Fringe is an employee experience platform that combines recognition, rewards, wellbeing, perks, and other employee programs. Recognition includes peer-to-peer and manager options, automated birthday and work anniversary acknowledgments, and AI-assisted shoutouts. Employees can choose personalized lifestyle benefits, which Fringe says are available in over 60 countries. Wellbeing choices include fitness, therapy, meditation, stress management, and financial guidance. Admins can create challenges and campaigns with rewards, leaderboards, and participation tracking. For gifting, Fringe offers a custom swag store, curated kits, bulk orders, on-demand dropshipping, and scheduled or real-time gifts. Fringe says it connects with 20+ HRIS and payroll platforms, syncs employee data, and can trigger recognition for milestones and new hires; recognition can also connect with Slack and Microsoft Teams. The rewards platform works via web, and Fringe recommends its Android or iOS app as well. Scale costs $2/mo for companies with 1k–10k employees; Growth is $3/mo for teams under 1k employees. Enterprise pricing is custom and not listed.
Who it is for
Fringe suits organizations looking to combine employee recognition, lifestyle benefits, wellbeing options, and engagement campaigns. Its plans specify different employee-size ranges, and Enterprise is listed for organizations above 10k employees.
What is good
- Supports peer-to-peer and manager recognition.
- Lifestyle benefits are available in over 60 countries.
- Campaigns include rewards, leaderboards, and participation tracking.
- Integrates with 20+ HRIS and payroll platforms.
- Web, Android, and iOS are listed.
What to know first
- No free plan is listed.
- Enterprise pricing is custom and not specified.
- The platform charges per active user.
- Fringe recommends downloading the app in addition to web use.
Verdict
Fringe combines recognition and employee programs with wellbeing, benefits, gifting, and campaign tools.
Fringe plans and pricing
All plansCompared on employee rewards software
- Free plan
- No
- Reward types
- points
- Redemption catalog
- Yes
- Incentive campaigns
- Yes
- Global rewards
- Yes
- HRIS integrations
- Yes
