Nectar Reviews & Product Details

Nectar is an employee recognition and employee experience platform for HR and People teams. More than 3,000 companies use Nectar to bring recognition, rewards, internal communications, employee surveys, engagement intelligence, and workflow automation into one connected system. Nectar Recognize is employee recognition software that makes everyday recognition easy. Employees post peer-to-peer shoutouts to a real-time social feed, tie recognition to company core values, and use Meaningful Meter™ guidance to make messages specific and genuine. Nectar celebrates birthdays and work anniversaries automatically, and recognition works inside Slack and Microsoft Teams. Nectar also supports structured recognition programs: challenges, formal nominations, and Community Recognition campaigns that let customers, patients, clients, or other external audiences recognize employees through links or QR codes. Admins manage budgets by department, location, cost center, or program. Nectar's employee rewards run on points. Employees choose from more than 250,000 products, experiences, and gifts across 176 countries and territories, including 200+ gift cards, Amazon products, branded company swag, and custom rewards such as extra time off. Nectar Comms is internal communications software that reaches employees wherever they work. Messages go out through email, SMS, WhatsApp, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Nectar, and digital signage, so it works for both desk-based and frontline teams. Comms includes a drag-and-drop builder, AI-assisted writing, HRIS-synced audiences, a shared communications calendar, and analytics for delivery, reach, clicks, and channel performance. Nectar Engage is employee survey software for custom surveys, eNPS, pulse surveys, and broader engagement surveys, with Mercer-powered industry benchmarks. Responses can be anonymous or named, with real-time results segmented by team, role, or location. Employees earn Nectar points for participating. SafeTalk™ lets leaders follow up on anonymous feedback without revealing the employee's identity. Nectar One is the platform layer that connects every Nectar product. Nectar One, including Nectar Signals and Nectar Flows, is part of every plan and never sold as a separate line item. Nectar Signals turns voluntary activity within Nectar into a 0–100 engagement health score for employees, teams, and departments, with trends, AI-generated summaries, and patterns associated with employees who previously left. Signals does not read private messages or email, and it does not monitor screens or keystrokes. Nectar Flows adds no-code automation for employee journeys such as onboarding, anniversaries, open enrollment, and training reminders. Flows trigger from dates, lists, API calls, or events in HubSpot, Salesforce, Google Sheets, Intercom, and Zapier, then send recognition, messages, or surveys using delays and branching logic. Nectar integrates with HRIS platforms including UKG, ADP, Rippling, Paycor, and Workday, plus Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Okta for single sign-on. A public API is also available. Nectar serves companies in education, financial services, healthcare, hospitality, manufacturing, marketing and advertising, retail, and technology. Pricing is per employee per month, with a custom quote based on company size and selected products.

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Nectar HR

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Nectar Community

Languages Supported

Arabic, German, English, French, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional)

Solution Type

All-in-One

Overview by

Ian Elmer

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Time to Implement

1 month

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Pedro Q.

Placement Specialist

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

10/13/2026

"A Simple, Friendly Way to Celebrate Team Wins Together"

5/5

What do you like best about Nectar?

You get to celebrate everyone’s efforts with your workmates, and you can celebrate victories together. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Nectar?

I honestly don’t have anything to dislike about it. It’s very simple to use and feels friendly and approachable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Consumer Goods

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

9/8/2026

"Easy Coworker Shoutouts and a Fun Way to Reward"

5/5

What do you like best about Nectar?

I love that you can shout out coworkers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Nectar?

I don't know if this would be considered an issue with Nectar itself, but at one point I had many points saved up and I wasn't able to get one gift card, I had to get the points across multiple. I spent all the points at one place, so it was time consuming and awkward having to give the cashier the card information 4 separate times. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rodolfo M.

Field Service Technician

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

10/13/2026

"Shoutouts and Rewards Make Recognition Easy"

5/5

What do you like best about Nectar?

I like the shoutout feature, and I appreciate being able to reward others and recognize the work they’ve done. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Nectar?

I don’t feel there are any downsides to nectar. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jordan W.

Multimedia Producer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

8/7/2026

"Nectar in Slack: Real-Time Camaraderie and Constant Recognition"

5/5

What do you like best about Nectar?

MY company has Nectar within Slack and I think it's probably our most popular channel. Employees are constantly sending each other notes and points and it's amazing to be able to see all of the great camaraderie in real time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Nectar?

Nothing so far; I think it's great. Woohoo! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Shivba P.

Engineer 2

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/12/2026

"Customer-Friendly Point Distribution with Smooth Slack Recognition Updates"

5/5

What do you like best about Nectar?

The point distribution system is great, and it’s very customer-friendly to navigate. Recognitions also update pretty quickly in Slack, which I appreciate. I also like how the point conversion works. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Nectar?

UI is too bright. A dark mode would be nice to have. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Hospital & Health Care

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

9/21/2026

"Big difference to our culture!"

5/5

What do you like best about Nectar?

I love the regular words of affirmation it gives me. It no longer feels challenging to give or receive words of affirmation with my peers and leadership! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Nectar?

As an admin, I wish that I could do some additional things with the nominations portal! It works great, but for my purposes, I wish it could do a bit more! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

sarah l.

therapist

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

9/24/2026

"Nectar Makes Teammate Recognition Feel Effortless"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Nectar?

I love nectar because we are able to provide our teammates with the recognition they all deserve all the while getting recognized for things we do Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Nectar?

We are limited in points that we can give each month Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

James G.

Director of Training and Development

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

9/2/2026

"Makes Daily Employee Rewards Easy with Plenty of Options"

5/5

What do you like best about Nectar?

It allows me to reward employees daily. I also like that I have so many different options to choose from when it comes to rewards. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Nectar?

Nothing at the moment. I enjoy using the platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Quinn B.

Training Specialist

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4/10/2026

"Easy, Daily Colleague Recognition with Nectar"

5/5

What do you like best about Nectar?

The upsides of Nectar are that I'm able to give shout outs to my colleagues and recognize their good work on a daily basis. The interface is easy to use and I love how it guides me through successfully submitting a shout out to my colleagues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Nectar?

There is absolutely nothing that I dislike about Nectar. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Nectar solving and how is that benefiting you?

Nectar makes it way easier for us to shout people out without overthinking where or how to do it. Everything’s in one place, so recognition actually happens instead of getting lost in emails or chats.

For me, it’s been great for staying connected with new hires and teammates across departments. It gives me a quick way to highlight wins in the moment, which keeps the vibe positive and helps everyone feel seen. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Accounting

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

9/8/2026

"A Fun Way to Celebrate Team Contributions and Small Wins"

4/5

What do you like best about Nectar?

It's a fun way to celebrate the team and people's contributions/effort to the firm. We have been using it to acknowledge people who put in extra effort on returns or helped where they have specialized experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Nectar?

If there has to be something, there could be more options for the rewards. Otherwise Nectar has been great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.