so that we will be able to work with advanced programs of rewards. It should provide integration with other platforms for making monitoring and reporting function better. The dashboard of its rewards should be improvised. Review Source Response from Bonusly January 26, 2021 Thanks for your review! We are happy to learn that Bonusly has provided an easy way to share appreciation amongst the team, regardless of location or department! Thanks for your feedback, and thanks for being a Bonusly customer! DB Desiree B. customer service representative Insurance Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Amazing for employee recognition" June 10, 2024 5.0 Pros I liked the rewards program and the easy management of all employees within the database. Cons there wasnt anything i did not like about this application. it is great for employees Review Source Avash K. WordPress and Pagespeed Optimization Specialist Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Awesome Software to Motivate Team" November 19, 2020 4.0 As a parttime freelancer who works with other freelancers to make things happen - Bonusly has been a great tool to enhance peer-recognition and to motivate my team. I can look at analytics to get a sense of how my team is working. It is easy to use and integrates well with Slack which we are already using. Using Bonusly is has been fun and useful. I highly recommend Bonusly to other businesses out there. Pros The thing I like most about Bonusly is how easy it is to use it. It has intuitive User Interface due to which even first time users can use it fairly easily. Sending messages among team, giving points has been really fun and great social building mechanism. It awesome how Bonusly helps to create awesome office environment with proper peer-recognition in a fun way. I also like that it integrates well with Slack. Personally, I hate when software break and don't perform as supposed to but that hasn't been the case with Bonusly - Bonusly functions seamlessly. Cons I have been using Bonusly for a little more than 6 months and I don't know any cons of it. Bonusly has been helping to increase productivity by motivating team members and functions seamlessly. I just can't think of anything that doesn't work well in Bonusly. One problem I face is that I forget to give bonuses sometimes - but that's not an issue with Bonusly. Review Source Response from Bonusly December 7, 2020 Thanks for your review! It's great to read that Bonusly has been a fun and easy way for your team to recognize one another! We are also happy to learn that our Slack integration has provided a seamless way to give recognition in your day to day! Thanks for your feedback, and thanks for being a Bonusly customer! ML Molly L. Hospital Administrator Veterinary Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Critical to the engagement of our team!" June 15, 2023 5.0 It has been great working with this team. They are a positive group and were very organized during implementation. Pros Love the ease of implementation and how quickly our employees embraced it, instantly increasing team morale! Cons They took away the chat feature for online help and assistance. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Owner Internet Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Show Your Appreciation to Colleagues" December 24, 2020 5.0 Overall I have an amazing experience using Bonusly. I would recommend organizations adopt it as a great solution for employees to engage with one another. I've worked at companies that try to build their own employee-to-employee recognition platforms and they never seemed to be used. Bonusly makes it simple to let employees connect with each other by showing appreciation. Pros Bonusly provides a great way to show appreciation to colleagues. It's a simply way to say you are grateful for the help they provided. Being able to choose the amount of points sent to a team member and feedback for why they deserve the points is amazing. Then, other team members can always add-on points as well. We've had colleagues collaborate together to build larger pools of points, then donate them to charity. It's an easy way to contribute into a large impact even when you only have a small amount of points. Cons The only improvement I would have would be for the emails that inform of points being sent should include a running total in the footer. It seems as though some emails contain the information and others do not. I would prefer to have this on every email. Review Source Response from Bonusly December 29, 2020 Thanks for your review! It's great to read that Bonusly has provided a great way to show your appreciation to your team and has encouraged collaborating for charity! When it comes to our email notifications, we would love to hear your thoughts on how to improve! Please send your feedback to support@bonus.ly so that we can learn more! Thanks for your feedback, and thanks for being a Bonusly customer! Sean O. CEO Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Bonusly does help with peer recognition" September 12, 2019 5.0 When we've had questions for support, they have been quick to respond. Great to work with them. I believe they truly appreciate feedback and continue to develop the product around that feedback. Pros Easy enough to setup. The basics are definitely there. Bells and whistles are added over time. The reporting is great. It's interesting and helpful for management to see those who are being recognized by their peers and for what reasons. Cons As leadership within the company, we still need to drive proper usage of the platform. We see month end emails from bonusly issued and then all of sudden everyone is getting recognition for the simplest of things. That's not really the intent of the product, and we wish we could turn off that month end reminder. It's more harm than good. Obviously, it's in the best interest of bonusly to continue to show high engagement. But we want only authentic recognition. Overall, good program. Review Source Response from Bonusly September 20, 2019 Hi Sean! Thanks for taking the time to leave us feedback about Bonusly. It's great to read that you like to use Bonusly to recognize your teammates! It's feedback like this that reminds us of our goals and vision so for this, we're extremely grateful. Often, we find that disabling the end of the month reminder emails actually hurts participation rate. We certainly want to make sure that you and your team have the best use of Bonusly but we're always happy to help in any way we can. If you'd like, please feel free to reach out to support@bonus.ly so we can explore possible workarounds. Thanks again for taking the time to share your experience with us. YF Yasser F. VP of Engineering Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "A must have in any company" May 29, 2019 4.0 Bonusly accomplishes what I need which is real-time peer to peer recognition. Often times, only big heroic accomplishments are recognized and rewarded, when in fact it's all the little things everyone does every day to help their peers is what makes a company great. Bonusly was flexible enough to accommodate our small startup when we were only 12 people, whereas YouEarnedIt arrogantly stated that they don't take on companies smaller than a 100 employees. Well, we're going to be 100 strong soon, and we're going to be using Bonusly. Pros \- Easy to set up and use - Slack integration - Statistics and reports - GIFs - Does the job I need - Priced well - Lots of rewards - Custom rewards Cons \- Weak rewards dashboard - Manual fulfillment of custom rewards Reason for choosing Bonusly Customer support, accommodated our company size Review Source Response from Bonusly June 10, 2019 Hi Yasser! Thanks for taking the time to leave us feedback about Bonusly. It's great to read that you find using Bonusly easy to recognize your peers and their successes. We think recognizing your colleagues for their success helps motivate teams and it looks like you'd agree! We're always looking to expand upon our existing catalog so please feel free to reach out to us (success@bonus.ly) with any suggestions that come to mind. It's feedback like this that reminds us of our goals and vision so for this, we're extremely grateful. Thanks again for taking the time to share your experience with us. :) Gabriella D. Marketing Specialist Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Bonusly makes every team and workplace better" September 23, 2019 5.0 Overall, my experience has been great with Bonusly. I had one small technical issue which was resolved by a super friendly rep within a day, other than that the platform is extremely user friendly, fun to use, and is genuinely appreciated by all employees. It's a great addition to have it at the company! Pros Bonusly is a great software to show members of your organization how much you value the help or feedback they have provided you, while also being able to showcase cross functional goals to others in the organization. I am able to give recognition to coworkers that don't work in my office, which is really nice when you don't have the ability to thank them face to face. Seeing the Bonusly exchanges also gives me an idea of what is going on in other departments for example: if an Account Executive closes a new deal and gets bonusly, i know (being in Marketing) that we may have another new logo for our website. Bonusly is the perfect balance of not bribing people to do stuff but incentivizing them, plus it's fun to give! Cons There are limited options for redeeming points in Canada, we are restricted to about 15 companies, which is far fewer than the U.S. Review Source Response from Bonusly September 26, 2019 Hi Gabriella! Thanks for taking the time to leave us feedback about Bonusly. It's great to read that you like to use Bonusly to recognize your teammates! It's feedback like this that reminds us of our goals and vision so for this, we're extremely grateful. We're always looking to expand upon our rewards catalog so please feel free to reach out to us (success@bonus.ly) with any suggestions that come to mind! Thanks again for taking the time to share your experience with us. Ryan C. Chief Operating Officer Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "We've had a great experience using Bonusly to reward one another and reinforce our core values." May 11, 2018 5.0 Pros The Bonusly system is extremely easy to use. It requires basically zero training. Our employees love the opportunity to recognize and reward each other. We started using the system as part of the launch of our core values, intending to only use it 2-3 months. It's been a positive enough experience, though, we can't stop now! The system forces users to tie the micro bonus to one or more predefined hashtags. We have hashtags for each of our core values. This gives us a daily reinforcement of how we apply our core values to real life situations and recognizes/rewards employees for doing so. Cons There are only 3 downsides. 1.) You are introducing a new cost into the business, so you need to make sure it's worth it. For us, it has been. 2.) Some of our users report the mobile app doesn't work well, so they will only use the actual website. 3.) The analytics package is amazing, however you can't really share the analytics (like the word map) easily outside of the admin module. Honestly, these seem kind of nit-picky. The positives significantly outweigh the negatives. We were worried that employees might game the system and just give bogus bonuses to one another. We haven't had any problems with that. They give meaningful and motivating bonuses. Review Source PSM Prabhjit Singh M. Website Developer Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Undoubtedly the best platform to Appreciate and Support Your Employees " May 24, 2023 5.0 My overall experience with Bonusly has been Fantastic! From giving my friends bonus, to receiving them and buying my favorite vouchers bonusly has taken employee recognition to the next level. It's a different feeling when you get appreciated between your whole company and see yourself topping the leaderboards. Would recommend to anyone interested in trying out the platform. You won't be disappointed. Pros Everyone knows how hard it is to sit all day and work at an office. In days like this, when you get a compliment or feedback from your co-workers or bosses your day gets 10x better. That's where Bonusly comes into play. Bonusly is a platform where you can appreciate and compliment your employees for all the work they do. When you have successfully signed up with the platform, you'll get access to a news feed like space where you can see everyone from your company giving out bonuses to each other that can be further redeemed for gift vouchers and a lot of stuff. The user interface is very simple and people with no technical knowledge can also get started very easily. You also get a Analytics Dashboard, along with multiple award options that make it fun to use the platform. In my experience, I am absolutely in love with this platform and I never had an issue while redeeming vouchers or giving out awards. Would definitely recommend to anyone who is looking for a good platform to support their employees! Cons There's nothing that I hate about Bonusly but an area where they could work is Customer Support. No one likes to wait for hours to get a reply right? It'll be better if they start offering 24 x 7 live chat option that allows people to get quick resolution for their queries. Review Source KN Kaylin N. HR Business Partner Retail Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Highly recommend Bonusly! " December 21, 2022 5.0 I've been using Bonusly for over 3 years as an admin and as an employee and can't say enough good things about it. Employees love how easy and fun it is to use and it has definitely become a part of our culture at our company. Pros Ease of use, ability to add GIFs and emojis, ability to add our own company values. Customer service and account reps have been great to work with as well. Cons Product feedback we have provided, but being able to make another employee a "proxy" to give Bonusly on their behalf, i.e. an executive assistant being a "proxy" for an executive to go in and give out their Bonusly balance each month. And ability to make different user types based on location or employee type. Bonusly currently has the 3 user types (Benefactor, etc) but we could benefit from more options for our contractors in other countries. Review Source Jeanine A. Owner Food & Beverages Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Bonusly rewards!" May 17, 2022 5.0 I get the chance to hear from my employees how the business can be improved in all aspects. Pros ●Rewards you for your time. ●Accepts real answers and you have to be completely honeet about it. ●individual attention. ●Easy to use. Cons ●Sometimes you do not qualify ●sometimes you are in the middle of a survey and u get kicked out. Review Source AR Abin R. Admin Financial Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Amazing platform for boosting recognition " July 22, 2022 5.0 Experience with using bonusly was great as we had ton of way to let my coworkers know on how their support and team work has been helping throughout and appreciating them via bonusly was fun and amazing. The options to redeem various goodies in gift card is the overall added benefit. Pros The ease of setting up is simple and further sharing the allocated funds to other colleagues as token of recognition is very simple and there are various ways to fancy things in the note to make it more appealing to everyone in the bonusly Cons Based on my usage everything was amazing on bonusly Review Source MdPG Maria del Prado G. Auxiliar Secretaria Broadcast Media Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Sientete recompensada por tu desempeño" August 11, 2023 5.0 Me encanta sentirme recompensada por hacer bien mi trabajo, me gusta mucho que mi empresa sepa valorar que el trabajo hecho de manera excepcional no es hacerlo para cumplir. Pros Históricamente se ha planteado el empleo como un simple intercambio de trabajo por dinero, sin embargo, hace tiempo que se valoran más cuestiones además del salario, Google y otras tecnológicas tienen áreas de descanso y entretenimiento, otras empresas permiten trabajar desde casa o cualquier otro sitio... Bonusly es una opción de recompensar el trabajo para quienes no pueden tener tanta flexibilidad en su puesto de trabajo, el responsable de RRHH puede escoger recompensas, tanto monetarias, de tarjetas regalo o incluso puede poner manualmente recompensas como horas libres o viajes. Cons A veces no está muy claro por qué has recibido la recompensa (puntos) y no permite que se puedan sugerir premios con esos puntos, por ejemplo, algún set de maquillaje que con tu salario te dolería comprar por el precio, pero que con el complemento que sacas con los puntos, no te importaría gastarlos en ello. Review Source Luisa S. Executive Assistant To Chief Executive Officer Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "This is a great tool to reward employees and promote motivation in big teams." May 8, 2018 5.0 Pros \- You can choose how to spend your points throughout the month, who to give them to and the amount. - The US catalog of rewards is great, there are plenty of things for you to spend your points on, Gift cards from a multitude of places, cash out on Paypal or even donate to your charity of choice. - It has very nice integrations with software that we use at the company and the UI is very intuitive. - It's really great for company games and competitions. I recommend using Bonusly 100% as a way to reward employees for hard work and rocking it! Cons \- The international catalogs don't offer many choices. There aren't any other cons that I have experienced, I like this product in general very much. Review Source Response from Bonusly May 17, 2018 Thank you for your feedback, Luisa! We're so happy to hear that Bonusly is helping promote motivation and fun rewards for your team! We are constantly working on adding more international options to our catalog, and hope to have more options available near you soon! If there's ever anything we can do to improve your Bonusly experience, please let us know at success@bonus.ly! Thank you for being a Bonusly customer! FF Flóra F. HR Manager Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "A great tool for recognition" August 23, 2022 5.0 A great tool for recognition, I would recommend it for other HR professionals as well. Maybe better for smaller organizations. Pros Bonus.ly is a great alternative to boosten your employee experience and feedback culture. Our employees like to use it a lot. It is not an oldschool HR software and it makes recognition fun. Cons There is nothing we don't like about it, there could be more option in the analytics part (but this is only for admin reasons). Review Source rJ rebecca J. Associate Principal Telecommunications Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Good program, user friendly" February 16, 2022 5.0 Pros Easy and fun to use. It allows instantaneous recognition to our peers Cons I have used Bonusly for only a few months. So far, my experience has been all positive. Review Source NP Naveen P. Digital Marketing Associate Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "The best tool to appreciate your colleagues" June 10, 2023 5.0 It's a great tool to appreciate your colleagues for their performance and help you in your day-to-day activity. You can reward them with custom hashtags and even claim different gift cards from the reward points that you have.It simply took the employee's appreciation and reward program to the next level. Pros \- Great reward catalog- Variety of tags to choose from while rewarding colleagues- Easy-to-use UI- Great way to share appreciation- Reward redemption is easy- Customs hashtags options Cons \- It's a bit costly as you have to pay per-user price. Apart from that there is nothing that i don't like about it as it is a great application to reward your colleagues for their help and performance. Review Source KB Kat B. Director Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Best employee engagement tool!" February 3, 2020 5.0 What we thought would be a wonderful employee recognition and engagement tool (and it IS!) has turned out to be a really wonderful communication tool. I have recommended Bonusly to many of my professional colleagues. Pros I love the inter-departmental engagement Bonusly has fostered. In a recent communication survey, Bonusly was one of the "tools for success" listed by many of our team members. Checking the Bonusly feed is one of the first things I do each day. The staff love the gif options, and the leadership loves the ability to change the hashtags, and use the analytics. We have enjoyed the opportunity to offer custom rewards (i.e. paid time off, logo wear, etc) as redemption options. Cons Personally, I don't love the "big wig of ..." and other trophies. Sometimes there are just huge bonuses, and then that person is the biggest bonus earner in a category. No one cares. It doesn't fuel engagement, or spark any different behavior. I wish there was a way to opt out of that part. Review Source Response from Bonusly February 10, 2020 Hi Kat! Thanks for taking the time to leave us feedback about Bonusly. It's great to read that you like to use Bonusly to recognize your teammates! It's feedback like this that reminds us of our goals and vision so for this, we're extremely grateful. We find that users really resonate with being able to quantify their Bonusly activity in the form of achievements and/or leaderboards. We see that this helps foster friendly competition and improved adoption, overall! Thanks again for taking the time to share your experience with us. ## Send me user reviews about this product ### Fill out the form and we'll send a list of the top-rated software based on real user reviews directly to your inbox. Talk to a Capterra advisor for free and get results within 15 minutes.