Employee recognition platform Recognition your team remembers.

MeritForge turns everyday appreciation into Sparks, medals, titles, team stories, and optional real-world rewards, all with the controls companies need to keep recognition meaningful, fair, and budget-safe.

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Daily habit

Give employees a fresh, configurable Spark budget for regular peer recognition.

Lasting identity

Turn received appreciation into medals, titles, profiles, and long-term reputation.

Culture insight

See how recognition moves across teams, values, departments, and time periods.

Company control

Configure budgets, approvals, reward rules, roles, permissions, and safeguards.

Everything Recognition includes

Everyday thanks, lasting honors and the controls to keep recognition fair and on budget.

Everyday Recognition

Make appreciation part of the daily rhythm.

Sparks make it easy for employees to recognize help, effort, teamwork, and small wins without turning appreciation into a heavy process.

Configurable Spark allowancesGive employees a fresh recognition budget each cycle. Configure how many Sparks they receive, when budgets refresh, and whether unused Sparks expire.
Lightweight peer-to-peer recognitionNot every contribution needs a ceremony. Sparks make everyday appreciation fast, visible, and easy to repeat.
Values, tags, and hashtagsConnect recognition to the values your company wants to reinforce, from teamwork and ownership to customer focus and craft.

Forge Medals

Forge meaningful medals.

Received Sparks can build long-term progress, generate crafting resources through configurable rules, and become medals with titles that feel worth remembering.

Impact progressionReceived recognition builds lasting progress. Instead of becoming a confusing wallet of spendable points, Sparks can feed a visual progression system that reflects someone's growing impact.
Ingots and forged medalsEmployees can use earned crafting resources to create meaningful medals for bigger achievements, milestones, or values-based recognition.
Custom medals and rarity tiersCreate a recognition language with medal themes and tiers for common recognition, rare achievements, epic contributions, legendary milestones, and company-defining impact.
AI-assisted title suggestionsHelp employees say something meaningful. Title suggestions can turn recognition into memorable names based on the message, value, recipient, and achievement context.

Employee Armory

Turn recognition into a story employees carry with them.

Profiles become more than directories. They become living stories of how each person contributes, what they are known for, and which achievements others forged for them.

Profiles as trophy ArmoriesShow earned titles, forged medals, received Sparks, recognition history, team contributions, and milestone progress in one warm professional profile.
Value strengths and contribution patternsMake it easy to see what someone is repeatedly appreciated for, from craft and ownership to teamwork and cross-team support.
Shareable forged badgesLet employees share the badges and medals forged for them on LinkedIn, internal profiles, or wherever they want their achievement story to travel.

Great Hall Feed

Celebrate wins without creating another noisy channel.

The recognition feed gives teams visibility into great work while keeping interactions structured, positive, and low-noise.

A visible home for recognitionShow recent Sparks, medals, celebrations, and meaningful recognition moments across the company or selected teams.
Major recognition highlightsKeep forged medals and milestone recognitions prominent so larger achievements do not disappear in a long stream.
Structured reactionsLet teammates amplify recognition with Huzzahs and stronger endorsements without turning every post into a comment thread.

Team Insights

Understand how recognition flows across your company.

MeritForge helps leaders see which values are being recognized, which teams are connected, and where appreciation is missing.

Recognition flow analyticsSee where recognition is flowing inside teams, across departments, and between different parts of the organization.
Company values analyticsUnderstand which values are actually showing up in day-to-day work, not just written on the wall.
Team and department viewsZoom from company-wide culture patterns into specific teams, departments, locations, time periods, values, and recognition types.

Real-World Rewards

Reward real impact without creating budget chaos.

MeritForge can connect recognition to meaningful rewards while keeping budgets predictable and controlled.

Milestone-based rewardsRewards are unlocked through configured recognition milestones, not uncontrolled point spending.
Budget-safe reward rulesSet eligibility, milestone thresholds, reward types, budget limits, country availability, and approval requirements.
Optional reward fulfillmentUse an approved third-party reward provider to offer gift cards and other supported rewards when your company is ready, while keeping reward budgets and redemption rules under your control.

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Admin Controls

Built for real companies, not just simple org charts.

Configure recognition rules, teams, values, budgets, approvals, and permissions from one admin console.

Company structure and valuesMap recognition to the way your company actually works and turn values into daily behaviors people can see.
Recognition economy settingsShape Spark budgets, refresh cycles, expiration options, conversion rules, medal availability, reward milestones, and approval gates.
Roles, permissions, and safeguardsProtect your recognition system with verified users, role-based controls, approval gates, and admin-level safeguards.

Admin Console

Company structureTeams, departments, locations, business units

Values and recognition rulesBudgets, refresh cycles, tags, medals, conversion

Approvals and permissionsEmployees, managers, admins, owners, safeguards

Integrations

Bring recognition into the workflows your team already uses.

MeritForge connects recognition with the practical tools companies need to launch, manage, and scale their recognition program, from Slack, Microsoft Teams, Jira, and AI assistant recognition to reward fulfillment, public sharing, and structured employee imports.

Slack recognition

Let employees send recognition directly from Slack, so Sparks can happen where daily collaboration already takes place.

Microsoft Teams recognition

Let people give Sparks in Microsoft Teams from the message box, from any message, or by typing spark to the bot, and celebrate every Spark, Badge, and work anniversary in the channel you choose.

Jira recognition

Let people send Sparks straight from a Jira Cloud issue, with their balance and company values at hand and the issue linked to the recognition.

Real-world reward fulfillment

Use an approved third-party reward provider to support real-world rewards while keeping budgets and fulfillment controlled.

External badge sharing

Let employees share the badges and achievements they choose on LinkedIn, with a public link or as an image, as part of their professional story.

XLS & CSV imports

Import organization structure and member data, including teams, departments, roles, managers, and joining dates.

AI assistants: ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini

Let people ask the AI assistant they already use what needs them this week, or have it draft a Spark, a check-in, or an objective update. Nothing is sent until they approve it in MeritForge. Admins choose which assistants and permissions are allowed and can see every request in an activity log.

Pricing

Simple per-seat pricing

Recognition costs at most $2.58 per seat per month on average, or $5.15 with Growth, and the average drops as your team grows. The first 10 seats are free in every package, and real-world reward budgets are separate and set by you.

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Questions about Recognition

What are Sparks?+

Sparks are lightweight recognition employees can give to others for everyday help, effort, wins, and support. Companies can configure how many Sparks employees receive and how each cycle works.

Can we control how many Sparks employees receive?+

Yes. Admins can configure Spark allowances and decide how they should work for their organization, including whether unused Sparks expire at the end of each cycle.

What are medals and titles?+

Medals are more memorable recognition artifacts for meaningful contributions. Titles help show what someone is becoming known for inside the company. Together, they make recognition feel more lasting than a simple thank-you message.

Can high-value recognition require approval?+

Yes. Companies can use approval flows for more significant recognitions, so rare or high-impact honors stay meaningful and are not overused.

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Build the loop

Build a recognition system people actually want to use.

From everyday Sparks to lasting medals, team insights, and controlled rewards, MeritForge helps companies make appreciation visible, memorable, and meaningful.

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