Empuls vs Glint [ Feature Comparison ]

Company Info

Table 1
Features	Empuls	Glint
Founded in	2012	2013
Employee size	51-200	201-500
Geographical presence	USA, Europe, South-east Asia, Middle East, Australia	USA, Europe, Australia
Go-live time	0-7 days	7-30 days
Target Company size	Small, Mid and Enterprise	Mid and Enteprise

Communication Features

Table 2
Features	Empuls	Glint
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.	Feature not available.
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.	Feature not available.
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.	Survey notifications only.
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.	Feature not available.

Empowerment Features

Table 3
Features	Empuls	Glint
Reward Funds Management	• Manage reward budgets and funds. • Share funds with different teams. • Manage funds with reports and access controls.	Feature not available.
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 engagement, manager effectiveness, team effectiveness. • Schedule to your needs. • Heatmaps with all measurement. • Alerts, Scores on the feedback. • Benchmarking.
Anonymous Feedback	• Collect or give anonymous feedback on different dimensions. • Measure sentiments and feedback cohorts.	• Collect anonymous feedback. • Get rich actionable insights.
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."	Onboarding, manager effectiveness, team effectiveness survey etc., templates available.

Motivation Features

Table 4
Features	Empuls	Glint
Values & 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.	• Behaviour analysis with survey insights. • No rewards available.
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

Table 5
Features	Empuls	Glint
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.	• Import data from excel, csv. • Export in csv.
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.	Predictive analytics, Psychometric analysis, Heatmaps, Alerts, Scores, Engagement reports, Annual Business reviews.
Custom Configurations	• Email Templatization for custom branding. • Configurable access controls. • DIY Whitelabelling of colors, landing page, logo etc. • Custom reward workflows.	• Custom question validation. • Psychometric analysis. • Smart profiles.
Third-party Integrations	Integrate with HRMS, HRIS, SSO, SFTP, SAML. Can integrate with Slack, Facebook, Microsoft Teams, Yammer on demand.	Integrate with HRIS.
DIY & Self Serve enabled	Free trial, Fully DIY, Set up guides, Resources.	No free trial, DIY.
Developer APIs & Marketplace Apps	Ready Developer APIs and relevant marketplace apps.	Limited apps and api integrations.
Mobile App & Web	Android, iOS & web access.	• Survey on any device. • Reports on the web.
Login	SAML,SSO, ADFS, Okta, One login and more integrations.	ADFS, Onelogin.
International Languages	Architecture to support any global language.	International languages available.
Security	• Audit logs. • GDPR, ISO 27001 compliant. • Local deployment and Hybrid cloud facility.	• GDPR compliant. • AICPA \| SOC certification.

Others

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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