Free for every team. Forever.
No per-user subscription fees. No credit card required. No 14-day trial countdowns. Kola exists to help African teams give flowers while people can smell them—without HR budget friction.
How much are foreign SaaS tools taking from you?
Overseas platforms charge ~$8 per user every single month in foreign exchange. Choose your currency and drag the slider to see what that drains each year—and what your team could buy instead.
Quarterly invoices, mandatory multi-seat commitments, and US-centric gift cards that team members across Africa cannot redeem locally.
🎉 You keep $4,320 (₦6,480,000) inside your company every year.
That money can fund 1,851 plates of gourmet Jollof lunch or 12,960 GB of mobile data for your team!
Two plans. Clear commitments.
Every growing team gets our full culture suite completely free. Multi-country enterprises get bespoke integrations and custom concierge support.
Free Forever
For startups, scaleups, and distributed African teams that want effortless everyday appreciation.
- ✓5 daily Kolas per person with custom peer praise tags
- ✓Automated birthday & work anniversary celebration cards
- ✓Collaborative card signing with team notes & custom stickers
- ✓Native Slack bot (Kobi) & Microsoft Teams app
- ✓Web dashboard with team celebration feed
- ✓Friday African workplace trivia & async coffee roulettes
- ✓Anonymous pulse polls with strict 5-response privacy threshold
- ✓Kola Pots for pooled wedding, baby shower & condolence gifts
- ✓Instant catalog: Airtime, mobile data, and utility credits across Africa
Set up in 2 minutes inside your Slack or Teams workspace
Custom Concierge
For pan-African corporations, banks, and multinationals requiring custom compliance, HRIS sync, and dedicated SLAs.
- ✓Everything in Community & Growth included
- ✓Custom bi-directional HRIS & Payroll integration (Kua, BambooHR, Deel, Workday)
- ✓Multi-entity invoicing & localized tax receipts (NG, KE, GH, ZA, UK)
- ✓Dedicated Customer Success Manager (CSM) & priority Slack connect
- ✓Custom data residency and tenant VPC isolation options
- ✓Custom 99.9% uptime SLA and contractual InfoSec review
- ✓Executive workplace culture analytics & retention insights
- ✓Pre-funded corporate rewards ledger with localized discounts
Schedule a consultation with our team to tailor your multi-country rollout.
Nigeria Data Protection Regulation
Office of the Data Protection Commissioner
Protection of Personal Information Act
Strict end-to-end data rights & isolation
How Kola compares to overseas alternatives
Why leading African engineering, product, and operations teams choose Kola over US-centric platforms.
| Feature & Dimension | Kola | Bonusly | HeyTaco | Culture Amp |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Platform Seat Fee | Free Forever (0 seat fees) | $3 – $5 / user / mo | $3 / user / mo | $10+ / user / mo |
| Native Slack & Teams Bots | Yes (Kobi companion for both) | Yes | Slack-focused only | Limited web notifications |
| African Airtime & Utility Rewards | Instant native catalog (MTN, Airtel, Safaricom, Telecel, Vodacom) | US/EU Amazon & Starbucks cards only | No built-in reward catalog | No rewards engine |
| Automated Milestone Cards & Team Signatures | Included with 3-ratio exports (Square, Story, Landscape) | Basic add-on announcements | None | None |
| Kola Pots (Group Gifting) | Built-in pooled funds for weddings, baby showers & send-offs | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| Friday Trivia & Team Banter | African pop culture, tech trivia & coffee pairings | None | None | None |
| Pan-African Multi-Currency Billing | NGN, KES, GHS, ZAR & USD native billing | USD only | USD only | USD / GBP only |
| African Data Protection & Privacy | NDPR, Kenya DPA, POPIA & GDPR with 5-response pulse floor | GDPR only | Standard privacy | GDPR only |
Everything your team needs from day one
No locked tiers, seat penalties, or paywalls. Every organization gets the complete cultural toolkit.
Peer Recognition & Kolas
5 daily Kolas per teammate, company value tags, and 1-click emoji reactions directly in Slack & Teams.
Milestone Celebrations
Automated birthday & anniversary cards, pre-signed by the whole squad and formatted for WhatsApp & LinkedIn.
Squad Groups & Rituals
Async morning standups without Zoom fatigue, interest clubs, and holiday Secret Santa matching.
Listening & Pulse Polls
1-click channel polls, anonymous pulse surveys, and suggestion box protected by a 5-response anonymity floor.
Friday Trivia & Banter
African pop culture trivia, tech history quizzes, football predictions, and 15-minute coffee pairings.
Lobby Celebration Screen
Auto-refreshing 1080p full-screen display mode for office lobby monitors, town halls, and smart TVs.
Meet Kobi Companion
Friendly Slack & Teams companion that nudges cards, announces recognitions, and hosts banter.
Kua HR Integration Sync
Seamless employee directory and milestone sync with Kua HR with zero manual CSV exports.
Common questions about Kola
Straightforward details on our free platform, multi-currency rewards, and rollout.
Q.Is Kola really free to use?
Yes, completely free. Kola has no subscription fees, no per-user charges, no trial periods, and no credit card required. Your entire team can recognise each other, celebrate milestones, share celebration cards, gather in spaces, and run pulse polls for free.
Q.Is there any limit on how many team members can join?
None at all. Whether you have 10 people in one office or 1,000 teammates distributed across Lagos, Nairobi, Accra, and London, every single employee can participate with zero seat fees.
Q.Are there any hidden fees or surprise invoices?
None. Zero. There are no platform fees, no recurring monthly charges, no setup costs, and no surprise invoices. You will never receive a bill for using Kola.
Q.Do we need to enter a credit card or billing details to get started?
Never. You can connect your team's Slack or Microsoft Teams workspace or create your company web account in under two minutes with zero billing or payment information.
Q.Why is Kola free?
We believe genuine workplace appreciation, team pride, and cultural belonging should be accessible to every African business—not locked behind expensive foreign per-seat software paywalls.
Q.What features are included for free?
Everything: unlimited peer recognition, art-directed celebration cards for birthdays and anniversaries, Slack and Microsoft Teams bot integrations, Web dashboard portal, camaraderie quizzes, and anonymous pulse polls. Everything is included.
Make your team moments worth celebrating.
Whether you're 8 people shipping fast or 300 teammates spread across three time zones—give your people their flowers every single day.