Nectar Recognize

Elevate Employee Engagement with Recognition & Rewards

by Nectar · Employee Engagement & Culture

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Executive Summary

Nectar Recognize is an employee recognition and rewards product. Employees send shoutouts to colleagues that are tied to a core value and carry points, and points can be redeemed for rewards such as gift cards, Amazon items, swag and custom perks. It also covers point-earning challenges, automated birthday and work-anniversary celebrations, customer-submitted community recognition, peer nomination programs, and budgets that track recognition spend.

Use Cases

  • Peer-to-peer shoutouts on a real-time social feed
  • Tying recognition to company core values
  • Rewarding employees with gift cards, swag and custom perks
  • Running point-earning challenges for wellness, learning or other goals
  • Running peer nomination programs for custom awards
  • Letting customers and clients recognize employees through QR codes and links

Features

Visibility

  • Recognition Feed: By bringing these celebrations into the company Nectar feed, you create a culture where recognition is shared, appreciated, and always on time.
  • Real-time feed: Shout-outs post instantly to a social feed everyone can join
  • Culture insights: See which values are lived out most across the company
  • Full visibility: Track budgets by department, location, cost center, or program

Intelligence

  • AI Summaries: AI summaries

Support

  • Custom Rewards: Points redeem for gift cards, Amazon items, swag, and custom perks.
  • Company perks: Create custom rewards like extra time off or special events
  • Customizable challenges: Motivate employees with point-earning challenges they can join on their own.

Technical Specifications

Deployment
SaaS
Authentication
SAML, OpenID, PingIdentity, Azure

Infrastructure

  • Google Cloud Platform
  • AWS
  • Cloudflare

Integrations

  • Workday
  • BambooHR
  • ADP
  • UKG
  • Slack
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Okta
  • Azure AD
  • Rippling
  • Paycor

Security & Compliance

Certifications: SOC 2 Type II

Encryption: TLS 1.2+ in transit; AES-256 at rest

Pricing

Model
Per employee per month
Target Customer
SMB,Mid-Market

About Nectar

Nectar is a culture platform specializing in employee recognition and rewards, internal communication, and employee listening. It helps organizations improve employee engagement, foster connection, boost morale, and reduce turnover by enabling peer-to-peer and manager-to-employee recognition, automated milestone tracking, and customizable reward programs.

Founded: 2016 · Headquarters: Lehi, Utah, USA · Employees: 51-200 · Private

Verified sources

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