Consider Kudos
Consider Kudos when HR runs several programs (nominations, celebrations, announcements) across a larger organization with HRIS and SSO.5,12
Kudos alternative · side by side
Valori vs Kudos
Kudos brings peer recognition, nominations, celebrations, and reporting into one company-wide program, sold through sales. Valori is focused on teams: published pricing, recognition, formal awards with certificates, and portfolios employees keep.1,5
Starting price
Valori
Kudos
Not published.1
Valori$39/mo for up to 10 people, $89 for 25, $169 for 50, and $299 for 100. 20% off yearly; 101+ is custom.
Free plan or trialValori
Kudos
No free plan or trial published; offers a 30-minute demo.1
Valori21-day free trial on every plan. A payment method is required to start.
Getting startedValori
Kudos
Sales-led demo. Implementation time isn’t published.1
ValoriSelf-serve: pick a plan, invite your team with a link, and start recognizing the same day.
The short answer
Which one fits your team?
Where each platform is the stronger choice, from Kudos’s own pages and Valori’s product.
Consider Valori
Consider Valori when a team wants to start without a sales cycle and give earned awards a downloadable certificate and a place in an employee’s portfolio.
- Flat team pricing with every feature included
- Branded certificates for every award
- Portfolios employees curate, share, and keep
Key differencesWhere Valori and Kudos
Where Valori and Kudos
take different paths.
The three differences most likely to decide it, from Kudos’s own pages and Valori’s product.
Getting started
01KudosSales-led demo; pricing and implementation time aren’t published.1
ValoriSelf-serve with published prices and a 21-day trial.
Program breadth
02ValoriRecognition and leader-issued awards, without nominations or HRIS sync.
What employees keep
03ValoriPNG and PDF certificates, LinkedIn-ready links, and a portfolio employees keep.
Side by side
Feature by feature.
20 features across pricing, recognition, awards, integrations, and scope.
- Included
- Partial
- Higher plan or add-on
- Not offered
- Not documented
| Feature | Kudos | Valori |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing & buying | ||
| How it’s priced | Quote required Not published; pricing comes from sales.1 | One flat monthly price per team size, not per user. Every feature is on every plan. |
| Starting price | Quote required Not published.1 | $39/mo for up to 10 people, $89 for 25, $169 for 50, and $299 for 100. 20% off yearly; 101+ is custom. |
| Free plan or trial | Not offered No free plan or trial published; offers a 30-minute demo.1 | Included 21-day free trial on every plan. A payment method is required to start. |
| Minimums & contract | Not documented Minimums and contract length are not published. | Monthly or yearly billing. No setup fee and no long-term contract; cancel anytime. |
| Getting started | Sales-led demo. Implementation time isn’t published.1 | Self-serve: pick a plan, invite your team with a link, and start recognizing the same day. |
| Recognition & rewards | ||
| Peer recognition | Included Peer recognition, with an AI assistant that helps with wording.3 | Included Peer recognition in a shared team feed, with points, reactions, and comments. |
| Company values | Included Admin-defined values and qualities; awards can link to values.4 | Included Tag up to three company values on each recognition. Admins choose the values. |
| Birthdays & anniversaries | Included Automated birthday, work-anniversary, onboarding, and new-starter cards.8 | Partial Upcoming birthdays and work anniversaries appear with a one-tap prompt to recognize. Posts aren’t automated. |
| Rewards catalog | Included Advertises hundreds of thousands of options: merchandise, gift cards, travel, mobile top-ups, charities, and custom rewards.2 | Partial Your own catalog: you choose the rewards, employees redeem points, and admins approve and deliver them. |
| Reward fees & billing | Says there are no transaction fees or hidden costs; how reward spend is billed isn’t published.2 | None. Valori doesn’t sell or mark up rewards; you fund and deliver them directly. |
| Awards & career proof | ||
| Nominations | Included Awards with custom badges, and nominations with forms, windows, and winner selection.5 | Not offered No nomination workflow. Managers and admins issue awards directly. |
| Award certificatesA downloadable record of a formal award | Partial Classic-platform docs: an award badge can be viewed as a certificate. Download or print isn’t documented.6 | Included Every award generates a branded certificate, downloadable as a PNG or PDF. |
| Sharing to LinkedIn | Partial Classic-platform docs: an admin-enabled LinkedIn integration lets users post recognition. Not found in current docs.7 | Included Employees can publish an award as a public link, share it to LinkedIn, and revoke it later. |
| Employee-owned portfolioA record employees curate and keep | Not documented Awards appear on a user’s profile; no export or take-with-you record is documented.6 | Included Valori portfolios: employees curate recognition and awards, ask a manager to verify, and export a PDF. It’s theirs to keep. |
| Integrations & access | ||
| Slack | Included /recognize in Slack, with optional points.9 | Included Recognize with /valori; recognitions post to a channel with React and Comment buttons. |
| Microsoft Teams | Included Microsoft 365 integration for Teams and Outlook on the web.10 | Not offered Not available yet. |
| Mobile | Included iOS and Android apps.11 | Partial Installable web app for phones and desktops. No App Store or Google Play app yet. |
| HRIS & SSO | Included ADP, Workday, UKG, SAP SuccessFactors, Paylocity, BambooHR, and more; SSO with Okta, OneLogin, Ping, and Google.12 | Not offered No HRIS sync or SSO yet. People join with an invite link and sign in with email or Google. |
| Reporting & scope | ||
| Analytics | Included Real-time dashboards and engagement by team or manager, exportable to Excel or PDF.13 | Included Manager and admin insights: participation, values usage, and teammates who haven’t been recognized. |
| Surveys & broader HR | Partial Announcements and Spaces; pulse surveys are documented for the classic platform.14,1 | Not offered By design. Valori focuses on recognition, awards, and career records, not surveys or reviews. |
Showing 9 of 20: pricing and awards
“Not documented” means it isn’t on Kudos’s public product, pricing, or help pages.
What it costs
Price it for your team.
Move the slider to compare subscription list prices at your team size.
KudosQuote required
Kudos doesn’t publish prices; pricing comes from a demo.1
Valori$89/moGrowth plan, up to 25 people. Every feature included; 20% less when billed yearly.
List-price subscription estimate from each vendor’s published pricing. Excludes rewards, taxes, add-ons, and negotiated discounts. Ask Kudos for a quote at your headcount.
Price and plan context
Not published. Kudos offers a demo or a call with sales.1
Ask for the subscription price, reward funding, included integrations, and any program limits in writing.
Compare against Valori’s published plans, then budget separately for the rewards your company chooses to provide.
FAQ
Valori vs Kudos: common questions.
Short answers, drawn from the sources below.
How much does Kudos cost?
Kudos doesn’t publish pricing; its site offers a demo or a call with sales. Valori publishes flat team prices from $39/mo, with a 21-day trial.
Does Kudos have nominations?
Yes. Kudos documents awards with custom badges and nominations with forms, windows, and winner selection. Valori doesn’t have a nomination workflow; managers and admins issue awards directly.
Can employees share Kudos recognition on LinkedIn?
Kudos’ classic-platform help center documents an admin-enabled LinkedIn integration; we didn’t find it in the current platform’s docs, so confirm with Kudos. In Valori, employees can publish an award as a link, share it to LinkedIn, and revoke it later.
Is Valori a good Kudos alternative?
For a team that wants to start without a sales cycle and give awards a lasting record, yes. For HR teams running nominations, celebrations, and announcements across a large organization with HRIS sync, Kudos covers more of that.
Method
Sources and review notes
Published by Valori. Numbered notes throughout link to the official Kudos pages below, reviewed on . This is our read of each platform’s documented workflows, not a hands-on benchmark or an independent review. A feature that isn’t documented may still exist, and availability can depend on the plan purchased, so confirm current features, contract terms, and total costs directly. Spotted something out of date? Email support@valoriapp.io and we’ll fix it.
- [1]Kudos homepage
- [2]Kudos rewards program
- [3]Kudos employee recognition
- [4]Kudos help: values and qualities
- [5]Kudos help: nominations
- [6]Kudos classic help: badges and awards
- [7]Kudos classic help: LinkedIn integration
- [8]Kudos help: celebrations and cards
- [9]Kudos help: the Kudos app for Slack
- [10]Kudos help: Microsoft 365, Teams, and Outlook
- [11]Kudos on the App Store
- [12]Kudos integrations
- [13]Kudos help: engagement summary report
- [14]Kudos classic help: pulse surveys
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