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Fringe vs. Perks at Work: beyond deals

While Perks at Work offers a catalog of discounts, Fringe delivers benefits tied to real needs and preferences, helping employees engage, thrive, and feel valued every day.

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Key Features

How does Fringe compare to Perks at Work?

Fringe delivers employer-funded benefits that employees actually use, not just discounts they may ignore.

Holistic Employee Experience

Cost Consolidation

Everyday Life Relevance

Culture Building

High Impact

Perceived Value

Analytics & Reporting

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

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

Benefits designed to impact real life, not just one-off purchases

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

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

Employer-funded benefits that create real, tangible value for employees

Comprehensive reporting on engagement and ROI across all programs

Perks at Work

Discount marketplace with learning content; not a fully integrated platform

Companies often need additional tools, increasing overall spend

Value depends on whether employees choose to shop

No recognition or culture tools; limited connection to company values

Low utilization due to discounts often feeling optional and forgettable

Employee-funded purchases using personal money

Reporting focused on marketplace activity and deal usage

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

Real investment in people

Fringe delivers employer-funded benefits that create meaningful impact in employees’ everyday lives.

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Engagement made easy

Fringe drives high participation through relevant benefits, while simplifying setup and ongoing management for lean HR teams.

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Higher impact, smarter spend

Fringe ties company dollars to benefits employees actually use, driving better ROI than low-cost discount programs.

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Fringe surprised me quite a bit! I knew it was a company benefit, however didn't pay much attention to it until towards the end of this year. Then I logged in and realized that I was able to purchase so many of my family's holiday gifts at NO COST through Fringe! What an amazing way to thank your employees for working hard. It was so easy to use, and the options are endless.