


In technology, the person who knows you did great work is the teammate in the pull request, not a manager two levels up. Programs that route recognition through approval chains miss where the credit actually lives.
Matter is built for that reality: lightweight peer kudos in Slack or Teams, tied to your values, visible to the whole team.
Peer-first recognition in the same tools you ship from.
Recognition happens in the flow of work, right where standups and ship announcements already live. Kudos post in the channel as designed cards with coins attached.
A weekly recognition ritual that survives sprint pressure because it runs itself. Feedback Friday posts a kickoff, a reminder, and a recap every week, automatically.
Goal-based incentives for launches, hackathons, and on-call heroics. Challenges set a goal, attach a reward, and track completion.
Recognition happens in the same Slack workspace where standups and ship announcements already live. No separate login, no provisioning ticket, no adoption curve.




Technology is the most peer-driven industry we measured.
Aggregate, anonymized data across thousands of teams on Matter, trailing 12 months. Full methodology in The Recognition Habit: 2026 Benchmark Report. See the research →
of recognition in technology flows peer to peer, the most of any industry measured
more recognition on Fridays than a typical weekday
more recognition per member on teams that build a recognition ritual
No. Matter is peer first: anyone can recognize anyone, with a weekly-resetting allowance that keeps it frequent and genuine instead of gamed.
Yes. Matter lives in Slack or Teams, so distributed squads share the same recognition culture regardless of time zone.
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.
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.
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.


