Workstars 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

Workstars

4.8

(33)

Pricing

Starting at £1.50 per month

About Workstars

Workstars is a cloud-based social employee recognition platform designed to make work rewarding and drive employee engagement. Ideal for local HR teams and global businesses, Workstars combines peer-to-peer recognition with reward capabilities, custom perk catalogs, and awards.

Workstars can be configured to meet company needs and desired recognition strategy, incorporating custom rewards catalogs or focusing solely on showing appreciation. It integrates with existing employee tools.

Pricing is based on a monthly subscription basis and dependent on the number of employees. There are no set-up or onboarding fees.

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Workstars Pricing and Plans

Starting price: £1.50 per month

Free Trial

Free Version

ENTRY

£1.50

per user, per month

Plan includes:

360-Degree Recognition
Analytics
Mobile-Optimised Site

PRO

£2.00

per user, per month

Plan includes:

Analytics
Business Hierarchy Replication
Data Automation
Full Client Services Support
Mobile Optimized Site
Rewards
Social Integrations

GLOBAL

£2.70

per user, per month

Plan includes:

Complete Suite of Recognition Formats Across Social
Manager
Peer to Peer
Team and Central

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Workstars Features

Popular features found in Employee Recognition
Awards Management
Chat/Messaging
Goal Management
Leaderboards
Manager-to-Employee Recognition
Nominations
Peer-to-Peer Recognition
Reporting/Analytics
Rewards Catalog
More features of Workstars
API
Customizable Branding
Dashboard
Employee Profiles
Employee Reward Programs
Engagement Tracking
Onboarding
Performance Management
Recognition Tracking
Self Service Portal
Single Sign On
Social Recognition
Third-Party Integrations

Workstars Integrations

Salesforce Sales Cloud

Google Workspace

Microsoft Viva Engage

Microsoft Teams

Slack

Okta

See all 8 integrations

Workstars User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.8

Ratings Breakdown

82%

18%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.9

Value for money

5.0

Customer support

4.8

Functionality

4.6

Have you used Workstars and would like to share your experience with others?

Dawn W.

Verified reviewer

Hospital & Health Care

501-1000 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2018

Affordable, customizable web-based tool to support employee engagement

We were able to quickly launch a customized program without investing internal IT resources into developing the solution.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

This low-cost, web-based employee recognition program is intuitive and easy to navigate both for end users and program administrators. Easily compliments a robust employee recognition strategy by offering leaders, managers, and staff an additional venue for sharing and receiving recognition. Recognition is linked to specific behaviors that demonstrate and exemplify company values and service standards, which serves to sustain an organizational culture. The program also facilitates and encourages peer-to-peer recognition and team-based recognition. The layout resembles popular social media websites so navigation is intuitive and no user training is needed. Ease of use supports rapid adoption. The ability of users to customize profiles with gender-neutral avatars or profile photos allow staff authentic self-expression and supports diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace. Translation services allow users to further customize their experience. The technology is reliable and we rarely experience technical issues (which are always minor). When users request service, support is always impressively responsive.

Cons:

This software can help sustain an organizational culture but isn't a comprehensive solution to employee recognition. Organizations that don't have other recognition tactics already in place or launched alongside this program risk disengaging employees. Recognition efforts still need to be reflective of the full range of staff needs but this program certainly helps meet the need for a public venue to recognize and connect staff across an international organization with a large geographic footprint.

Vendor Response

Thanks for taking the time to leave this great review, Dawn. Enabling organizations to launch a recognition and rewards program that fits their objectives is key to us - and without the need for extensive additional development time or onboarding support. If employees would like some extra help in navigating Workstars, we have just launched a suite of explainer videos which they can access at any time, including on how to set up their profiles, send their first recognitions and pick the perks they'd like to receive!

Replied July 2022

Kevin C.

Verified reviewer

Financial Services

11-50 employees

Used monthly for less than 2 years

Reviewed May 2021

An easy-to-use and affordable platform

Workstars is wonderful. Onboarding was a breeze. The only issue I've encountered is the time zone difference between us and their team, so customer service is not always easily accessible.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I love that the platform is focused on peer to peer recognition; the first thing you see when you log in is your recognitions wall and you can recognize your peers so easily.

Cons:

I wish there were more notifications or summaries; maybe notify users when someone in their department gets recognized, or send out a weekly summary with some recognitions from that week.

Reasons for choosing Workstars

Price point, and functionality. It was cheaper per month, and it did what we were looking for.

Vendor Response

Thanks for your great review, Kevin! Glad you like the focus on peer-to-peer recognition too and being able to quickly see all the activity in your organization. You'll be glad to know that we now have a US support covering all time zones.

Replied July 2022

Nathan B.

Verified reviewer

Business Supplies and Equipment

1001-5000 employees

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Reviewed September 2022

That other new thing that Marketing/HR is doing...

Engaging, seems to help turn the gears.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I thought this was going to be a simple email to disregard. Nope. Other employees started using the system and it grew and grew now just about everyone in the office is using the platform to recognize each others accomplishments. GOOD TO GO TEAM!

Cons:

-- Initial User Setup is bulky -- SSO is +/- not 100% -- Small footprint for deployment and use. -- Data is secure and tabled for access.

David M.

Verified reviewer

Pharmaceuticals

201-500 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Reviewed August 2022

First time user, pleasantly surprised admin

I have been pleasantly surprised by the ease of use, set up and personation of the product with MURR. I have created, purchased and used sever in my career. None compare to the product and or service provided by Workstars.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The ease of set up and integration of our branding within the look and feel. This has been key to initial buy in from the team leads and managers during the soft launch.

Cons:

Management here like personalization and the lack of ability to have "MURR" branded badges and or buttons for awards.

Reasons for choosing Workstars

I have worked with several providers in the employee recognition arena. When I pitched one at MURR I needed to also have several other options (Workstars was my initial choice), after several Zoom meetings we got a meeting with Workstars. The University uses a competitor for another division; the price point, ability to work with us on integration and support was key to choosing Workstars.

Eliza L.

Verified reviewer

Human Resources

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2018

Easy to use, intuitive software with intelligent recognition features

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The recognition software is intuitive and intelligent, offering enterprise-style features at a low per-employee cost. It is simple to launch and easy to administer with a suite of integrations to manage data directly from your HR database or publish recognition through Yammer, Chatter or Slack channels. The focus on recognition, not financial reward, takes the pressure off budgets but if you do want to add rewards to your program, the financial management is transparent, allowing you to easily track spend. Manager Perks are a great feature, allowing you to give out personlised low-cost 'perks' to keep your recognition program fun and engaging. Reporting is one of the standout features of this software, with useable insights delivered dashboard style. Reports roll up from an employee level to give team insights to managers and detailed analysis to directors. Overall, outstanding software that is flexible and delivers great recognition features without a big price tag.

Cons:

A couple of the set-up steps could be simplified, something I understand is being addressed in future versions.

Becky O.

Verified reviewer

Hospitality

201-500 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Reviewed September 2019

Great Product!

Workstars has given Onyx employees a fun and interactive platform to celebrate our colleagues’ success, and that has been invaluable to our work culture. Implementation could not have gone any smoother. The support team is always timely, friendly and helpful. Workstars is a great tool for the HR professional’s arsenal.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Very easy to set up, use and maintain; Our employees love being able to give peer to peer recognition to each other.

Cons:

The only suggestion would be the search function is based on last name. Being an international organization, many of our employees have multiple last names, so it can be difficult to find someone. I would like to see an option to put in any part of the name and search that way.

Reasons for choosing Workstars

The international options with recognition. We have employees all over the world and wanted a company who can offer great recognition options for them too. Many of the other companies are US focused.

Vendor Response

Thanks for your great review, Becky. We love to hear that employees are enjoying giving recognition to their peers and the positive impact that's having on work cultures. We also love feedback. We have just launched our new recognition search tool which makes it easier than ever to find a colleague you'd like to recognize. The search tool will automatically display colleagues who you recognize most frequently or those closest to you within the organization, and you can now search using their first or last name too. We also love feedback. We have just launched our new recognition search tool which makes it easier than ever to find a colleague you'd like to recognize. The search tool will automatically display colleagues who you recognize most frequently or those closest to you within the organization, and you can now search using their first or last name too. Thanks, Workstars

Replied July 2022

Sally W.

Verified reviewer

Real Estate

1001-5000 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Reviewed March 2021

Workstars is a great platform for recognition of employees

It's a really great program, that is easy to use. It's easy to set up your profile and its visually, very appealing.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

I think Workstars is really a fantastic platform for recognition of employees. The program looks great and it's nice to be able to set up your individual profile yourself. What's really great about Workstarts is that you are able to see your whole team as a Manager and keep track of how well everyone is doing and also the recognition that they receive and this can be used as part of their performance reviews. It's also great that this recognition is visible across the whole company and I feel that this makes that recognition even more valuable to the employees that receive it.

Cons:

I love the look of the software, but most of all, I like that fact that I am able to see all the recognition that my team gets and keep a track of this. This will be vital when it comes to doing annual performance reviews and appraisals. I think it will also provide for a bit of healthy competition between team members.

Vendor Response

Hey Sally, thanks so much for your review. It's great to hear how helpful Workstars is for managers to see how their teams are doing in terms of giving and receiving recognition, and how that activity can feed into wider business activities too.

Replied July 2022

Matt L.

Verified reviewer

Staffing and Recruiting

51-200 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Reviewed September 2019

Workstars Review

The support team who set the account up with us has been really informative and helpful from the outset and throughout all changes and upgrades, really made this is a pain-free process - which is atypical when it comes to IT projects in my experience. We enjoy using it, and although it's pretty basic is suits our needs and has a non-corporate feel which is great. it's "Nintendo Wii" as opposed to "Microsoft Windows" - I like that.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

ease of use, playful nature, relatively easy to download reports.

Cons:

Some selection drop down counter intuitive ( hard to locate staff names when adding the hiring manager unless using surname first or exact spelling etc) Some reports show info that' slightly confusing (% of team recognised shows a person "filling up" as i recall, never quite got this one

Reasons for choosing Workstars

Basic nature, fun, ease of use, good implementation via support team- trusted the product and wasn't oversold at any point.

Vendor Response

Thanks for your great feedback, Matt. We have just launched our new search tool which makes it easier than ever to find a colleague when giving recognition, building your team or searching for a profile page. The search tool will automatically display colleagues who you recognize most frequently or those closest to you within the organization, and you can now search using their first or last name as well.

Replied July 2022

Jim H.

Verified reviewer

Pharmaceuticals

501-1000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed October 2021

Shout out review

Positive

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Simple system to use, with recogition being a key benefit for all employees. It has a few drawbacks principally the requirement to complete user survey on entry to the system - this would be better to be done after using the system.

Cons:

Reminders about reviews every time the system is accessed is off putting.

Beth D.

Verified reviewer

Hospital & Health Care

11-50 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Reviewed September 2022

Great morale booster