Motivosity vs Workhuman (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Motivosity and Workhuman share a 2.0 GPA, neither has a free plan and their prices can't be set side by side, so the choice depends on which platforms you need.
Checked Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
They get the same grade on all five counts.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Motivosity
Employee recognition and rewards platform with a social feed
Paid
Which one is for you
Pick Motivosity if
- Fits if you want recognition on phones as well as the web
- Works for companies of 250 or more who can live with a quote-only price
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a published price, since the page says pricing is 100% custom
- Tight if you're under 250 people: the vendor shows a $3,000 minimum spend on its small bundle
- Pricey if you want the Visa card and no gift fees, which start at the Building Culture bundle
- Watch out: no free plan and no trial on record
Pick Workhuman if
- Fits if you run one recognition program across several countries
- Works for HR teams that want recognition data in the same place as reporting
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want to see a price first: the pricing address on the site is a dead page
- Not for you if you're a small team, as the site is written for large and mid-sized employers
- Watch out: the headline results on the site are the vendor's own and customer-reported
- Watch out: no trial and no free plan, so it's a demo and a sales call
How we grade them
| 2.0GPAMotivosityFair | 2.0GPAWorkhumanFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CThe pricing page shows three bundles and no figures, and a $3,000 minimum for companies under 250 people. That's a floor of roughly $12 a head at 250 staff, but the real price is a quote, so C. | CNo price is published, so there's nothing to set against the $2 to $9 a seat a month this category charges. That leaves it at C. |
| Free plan and trial | FNo free plan and no trial is listed. You start with a demo request. | FNo free plan and no trial is listed. You start with a demo request. |
| Features | BRecognition, rewards, a social feed and bundles up to a global program. The listing names no gap in the core job. | BPeer awards, milestones, an admin hub with spend control and misuse detection, and analytics. The listing names no gap in the core recognition job. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record, and you'd set it up with your own people data first, so it's an ordinary C. | CNo store rating on record, and you'd set it up with your own people data first, so it's an ordinary C. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, iPhone and Android, with six listed integrations. No desktop app, so no A. | BWeb only, but it works from Teams, Outlook, Slack and Workday, four named integrations. No desktop app. |
| Best for | recognition with a mobile app and a social feed | recognition programs at large global employers |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Motivosity and Workhuman. How we grade
Where they differ
- Motivosity also covers surveys.
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At a glance
| Motivosity | Workhuman | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Paid |
| Starts at | Not published | Not published |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Motivosity | Workhuman |
| Price read from | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Motivosity
- No prices are published: the pricing page says pricing is 100% custom and sends buyers to a quote form.
- The vendor shows a $3,000 minimum spend on its small-business bundle (companies under 250 employees).
- The pricing page shows three bundles (Celebrating People, Building Culture, Scaling Globally) with no figures.
- The ThanksMatters Visa card and no service fees on gifts are listed from the Building Culture bundle up.
Workhuman
- No prices, plans or trial are published; buyers request a demo or talk to sales.
- The vendor's pricing address returns a page-not-found error, so there is no public price list.
- Some of the headline results on the site are the vendor's own and customer-reported figures.
Key features
Motivosity
- Social recognition feed
- Peer-to-peer and manager-to-employee thanks appear in a company feed with profiles, an org chart and announcements.
- Milestone celebrations
- Service anniversaries, birthdays and onboarding moments are triggered automatically from HRIS data.
- Spot bonuses and nominations
- Managers can fund spot bonus pools with approvals, and companies can run nomination-based awards.
- Rewards marketplace
- Employees redeem recognition for gift cards and Amazon items, with a ThanksMatters Visa card and swag store as options.
- Pulse surveys and reporting
- eNPS-style pulse surveys and dashboards covering retention, adoption and spend.
- Chat and HRIS integrations
- Recognition can be given in Slack, Microsoft Teams and Google Chat; HRIS data and single sign-on are synced.
Workhuman
- Social recognition
- Peer-to-peer awards posted to a shared feed, with team awards and community celebrations.
- Service milestones and life events
- Marks work anniversaries and personal moments as part of the recognition program.
- Workhuman iQ analytics
- Recognition data and AI-based insights for HR and business leaders, plus an Inclusion Advisor view.
- Admin hub
- A central place for award management, delegates, spend control, misuse detection and program recommendations.
- Work-app integrations
- Recognize colleagues from Microsoft Teams, Outlook, Slack and Workday without leaving those apps.
Plans
Motivosity
Pricing could not be confirmed. See motivosity.com.
Workhuman
Pricing could not be confirmed. See workhuman.com.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Motivosity or Workhuman?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Motivosity has no price we could confirm, and Workhuman has no price we could confirm.
Which has a free plan, Motivosity or Workhuman?
As of Nov 13, 2026, neither Motivosity nor Workhuman has a free plan.
Which platforms do Motivosity and Workhuman run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Motivosity lists iOS and Android apps. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.