Give River vs Engagedly
Engagedly is an AI talent management suite: performance reviews, OKRs, a learning platform, recognition with gamification, surveys, and talent mobility. Each is priced as a separate suite, billed annually, with a $7,500 yearly minimum. Give River covers recognition, rewards, micro-learning, team challenges, and surveys for one published price, $5 per user per month on Core, billed monthly and starting free.
Where Give River stands apart.
$5 per user, everything included
Core covers recognition, rewards, micro-learning, team challenges, and surveys for $5 per user per month. No add-on modules, no hidden upcharges or fees, no long-term contract.
90% average adoption
Customers average 90% adoption, against the 20–30% typical of workplace tools. Seasons give people a reason to come back.
Built around the game
Seasons, team challenges, River Rankings leaderboards, and streaks are the product, not badges added to a recognition feed.
Built on the 5G Method
Gratitude, Gamification, Growth, Generosity, and Guidance: a framework drawn from the sports psychology behind championship teams.
Which should you choose?
Choose Give River if…
- You want recognition, learning, team challenges, and surveys for one price. At Engagedly those are separate suites that add up to $7–$9 per user per month, billed annually.
- You're a smaller team. Engagedly's $7,500 yearly minimum works out to $12.50 per user per month for 50 people.
- You want gamification built around time-bound Seasons and team challenges, not only points, badges, and levels.
- You want charitable giving, wellness, and volunteering in the same platform.
- You want to start free, pay monthly, and launch in about two weeks with a River Guide coach.
Choose Engagedly if…
- You need a full performance cycle: reviews with calibration and 9-box, 360° feedback, OKRs, and 1:1s.
- You want a full learning platform with learning paths, compliance tracking, and libraries such as Udemy and LinkedIn Learning.
- You want talent mobility, succession planning, mentoring, or compensation from the same vendor.
- You're a larger organization, from a few hundred to tens of thousands of employees, with frontline staff to reach by SMS or kiosk.
Feature by feature.
| Feature | Give River | Engagedly |
|---|---|---|
| Published pricing | ✓ | Yes, per suite |
| Minimum spend | None | $7,500 per year |
| Free plan or trial | Free plan; 30-day trial on paid plans | Not listed; demo available |
| Billing | Monthly, no long-term contract | Annual |
| Peer recognition tied to company values | ✓ | Praise and values badges ($2 suite) |
| Points, badges, and leaderboards | Drops, badges, River Rankings | Points, badges, levels, leaderboards ($2 suite) |
| Seasons and team challenges | 1–3 month Seasons with team challenges | Not listed |
| Learning | River Runs micro-learning, 5–20 min (Core) | LMS and LXP ($3–$5 suite); libraries via integrations |
| Surveys and eNPS | Surveys, polls, eNPS (Core) | Engagement survey, pulse, eNPS ($2 suite) |
| Performance reviews and OKRs | Goals and coaching (Growth) | Reviews, 360°, OKRs, 1:1s ($5–$8 suite) |
| Birthdays and work anniversaries | Core and up | Badges and virtual cards |
| Rewards catalog | Gift cards and custom rewards (Core) | Tango gift cards, Switchfly travel, custom rewards |
| Charitable donations | ✓ | Not listed |
| Volunteer management | Growth plan | Not listed |
| Wellness programs | Wellness Seasons | Wellbeing questions in pulse surveys |
| Slack and Microsoft Teams | Slack on Free; both on Core | Both: notifications, praise, and feedback |
| HRIS sync | BambooHR, ADP, Rippling, Workday, and other HRIS integrations available. | BambooHR, ADP, HiBob, Paylocity, Gusto, and more |
| Single sign-on | Core and Growth | SAML, Okta, Entra, Google, AD FS |
| iOS and Android apps | Core and up | Included with every suite |
| Coach or success manager | River Guide: shared on Core, dedicated on Growth | Setup and training included; guided-service packages unpriced |
| Best-fit company size | Roughly 10–500 employees | A few hundred to tens of thousands |
Engagedly details come from Engagedly's public website and help center, checked October 5, 2026 (sources below). Plan names in a cell show where a feature sits. “Not listed” means we couldn't find it on their site. Products change, so confirm with Engagedly before you decide.
What Give River looks like.
Time-bound 1–3 month Seasons with a team leaderboard.
5–20 minute modules on wellness, professional growth, and soft skills, plus your own.
Employees turn Drops into donations to the causes they choose.
Peer shout-outs tied to your company values, with Drops attached.
An engagement coach who designs your Seasons and reads the data with you.
Engagement trends, Drops activity, and eNPS results in one dashboard.
What each one costs.
Give River
Free plan that includes your first Season. Core is $5 per user per month; Growth is custom, up to $9 per user per month. Paid plans start with a 30-day free trial, no credit card required, with no long-term contracts, no hidden upcharges or fees, and discounted nonprofit pricing. Your rewards budget is separate and set by you. See all plans.
Engagedly
Engagedly publishes prices per suite, per user per month, billed annually: Performance $5–$8, Learning $3–$5, Recognize & Reward $2, Engage & Listen $2, and Talent Mobility $2. Mentoring ($8), Compensation ($10), and Deskless Communication ($5) are add-ons, and the full bundle is quote-only. There's a $7,500 yearly minimum. Basic setup and training are included; its two guided-service packages aren't priced. Rewards are pre-funded by you.
Give River vs Engagedly: common questions.
For teams that want engagement more than HR administration, yes. Engagedly is a talent management suite with performance reviews, a learning platform, and succession planning, priced per suite. Give River puts recognition, rewards, micro-learning, gamified Seasons, and surveys into one $5-per-user plan, and starts free.
Give River Core is $5 per user per month, billed monthly, and covers recognition, rewards, micro-learning, team challenges, and surveys. At Engagedly, recognition ($2), surveys ($2), and learning ($3–$5) are separate suites that add up to $7–$9 per user per month, billed annually, with a $7,500 yearly minimum. For a 50-person team, that minimum alone is $12.50 per user per month.
Both use game mechanics, in different ways. Engagedly awards points and badges for activities, with levels and leaderboards, in its $2 Recognize & Reward suite. Give River is built around gamification: every program runs as a 1–3 month Season with team challenges, the River Rankings leaderboard, and streaks.
Engagedly, if you want a full review cycle with calibration, 9-box, 360° feedback, and OKRs. Give River's Growth plan includes goals and coaching, and focuses on the daily recognition, learning, and teamwork that reviews measure.
Yes. Engagedly sends notifications to Slack and Microsoft Teams and supports praise and feedback there. Give River includes Slack on the Free plan and both Slack and Microsoft Teams on Core and Growth.
Sources, checked October 5, 2026
- Engagedly pricing
- Rewards and gamification
- Gamification concepts
- Leaderboards
- Learning experience platform
- Team Pulse and eNPS
- Rewards and recognition overview
- Integrations overview
- Integrations
- Engagedly vs Bonusly (company size)
- Engagedly on the App Store
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See Give River in action.
30-day free trial. No credit card. River Guide included on Core and Growth.