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Best Employee Rewards and Recognition Software in 2026

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    Assembly

    Free plan AndroidiPhoneWeb

    Assembly brings recognition, rewards, celebrations, and culture insights into an HR platform with a broad listed integrations set.

    7.5 Free plan · paid from $3/user/mo (annual) Visit site
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    Bonusly

    Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+3

    Bonusly combines peer recognition and rewards with milestone celebrations and team engagement tools. Teams should check user limits, paid plan details, and which users will have access to Bizy.

    7.5 Free plan · paid from $3/user/mo · 30-day trial Visit site
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    Guusto

    Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+1

    Guusto supports varied recognition programs, reward delivery methods, and budget controls. Its free tier has no minimum reward spend, while Essential and Premium require substantial minimum contracts.

    7.4 Free plan · paid from $4/user/mo · 30-day trial Visit site
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    ELEV8

    Free plan AndroidiPhoneWeb

    Choose ELEV8 if your organization wants employee recognition, rewards, and engagement tools across web and mobile, with plans that scale by employee count.

    7.3 Free plan · paid from ₹20,000/yr · 365-day trial Visit site
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    encorePeople

    Free plan APISelf-hostedWeb

    Choose encorePeople if your organisation wants peer recognition, campaigns, and reward catalogues that support a distributed workforce.

    7.2 Free plan Visit site
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    Achievers

    by Achievers
    Paid AndroidAPIiPhone+1

    Choose Achievers if your organization wants recognition, rewards, and employee experience tools with workplace integrations and reporting.

    6.1 Pricing on request Visit site
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    Awardco Engage

    Paid AndroidAPIiPhone+1

    Awardco Engage combines survey programs, analysis, and recognition actions in an Awardco platform module. Organizations should account for its add-on packaging and request pricing to assess fit.

    6.0 Pricing on request Visit site
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    Recognize

    Free trial AndroidAPIExtension+2

    Recognize combines recognition programs, rewards, integrations, mobile apps, and developer access in one platform. Buyers should request pricing and review the annual billing model before choosing it.

    6.0 Pricing on request Visit site
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    Bucketlist

    Paid AndroidiPhoneWeb

    Bucketlist combines social recognition, automated awards, rewards, and reporting for organizational programs. Buyers should account for setup and annual fees as well as separately billed reward costs.

    5.8 Pricing on request Visit site
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    Qarrot

    Free trial AndroidiPhoneWeb

    Qarrot brings recognition, incentive campaigns, rewards, and reporting together across web and mobile channels.

    5.8 From 4/user/mo · 30-day trial Visit site
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    HiThrive

    Free trial Web

    HiThrive combines recognition, automated celebrations, engagement campaigns, and a varied rewards catalog. Check the team-wide plan upgrade rule and annual starting price when evaluating fit.

    5.7 From $1/user/mo (annual) · 30-day trial Visit site
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    Motivosity

    Paid AndroidAPIiPhone+1

    Motivosity combines recognition programs, rewards and engagement features with broad integrations and mobile access.

    5.6 Pricing on request Visit site
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    Kudos

    Paid AndroidiPhoneWeb

    Kudos combines recognition, rewards, announcements, and reporting with chat and HRIS integrations. Organizations need to request pricing to understand the cost for their needs.

    5.5 Pricing on request Visit site
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    Nectar Recognize

    Paid AndroidiPhoneWeb

    Nectar Recognize combines recognition, rewards, challenges, and budget oversight in one platform. Organizations should confirm pricing and assess its stated data limits against their requirements.

    5.4 Pricing on request Visit site
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    Perkbox

    Paid AndroidiPhoneWeb

    Perkbox combines employee rewards, discounts, wellbeing support, and salary sacrifice benefits in one platform.

    5.4 Pricing on request Visit site
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    Terryberry Be Engaged

    Paid AndroidAPIiPhone+1

    Choose Be Engaged if your organization wants recognition, rewards, well-being, and listening in one employee engagement program. It also offers ADP data sync and web and mobile recognition channels.

    5.4 Pricing on request Visit site
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    Xoxoday Empuls

    Paid AndroidAPIiPhone+1

    Choose Empuls if your organization wants recognition, rewards, surveys, benefits, and social intranet features together, with sales incentive tools and broad integrations.

    5.3 Pricing on request Visit site
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    Vantage Recognition

    Paid AndroidiPhoneWeb

    Vantage Recognition combines recognition, rewards, controls, analytics, and workplace integrations in one product.

    5.2 Pricing on request Visit site
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    WorkTango

    by WorkTango
    Paid AndroidiPhoneWeb

    WorkTango brings measurement, recognition, rewards, and analytics together with workplace integrations. Buyers should request pricing and account for its paid-only model.

    5.2 Pricing on request Visit site
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    AdvantageClub.ai Recognition

    Paid AndroidiPhoneWeb
    4.8 Pricing on request Visit site
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    HiFives

    Paid AndroidiPhoneWeb
    4.7 From $0.25/mo · 30-day trial Visit site
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    Edenred Employee Rewards and Recognition

    Paid Web
    4.5 Pricing on request Visit site

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