# Bonusly review (2026): is it worth $5 a month per user, billed yearly? > Peer-to-peer employee recognition and rewards Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Bonusly lets coworkers recognize each other and lets employees redeem points for rewards from a catalog. It works inside Slack and Microsoft Teams as well as on the web and in mobile apps, and adds milestone celebrations, check-ins and an AI assistant named Bizy. - **Category:** HR Software - **Made by:** Bonusly - **Website:** https://bonusly.com - **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you want wider HR such as payroll or time off, as it only does recognition. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Bonusly is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $5 per user / month with Bizy, billed monthly ($50 per user / year billed annually). - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** 30-day free trial of the Team or Organization plan, no payment information needed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Team + Bizy | $5 per user / month, billed monthly ($50 per user / year billed annually) | Peer recognition, Slack and Teams, mobile apps, milestone celebrations, HRIS integrations, 24/7 chat and Bizy. Without Bizy: $3 per user / month. | | Organization + Bizy | Custom | Everything in Team plus announcements, nominations, spot bonuses, company analytics, SAML SSO and a dedicated customer success manager. | Read from https://bonusly.com/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Bonusly before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **2 months free on annual billing** (Annual discount): The pricing page offers two months free when switching from monthly to annual billing, with $50 per user a year against $5 a month. Source: https://bonusly.com/pricing ## Key features - **Peer recognition:** Employees give each other points with a message, with admins setting how much each person can give and receive. - **Rewards catalog:** Points are redeemed for items such as gift cards, with country-specific options. The company pays face value for rewards redeemed. - **Slack and Teams:** Recognition can be given from Slack and Microsoft Teams, and through iOS and Android apps. - **Milestone celebrations:** Birthdays and work anniversaries can be recognized automatically. - **Check-ins and growth tools:** Smart-agenda one-on-ones, performance recaps and manager alerts are part of the Team plan. - **Bizy assistant:** An AI assistant priced at $2 per user / month, included in the Team and Organization plans as listed. The Organization plan includes 1,000 MCP tool calls a month. ## Good for - Companies that already work in Slack or Teams and want recognition built there - Teams with frontline staff who need a mobile way to give and redeem recognition ## Worth knowing - Rewards are billed separately at face value when employees redeem them, on top of the subscription. - The pricing page shows monthly billing, but its FAQ says all plans are billed annually; confirm the term before buying. - The Organization plan is quoted through sales. - The listed prices apply to new customers only; existing customers are directed to their account manager. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Bonusly lets coworkers recognise each other and swap points for rewards inside Slack or Teams, at $5 a user a month with its Bizy assistant ($3 without). The reward costs are billed separately at face value, and it only covers recognition, not wider HR. - **Value for money: C.** $5 a user a month billed monthly ($50 a year) with Bizy, or $3 without, against a middle of $5 for HR tools. Rewards are billed separately at face value. - **Free plan and trial: C.** A 30-day free trial of the Team or Organization plan, and no payment information is needed. There's no free plan. - **Features: C.** Peer recognition, a rewards catalog, milestones and check-ins. That's one smaller job within HR, and nominations, spot bonuses and SSO are Organization-plan features. - **Ease of use: C.** No rating on record. You connect Slack or Teams and set up points budgets and rewards. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, iPhone and Android, plus Slack, Teams and HRIS links. No desktop app. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Bonusly's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among HR software - Bonusly's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 72 of the 101 other HR software we grade, and level with 12. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 34 of 101) and worst on features (C, above 1). - Its paid plans start at $5 a month for each person, against a middle price of $5 for the category: 20 of the 40 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 3 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/hr-software ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** The plain part of Bonusly you could make: reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 4 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.2 is higher than 72 of the 101 other HR software we grade. It costs $60 a year. - You could make: Reports: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: A members' space with posts, chat and events that people keep coming back to. - You could not: A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page. - You could not: It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## What people say - **App Store rating of the iPhone and iPad app:** 4.8 out of 5 from 4,450 ratings in the United States, read Nov 13, 2026. This is the store's rating of the app, not a score from ToolGPA. Source: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id995249036 ## Works with Slack, Microsoft Teams **Tags:** Reports, AI features, Community ## Alternatives - [HR Cloud](https://toolgpa.com/tools/hr-cloud): HR, onboarding and engagement platform for frontline teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bonusly-vs-hr-cloud) - [Nectar HR](https://toolgpa.com/tools/nectarhr): Employee recognition, rewards and internal communications. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bonusly-vs-nectarhr) - [Lattice](https://toolgpa.com/tools/lattice): Performance reviews, goals and engagement surveys for HR teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bonusly-vs-lattice) - [Culture Amp](https://toolgpa.com/tools/culture-amp): Engagement surveys, performance reviews and development together. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bonusly-vs-culture-amp) - [15Five](https://toolgpa.com/tools/15five): Performance reviews, 1-on-1s, OKRs and engagement surveys. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/15five-vs-bonusly) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://bonusly.com/pricing - https://bonusly.com Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/bonusly Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).