1. tbf work
  2. online leaving card
  3. Assembly alternative

An Assembly
alternative.

Assembly is peer recognition at $3 a user a month, billed yearly, and its gift cards signed by many people are free. tbf work is the card for a leaver, a birthday or an anniversary.

We charge by the card. Assembly's free cards come with its subscription; ours come without one.

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Marker lettering with a highlighter stroke. It's not the same without you. It's quieter, mainly.

Which is better, tbf work or Assembly?

Seats or cards.

  • A recognition feed for everyone

    Assembly, if every employee should have a seat and points, and the cards are a bonus.

  • Cards with no seats

    tbf work, if you don't want a per person subscription for something that happens a few times a month.

tbf work and Assembly

Both put farewell cards in front of the team.

Whattbf workAssembly
PriceBy the card, from $1.69$3 a user a month, billed yearly
A card signed by manyYesYes, a gift card sent from several people
PointsNoYes, spent alone or with a credit card
Dates from the HR systemBambooHR, Team planWorkday, BambooHR, ADP and more
Slack or TeamsSlackBoth

Assembly's details from joinassembly.com/pricing and its gift card post, read on 8 October 2026. We used its pricing page over its older blog prices.

tbf work prices from our pricing page, in US dollars, where they follow your currency.

Counting it for 50 people

Fifty seats on Assembly is $1,800 a year.

Fifty people send about 110 cards a year between them, which fits inside our $490 Team plan.

Pick a design

  • Marker lettering with a highlighter stroke. We had a whip-round. It came to £11.40 and a button.
  • A cake. Bye. Thanks for everything. Mostly the cake.
  • Two-colour printed lettering. The new lot don't know how lucky they are.
  • Marker lettering. Jealous you're leaving. "Sorry" is crossed out and "Jealous" written above it.
  • An envelope. Good luck. We'll forward anything that comes for you.
  • A set of car keys. You were the only one who knew where the spare keys were.
  • A mug. You're leaving us for a place with a better kettle.
  • A pot plant. The office plant will miss you. It told us.
  • Marker lettering with a highlighter stroke. You made Mondays less bad. Not good. Less bad.
  • A printer. Who's going to fix the printer now?

Questions

How much is Assembly?

$3 a user a month on its cheapest published plan, billed yearly. Enterprise is priced on request.

Can a group sign a card in Assembly?

Yes. Its one to many feature sends a gift card signed by several people, pitched for farewells.

Why pick tbf work over Assembly?

When you want the cards without paying for a seat for everybody.

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