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Bonusly Make integrationAutomate Bonusly with Make.

What if every bonus given in Bonusly could start work somewhere else, without a line of code? The Bonusly Make integration offers 12 modules: 2 instant triggers, 5 actions and 5 searches. This page shows how to link your account and build a first scenario step by step.

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What you can automate

What can the Bonusly Make integration do for your team?

The Bonusly Make integration links your Bonusly account to Make so that recognition events and your other tools talk to each other. A scenario, the automation you build in Make, can react when a bonus is given or an achievement is earned, and it can give, extend, read or delete bonuses for you.

Recognition that follows the work. When a deal closes in your CRM or a support ticket is solved, Give a New Bonus can thank the person who did it, so nobody has to remember to send the kudos by hand.

A shared record of every bonus. Watch New Bonuses fires the moment someone is recognized, which lets you copy each bonus into a spreadsheet or a database such as the one described in the Airtable Make integration page.

Milestones that nobody misses. Watch New Achievements tells Make when an achievement is earned, and List User Achievements pulls the full history of one person when a manager prepares a review.

What the listed modules do not cover, Make an API Call can reach with the same connection. The Bonusly documentation in Make is short and marked as AI-generated, so check important details with Bonusly. To weigh Make against another tool, read n8n vs Make; to go further on your own, see the Make training.

Connect

How do you connect your Bonusly account to Make?

  1. 01

    Create an API access token in Bonusly

    In Bonusly, open your account settings and go to the API access page. Click Create New API Access Token and copy the token shown on screen. You need an active Bonusly account for this.

  2. 02

    Add a Bonusly module in Make

    In your scenario, add any Bonusly module and click Create a connection. A connection is your Bonusly account linked to Make once, then reused by every Bonusly module you add later.

  3. 03

    Paste the token and save

    Give the connection a name in the Connection name field if you like, since it is optional. Paste the token you copied from Bonusly, or follow the instructions Make shows on screen, and save.

First scenario

Your first scenario with Bonusly and Make

GoalWhen a deal is marked as won in your CRM, Make gives the sales rep a new Bonusly bonus.

  1. 01

    Create the scenario

    From the Scenarios page, create a new scenario and click the + to add the first module. This first module is the event that starts everything.

  2. 02

    Pick the event in your CRM

    Search your CRM by name and choose the module that watches won deals. Link your CRM account with Create a connection, then fill the module fields.

  3. 03

    Add Give a New Bonus

    Click the + on the right of the first module, search Bonusly and pick Give a New Bonus. Connect your Bonusly account, then fill its fields with data mapped from the deal in the previous module.

  4. 04

    Test with Run once

    Click Run once and mark a test deal as won. Each module shows the bundles it received, a bundle being one item passed along, here one deal, so you can check the bonus went to the right person.

  5. 05

    Schedule and switch it on

    Set the schedule on the first module, every 15 minutes by default, which is also the shortest interval on the Free plan. Then switch the scenario on so it runs without you.

Triggers

Bonusly triggers in Make

2 modules start a scenario when something happens in Bonusly. A scheduled trigger is checked by Make on the scenario's schedule; an instant one is called by Bonusly as soon as it happens.

Bonusly1Watch New Achievements

Watch New Achievements

Instant trigger

In Make“Triggers when an achievement is earned.”

Starts your scenario each time someone on your team earns an achievement in Bonusly, so a milestone can be celebrated or logged elsewhere without anyone watching the feed.

How it fires
instant, Bonusly calls Make through a webhook as soon as the achievement is earned. The lightning badge on the module shows this.
When to use it
when an achievement should be announced in a team channel or added to a people file kept outside Bonusly.
Watch out
set it up with Create a webhook before the connection, or the module will never receive anything.
Bonusly2Watch New Bonuses

Watch New Bonuses

Instant trigger

In Make“Triggers when a bonus is given.”

Hands your scenario every new bonus the moment it is sent in Bonusly, as a bundle whose details you can map into the next module.

How it fires
instant, Bonusly alerts Make through a webhook as soon as a bonus is given, with no polling interval to wait for.
When to use it
when HR wants a running log of recognition in a spreadsheet, or a manager wants to hear about bonuses given to their team.
Watch out
avoid adding Give a New Bonus later in the same scenario, since each new bonus would start the scenario again.
Modules

Bonusly actions and searches in Make

Bonusly gives you 10 modules. For each one: what it does for you, when to reach for it, and what to watch out for.

Bonusly1

Add On an Existing Bonus

Action

In Make“Adds on an existing bonus to a colleague.”

Lets a colleague join a bonus that already exists, so their support adds to that recognition instead of starting a separate bonus.

When to use it
when a whole team wants to back the same thank you, for example after a product launch where one bonus gathers everyone's support.
Watch out
the module needs the bonus it adds to, so place a search or a trigger before it to supply that bonus.
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Delete a Bonus

Action

In Make“Deletes a particular Bonus.”

Removes one specific bonus from Bonusly, which is useful to clean up a bonus sent by mistake or created during tests of your scenario.

When to use it
when an approval step elsewhere rejects a bonus and you want the record gone from Bonusly too.
Watch out
Make gives no undo step for it, so try it on one test bonus with Run once before you switch the scenario on.
Bonusly3

Get a Bonus

Action

In Make“Reads a particular bonus.”

Reads the full details of one bonus you already know, so later modules can use its content without searching through every bonus again.

When to use it
when an earlier step hands you a bonus reference and you need the rest of its information, for a report or a message to a manager.
Watch out
it returns a single bonus; to browse several, List Bonuses or List User Bonuses fit better.
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Give a New Bonus

Action

In Make“Recognizes a colleague by giving them a new bonus.”

Recognizes a colleague with a brand new bonus, sent from your scenario when something in another tool proves they earned it.

When to use it
when a closed deal, a solved ticket or a finished project should lead to a thank you automatically, with details mapped from that tool.
Watch out
never pair it with Watch New Bonuses in the same scenario, because each bonus it gives would start the scenario again.
Bonusly5

Make an API Call

Action

In Make“Performs an arbitrary authorized API call.”

Reaches any part of the Bonusly API with the connection you already set up, which covers what the other eleven modules do not offer.

When to use it
when a Bonusly feature has no module of its own in Make and you know which request Bonusly expects for it.
Watch out
you write the request yourself. Keep the Bonusly documentation close, and check the result with Run once before relying on it.
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List Achievements

Search

In Make“Lists the 50 most recent achievements.”

Returns the 50 most recent achievements across your Bonusly account, each one as a separate bundle the next module can process.

When to use it
when you want a quick digest of recent milestones for a team update or a dashboard.
Watch out
older achievements are left out; for the complete history of one person, List User Achievements is the better choice.
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List Bonuses

Search

In Make“Lists all bonuses.”

Brings back all the bonuses of your account, which gives you material for a recognition report or a full export to another tool.

When to use it
when HR needs every bonus in a spreadsheet, not only the new ones a trigger would catch.
Watch out
a search can return zero, one or many bundles, and every module after it runs once per bundle, which counts operations on your plan.
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List User Achievements

Search

In Make“Lists achievements for a particular user.”

Collects the achievements of one particular person, so you get their milestones without sorting through the whole company.

When to use it
before a performance review or a work anniversary, to add a person's achievements to the notes their manager reads.
Watch out
the module needs to know which user to look at, so List Users often comes first to find them.
Bonusly9

List User Bonuses

Search

In Make“Lists all bonuses of a particular user.”

Pulls every bonus tied to one colleague, which shows at a glance how often and why that person has been recognized.

When to use it
when a manager prepares a one to one and wants the recognition history of a team member in one place.
Watch out
a busy profile can return many bundles, and each one costs an operation in the modules that follow.
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List Users

Search

In Make“Lists all users.”

Returns all the users of your Bonusly account, the starting point whenever a scenario has to find a person before acting on them.

When to use it
when you sync your Bonusly directory with an HR tool, or need a user before running List User Bonuses or List User Achievements.
Watch out
each user arrives as its own bundle, so add a filter if only one person matters.
Need help

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FAQ

Bonusly and Make: frequently asked questions

01Is the Bonusly Make integration free?
Yes, Bonusly is a standard app in Make, so it works from the Free plan onward. The Free plan allows 2 active scenarios, a shortest interval of 15 minutes between scheduled runs, 5 minutes of execution per run, files up to 5 MB and 512 MB of data transfer. Paid plans lift these limits, with a 1 minute interval and unlimited active scenarios. Every module run counts as an operation, which is how Make measures usage on your plan. You still need an active Bonusly account, whose subscription is handled by Bonusly.
02What is needed to connect Bonusly to Make?
An active Bonusly account and an API access token. In Bonusly, open your account settings, go to the API access page, click Create New API Access Token and copy it. In Make, add a Bonusly module, click Create a connection, optionally name it, then paste the token. For the two instant modules, Watch New Bonuses and Watch New Achievements, click Create a webhook first and create the connection from there. The same connection then serves every Bonusly module in your scenarios.
03Do Bonusly triggers in Make fire in real time?
Yes. Both Bonusly triggers are instant: Watch New Bonuses and Watch New Achievements receive a webhook call from Bonusly as soon as a bonus is given or an achievement is earned, so the scenario starts right away instead of waiting for a schedule. You recognize them by the lightning badge on the module. The other ten modules are actions and searches; they run when the scenario reaches them, whether it was started by one of these triggers or by a schedule you set on another first module.
04What if a Bonusly module is missing in Make?
Use Make an API Call. It sends any request to the Bonusly API with the connection you already have, so a feature without its own module is still within reach. You need to know the endpoint and write the request, which is why a test with Run once is worth doing first. Keep in mind that the Bonusly documentation in Make is marked as AI-generated content that may contain mistakes, so confirm important behavior with Bonusly before relying on it in production.
05Make or n8n for Bonusly automation?
It depends on what you need from the tool, not on Bonusly alone. In Make, Bonusly comes with 12 modules, two instant triggers, a token connection and Make an API Call for anything not covered, all available from the Free plan. Many apps also have an n8n node, so check whether one exists for Bonusly and what it offers before choosing. Compare the modules you need on both sides and pick the tool your team already knows how to maintain.
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