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Juan Pablo
Verified reviewer
Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees
Used weekly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed November 2021
Great gamification / customer engagement platform
Better than expected!
PROSPicnic has helped to keep customers engaged by having enough fun mechanics that challenge them but help us achieve our business goals
CONSWhile the integration is not difficult, it may take a few weeks to get the most out of Picnic
Jeff
Computer Software, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed November 2020
New and better way to think about engagement
PUG is a solid combination of technology and subject matter expertise. They know engagement and how to create strong brand-customer relationships. Going with them was a good decision for us.
PROSWe found that other technologies we evaluated were too niche. We were looking for a solution that would enable us to solve broad engagement challenges across all our segments and channels. Their platform's flexibility in targeting our segments and moving them through key customer journeys was a critical factor in our decision. Scalability and integration were also important.
CONSOnboarding took some time. In all fairness though, not their fault. We chose PUG for their flexibility in personalizing engagement across our segments. We understood that level of flexibility comes with some complexity in execution. Their team was great, though, in helping us ramp up the skills we needed to support ourselves longer term.
Reason for choosing Picnic
We quickly realized out of the box wasn't going to cut it for us. We needed more flexibility. We also saw that PUG's unique methodology was going to be a game changer for us. We were right.
Andrea
Education Management, 51-200 employees
Used weekly for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed May 2021
Great way to explore engagment
This gamification system is a great way to better understand engagement across a range of contexts. It is easy to use, with lots of features!
CONSIt is an expensive program, but once the investment is made and it is in use, the dividends will pay off!
Vamsi
Verified reviewer
Used less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed March 2018
Picnic is the best product to build rich Gamification aspects into your product
We were able to provide impressive Gamification Systems to our Client, based on this product. The PugPharm team are very knowledgable in the Domain, and are very good at advising you about the overall Strategy for you gamification needs.
PROSPugPharm provides a comprehensive end to end service to build Gamification into Products. Picnic is the product that is heart of this enterprise. Picnic helps you define Artefacts, Milestones, Rules that power your Gamification workflows. It scales very well to spikes in loads, and is easy to compose / edit the rules. The team behind the product is certainly the best thing about the product. The team does a good job at on-boarding you with the product, as well help you shape up your Game play aspects. We used Picnic to build Gamification Systems for our clients and the results have been very satisfactory. The team helps with functional aspects of your Gamification story and helps you build a good engagement platform.
CONSThe product is very blackbox style to begin with. The documentation can be improved a lot. More examples of using the product will also be useful, and give the users ability to understand product scope. The product we used was in a SaaS model. Hence any issues with the product should be taken care by the PugPharm team only. We certainly did not encounter any major breakages, but this model can be quite frustrating to fix issues.
Phillip
Non-Profit Organization Management, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed January 2017
PICNIC has been great for our product
We've been using Picnic for almost 2 years now for our product that targets foster youth. We use it for badging and keeping track of rewards that our members have earned. We worked quite closely with the Picnic team and found them to be professional, helpful and timely. I would say that the model we worked on with them was different than their usual model, as we got into a lot of the development on our side to integrate with theirs. They didn't build all of it which I think is their usual model. So, there were quite a few learning curves in integration from both teams, but I think we all learned a lot more. Certainly didn't put me off working with them, just had some bumps to overcome. Hopefully our experience will feed into others into the future working in the same way. As for features, I think I'd like to see more reporting as it is pretty basic, but I think that it is available with more money to support that, so not sure that is really their issue.
PROSI think it's got a comprehensive feature set that works well overall with a lot of the engagement pieces we wanted for working with our members.
CONSIt's $$, but I would say that when we reviewed similar projects, it seemed to be cheaper than some and about the same as others. Still feels expensive as an ongoing license. However, they need recognize our project's non-profit status so that helped.
FEDRICO
International Trade and Development, 2-10 employees
Used more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed October 2020
Great platform for Kotex, meaningful engagement and loyalty
Picnic was our chosen solution for Kotex's customer engagement program. It is very flexible, stable, and scalable. We delivered much creativity through its capabilities while still driving business success metrics. The end to end experience between customers and the brand throughout the duration of their relationship was exceptional. It printed to the end-user a meaningful connection with the brand.
PROSKotex was looking to deepen our customer-brand relationship, especially as it relates to our online audiences. The repeat participation rates and drives on calls-to-action have been the biggest benefits.
CONSThe reporting tools were initially somewhat basic, but these improved as we got deeper into the program and they understood and responded to our data analysis needs better.
Warren
51-200 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed July 2016
Reliable, flexible, well-supported
Lots of features, flexible to create a wide range of projects and campaigns. Support staff very easy to work with and documentation was clear and up-to-date.
Phillip
Online Media, 2-10 employees
Used monthly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed March 2018
Fit the bill for gaming
We were able to get it up and running quickly which met our user goals. It also did a bunch of things that we would have had to spend a bunch of time building. We got what we needed from it.
PROSWe looked at a number of different software packages before deciding to use Pugpharm. It was a good choice for what we needed, which was a quick implementation. We also needed integration with our Drupal website. Their team was pretty flexible and the gameplay understanding was great. We learned a lot about what was needed for our users.
CONSProbably the dashboard, as while functional, it seems like it could be more friendly. Probably something that will be improved and to be honest, it didn't impact functionality. The integration was also a chance for both teams to learn though, as I think we were the first Drupal implementation.
Mirna
Retail, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used weekly for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed March 2022
Great software and team!
So far, so good.
PROSIs the best alternative that we found on market, and we looked a lot!
CONSI think it's just a matter of time for us to get engaged with the software, so we can explote much more the potential that it has.
Reason for choosing Picnic
PUG it's a great team to work with, from the biggining they were always so clear about what we can do or not, and the expertise that they have, had help us a lot to also understand what we need to develop. It's great to work with people and tools that undertand the company and also give more of what's needed.
Arturo
Consumer Goods, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed March 2022
Miniso
Very good. They have acomlished every objective we set in the time that we agreed. everything has been working great. Still at the begining of using the software but for know no complaints.
PROSEasy to use and manipulate. Already tested with hugh results. very freindly for the customer.
CONSDiferent country so its not easy to get together and the language difference. Our company is from Mexico
Reason for choosing Picnic
They were the onesthat show more intrest in the project. Had very good reputation and help us find a road for the payment part that was critical because of the pandemic.
Alfonso E
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed November 2017
Picnic helped me a lot, simplifying and accelerating the gamification process.
I will help a lot in the implementation that Picnic will have more examples of how it is used and more documentation.
PROSPicnic is a reliable and safe tool, which allows me to concentrate on other details of my application.
Andreia
E-Learning, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed March 2022
best cost benefit
Strong point: customizable and adaptable interface
CONSImprovement point: integration complexity
honey
Public Relations and Communications, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed March 2019
Gamification for Environmental Outreach
Love, love, love them, in the most professional way.
PROSThis platform allowed us to set up the game as a seamless branded activity for our ongoing environmental education and outreach effort.
CONSIt's extremely complicated. Still, the staff are available for ongoing support. They have been there for us since we began interviewing companies to consider this approach. They were most interested, ever-patient with our big learning curve and actively interested in making our game a success.