Awardco
vs.
Motivosity

 
4.9/5
 

Awardco gives organizations flexible recognition, global reward choice, and zero-markup fulfillment, making it easier to build programs that scale without losing personalization.

 
4.7/5
 

Motivosity helps teams build culture through social, peer-driven recognition and community features, but organizations with more complex global, reporting, or program needs may want more depth.

The verdict

While Motivosity offers a simple, centralized tool for recognition, communications, and engagement, Awardco delivers the same suite of products with greater depth of capability, scalability, customization, and alignment to your organization’s business operations. Third party assessments like G2 and Gartner rate Awardco well ahead of Motivosity, with Awardco servicing more customers than Motivosity in every segment from SMB to Enterprise.

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Motivosity at a glance

Motivosity is a recognition and engagement platform focused on social interaction and community. Its feed-style design encourages frequent peer-to-peer appreciation and connection, helping smaller teams or socially driven organizations build a culture of gratitude. 

Founded in 2013, Motivosity has primarily focused on supporting smaller businesses, with a strong emphasis on monetary recognition programs. Only in recent years has Motivosity allowed its customers to have non-monetary recognition programs. Over the years, Motivosity has focused on expanding its platform with simple capabilities around employee surveys, groups, and communication, though many of these features have not seen significant investment or improvement over time, catering mostly to smaller businesses with simple needs and low configuration requirements. 

Key features:

  • Classic recognition and anniversary programs: This includes monetary and non-monetary programs, such as peer-to-peer and manager to peer.
  • Reward network: Motivosity offers an extensive reward network that includes options like Amazon, gift cards, charitable donations, swag, travel, and more.
  • Thanksmatter visa cards: Motivosity offers customers the ability to give their employees cards that operate similar to credit cards to redeem on items outside of their rewards network.
  • Employee surveys: A simple survey tool that allows leaders to get a pulse of employee sentiment and feedback.
  • Employee performance: A simple employee performance management tool.
  • Employee spaces and communications: Send top-down communications to employees beyond recognitions and rewards
  • Incentives and wellness: Challenges and incentives provide ways to engage employees around certain behaviors and business outcomes.

What sets Awardco apart?

Awardco is a highly flexible, scalable recognition platform built to evolve with your organization. It offers the world’s largest global reward network with extensive program customization and competitive pricing. Leaders can set up unique recognition and incentives programs that meet the diverse needs of the organization with zero compromises. 

Awardco offers all of the same capabilities as Motivosity, and while organizations often outgrow the rigid features and simplistic capabilities of Motivosity, Awardco customers never have to worry about needing to move onto another platform someday. 

Regardless of how big your company is, Awardco makes it easy to design recognition programs that deliver on your values, goals, and budget and is a platform that scales with you, making it the last recognition solution you will ever need.

 
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Key Differences: Awardco vs. Motivosity

Global Reward Network
World’s largest reward network: 100M+ items in 163+ countries
Reward network support primarily focused on US reward options despite claims to have a global reward network
Wide variety: Amazon, Visa, company store, charities, merch, travel, custom items
Variety of options, including Amazon, gift cards, charities, and swag
Customizable reward catalogs to fit any recognition program and take advantage of tax-advantaged redemption options
Able to provide only limited support for any employee questions or issues related to ordering and fulfillment
Optimized for Monetary and Non-monetary
Proven methodology for combining monetary and non-monetary strategies
Motivosity only recently allowed for non-monetary recognition and was designed with limited features to optimize budget spend
Drive the results that are most important while optimizing program budget with robust reporting
Limited reporting capabilities for understanding and analyzing employee behavior and assessing ROI
Flexibility, Configurability, and Tax Compliance
Built for teams of 50 to 100,000+ with global support and full control over platform branding
Limited program configuration capabilities, meaning not all processes and flows can be accommodated by Motivosity
Robust controls to support global, regional, department, and team-level programs
Few options to brand your program or platform to make it truly feel like anything but a “Motivosity program”
Advanced budget and program configurations to empower custom program creation, budgeting, reporting, and management
Budget controls are more limited, resulting in potential misalignment with some organizational needs
Tax advisory is powered by Deloitte with support for over 62 countries
Tax advisory AI is based on internally compiled tax resources instead of a highly respected leader in the industry
Depth of Product Offering
Awardco engineers new products and solutions with leading capabilities; we intend for every tool we build to be an impactful innovation
Motivosity products like performance management, groups, and and survey capabilities offer only limited functionality and get minimal support
Awardco’s product investment (over 150 developers and engineers) allows for extensive ongoing support and innovation of each product
With <20 engineers and developers, Motivosity has only 3-4 engineers supporting new features, updates, and fixes per product
Awardco offers simpler versions of most advanced tools at no additional cost for customers with less complex business needs
Organizations with simpler needs end up overpaying for tools that don’t completely meet their needs
Customer Advisory & Support
Offers award-winning support from day one onward
Support 1,000+ clients with 7 customer success and support team members (1:125+ support ratio)
Nearly 100 dedicated customer success team members to help clients get their programs just right
Client resources are spread too thin to provide ongoing strategic guidance or support after lite implementation
Ongoing thought leadership at HR events and Awardco’s RCGNZ city tours and annual summits
Advisory teams lack experience or subject matter expertise to provide more than out-of-the-box support once program is launched
Awardco’s Center of Excellence regularly publishes thought leadership, research, and program methodology
Motivosity doesn’t have a Center of Excellence

Is Awardco or Motivosity easier to use?

Awardco leads on ease of use while offering more depth for complex programs. G2 reviewers rate Awardco higher than Motivosity for ease of use, ease of setup, admin experience, and support, and Awardco users frequently describe the platform as intuitive, easy to navigate, and simple to use for recognition and rewards. Compare Awardco and Motivosity on G2, read what real users say about Awardco, and view Awardco reviews on G2.

Motivosity has a some usability strengths: its social-feed experience makes peer recognition quick, familiar, and engaging for everyday appreciation. However, G2 reviewers also cite limited options, reward limitations, navigation friction, excessive notifications, and a mobile experience that could be smoother. The practical distinction is that Motivosity may feel lighter for simple peer recognition, while Awardco combines an intuitive employee experience with more configurable administration and reward depth. View Motivosity reviews on G2.

Which platform offers more reward choice and value?

Awardco leads with broad employee choice and a value model designed to put more of the recognition budget toward employees. Awardco reviewers praise the variety of rewards, Amazon access, timely delivery, and the ability to choose from different types of physical and digital rewards. Awardco also positions its marketplace around zero-markup fulfillment and global reward flexibility. Explore Awardco rewards and read what real users say about Awardco.

Motivosity offers a decent reward experience, including gift cards, company swag, and the ThanksMatters Visa card. Its G2 strengths include flexible peer appreciation and accessible rewards, but reviewers also ask for more redemption choices, broader gift-card availability, and more flexibility in how rewards can be used. Buyers should compare country-specific catalogs, shipping and handling, redemption rules, and total program cost—not just the headline list of reward types. Review Motivosity on G2 and compare the platforms on G2.

Which platform gives administrators more control as programs become more complex?

Awardco is built for configurable administration across programs, budgets, permissions, approval flows, employee groups, localized experiences, and reward catalogs. That makes it easier to support different recognition strategies without forcing every team or region into the same workflow. Awardco’s platform and global resources offer centralized administration, configurable programs, and support for organizations operating across countries and business units. Review Awardco’s platform, review Awardco’s HR admin capabilities, and explore global recognition.

Motivosity supports configurable recognition and engagement programs and is often praised for making everyday peer recognition approachable. The counterpoint in user feedback is that larger or more specialized programs may require more work: reviewers request deeper customization, more flexible recognition settings, automated approval workflows, and stronger controls for different groups. The key buyer question is not whether either platform can configure a program, but how much can be handled through self-service rather than workarounds or vendor support. Review Motivosity on G2.

Which platform provides deeper reporting and analytics?

Awardco leads with reporting designed to help HR and business leaders understand participation, spending, recognition behavior, and program impact. Its platform includes real-time reporting and integrations that help connect recognition data to broader business operations. Explore Awardco reporting and review Awardco’s platform capabilities.

Some Motivosity reviewers value the visibility its recognition history and engagement reporting can provide. However, recurring feedback asks for more customizable dashboards, better filters, deeper trend analysis, and easier access to the right reports. Some third-party review summaries describe administrators exporting or cross-analyzing data elsewhere when the built-in reporting did not answer more advanced questions. View Motivosity reviews on G2, review Motivosity’s G2 comparison, and review additional Motivosity feedback.

How do Awardco and Motivosity compare for global programs and integrations?

Awardco is designed to connect global recognition, localized rewards, employee data, and existing workplace tools in one platform. Awardco lists integrations across HRIS, payroll, Slack, Microsoft Teams, SSO, APIs, and other business systems, while its global resources offer localized fulfillment and administration across countries. Review Awardco integrations and explore Awardco global rewards.

Motivosity also has some strengths for distributed teams, including social recognition, mobile access, Slack and Teams connectivity, and integrations with common HR systems. Its global reward claims should still be validated market by market: G2 and other user feedback include requests for more regional and niche reward options, smoother mobile navigation, and more consistent notification or integration behavior. For a global rollout, compare supported countries, local reward availability, tax and compliance responsibilities, integration depth, and employee support in each region. Review Motivosity on G2.

The strategic choice is clear

If you’re looking for a customizable recognition platform that can scale with your business, adapt to your organization’s workflows, and truly reflect your culture, brand, and organizational objectives, Awardco is the smart, strategic choice.

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Contact us today for a demo and see how Awardco can elevate your recognition strategy.