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Nectar
Employee recognition made simple
As of 30 August 2026, Nectar starts at $2.75/month. Nectar is an employee recognition platform that makes it easy to celebrate great work and build a positive company culture. Softwr lists it under HR. Nectar is made by Nectar HR Inc, launched in 2015, available on Web, iOS, Android, API.
Overview
What Nectar does
Nectar is an employee recognition platform that makes it easy to celebrate great work and build a positive company culture. With peer recognition, custom rewards, wellness challenges, and milestone celebrations, Nectar helps organizations boost engagement and retention.
What people use it for
- Peer recognition and rewards programmes for employees
- Internal communications and engagement surveys alongside recognition
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Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Nectar.
- No price is published for any tier, and no minimum user count or reward point cost is stated on the pricing page
- The product is split into Recognize, Engage and Comms which are sold in combinations rather than as one platform
- Every route to a figure goes through a demo or a separate get pricing page
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Pricing
What Nectar costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Standard
$2.75 /mo
- Peer-to-peer recognition
- Points & rewards
- Custom rewards
- Slack/Teams integration
- Basic analytics
Plus
$4 /mo
- Everything in Standard
- Wellness challenges
- Anniversary celebrations
- Custom branding
- HRIS integration
Enterprise
On request
- Everything in Plus
- Advanced analytics
- API access
- Dedicated support
- Custom implementation
Capabilities
Features
Peer-to-peer recognition
Points-based rewards
Custom company rewards
Amazon reward catalog
Wellness challenges
Birthday celebrations
Anniversary milestones
Recognition feed
Slack
Integration with Slack
Microsoft Teams
Integration with Microsoft Teams
BambooHR
Integration with BambooHR
Gusto
Integration with Gusto
Answered, with sources
Questions people ask
Each answer names the page it came from, so you can check it rather than take our word for it.
How much does Nectar cost?
Nectar's pricing page exists but does not disclose specific plan prices or costs. The homepage mentions that Nectar is 'priced per employee per month' with optional add-ons for communications, engagement, Flows, and Signals, but exact rates require contacting sales.
SourceWhat bundled solutions does Nectar offer?
Nectar offers multiple bundled solutions including Nectar Recognize, Nectar Engage + Recognize, Nectar Comms + Recognize, and a combined package marked 'Best Value'. Additionally, eight industry-specific bundles are available (Healthcare, Remote/Hybrid, Enterprise Communications, Retention & Engagement, Frontline, Manufacturing, Multi-Language, and People Ops), but pricing for these bundles is not disclosed on the website.
SourceBehind it
Who makes Nectar
- Company
- Nectar HR Inc
- Based in
- Provo, UT
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Compare Nectar with
- Culture Amp
- Workday
- BambooHR
- Freshteam
- Bonusly
- Motivosity
- Kudos
- Achievers
- TINYpulse
- People HR
- Recruiterbox
- CharlieHR
- Sesame HR
- SmartHR
- 15Five
- Breathe HR
- People HR
- Recruiterbox
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