Bons Mots or Kudoboard: which group card to pick?
Updated July 2026
For a farewell, a retirement or an office birthday, Kudoboard has become the North American reflex: the team signs a shared page and the person celebrated receives it on the day. The complaint that dominates its reviews is the bill: every board is paid for, in US dollars, and the free board caps quickly.
Bons Mots does the same thing, French-first, with a simpler model: the card is free up to 10 messages, and a single payment in Canadian dollars unlocks it fully. Nobody creates an account, neither the organizer nor the signers. Here is the honest comparison, sources included.
What Kudoboard and the others do well
Kudoboard is the category leader and it shows: messages, photos, GIFs and videos, a slideshow reveal, team plans. Its critics aim at the pricing: the free board stops at 10 posts, paid boards run from US$5.99 to US$19.99 each, and a RecoCards teardown documented roughly 19% in fees on a US$5 gift contribution.
GroupGreeting bets on simplicity and a large template catalogue, but every card is paid and reviewers find the presentation flat, one long scroll with no staging. Thankbox and GroupTogether add money collection, with the fees and questions that come with it.
Why Bons Mots is built differently
One payment in Canadian dollars unlocks the whole card: no more message limit, photos and GIFs included. No subscription, no currency conversion, no billing surprise.
Nobody creates an account: you set up the card in a minute, the team signs through a simple link, and the person celebrated receives the gift link at the moment you choose. Presentation mode plays the messages full screen, perfect for the farewell toast.
As for the gift that goes with the card: rather than collecting the team's money and taking a cut, Bons Mots points to a group-gift list on quioffrequoi.ca, our sister app, where amounts are announced between you, never collected by us. Zero fees, by design.
At a glance (July 2026)
| Bons Mots | Kudoboard | GroupGreeting | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free card | Yes, up to 10 messages | Yes, up to 10 posts | No, every card is paid |
| Unlimited card | CAD $5.99, one single payment | From US$5.99 (about 20 posts) to US$19.99 per board | Paid per card |
| Fees on the team gift | None: amounts are announced between you via quioffrequoi.ca, never collected | About 19% observed on a US$5 contribution (RecoCards teardown) | No money pool |
| Presentation mode | Included | Depends on the paid tier | No, plain scroll |
| French | Yes, French-first (English included) | No | No |
Sources
- Why pick Bons Mots over Kudoboard?
- For a local team: the card is paid once, in Canadian dollars, presentation mode is included, and nobody creates an account to sign. Kudoboard remains relevant if your team wants built-in video and already works in English.
- Can we also collect money for a gift?
- Bons Mots never touches the money, on purpose: the card can point to a group gift on quioffrequoi.ca, where everyone announces their contribution. No fees are taken, unlike the built-in pools of the American services.
- Can the person celebrated see the card before the big day?
- No: they only receive the gift link at the moment you choose, and the team signs in the meantime without them suspecting a thing. They can even reply with a word for the whole team afterward.