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  1. Real estate and property management
  2. Education and training
  3. Media and communications

What is Motivosity

Motivosity is an employee recognition and engagement platform that helps organizations run peer-to-peer recognition, manager acknowledgements, and rewards programs. It is used by HR and people teams to support culture initiatives, improve visibility into employee sentiment, and provide a central place for announcements and social interactions. The product combines recognition posts, points-based rewards, and engagement features such as surveys and community spaces, with integrations to common workplace tools.

pros

Peer recognition with rewards

Motivosity supports peer-to-peer recognition tied to points that employees can redeem for rewards. This structure fits organizations that want recognition to be frequent and visible while still offering tangible incentives. It also supports manager-driven recognition and configurable programs to align recognition with company values.

Engagement and communication hub

The platform includes social-style feeds, celebrations (e.g., birthdays and work anniversaries), and spaces for communities, which can reduce reliance on separate internal communication tools for lightweight engagement. HR teams can use these features to reinforce culture and keep recognition discoverable over time. This combination can be useful for distributed teams that need a shared place for positive feedback and updates.

Integrations and reporting

Motivosity integrates with common HRIS and collaboration tools to help automate employee data updates and surface recognition activity where employees already work. It provides reporting on recognition participation and program usage to help administrators monitor adoption. These analytics support ongoing program adjustments and budget oversight for rewards.

cons

Not a full intranet suite

While it offers a feed and community features, Motivosity is not designed to replace comprehensive intranet capabilities such as deep document management, complex knowledge bases, or advanced governance workflows. Organizations seeking a single system for enterprise content publishing may need additional tools. This can increase administration across multiple platforms.

Rewards catalog constraints

Rewards availability, fulfillment options, and international coverage depend on the vendor’s catalog and partners, which may not match every organization’s geographic or policy needs. Some companies require highly customized reward types, local vendors, or strict controls that can be harder to standardize in a points-based system. Finance and compliance teams may also need additional processes for taxation and reporting depending on jurisdiction.

Limited talent management depth

Motivosity includes engagement-oriented features, but it does not function as a full talent management system for performance reviews, compensation planning, or end-to-end learning management. Companies looking for tightly integrated performance and development workflows may need separate systems. This can create fragmentation between recognition data and formal HR processes.

Plan & Pricing

Plan Price Key features & notes
For Celebrating People Custom — Get a Quote (Motivosity Social Platform starts at $1 PEPM) Social Platform & Mobile App; Unlimited Milestone Celebration Programs; Unlimited Corporate Gifting; Global Rewards Marketplace; Branded Company Store; ThanksCards; Native Mobile App
For Building Culture Custom — Get a Quote Everything in Celebrating People, plus: Unlimited Peer-to-Peer & Manager-to-Employee Recognition; Achievements & Challenges; Nomination Awards; Dynamic Currency Controls; ThanksMatters Visa Card; Integrations; Custom Company Branding; No service fees on gifts
For Scaling Globally Custom — Get a Quote Custom platform options; Any modules; Unlimited integrations; 70+ languages; AI tax support; Dedicated Success Partner and Implementation Manager; Volume discounts

Additional notes:

  • Motivosity pricing is modular and 100% custom. Individual modules are priced per-employee-per-month (PEPM) in addition to the platform fee. The Social Platform is stated to start at $1 PEPM. For gifting-only or redemption-only use cases there may be no platform fee, but minimum program spend commitments apply. Implementation fees apply and vary by company size. Volume discounts available.

Seller details

Motivosity, Inc.
South Jordan, Utah, USA
2013
Private
https://www.motivosity.com/
https://x.com/motivosity
https://www.linkedin.com/company/motivosity/

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