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Alternatives to Kudos, as AI models named them

In the October 2026 Edition, 208 of the 252 answers collected in the one category where Kudos holds a standing named it neither as a first choice nor as an alternative. These are the products those answers put first, category by category and buyer by buyer. The output is the models' output.

Named instead, most often
First choices in the 208 answers that did not name Kudos, every category and segment above added together; a product can be counted in several. Each category below keeps its own denominator.

Recognition and rewards

Onboarding and employee experience. Six framings, fourteen models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when Kudos is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessKudos is #7 of 9 here at 0% of first choices, 23 labels.

Seventy of the eighty-four answers did not name Kudos; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those seventy answers, ten products in all, the eight most named:

Bonusly35 of 70
Matter7 of 70
Nectar7 of 70
Guusto4 of 70
Assembly2 of 70
Awardco2 of 70
Motivosity1 of 70
2 more in the record.The full small business standing →
Mid-marketKudos is #7 of 8 here at 0% of first choices, 26 labels.

Sixty-nine of the eighty-four answers did not name Kudos; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those sixty-nine answers, thirteen products in all, the eight most named:

Bonusly10 of 69
Nectar9 of 69
Awardco6 of 69
Achievers4 of 69
Matter4 of 69
Guusto3 of 69
Motivosity2 of 69
BRAVO1 of 69
5 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseKudos is #5 of 10 here at 4% of first choices, 22 labels.

Sixty-nine of the eighty-four answers did not name Kudos; it was the first choice in two. The first choices in those sixty-nine answers, ten products in all, the eight most named:

Achievers21 of 69
Workhuman18 of 69
Awardco14 of 69
Empuls2 of 69
Bonusly1 of 69
HeyTaco1 of 69
Motivosity1 of 69
2 more in the record.The full enterprise standing →

How to read this

A category is asked six ways of each of fourteen models on behalf of each buyer segment, so a segment is eighty-four answers. An answer belongs on this page when the judge labeled Kudos neither its first choice nor an alternative in it; the products listed are the first choices those answers made, counted once per answer. An answer that named nothing first, or named Kudos only in passing, is in the denominator and adds to no product. The counts are not the category standing, which is on the category page with its share and rank; they are the same record read from Kudos's side.

Every answer and every label behind these figures is in the record, sent on request. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index, and a product named instead of Kudos was named by a model, not endorsed by anyone.