Achievers vs Recognize

Achievers is an employee experience platform that brings recognition, rewards, celebrations, communications, employee connections and feedback tools together. Recognition supports monetary and non-monetary appreciation, peer or group recognition, manager awards, custom award types and award nominations. Employees can use a global rewards marketplace, while administrators have templated reports, automated recognitions, data export and bulk uploads. Every subscription includes mobile and desktop access, SSO compatibility, analytics, dashboards and reporting data export. The listed platforms are web, iOS, Android and API; recognition is also described for tablet. Named integrations include Microsoft Teams, Google Workspace, Slack, Zoom, Workday, UKG Pro and ADP, with an open API for workplace systems. The platform is available in 32 languages, and member support is available around the clock by phone, live chat and email. Subscription support is offered in more than 200 languages. Achievers describes its customers as ranging from growing mid-market businesses to large enterprises. Pricing is on request, with no numeric price published. Achievers lists SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001:2022, GDPR, CCPA, CSA and PIPEDA badges.

Recognize is an employee recognition and rewards platform for office, remote and frontline teams. It supports peer recognition, manager awards, nominations, anniversaries, incentives, surveys and approval workflows, with custom award types and budget controls. Recognition can be delivered through web, mobile and chat channels, with notifications by email, SMS, desktop push or mobile push; notifications can also be disabled. Its rewards catalog includes gift cards, Amazon products, experiences, live events, swag, travel and company-funded rewards. Employee apps for Android and iOS provide recognition feeds, recognition sending and reward redemption. Integrations include Office 365, SharePoint, Outlook, Microsoft Teams, Zapier, Slack, Yammer and Workplace by Facebook. Employee additions and removals can sync using Azure AD, Workday or sFTP data. The OAuth-secured REST API reads and writes recognitions, users, nominations and redemptions, while webhooks provide real-time events. Pricing is available on request; subscriptions are annual and based on organization or active-user count. A free trial is available, but there is no free plan.