HR & Recruiting · head to head
Achievers vs Productive

Productive
Professional Services
Run projects, budgets and resources in one place
- From
- On request
- Rated
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The short version
- Each has a real cost: Achievers pricing is not published and requires a demo; Productive essential plan is capped at 5 account-level custom fields and 1 CRM pipeline versus 15 fields and 3 pipelines on Professional
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Achievers and Productive actually diverge.
| Attribute | Achievers | Productive |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | subscription | quote |
| Platforms | Web, Ios, Android, Api | Web |
| Category | HR & Recruiting | Professional Services |
| Founded | 2002 | Unknown |
Identical on both: starting price (On request), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Achievers
- Peer-to-peer recognition
- Manager recognition
- Points-based rewards
- Marketplace rewards
- Pulse surveys
- Employee connections
- Analytics dashboard
- Values alignment
Only in Productive
Nothing recorded that Achievers does not also cover.
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Achievers
- Employee recognitionnot Productive
- Rewards programnot Productive
- Engagement measurementnot Productive
- Culture buildingnot Productive
- Retention improvementnot Productive
Productive
No use cases recorded yet. See the Productive review.
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Achievers
- Pricing is not published and requires a demo
- Aimed at mid-market and enterprise organisations rather than small teams
- Sold as separate named modules, Recognize, Reward and Celebrate, so a full programme means more than one line on the quote
Productive
- Essential plan is capped at 5 account-level custom fields and 1 CRM pipeline versus 15 fields and 3 pipelines on Professional
- Ultimate tier for complex organizations is quote-only, listed as Let's talk with no published price
Pricing, plan by plan
Achievers
On request- Recognize$undefined/month
- Peer-to-peer recognition
- Manager recognition
- Points & rewards
- Listen$undefined/month
- Engagement surveys
- Pulse surveys
- Analytics
- Connect$undefined/month
- Employee connections
- Interest groups
- Events
Productive
On requestNo published plan breakdown. See the Productive review.
Which should you pick?
Choose Achievers if
- You need peer-to-peer recognition.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android, Api.
- You also want manager recognition.
Choose Productive if
Nothing in the data separates Productive from Achievers on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.
Questions people ask
- Is Achievers or Productive better?
- Neither clearly leads. Achievers starts at On request and Productive at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Achievers or Productive?
- Achievers starts at On request and Productive at On request.
- Does Achievers or Productive run on more platforms?
- Achievers runs on Web, Ios, Android, Api. Productive runs on Web.
- What is Achievers best used for?
- Achievers is most often used for employee recognition, rewards program, engagement measurement, culture building. Of those, employee recognition and rewards program are not what Productive is typically brought in for.
- What can Achievers do that Productive cannot?
- Achievers covers Peer-to-peer recognition, Manager recognition, Points-based rewards, Marketplace rewards.
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