Nectar Customer Reviews 2025 | Employee Rewards and Recognition

Nectar

Composite Score

7.2 /10

CX Score

7.5 /10

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What is Nectar?

Nectar helps organizations reinforce great work – anytime, anywhere. Its 360 recognition & rewards platform enables every team member (peer to peer & manager to employees alike) to send meaningful recognition rooted in core values. Streamline your incentives and maintain a connected culture regardless of whether your workforce is centralized or distributed.

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Nectar Ratings

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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

88 Likeliness to Recommend

96 Plan to Renew

88 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+81 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Nectar?

4% Negative

6% Neutral

90% Positive

Pros

Caring
Acts with Integrity
Generous Negotitation
Over Delivered

Feature Ratings

Average 75

Goal Setting

Peer to Peer Recognition

Leaderboards

Social Recognition

Mobile Functionality

Surveys Feedback

3rd Party Integration

Gamification

Metrics and Analytics

Employee Portal

Automatic Notifications

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 77

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Usability and Intuitiveness

Vendor Support

Ease of Customization

Breadth of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of IT Administration

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Nectar Reviews

Shams A.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Communications
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2024

Great product & features

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Nectar from other similar products?

Nectar is great for us unlike other products as it offers flexibility with affordable pricing and no annual contracts and also with features like peer-to-peer recognition and rewards from gift cards to branded merchandise.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Nectar has challenges for employees with fun engagement efforts, and it rewards employees so they feel valued.

What do you dislike most about this product?

It has limited features in the basic plan, and for some rewards it costs higher points to redeem rewards which is a downside for us.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

check the size of your team as nectar is best suited for small to medium sized enterprises and then proceed.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

Megan N.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2024

Best of all time employee recognition platform.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Nectar from other similar products?

I really enjoy using Nectar to promptly recognize when my peers go beyond performing their tasks or when they go out of the way to help and assist one another. One of my favorite feature is that a, shout out can be made privately in case someone is shy and prefer private recognition.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I like the fact that we can interact with other peers without the need of sharing personal information or social media. It is able to blend recognition with real value using Nectar points system. Ease of use and reliable customer support are definitely additional pros of this great platform.

What do you dislike most about this product?

I lack nothing to point out as a dislike about Nectar. It meets all my expectations and i highly recommend it.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I highly recommend Nectar.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Enables Productivity
Unique Features

Sanchit K.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2025

Great Experience From Recognition to Rewards

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Nectar from other similar products?

Nectar software is magic in the crowded employee recognition space. It focuses on cultural impact, and Milestone Automation is the next amazing feature that automates key employee milestones like work anniversaries and birthdays, and delivers the rewards on time.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Nectar is a user-friendly platform that effectively boosts morale and connects teams through peer-to-peer recognition tied to company values.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Not so user-friendly mobile experience and limited integrations with other softwares.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Nectar is best for SMBs focused on building culture through peer-to-peer recognition. Ensure it fits your team's needs and tech stack before adopting, and make sure employees use it every day and share with peers for a better experience.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Enables Productivity

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Nectar Ratings

88 Likeliness to Recommend

96 Plan to Renew

88 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+81 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Nectar?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Goal Setting The process of identifying something that you want to accomplish and establishing measurable goals and timeframes.

Peer to Peer Recognition Allows peers to recognize each other, not just top-down​.

Leaderboards Provides the ability to obtain a sense of how members are interacting within the community by ranking members according to points, badges, awards earned.

Social Recognition Ways for people to see recognition and share it – badges, newsfeed, etc​.

Mobile Functionality Can be used on mobile devices​.

Surveys Feedback Enables surveys/feedback forms to be sent to customers​

3rd Party Integration The system integrates with other 3rd party applications.

Gamification Offers Learning Tracks with Badges/Certificates or other gamification elements to keep learners engaged.

Metrics and Analytics Ability to track and measure different aspects of recognition, dashboards, reference checking, and reporting.

Employee Portal Includes discussion and chat, information sharing, and employee engagement.

Automatic Notifications Push notifications/reminders to employees via email, mobile, etc.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Nectar Reviews

Shams A.

Great product & features

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Megan N.

Best of all time employee recognition platform.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Sanchit K.

Great Experience From Recognition to Rewards

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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