Company Size

Employee Recognition Software for Mid-Size Companies

Mid-size is where celebrations quietly get dropped: birthday coverage falls to 74% at 201 to 1,000 employees, the lowest of any size band. Matter automates the layer that headcount growth erodes.
Mid-Size Companies
Celebrations coverage dips lowest at 201 to 1,000 employees. Automation closes the gap.

Too big to remember, too small for a program office

At a few hundred people, nobody knows every birthday anymore, and there is no culture team to pick up the slack. Our benchmark shows exactly this dip: mid-size companies run celebrations less than smaller and larger ones alike.

The fix is not headcount, it is automation: celebrations, the weekly ritual, and rewards that run without an owner.

How Matter covers what growth drops

Automation for the layer that stops scaling around 200 people.

1

Automated celebrations

Birthdays and anniversaries handled for every employee, no spreadsheet owner required. Celebrations pull dates from your directory or HRIS and post on their own.

2

Feedback Friday

One weekly ritual across every department. Feedback Friday posts a kickoff, a reminder, and a recap every week, automatically.

3

HRIS sync

Pull celebration dates and org data from 250+ HRIS systems.

Automation instead of headcount

Membership, celebrations, and reward fulfillment run on their own, so the program does not need an owner as you grow.

No separate logins

Recognition happens inside Slack or Microsoft Teams. No new accounts to create, no passwords to reset, ever.

User management syncs itself

Membership follows your Slack or Teams directory automatically. No HRIS required to start, and 250+ supported when you want them.

About 2 minutes to set up

Install Matter, add it to a channel, and your team can start recognizing each other the same day.
Our brand is less formal, more “joy and yay”. Matter allows us to bring our sense of personality to our culture.
Sabrina Roccazzella, Human Resources Business Partner at Cashrewards

What the data says about mid-size companies

The size band where celebrations quietly get dropped.

Aggregate, anonymized data across thousands of teams on Matter, trailing 12 months. Full methodology in The Recognition Habit: 2026 Benchmark Report. See the research →

74%

birthday celebration coverage at 201 to 1,000 employees, the lowest of any size band

97%

of celebrations run self-served once enabled

2.5x

more recognition per member on teams that build a recognition ritual

Frequently asked questions

Do we need our HRIS connected to start?

No. Matter starts from your Slack or Teams directory alone. Connect one of 250+ HRIS systems later to sync birthdays, anniversaries, and org data.

Can we roll out by department?

Yes. Add Matter to the channels you want first and expand from there; membership syncs automatically as you go.

What does Matter cost?

Every workspace starts with a free 14-day trial of everything, no credit card required, then lands on the Free Forever plan. Paid plans start at $1 per user per month. Full details on the pricing page.

Can we switch from another recognition tool?

Yes. Matter converts existing point balances, migration is free on paid plans, and teams under 100 people typically switch in 1 to 2 days, under 1,000 in under a week. See alternatives and comparisons.

Already using another recognition tool?

Switching is a smaller project than it sounds. Your balances come with you, the migration is free on paid plans, and most teams are live within days. Historical kudos do not carry over, so you start with a clean feed and full balances.

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Existing balances convert

Point balances from your current platform convert to Matter coins, so nobody loses what they have already earned.

Migration is free on paid plans

Matter handles the migration at no cost on any paid plan. You share the data, we do the work.

Live in days, not quarters

Teams under 100 people typically switch in 1 to 2 days. Teams under 1,000 are usually done in under a week.

An award-winning platform

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