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Fringe vs. Benepass: beyond budgets

While Benepass focuses on financial benefits admin, Fringe adds culture, recognition, lifestyle perks, and wellbeing—all in one platform that people actually use.

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Key Features

How does Fringe compare to Benepass?

Fringe doesn’t just move money around—it makes benefits meaningful and focuses on how they actually impact people’s lives.

Holistic Employee Experience

Cost Consolidation

Employee Choice

Human-First Experience

Culture Building

High Impact

Analytics & Reporting

Recognition, rewards, lifestyle benefits, wellbeing, challenges, L&D, swag, gifting

Teams often save 40–60% by replacing multiple point solutions with Fringe

Flexible options across recognition, gifting, lifestyle perks, wellbeing, and more

Benefits and programs connect to employees’ real-life needs

Recognition, engagement, and perks are integrated to strengthen company culture

90% engagement rate, and 84% higher loyalty than competitors

Comprehensive reporting on engagement and ROI across all programs

Benepass

Benefits wallet focused on managing pre- and post-tax funds only

Sits alongside existing tools, increasing overall stack cost

Limited to available pre-tax and post-tax categories

Mainly transactional; employees must decide how to use funds themselves

No recognition or culture tools; lacks true employee connection

Low engagement due to lack of programs that actively encourage usage

Reporting focused on fund usage and balances

FAQs about pricing, setup, and more

A closer look at how Fringe works, what it costs, and how it stacks up against other platforms.

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How does Fringe compare to other HR platforms on cost?

Most companies pay for several point solutions. Fringe replaces them all. Our customers often save 40–60% while adding more functionality in a single platform.Explore our plans and pricing.

What’s included in Fringe’s base price?

Everything you need to run a complete employee experience program—recognition, rewards, wellbeing challenges, gifting, lifestyle spending, and more. No separate modules. One platform, one invoice, one simple PEPM.

Can we start small and scale later?

Absolutely. Many companies start with one feature—like Recognition or Lifestyle Spending—and expand as they consolidate. The more programs you fold into Fringe, the more savings and simplicity you unlock.

What kind of analytics can HR teams expect?

One dataset across your entire workforce—clean, simple reporting on participation, spend, and impact, helping prove ROI and guide future budget decisions.

How does Fringe integrate with our HR systems?

Fringe connects with 20+ HRIS and payroll platforms, syncing employee data and milestones, with triggers for birthdays, anniversaries, and new hires.

How long does setup take?

Most teams are live in under 2 weeks. We handle the hard stuff so you can launch quickly. Want to take your time? That’s fine too.

key benefits

What makes Fringe the right strategic choice

Meaningful experiences

Fringe makes benefits more than dollars—programs are designed to connect with employees’ lives and make a real impact.

Three friends outdoors smiling; a woman points ahead while a man and another woman look on happily.

Real engagement

Employees actively participate because benefits connect to what matters to them, boosting loyalty across teams.

User shows 98% engagement with a positive testimonial about gifting a coffee sampler to a friend and buying a blend for themselves, accompanied by a smiling man’s photo.

Better ROI

Every dollar is tied to meaningful perks, avoiding unused benefits and maximizing ROI across your programs.

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I love Fringe! We are able to win Fringe points for contests, doing a great job, and send some to our colleagues to show them we appreciate them! It's a great addition to ourcultureand it's so fun being able to spend them on items I love, like travel. It's user friendly and they have a great support team to answer any questions you have. Our company loves it.