Choose SimpleCards if…
you want a completely free group card with no contributor limits — ideal for occasional organisers, small teams, or anyone who shouldn't have to pay to say happy birthday to a colleague.
Choose Kudoboard if…
you're an HR team running a structured employee recognition programme and need Slack/Teams integrations, HRIS sync, milestone automations, and custom branding at an enterprise scale.
Feature comparison
Pricing and features based on publicly available information as of May 2026.
Kudoboard's free tier is capped at 10 contributors
For most teams, that's not enough. Here's what Kudoboard actually costs beyond the free limit.
Lite board
$5.99
Up to 20 posts
Premium board
$8.99
Up to 100 posts, video
Milestone board
$19.99
Unlimited posts
SimpleCards
£0
Unlimited contributors. All features. Always free.
You can compare for yourself at kudoboard.com ↗.
Where Kudoboard has the edge
Kudoboard is a serious product built for serious HR use cases. Here's where it genuinely wins.
Enterprise integrations
Kudoboard integrates directly with Slack, Microsoft Teams, your HRIS, and SSO providers. If your IT team requires integrated tools, SimpleCards can't match this.
Video messages
Kudoboard lets contributors add video messages — a more personal and emotional format that SimpleCards doesn't currently support.
Analytics and reporting
Kudoboard business plans include analytics so HR teams can track engagement and recognition activity across the organisation.
Milestone automations
Kudoboard can automatically create recognition boards for birthdays and work anniversaries based on HRIS data. If you want to automate celebration at scale, this is valuable.