Employee recognition
Employee recognition software
LVL Up Performance includes peer-to-peer recognition tied to your company's values, with custom badges, visibility controls, and optional leaderboards — built into every plan rather than sold as a separate product. It is designed to work alongside goals, feedback, and reviews, not as a recognition-only feed that goes quiet after the first month.
What's included
Values-tagged recognition
Every recognition can be tagged to one of your company's stated values, so patterns show up in reporting instead of disappearing into a feed.
Custom badges
Admins create and manage their own badge set — no fixed catalog of generic icons to work around.
Visibility controls
Public to the company, scoped to a team, or private between two people. Set per recognition, not as a sitewide switch.
Leaderboards and XP
Optional gamification for teams that want it — recognition given and received both count, so it rewards more than just being popular.
Where a dedicated recognition tool fits better
If recognition is genuinely the only problem you're solving — no goals, no review cycles, no interest in connecting it to performance data — a recognition-only product may be simpler to roll out. LVL Up Performance is built for teams that want recognition connected to the rest of how performance gets managed, not as a standalone habit.
Common questions
What is employee recognition software?
A tool that lets managers and peers give visible, specific praise — usually tied to a moment or a company value — instead of recognition living only in Slack messages or a manager's memory. The useful versions make it fast to give, easy to see patterns in, and connected to the rest of performance management rather than a standalone feed nobody checks after week one.
Is recognition software worth paying for separately?
Rarely, unless recognition is the only problem you have. Standalone recognition tools add a login, a budget line, and a feed that goes quiet once the novelty wears off. It works better tied to the goals, reviews, and feedback someone is already using weekly — which is why LVL Up Performance includes it in every plan rather than pricing it as an add-on.
How is this different from Culture Amp's recognition tools?
Culture Amp sells recognition as part of its Engage and Perform products, priced on an annual custom quote for your headcount. LVL Up Performance includes peer recognition, values tagging, custom badges, and visibility controls in every published plan starting at $29/month for 25 people — no quote call required to see a number.
Can recognition stay private, or does it have to be public?
Both. Recognition can be posted publicly to the whole company, scoped to a team, or sent privately between two people. Nothing forces a public feed if that is not the culture you want.
See it alongside goals, feedback, and reviews on the full features page, or check published pricing — no call required to see a number.