Recognition and rewards · RankedKudos
Kudos is recognition software for organizations · kudos.com ↗
Read the same way at every company size.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Bonusly is first at 61%.
Bonusly is first at 58%. 0 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Awardco is first at 29%.
Why models recommend it
“Choose Bonusly/Kudos if you want simple, fast, peer-driven recognition with minimal setup.”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Comparative question · alternative
“simpler, per-seat pricing models (like Bonusly or Kudos) that allow you to scale up later”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Negative question · alternative
“4. Kudos - suitable for culture-first teams, with a starting price of $2-$5/user/mo”Llama 4 Maverick · Budget-constrained question · alternative
“Go with Kudos if you have a significant portion of your workforce living abroad.”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Paraphrase question · alternative
What gives them pause
No model argued against it.
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Kudos, over the 52 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | 28 | View → | |
| 39 | 1 | View → | |
| 29 | 5 | View → | |
| 28 | 0 | View → | |
| 26 | 7 | View → | |
| 23 | 1 | View → | |
| 23 | 0 | View → | |
| 17 | 3 | View → | |
| 16 | 1 | View → | |
| 9 | 0 | View → |
What the models named instead of Kudos →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Kudos's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- organizations
- Free plan or trial
- 30-Minute Demo; Book a Call
- Integrations
- 7
- Certifications
- SOC 2 Type II
- Customers named
- Ubay, Oregon Community Credit Union, Russell, Wilson, ENGIE, Kanika Hotels & Resorts, Make-A-Wish Foundation® of America, KidsPeace
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 46 of the 52 answers that named Kudos and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
188 of the 188 domain citations in answers naming Kudos came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 200 | 5 | 2026-09-25 | Recognition and rewards, People analytics | |
| Glossary or explainer | 160 | 0 | 2026-05-06 | Benefits administration, Compensation management | |
| News or press | 73 | 0 | 2025-01-30 | ||
| Case study | 19 | 0 | 2025-01-30 | ||
| Webinar or virtual event | 8 | 0 | 2025-01-30 | ||
| Report or ebook | 3 | 0 | 2025-01-30 | ||
| Comparison | 2 | 0 | 2025-01-30 | ||
| Template or tool | 1 | 0 | 2021-10-07 |
Most recent
- 2026-09-25How recognition drives employee engagement in credit unions blog
- 2026-08-27The art of noticing has our attention span declined blog
- 2026-08-10Why employee rewards matter blog
- 2026-08-04How kudos works blog
- 2026-07-13Whats new in kudos your 2026q3 product update blog
- 2026-06-25What happens when you design a workplace around humans blog
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page kudos.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.