Who wrote this, before anything else: videos.me, which makes a competing tool and is not in the comparison below. We are not going to tell you which of Kudoboard and Tribute to pick. Every figure here was read off their own pricing pages on the date stamped under the tables, and the totals are computed from those models rather than typed by hand.
These two are compared constantly and they do not make the same thing. Kudoboard makes a board: a page of notes, GIFs, photos and short clips that people post to, browsed by whoever it is for, and printable as a book or a poster. Tribute makes a film: video messages assembled into one video that plays start to finish.
That difference decides the price comparison before you get to the numbers. Kudoboard charges by the board and how many posts it holds, so a long celebration costs the same as a short one. Tribute charges by how long the finished film runs, so the same group costs more the more they talk. Kudoboard is the lower number in every row of the table below, and that is not the useful finding: the useful finding is that a board and a film are not substitutes, so the question is which object you want to hand over, not which costs less.
Where the price does turn is at the edges, and both edges are in the table and the questions underneath: Kudoboard sells a dedicated memorial board at $99, which is more than Tribute’s entry film, and Tribute publishes no annual plan while Kudoboard publishes several.
| Kudoboard | Tribute | |
|---|---|---|
| What you end up with | A board: notes, GIFs, photos and clips on one page | A film: video messages assembled into one video |
| How it is experienced | Scrolled, usually alone | Played start to finish, usually with people |
| What the price is charged by | The board, by how many posts it holds | The finished film’s length |
| The ladder | Lite $6.99 to 20 posts, Premium $9.99 to 100, Milestone $19.99 unlimited | $35 to 30 min, $49 to 60 min, $99 beyond |
| A dedicated memorial product | Memorial board, $99 | Not published as a separate product |
| Annual plans | 5-board pack $35 a year; Business $299 a year to 50 employees; Pro $449 | None published |
| Video’s role | One tile type among several | The whole artifact |
| Contributors who would rather write | Served directly: a note takes seconds | Not the format; it is a video tool |
| Physical output | Print the board as a book or a poster | 7-inch Video Book, on the $149 tier |
| Done-for-you editing | Not applicable; there is nothing to edit | Concierge editing, $99 |
| Contributor reminders | Listed as “Reminders” under Administration, with no detail published | Automatic reminders built in |
These two do not charge by the same unit, which is why the rows move differently: Kudoboard by how many posts the board holds, Tribute by how long the finished film runs. The same collection is priced on each, computed from their published ladders.
| Collection | Kudoboard | Tribute |
|---|---|---|
| 6 clips of 30 sec | $6.99Lite Board, holds 20 posts | $35.00DIY, up to 30 min (film runs 3 min) |
| 15 clips of 60 sec | $6.99Lite Board, holds 20 posts | $35.00DIY, up to 30 min (film runs 15 min) |
| 40 clips of 35 sec | $9.99Premium Board, holds 100 posts | $35.00DIY, up to 30 min (film runs 23 min 20 sec) |
| 40 clips of 60 sec | $9.99Premium Board, holds 100 posts | $49.00DIY, up to 60 min (film runs 40 min) |
| 120 clips of 60 sec | $19.99Milestone Board, holds unlimited posts | $99.00DIY, 61 min and over |
We make the film, like Tribute, and we charge by something neither of these two uses: the videos you actually receive. That removes the length question entirely, so a talkative group does not cost more than a brief one, and it removes the board question too, because every contribution is a person on camera rather than a tile.
What we do not make is the board, the print, or the editing suite. If the people contributing would rather type than record, a board is the right object and we are the wrong tool. We may be the better option when what you want is the watched moment and you cannot predict how many people will reply, since the whole loop works before any payment.
| Collection | videos.me |
|---|---|
| 6 clips of 30 sec | $2.10pay as you go, 6 × $0.35 |
| 15 clips of 60 sec | $5.25pay as you go, 15 × $0.35 |
| 40 clips of 35 sec | $14.00pay as you go, 40 × $0.35 |
| 40 clips of 60 sec | $14.00pay as you go, 40 × $0.35 |
| 120 clips of 60 sec | $42.00pay as you go, 120 × $0.35 |
Every route for every tool in the category, including the annual plans and a year of collections, is worked out on our cost comparison page.
Kudoboard and Tribute facts read from kudoboard.com/pricing and tribute.co/pricing, 12 October 2026. Their features and prices are theirs to change; check their sites for current details. Our own figures are read from the pricing service that charges the card, not typed.
On the published ladders, yes, at every size: a Kudoboard board runs $6.99 to $19.99 depending on how many posts it holds, where Tribute starts at $35 and rises with the finished film’s length. The two prices buy different objects, though, so the comparison is less useful than it looks. The exception is a memorial, where Kudoboard’s dedicated memorial board is $99 and Tribute’s entry film is $35.
A Kudoboard is a page people post to: notes, GIFs, photos and short clips, laid out as tiles, and it can be printed as a book or a poster. A Tribute is one video: contributors record messages and the clips are assembled into a film that plays start to finish. A board is browsed, usually alone. A film is played, usually with other people in the room.
It depends on the rhythm rather than the occasion. Kudoboard publishes annual plans, a 5-board pack at $35 a year and a Business Plan at $299 a year for up to 50 employees, which suit an organisation celebrating something every few weeks. Tribute publishes no annual plan, so a workplace running many occasions pays per film each time.
Both publish something for it and they are priced very differently. Kudoboard sells a dedicated memorial board at $99. Tribute does not publish a separate memorial product, so a memorial film is priced like any other film, from $35 by length. The choice is the same one as everywhere else on this page: a page of written memories and photographs, or a film of people speaking.
Yes, clips are one of the things people can post, alongside notes, GIFs and photos. The difference is structural rather than a feature gap: the clips sit as tiles on a board that gets scrolled, instead of being assembled into one video that plays through.
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