Microsoft Viva Glint vs. Nectar

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Microsoft Viva Glint
Score 9.0 out of 10
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A solution to improve engagement and performance with recommended actions and data-driven insights across employee lifecycle and organization-wide surveys. Glint was acquired by LinkedIn in October 2018, and is now Microsoft Viva Glint, an app that is available standalone or as part of Microsoft's Viva Suite of employee engagement applications.N/A
Nectar
Score 8.7 out of 10
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Nectar is a cloud-based employee recognition platform. It features monetary and social recognition that can be provided in a peer-to-peer and a manager-to-peer manner.N/A
Pricing
Microsoft Viva GlintNectar
Editions & Modules
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Nectar Recognize
Contact Sales
Nectar Engage™ + Nectar Recognize
Contact Sales
Nectar Comms + Nectar Recognize
Contact Sales
Culture Suite (Nectar Recognize + Nectar Engage™ + Nectar Comms)
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Microsoft Viva GlintNectar
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsVolume discounts are available for companies with 500+ employees
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Community Pulse
Microsoft Viva GlintNectar
Considered Both Products
Microsoft Viva Glint
Chose Microsoft Viva Glint
The only comparable product I've used is Rypple, which I'm not sure still exists. Glint is a superior product in pretty much every way I can remember, from the employee survey experience to the output reports.
Chose Microsoft Viva Glint
We did a more traditional, once a year, easily forgotten tool before and used other survey tools. No consistency with how across these tools and we couldn't tie things back to overall engagement in the way we would have liked. Glint is easy to manage and keeps all of our "pigs …
Nectar
Chose Nectar
We eventually decided to switch back to lattice. We liked Nectar because it was an all in one feedback & gifting platform, but ultimately switched to lattice paired with snappy gifts for gifting as snappy is able to provide physical gifts in US and Germany, and lattice provides …
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User Ratings
Microsoft Viva GlintNectar
Likelihood to Recommend
8.2
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8.0
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Usability
10.0
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Support Rating
9.0
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User Testimonials
Microsoft Viva GlintNectar
Likelihood to Recommend
Glint is a really user friendly and visually appealing platform for survey recipients. They also have a great support team, who are helpful in answering our questions. Areas where Glint can improve is more on the admin side. If you only need to run your surveys a few times a year (which is what we do with our 360 & employee engagement surveys), it’s not going to be bad at all. For our exit interview process, we run them for every leaver and are running into difficulties with how to streamline how to upload the data in an efficient and non-time consuming way. I also think data reporting can be better & more user friendly.
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If you are a US based company only (or maybe just US and Canada or UK) the product works particularly well. I think it makes more sense to provide gifts rather than gift cards as rewards, as people don't really cash out the gift cards. Since Nectar didn't have this functionality in Germany, the platform wasn't ideal. People did provide and receive feedback but didn't really use the reward capabilities. It also would have been nice to have a way to provide the feedback directly from slack without going into the Nectar platform.
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Pros
  • Great way to create and send surveys.
  • Easy to fill out when expecting 100s of responses.
  • Effective at collating response for management teams to review.
  • Ability to complete on mobile devices.
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  • Ability to provide public feedback
  • Incentivized feedback in a user friendly/good UX platform
  • Ability to tie feedback to our core values
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Cons
  • Management coaching to fix discovered problems.
  • Individual responses to individual issues.
  • Clear explanation of anonymity or who will end up reading the feedback.
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  • Did not have great global functionality - we couldn't send actual gifts (only giftcards) to germany
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Usability
INCREDIBLY easy for the end-user. The only questions we had were around confidentiality/anonymity. We tried to further address these with other surveys by calling out and explaining how Glint worked. As an admin, it is also quite simple and easy to find answers when you don't have them.
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Support Rating
The technical support has been on point from implementation through to when we were running on our own with our surveys. It's great to have People Science support but we did find that oftentimes we knew our organization better and should be speaking to leadership about these results instead of PS. It was great to throw lines out to them for trends, especially when it came to Covid, Return to Office, and Diversity.
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Alternatives Considered
We did a more traditional, once a year, easily forgotten tool before and used other survey tools. No consistency with how across these tools and we couldn't tie things back to overall engagement in the way we would have liked. Glint is easy to manage and keeps all of our "pigs in one pen".
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We eventually decided to switch back to Lattice. We liked Nectar because it was an all in one feedback & gifting platform, but ultimately switched to Lattice paired with Snappy gifts for gifting as Snappy is able to provide physical gifts in US and Germany, and Lattice provides us other capabilities besides feedback such as performance reviews, engagement surveys, hosting 1:1s, utilizing competencies...
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Return on Investment
  • Feeling more involved in company decisions.
  • Getting feedback to management on critical problems.
  • Having a place to vent in anonymity.
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  • People collaborating better together
  • People feeling more engaged
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ScreenShots

Nectar Screenshots

Screenshot of the Nectar homepage, which offers a clear view of what’s happening across a company. Here, users can send recognition, see recent shoutouts, check points balance, and stay connected to team wins.Screenshot of some of the available ways to reward employees. They can pick from hundreds of gift cards, experiences, or custom company perks.Screenshot of an automated milestone celebration. Nectar syncs with HR tools to send birthday and service awards on schedule, ensuring no special moment goes unnoticed.Screenshot of Nectar’s analytics that help see recognition impacts engagement, retention, and company culture over time.Screenshot of Nectar's Microsoft Teams integration, allowing employees to give and receive recognition right where they work. Here, users can send shoutouts, add points, and celebrate achievements directly in chat, so appreciation becomes part of a team’s everyday conversations.Screenshot of Nectar Comms, which helps recognize great work, boost engagement, and reinforce core values while keeping employees connected. Users can design and send branded emails, share updates, and manage internal newsletters to keep your team informed and inspired.