Send peer recognition in Slack or Teams and reinforce company values in the flow of work.

Let employees redeem coins for gift cards, branded swag, donations, and custom rewards.

Run pulse, eNPS, onboarding, and engagement surveys where employees already work.

Automatically send birthday and work anniversary messages with rewards to celebrate everyone’s special day.

Leverage kudos, rewards, and survey activity to see engagement insights and trends.

Matter is the award winning employee experience platform that automates recognition, rewards & surveys. Matter works where you do, within Slack or Microsoft Teams.
With Matter you can increase employee engagement with peer-to-peer kudos recognition based on company values, save time by automating global gift card delivery and birthdays/anniversaries, and 10x your response rate with pulse and custom surveys.
Yes! Matter's Free plan is for unlimited users and includes kudos recognition, the kudos template library, and Feedback Friday. There's also a free 14-day trial of paid features, with no payment information required. Add Matter to Slack or Microsoft Teams and start giving kudos, sending pulse surveys, and celebrating birthdays and anniversaries. Paid plans start at $1 per user/month, billed annually.
The security of our customer’s data is our top priority. We use advanced security measures to preserve the integrity and privacy of your data, and adhere to strict data protection laws. Matter is built with internationally recognized security standards and protocols in place, SOC 2 Type II Compliant, and we undergo annual security audits and assessments.
It depends on your team. Nectar and Bonusly are the most-compared alternatives; both use monthly point allowances and separate apps, while Matter uses a weekly-reset model inside Slack and Microsoft Teams. For frontline-heavy teams, Nectar's kiosk and SMS features make it the strongest alternative. Each comparison on this page covers one alternative in depth, verified against live pricing.
Most alternatives give employees a monthly points budget that expires, which concentrates recognition at month-end. This usually results in employees dumping all their coins at the end of the month, making the recognition less real-time and less meaningful. Matter's give-coins reset weekly with the patented Feedback Friday ritual (US Patent 12,199,935), which keeps recognition frequent and in the moment, and earned coins never expire.
Most teams are live in about 2 minutes: Matter reads your team directly from Slack or Microsoft Teams, so no HRIS connection is required to start. Across 2,500+ companies that joined Matter in the past year, more than 3 in 4 teams that began recognizing sent their first kudos within 24 hours.
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With Matter, Fireflies seamlessly integrated recognition into their Slack workspace. As their company grows, Matter helps them scale their high-performance and gratitude culture by allowing people to consistently share heartfelt kudos.
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With Matter, True Classic now sends thousands of kudos and hundreds of thousands of coins each quarter. The platform helps them reinforce their core values and makes their retail employees feel more valued and motivated through transparent and continuous recognition.
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With Matter, Trend Hunter experienced improved recognition and collaboration across different departments. The platform helped reinforce company values and boosted morale, creating a positive and cohesive work environment for their fun and creative culture.
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With Matter, SXSW encourages behaviors that align with their company values, allowing recognition and rewards for those who exemplify these values. The fun and easy-to-use platform provides admins with cultural insights and saves them time with automatic reward and celebration delivery.

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With Matter, McInnis & Holloway’s culture and morale changed overnight. In just two months, they saw over 2,000 kudos sent and achieved over 80% employee engagement. Matter motivated their team to participate like no other software they’ve ever used.