HiFives
Employee recognition software
Talent management software
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$0.25 per employee per month
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What is HiFives
HiFives is an employee recognition platform used to send peer-to-peer and manager-to-employee recognition tied to company values. It supports use cases such as reinforcing culture, celebrating milestones, and tracking recognition activity for teams and managers. The product typically focuses on lightweight recognition workflows and visibility into recognition trends rather than broad end-to-end HR suites.
Peer-to-peer recognition workflow
Supports employee-to-employee recognition to encourage frequent, lightweight appreciation. This fits organizations that want recognition to happen outside formal performance cycles. It can reduce reliance on manual shout-outs in chat or email by providing a dedicated recognition feed.
Values-based recognition structure
Enables recognition to be associated with company values or categories, which helps standardize how recognition is framed. This can improve reporting and make recognition data more actionable for managers. It also supports consistent messaging across departments and locations.
Recognition activity visibility
Provides a centralized view of recognition events that managers and HR can review. This helps identify participation patterns and teams with low recognition activity. It can support internal communications by making celebrations easier to find and share.
Limited talent management depth
Compared with full talent management platforms, HiFives is typically narrower in scope. Organizations needing integrated performance reviews, goal management, succession planning, or compensation workflows may require additional systems. This can increase administrative overhead and integration needs.
Rewards and incentives breadth
Recognition-focused tools often have less extensive reward catalogs and fulfillment options than dedicated incentives platforms. If an organization needs complex global rewards, tax handling, or vendor-managed fulfillment, additional tooling may be required. Budget controls and advanced reward governance may also be more limited.
Integration ecosystem uncertainty
Integration coverage (HRIS, collaboration tools, SSO, and analytics) may be less comprehensive than larger platforms in the space. Limited native integrations can lead to manual user provisioning or duplicated employee data. Buyers may need to validate API availability and supported connectors during evaluation.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | $0.25 per employee per month (USD) | Suited for 100–500 employees. Includes configurable reward categories, individual nominations, white-labeling, e-certificates, redemption, live reports, self-implementation. 30-day free trial. |
| Premium | $0.50 per employee per month (USD) | For 500–2500 employees. Includes all Basic features plus role management, team nominations, peer-to-peer recognition, approval workflows, budget management, self-implementation. 30-day free trial. |
| Premium+ | Custom pricing (contact sales/request demo) | For 2500+ employees. Includes Premium features plus full admin controls, HRMS/Teams/Slack integration, SSO/O365/Google integration, social media integration, assisted implementation, account management. Request demo; custom price. |
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