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Company Info

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Features  Empuls Tinypulse
Founded in  2012  2013
Employee size  51-200  51-200
Geographical presence  USA, Europe, South-east Asia, Middle East, Australia  USA
Go-live time  0-7 days  0-7 days
Target Company size  Small, Mid and Enterprise  Small and Mid

Communication Features

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Features Empuls Tinypulse
Communities & Groups  - Create groups based on teams, departments, interests, projects etc for effective communication, celebrations, task management and collaboration.
- Share and manage work, information, social interactions, likes, comments etc like any workplace social media application.
  Feature not available.
Feeds & Announcements  - Feeds visible at group level. Feeds have access controls rights to enable or disable various options.
- Send & share recognition with awards/value cards/greetings/hashtags.
- Profanity filters & report abuse features.
- Post,likes, comments, edit, share, delete options.
- Share announcements to specific person or teams or company.
- Rich file management with access controls.
- Attach documents/files, GIFs, images, video, audio, links, hashtags, e-cards, value-badges and more.
  - Tiny pulse only allows only limited recognition and suggestion feed.
- Send & share recognition to peers with value tags/tiny cards/images/gifs, no access controls possible.
- Vote, comment on the cheers.
- No file attachments or announcements possible.
Chat/voice bot  - Chat one to one or in a group.
- Chatbot to answer any questions related to the product, any features or workflows.
- AI enabled bot for intelligent actions on the platform.		  - No chat/voice bot on the platform.
- No chat engine for internal communication.
Notifications & to-do  - Receive notifications on email/mobile app/web browser for all actions like comments, celebrations, mentions, tags, surveys, feedbacks recognition, announcements, events & rewards.
- A filtered to-do action list to remind on pending actions.
  - Receive survey, cheers, feedback, vote notifications only.
- No to-do action list.
Greetings, celebrations & value cards  - Greet instantly with configurable greeting e-card options.
- Celebrate life events like marriage, new joinee, retirement, baby shower, work anniversary and more.
- Custom celebrations, events, and festivals can be configured and automated DIY.
- Recognize values and behaviours exhibited.		  Feature not available.
Search  Easy global search for content, groups, users, messages, documents, files, audio/video, employees, mentions and tags etc.  Only employee search.

Empowerment Features

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Features Empuls Tinypulse
Reward Funds Management  - Manage reward budgets and funds.
- Share funds with different teams.
- Manage funds with reports and access controls.		  Basic rewarding function through third party.
Engagement Pulse Surveys  - Pulse surveys to measure employee engagement.
- Fill rate, nudges and reminders.
- Actionable insights through tables and graphs.
- Benchmarking with respective industry data.
- Build with top behavioural scientists and experts.
- Configure frequency, cadence, audience, and intervals.
- Actionables for key insights from the surveys through rewards, recognition, communication and other features.
- Access to top independent consultants and consulting firms for execution.		  - Pulse surveys to measure employee engagement.
- Actionable insights.
- Benchmarking with industry data.
- Configurability available.
- No actionables due to lack of other engagement features.
Anonymous Feedback  - Collect or give anonymous feedback on different dimensions.
- Measure sentiments and feedback cohorts.		  - Collect & give anonymous feedback, suggestions and comments.
- Measure sentiments.
Custom survey templates  - Ready templates on employee onboarding, L&D, Hiring, Exit, Diversity & Inclusion, and other similar employee lifecycle events.
- Draw insights from reports.
- Templates build with top consulting firms in each area of expertise.
- Build or use own templates if required.		  - Only few survey templates.
- Draw insights from reports and filters.
- Build or use own templates.

Motivation Features

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Features Empuls Tinypulse
Value & Behaviour Recognition  - Configure values and behaviours as per the organization.
- Appreciate/Recognize/Award/Reward people for showing good values and behaviours.
- Intelligence and reports with different dimensions.		  - Values can be configured.
- Appreciate with cheer-to-peers.
Nomination Workflows  - Different rule engines for award nominations can be configured as per your organizational needs.
- Configurations are self serve and DIY.
- Any permutation or combination is possible to build these nomination rules like inter-department, inter-location, inter-teams, reporting structures, approval structures etc.		  Feature not available.
Complex rewarding types  - Simple to any kind of complexity can be handled in rewards.
- Commonly used reward templates like Peer to Peer, Team, Spot, Jury, Value based, Milestones, Service, Monetary, Non-monetary awards are available.
- Any new template can be custom made as per company requirements directly from the platform.
- Approval workflows can be configured directly from the platform.
- Option to reward in bulk or individually.		  Feature not available.
Occasion & Festival gifts  - Run un-limited campaigns for various occasions and festivals with elegant e-cards, templates & funds.
- Common examples are Birthdays, Anniversary, Mother's Day, New Year, Diwali, Christmas and many more.
- Scheduler for deffered gifting.		  Feature not available.
Gamification  - Gamify using leaderboards, milestones, awards and badges.
- Advanced rule engines can be built for gamification based on company requirements.
- Campaigns based on fitness, health, performance, targets can be easily managed with game elements and reports.		  Feature not available.
Award certificate  - Attach certificates for any reward.
- Certificates can be customized as per company brand guidelines DIY.		  Feature not available.

Technology

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Features Empuls Tinypulse
Export & Import data  Export or import CSV or xls files for users, rewards, gifts etc directly or through third party systems like HRMS, SFTP etc.  Export data to csv, xls, pdfs.
Reporting and Analytics  - Reports on feeds, groups, engagement, gifts, rewards, influencers, funds, surveys, conversations etc.
- Different views, graphs and filters.
- System generated nudges based on data intelligence.		  - Reports on cheers and surveys only.
- No system generated nudges.
Custom Configurations  - Email Templatization for custom branding.
- Configurable access controls.
- DIY Whitelabelling of colors, landing page, logo etc.
- Custom reward workflows.		  
Only access controls.
Third-party Integrations  Integrate with HRMS, HRIS, SSO, SFTP, SAML. Can integrate with Slack, Facebook, Microsoft Teams, Yammer on demand.  Integrate with HRMS, SSO, collaboration tools.
DIY & Self Serve enabled  Free trial, Fully DIY, Set up guides, Resources.  No free trial or DIY.
Developer APIs & Marketplace Apps  Ready Developer APIs and relevant marketplace apps.  Open Developer APIs and market place apps .
Mobile App & Web  Android, iOS & web access.  Android, iOS, web access.
Login  SAML,SSO, ADFS, Okta, One login and more integrations.  SAML, SSO, ADFS.
International Languages  Architecture to support any global language  Only English.
Security  - Audit logs.
- GDPR, ISO 27001 compliant.
- Local deployment and Hybrid cloud facility.		  - GDPR compliant.
- Security testings.

Others

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Features Empuls Tinypulse
Support  - Guaranteed 99% up-time SLA.
- Dedicated account manager.
- 24/7 - Chat/Bot support.
- Email/Phone support.
- Implementation and onboarding support.
- HR consulting partner support.		  - Email support.
- 24/7 helpdesk support.
- Implementation support.
Resources  Blogs, e-books, videos, community, helpcentre, webinars, workshops, trainings.  Blogs, e-books, Helpcentre, events, Trainings.
Catalog  - 20000+ Global catalog with Nonprofit donations, Perks, Giftcards, Experiences, Cash cards, Catalog personalization and Omni channel rewarding(email/SMS/App).
- More than 75 countries covered.
- Different currency and geographical taxation support.		  Very limited options.
Pricing  - $3 to $5 per user per month for SMB.
- Free trial with fully DIY.
- Custom pricing for enterprise.		  Starts at $5 per user per month.

Empuls Helps HR leaders, CHROs, and CXOs to effortlessly execute key activities such as award workflows, budget automation, industry-endorsed surveys, and OKRs. With key features such as communication feeds, messaging, groups the software equips employees to engage meaningfully with their peers, and proactively participate in building a culture of collaboration while staying motivated and aligned. Watch out for this space for more such comparison blogs.

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