Best Employee Recognition Software 2024

Celebrate employees with service awards and milestone rewards

Transform milestones, years of service, and life events into joyful celebrations with the entire work family using a modern milestone and service awards program.

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Appreciate employee loyalty with service awards

Organization-wide celebrations

Foster a culture of celebration through Wish Boards and AI-generated recognition messages, ensuring employee service awards are acknowledged company-wide.

Amplify the joy and recognition, creating a positive and unified workplace culture.

Personalized & automated awards

Celebrate service anniversaries and significant milestones, such as the completion of 2, 3, 5, 10 years, and so on, that align with your unique people strategy.

Personalize and automate each celebration with company-branded award certificates, letters of appreciation, and instant rewards that can be redeemed on the go via a mobile app.

Tax-compliant rewards

Forget budget reconciliation clashing with your service award programs. Achieve tax compliance smoothly, leaving you free to focus on what truly matters.

Generate comprehensive reports in seconds, zoom in on individual details, and gather crystal-clear data on every reward expenditure.

Custom rewards

Empuls lets you curate rewards to match your program requirements, company values, and employee preferences.

Give employees access to our global catalog ​​so they can pick from any of the 1M+ choices.

P.S. 57% of Giift’s employees prefer to shop at Amazon, so we integrated it with Empuls Rewards.

Common Forum

Organization-wide celebrations

Foster a culture of celebration through Wish Boards and AI-generated recognition messages, ensuring employee service awards are acknowledged company-wide.

Amplify the joy and recognition, creating a positive and unified workplace culture.

Personalization

Personalized & automated awards

Celebrate service anniversaries and significant milestones, such as the completion of 2, 3, 5, 10 years, and so on, that align with your unique people strategy.

Personalize and automate each celebration with company-branded award certificates, letters of appreciation, and instant rewards that can be redeemed on the go via a mobile app.

Tax Benefits

Tax-compliant rewards

Forget budget reconciliation clashing with your service award programs. Achieve tax compliance smoothly, leaving you free to focus on what truly matters.

Generate comprehensive reports in seconds, zoom in on individual details, and gather crystal-clear data on every reward expenditure.

Curated Rewards

Custom rewards

Empuls lets you curate rewards to match your program requirements, company values, and employee preferences.

Give employees access to our global catalog ​​so they can pick from any of the 1M+ choices.

P.S. 57% of Giift’s employees prefer to shop at Amazon, so we integrated it with Empuls Rewards.

Milestone Celebrations

Turn every milestone into a company-wide celebration

Every milestone, personal and professional, deserves a celebration. Empuls makes sure you never miss out on celebrating every one of these milestones. Leverage automation to deliver personalized greetings, rewards, and gifts at every milestone in the employee lifecycle, from onboarding to retirement.

Onboarding
Exit/Retirement
Onboarding
Induction and Joining Delights
Rewards for Personal Occasions
Festive Rewards
Milestone Rewards
Performance Based Rewards
Peer to Peer Rewards
Perks and Promotions
Referral Rewards
Long Service Rewards
Sales Incentives
Retirements/Exit Rewards
Exit/Retirement

Celebrations that resonate with your teams

Onboarding to Exit

Elevate every step of the employee journey, from onboarding to retirement or exit, with meaningful rewards.

Personal Achievements

Extend applause beyond the office, recognizing achievements like TED talks, social impact work, or 10K runs.

Professional Milestones

Reward employee milestones like promotions and show your thanks for employee and client referrals.

Personal Milestones

Involve the work family in celebrating employee birthdays and anniversaries with rewards that bring the party.

Life Events

Mark life's chapters, like weddings, parenthood, and new beginnings, with memorable and thoughtful gifts.

Festivals & Holidays

Celebrate special days, like Mother's Day, Father’s Day, Appreciation Day, with meaningful gifts.

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All the tools you need to drive impactful employee recognition

Amplify celebrations with the Wall of Fame & Wishboard
Wall of Fame

Showcase service awards and various milestones on the Wall of Fame for organization-wide celebration and applause.

Wishboard

Amplify the celebrations with a Wishboard to collate heartfelt messages from colleagues using AI-backed nudges.

AI-crafted Wishes

Take the help of AI-generated messages to craft meaningful wishes.

Download Keepsake

The Wishboard can be turned into a keepsake by converting it into a PDF or hard copy.

Free your admins with award & reward automation
Automated Workflows

Save time and increase efficiency for your HR teams by leveraging automation and workflows to deliver a delightful experience with every award.

Timely Notifications

Never miss a celebration with milestone alerts and coworker notifications.

Delivery Support

Streamline the delivery of physical or digital service award packages with your company's branding using Empuls.

Stay cost-effective without compromising on quality
Cost-effective Catalog

Choose cost-effective options with Empuls to reduce employee reward program expenses.

No Mark-up Fees

Avoid exorbitant markups and convenience fees paid to existing vendors.

Pay at Redemption

Pay only when employees redeem or claim rewards, ensuring cost control without sacrificing quality.

What makes Empuls stand out as an employee engagement platform?

Comprehensive rewards & recognition programs

Empower your team with spot awards, peer-to-peer recognition, nomination-based rewards, leaderboards, service anniversaries, and more such recognitions.

Global rewards catalog

Access a diverse catalog with 10M+ rewards, including gift cards, experiences, prepaid cards, and Amazon’s entire store.

AI-driven engagement

Leverage AI to analyze trends, track recognition patterns, and provide actionable feedback to boost engagement.

Inclusive global platform

Multi-language and multi-currency support ensures inclusivity for employees across locations and cultures.

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Give your employees the gift of choice

Explore Empuls' dynamic reward marketplace, featuring tangible gifts from Amazon, personalized in-house swag, a global catalog of gift cards, brand merchandise, experiential rewards, and custom options.

Integrations

Works with your everyday work tools

Your employees are already navigating multiple tools at work. We made it easy for them by integrating Empuls with your everyday collaboration, HRIS/HRMS/HCM, and single sign-on tools.

Microsoft teams logo
Microsoft Teams
Allow employees to recognize, reward, share feedback, and engage within Teams.
Slack logo
Slack
Integrate with Empuls to deliver recognition, rewards, and surveys in the flow of work from within Slack.
UKG logo
UKG
Keep employee data fresh and automate milestone celebrations with this integration. 
SAP SuccessFactors
Automate employee inclusion in engagement initiatives and never miss any milestone celebrations.
Google Workspace SSO
Involve every employee in your engagement initiatives with secure, single sign-on access to Empuls. 
Azure AD
Provide employees secure access to Empuls with single sign-on and multi-factor authentication.
BambooHR
Seamlessly sync employee data from BambooHR to engage every employee every day on Empuls.
Freshteam
Keep employee data up-to-date in Empuls to involve your entire workforce in engagement programs.
Keka
This integration ensures that employee data in Empuls is up-to-date for continuous engagement.

Our customers love us

Illumifin
Illumifin
“Seamless, easy to navigate, and very user-friendly”
"We have been using Empuls for our employee engagement initiatives and have successfully encouraged our U.S. team to adopt it for recognition and rewards (R&R). With over 3,000 employees, we all actively engage with the platform. The product is seamless, easy to navigate, and very user-friendly."
- Senior Director and Head - HR, Illumifin
Locus
Locus
“Wonderful tool to appreciate and strengthen team bonds”
The Empuls portal has proven to be a wonderful tool to appreciate and strengthen team bonds across our organization, particularly in the hybrid work model. The ease of peer-to-peer and manager appreciation has made recognition remarkably convenient. Empuls has become an integral part of our R&R program.
- Chief Happiness Officer & Founder's Office
Techwave
Techwave
“An engaging experience”
At Techwave, Empuls proved to be more than just a platform; it’s an engaging experience. The transition from a manual process to an automated program with Empuls was a lot smoother than most well-known service companies. Overall, it’s a 5-star rating from Techwave!
Angela Paulmony
- Human Resources
Infinit-O
Infinit-O
“Empuls has a solid foundation with all the features”
I appreciated the availability of helpful contacts, guides, and real-time support from the Empuls team. Overall, Empuls has a solid foundation with all the features and resources you’ll need to kick-start employee engagement at your company.
Danamaisie Carmona
- Operations Manager

Industry-leading Engagement & Recognition Platform

  • Hype Cycle for HR Technology, 2023

  • Hype Cycle for Hybrid Work, 2023

  • Market Guide for Voice of the Employee Solutions™ 2023

  • Innovation Insight: Digital Technologies Driving DEI Outcomes 2023

Forrester Employee Recognition Landscape, Q1 2023

Everest Group R&R Solutions PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2023

G2 Award
Shortlister Top employee recognition software award
Software reviews - Top employee engagement software award
Capterra award
G2 easiest admin award
GetApp leaders award

FAQs

What makes Empuls an all-in-one employee engagement platform?

Empuls is built on four pillars of employee engagement, namely communication, alignment, empowerment, and motivation. Empuls' features - social intranet, engagement and lifecycle surveys, values and goals-based recognition, and delightful rewards enable a multi-dimensional approach to fixing disengagement. Empuls eliminates the hassles of investing in and managing multiple solutions to drive people initiatives that drastically cut down complexity and costs, and improve ROI.

How does Empuls deliver ROI for my organization?

Empuls drives measurable ROI by enhancing employee engagement, increasing productivity, and reducing turnover. It creates a culture of recognition, improves retention, and streamlines rewards and feedback processes. With Empuls, you empower employees, foster collaboration, and build a thriving workforce aligned with your organizational goals.

What all types of recognition programs does Empuls offer?

Empuls supports spot awards, peer-to-peer recognition, nomination-based awards, leaderboards, service anniversaries, and more such awards ensuring comprehensive recognition options.

Is the platform easy to integrate?

Yes, Empuls integrates seamlessly with popular HRMS, collaboration, and communication tools.