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Fringe vs. Bonusly: beyond recognition

While Bonusly focuses on recognition and rewards, Fringe goes further by connecting them with wellbeing, learning, lifestyle benefits, and more—all in one place.

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Key Features

How does Fringe compare to Bonusly?

Fringe replaces multiple tools with one platform—reducing total cost and complexity while boosting adoption.

Holistic Employee Experience

Cost Consolidation

High Impact

Employee Choice

Analytics & Reporting

Scalability

Integrations

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

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

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

Employees choose what benefits, rewards, and perks matter most

Comprehensive reporting on engagement and ROI across all programs

Designed to scale from small to enterprise teams

20+ HRIS systems, Slack, Teams, swag, and wellness tools like Fitbit and Apple Watch

Bonusly

Limited point solution focused on recognition & rewards only

Companies often need additional tools, increasing overall spend

Standalone solutions often see much lower engagement and loyalty rates

Options are limited to fixed reward marketplace

Basic recognition reporting only

Best for small to mid-sized teams

HRIS and collaboration tools only

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

Holistic by design

Unlike point solutions, Fringe was built as a unified ecosystem, not a collection of disconnected add-ons.

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Higher adoption, less admin

One login and smarter automation means employees actually use the platform, and HR teams spend less time managing it.

Better ROI

Consolidating multiple tools into Fringe reduces complexity, administrative overhead, and overall program spend.

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Best holistic perk program for employees! Fringe allows employees to use their points on anything they find meaningful. It solves the issue HR has faced again and again when trying to reward employees or pick a perk program such as gym memberships, home office stipend, etc. It's easy to administer, and we have received great feedback.