Session recordings from RCGNZ Summit 2025 are now available!

 
Spot Recognition Programs

Spot Recognition Programs

Instant recognition, lasting impact

Express appreciation for great work to anyone, anywhere, anytime.

 
How It Works

How It Works

What is spot recognition?

Show appreciation for employees right in the moment, exactly when it matters most.

This is some text inside of a div block.
This is some text inside of a div block.
This is some text inside of a div block.
This is some text inside of a div block.
Manager-to-Employee Recognition

Managers can recognize direct reports for standout achievements, attitudes, values, or behaviors.

Peer-to-Peer Recognition

Empower employees to recognize their peers' great work every day.

Bulk Team Recognition

Recognize any number of employees, all at the same time, with ease.

Value-Driven Recognition

Reinforce company values by recognizing employees for walking the walk, not just talking the talk.

Administrative Flexibility

Administrative Flexibility

Experience effortless appreciation

Total Budgetary Control

Enjoy total control over rewards budgets by providing customized points for teams, managers, or peers to distribute.

Non-Monetary Programs

The impact of recognition is the same, with or without points. Build culture and power engagement on a minimal budget.

Only from awardco

Only from awardco

More ways to recognize

AwardCodes™
 

Create custom, physical reward codes that are easy to distribute, simple to redeem, and pain-free to manage. Make in-person recognition effortless, memorable, and personal.

External Recognition
 

Outside-in appreciation made easy. Give customers, patients, clients, and partners an impactful and simple way to recognize your employees, no login required.

Customer stories

Customer stories

The power of recognition

52
days saved

Paramount used Awardco to spread recognition to their 20,000+ global employees, all while saving 52 day’s worth of time over the year.

 
960
%
increase in recognition

Pilot implemented recognition to their retail, corporate, and transportation teams, leading to more company-wide appreciation than ever.

 
200
%
increase in value-driven award nominations

Citizens Business Bank achieved a 200% increase in value-driven award nominations, boosting meaningful recognition and reinforcing company values across the organization.

 
209
%
increase in annual recognitions

Texas Roadhouse saw a substantial increase in annual recognitions, thanks to Awardco’s user-friendly platform, customizable location-based experiences, and standout customer support that ensured a smooth rollout across all teams.

 
10
hours saved each month

By crafting a tailored recognition program for their specific goals, ClickUp achieved a 94% recognition rate and gave an incredible amount of time back to busy HR admins.

 
integrations

integrations

Send shoutouts without switching apps

Easily integrate with your daily tools so recognition happens where work happens.

Slack
 
 
Teams
 
 
Outlook
 
 
Testimonials

Testimonials

What ourcustomers say

There's plenty of research that shows the compounding impact of how when other people can see recognition, it creates that snowball effect. And so it just makes people work better together. They feel more as part of the team.
Zach Makoutz
Sr. Manager, Category Sales Product
Kodiak
AwardCodes are like handing out cash—they’re quick, powerful, and remove all the admin work. I call it the Oprah moment: ‘You get AwardCodes! And you get AwardCodes!
Tisa Penny
Engagement & Events Lead, 2025 Recognition Rockstar Winner
Lockton
Awardco has allowed people to recognize their coworkers in a public way, and we see it every day. Collaboration is in the DNA of Alera Group, and appreciation is absolutely central and core to effective collaboration.
Kristie White
Organizational Development
Alera Group
Awardco enables us to celebrate not just big wins, but the small moments that make a difference every day.
Pam Buyers
Head of Culture
PMG
It's allowing our leaders to recognize and award employees for safety initiatives. It's bringing more timely and meaningful performance actions.
Jessica H.
We’ve made myKudos [Awardco] a key part of how we work at all levels—whether you’re a people manager or an individual contributor. MyKudos is just as powerful when peers recognize each other, creating a culture of appreciation across the organization
Mary O’Brien
Head of Programmatic
PMG
As a system administrator managing the back-end, being able to hand out physical AwardCodes takes out the administrative work. We no longer have to track names, who's getting what points from what event.
Tisa Penny
Engagement & Events Lead, 2025 Recognition Rockstar Winner
Lockton
Automation is something that is really important for us—we try to automate as much as we can so that we can focus on what's important. And Awardco's automation and integrations have fit in perfectly.
Brittany Madonna
Senior VP of Marketing & Communcations
The Nest Schools

Ready to see Awardco in action?

Build culture, incentivize performance, and power modern engagement strategies—all in one place.

 
#1 Highest Rated Employee Recognition Platform by Customers on G2
English (US)
Platform
OverviewRecognitionCelebrationsIncentivesBenefits & PerksRewardsEngageIntegrationsReportingAwardco Intelligence
Solutions
OverviewUse CasesRoleBusiness SizeIndustry
Why Awardco
Why AwardcoReturn on Recognition™Amazon BusinessWorkday PartnershipCenter of ExcellencePlatform SupportCustomer StoriesAwardco AdvocatesSecurity & CompliancePlansRequest for ProposalGet a Demo
Resources
Resource LibraryBlogResearch & ReportsNewsroomTotal Rewards GlossaryKnowledge BaseACO CommunityROI CalculatorBudget CalculatorCompetitor GuideContact Support
Events
Upcoming EventsOn-Demand WebinarsSHRMRCGNZ Summit 2025
Company
About UsBrand GuideCareersRecognize the GoodCorporate ResponsibilitySustainabilityDEIPrivacy PolicyLegal CenterContact Us
© 2025 Awardco
Your Privacy Choices
Cookie SettingsAccessibility Settings
*A-Pay® card Visa Commercial Credit cards are issued by Celtic Bank.

Privacy at Awardco

We value the trust you’ve placed in us when you provide us with your personal information. We use that information as detailed in our Privacy Notice

You can make certain privacy requests, but those options vary by state. We will fulfill these requests as determined by your state of residence.  

Creating a Privacy Request

What request would you like to make?
We need some information about you to authenticate your identity and process your request.

Thanks for your message!

We will reach back to you as soon as possible.

Oops! Something went wrong while submitting the form.
No actions available at this time

We are committed to consumer privacy and provide choices where we can about opting-out of marketing messages or using web browsers with privacy functionality built into the service. Download here.

At this time, additional requests are not available in your state of residence.  Should state or federal law change, we will evaluate how to offer more privacy choices to you in the future.