Pulsido vs Assembly
Assembly bundles recognition, rewards, and an AI assistant into one plan. Pulsido offers a free plan and adds pulse surveys on Business.
Assembly is a recognition and rewards platform with celebrations, announcements, awards, challenges, a global rewards catalog, and an AI layer called Dora that surfaces insights and nudges. Pulsido covers recognition, celebrations, awards, challenges, and rewards too, and adds pulse surveys and confidential feedback on its Business plan.
The short version
- Pick Assembly if you want one plan with an AI assistant for insights and nudges, or you need enterprise security options and custom integrations.
- Pick Pulsido if you want to start free, pay less per person, or run pulse surveys and eNPS in the same tool.
Side by side
| Pulsido | Assembly | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes, with no time limit | Not listed on Assembly's pricing page |
| Main plan | Pro $2 per person per month (yearly) | Empower $3 per user per month (yearly) |
| Peer recognition with points | Yes | Yes |
| Celebrations | Free plan | Empower |
| Awards and challenges | Pro | Empower |
| Rewards catalog | Gift cards and donations through your Tremendous account, your own perks, swag | Global rewards catalog |
| AI insights and nudges | No. The weekly round sends a plain nudge to people who haven't given kudos | Dora Hub |
| Pulse surveys and eNPS | Business, $4 per person per month | Not listed on Assembly's pricing page |
| Enterprise plan | Yearly contracts with invoices and payment terms | Custom pricing with advanced security and custom integrations |
Where Assembly is ahead
- AI insights. Dora looks for trends and suggests nudges. Pulsido shows the numbers in analytics and leaves the reading to you.
- Enterprise options. Advanced security and compliance options and custom integrations on its Enterprise plan.
- Announcements to the whole company are built in.
Where Pulsido is different
- Free plan. Kudos, values, celebrations, and the weekly round cost nothing.
- Lower price. $2 per person for Pro against $3 for Empower.
- Surveys. Business adds the weekly pulse, eNPS, custom and onboarding surveys, and confidential feedback conversations.
- QR codes for the front line. Print a code for a front desk or shop floor; customers and visitors can thank someone too, after a review.
For 100 people
Assembly Empower is $3,600 a year. Pulsido Pro is $2,400, and Business with surveys is $4,800.