# Xoxoday Plum vs Guusto

Source: https://nachonacho.com/software-comparisons/xoxoday-plum-vs-guusto

Choose Xoxoday Plum if you need to embed rewards in a product or run programs across multiple countries; choose Guusto if your priority is employee recognition, especially for frontline workers without company email. Both vendors currently offer reward distribution for employees and external audiences, so this comparison is worth publishing. The deciding differences are Plum’s dashboard, API and storefront options versus Guusto’s recognition workflows and offline delivery.

## At a glance

| | Xoxoday Plum | Guusto |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Primary focus | Rewards, incentives and payouts | Employee recognition and rewards |
| Published pricing | Custom quote | Free tier; Lite $150/month; Essential $200/month minimum; Premium $500/month minimum |
| Platforms | Web dashboard, REST APIs and embedded storefront | Web, mobile app and printable rewards |
| Frontline delivery | Email, SMS and WhatsApp | Print-outs, QR codes and manager delivery |
| Recognition features | Employee rewards and scheduled campaigns | Shoutouts, nominations and milestone awards |
| Reward catalog | 30+ categories across 150+ countries | 100+ merchant options |
| Integrations | Optional CRM, survey, workflow and HRMS integrations | HRIS, SSO, collaboration tools and API |
| Unclaimed rewards | Value stays with buyer on pay-on-redeem; with Xoxoday on pay-on-send | Full credit for canceled unclaimed gifts on Lite and above |
| Sender and recipient seats | Multi-user, role-based access | Lite includes 1 sender and 250 recipient seats |
| Multi-currency setup | One currency per wallet; multi-account setup available as an add-on | Not published |
| Deployment | On-premise deployment available as an add-on | Not published |
| Enhanced support | Premium SLAs and dedicated CSM available as an add-on | Dedicated account representative and support SLA on Premium |

## Which to choose

### Choose Xoxoday Plum if

- Teams embedding a branded rewards storefront
- Developers triggering rewards through APIs
- Businesses running rewards programs across multiple countries
- Teams rewarding employees, customers or partners from one platform

### Choose Guusto if

- Employers recognizing frontline or deskless staff
- Managers running shoutouts and milestone awards
- Teams needing printed or QR-code rewards
- Buyers seeking published paid-plan starting prices

## Verdict

Pick Xoxoday Plum when your team needs a configurable rewards infrastructure for incentives, gifting or an embedded redemption marketplace. Pick Guusto when managers need to recognize employees through shoutouts, milestone awards and gifts that can be printed or delivered by QR code. Pricing is another deciding factor: Plum provides custom quotes, while Guusto publishes a free tier and paid-plan starting prices.

## Questions

### Which is better for employee recognition?

Guusto is the closer fit for a dedicated employee-recognition program: it publishes shoutouts, nominations, milestone awards and ways to reach frontline workers. Xoxoday Plum offers employee rewards but focuses more broadly on reward distribution.

### Which is better for embedding rewards in an app?

Xoxoday Plum offers REST APIs and a branded redemption storefront. Guusto also publishes an API for triggering recognition and rewards from other systems.

### Can either product reach workers without company email?

Guusto publishes printable gifts, QR codes and manager delivery for workers without email or phone numbers. Xoxoday Plum publishes email, SMS and WhatsApp delivery.

### How do Xoxoday Plum and Guusto price their plans?

Xoxoday Plum asks buyers to contact sales for pricing tailored to their program. Guusto publishes a free tier, Lite at $150 per month, and minimum monthly contracts of $200 for Essential and $500 for Premium.

### What happens to unclaimed gifts?

With Xoxoday Plum, unredeemed value stays with the buyer under pay-on-redeem and with Xoxoday under pay-on-send. Guusto says canceled unclaimed gifts are credited back in full on Lite and higher tiers.

### Do both products support integrations?

Yes. Xoxoday Plum lists optional CRM, survey, workflow and HRMS integrations alongside its APIs. Guusto lists HRIS, SSO, collaboration and API integrations; availability may depend on the plan.

### Which product offers a broader published rewards catalog?

Xoxoday Plum publishes 30 or more reward categories across more than 150 countries. Guusto’s pricing page lists more than 100 merchant options.

## Product pages

- Xoxoday Plum: https://nachonacho.com/product/plum
- Guusto: https://nachonacho.com/product/Guusto