TrustRadius: an HG Insights company

What is Culture Engine?

Culture Engine is an Employee Recognition platform for Slack and Microsoft Teams. Employees can send public shoutouts tied to company values and attach Coins that recipients can redeem for gift cards, prepaid cards, or charitable donations.

Key Capabilities

  • Recognition workflow: Weekly prompts encourage employees to recognize colleagues, while automated birthday and work-anniversary posts reduce manual administrative work.
  • Rewards redemption: Coins do not expire. The vendor states that Coins can be redeemed through more than 2,500 options across more than 200 countries.
  • In-workspace feed: Public recognition appears in Slack or Microsoft Teams, allowing teams to view colleague contributions without opening a separate application.

Audience & Use Cases

  • Audience: HR teams, people operations teams, and managers using Slack or Microsoft Teams.
  • Use Case: Organizations can recognize employee contributions, reinforce company values, and distribute reward funds through an existing team communication tool.

Technical Specifications

  • Integrations: Slack and Microsoft Teams.
  • Trial and pricing: The vendor offers a 14-day trial without a payment card. Pricing is $3 per seat per month when billed annually or $4 per seat per month when billed monthly. Coins are funded separately and billed upon redemption; the vendor states that no contract or minimum commitment is required.
  • Setup: The vendor states that initial setup takes approximately one minute.

Screenshots

Screenshot of Each week Culture Engine resurfaces a shoutout the team rallied around and posts a recap of the week — shoutouts shared, participation rate, and the value recognized most. Reactions and replies do the rest.
Screenshot of Recognition doesn't fail because people don't care — it fails because nobody remembers. Automated weekly nudges and a Weekly Recap keep shoutouts flowing, alongside birthday and work-anniversary posts that happen on their own.
Screenshot of People redeem Coins for gift cards, prepaid cards, or charitable donations — 2,500+ options across 200+ countries. Coins never expire, and you're only billed when they're redeemed.

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Screenshot of Each week Culture Engine resurfaces a shoutout the team rallied around and posts a recap of the week — shoutouts shared, participation rate, and the value recognized most. Reactions and replies do the rest.

Technical Details

Technical Details
Deployment TypesSaaS
Mobile ApplicationNo
Supported CountriesAll
Supported LanguagesEnglish

FAQs

How much does Culture Engine cost?
Culture Engine starts at $4.
What are Culture Engine's top competitors?
Culture Amp, Bonusly, and Matter are common alternatives for Culture Engine.