Track nominations, manage rewards, and view leaderboards in an AI-powered portal built with AI to fit your team's unique culture.




Customize an employee recognition program tracker that looks sleek out of the box. Add only the features you need, and iterate as needs evolve.






Connect team directories, reward lists, and nomination logs with real-time sync—or manage everything in Softr Databases. Create one source of truth for your cultural initiatives.
Give employees, managers, and HR the right views. Set up secure logins, user groups, and recognition permissions in minutes.
Softr apps are mobile-ready. Let team members submit peer nominations and celebrate wins on the go with a downloadable PWA.
Softr apps are mobile-ready. Let team members submit peer nominations and celebrate wins on the go with a downloadable PWA.
Build native Softr Workflows to handle celebration notifications, reward approvals, and Slack updates automatically when a milestone is reached.
Provide separate views for managers to approve rewards and employees to browse the catalog, with personalized dashboards for every role.
Apply rules for different team levels. Customize who can nominate, who can approve rewards, and who can view analytics.
Protect sensitive employee data and reward logs. Softr is fully compliant with SOC2 and GDPR regulations.
No more one-size-fits-all tools or costly custom builds. Softr is easy to use and fully customizable, so you can launch faster, adapt as you grow, and skip the complexity of traditional software.

Build your employee recognition program tracker in minutes with AI—no manual setup or complex configuration.

Add features like automated gift cards, impact summaries, or custom dashboards as your program scales over time.

Start with a tracker, then add training portals or expense tools—all in one place with no extra seats to buy.
Co-build with AI
Simply describe what you need. Let Softr handle everything - Interface, database, workflows.
Iterate with AI or visually
Control most critical parts of your app yourself - roles, permissions, security.
Ship the same day
Invite team members or external clients and partners right away. No developer handover.
Use drag-and-drop blocks to build a portal that looks sleek and modern out of the box. Add only the features you need, and iterate as your workflows evolve.




An employee recognition program tracker is a secure portal where team members and managers can log in to celebrate achievements, nominate peers for awards, and view recognition history. It centralizes all shout-outs, points, and milestones in one place, so you don't have to rely on scattered emails or manual spreadsheets. This makes it easier for HR teams to keep morale high and ensure every contribution is acknowledged across the company.
Softr is the first AI-native platform for building business software. It makes it easy to build an employee recognition program tracker that fits your specific culture and reward structure. You can describe your program needs to the AI Co-Builder to instantly generate your database, nomination pages, and approval logic—already connected and secure.
You don't need to code anything. You can start by generating with AI, using a template, or building from scratch. Everything runs on Softr Databases, the native, relational database built into the platform, or you can connect external tools like Airtable, Google Sheets, or HubSpot to pull in existing employee lists. You have full control to adjust the layout visually, decide which roles can approve awards, and brand it to match your company’s visual identity. It's quick to launch, simple to update as your program evolves, and flexible enough to grow with your workforce.
You can include a wide range of features in your employee recognition program tracker, depending on how you reward your team. A great tracker usually mixes classic functional blocks with AI-powered intelligence:
- AI-Powered Intelligence – Use Ask AI to let HR admins query recognition trends conversationally, or set up Database AI Agents to summarize monthly achievement highlights for company newsletters.
- Vibe Coding Blocks – Build complex, custom UI elements—like a dynamic 'Employee of the Month' trophy room—using the AI Code block to "vibe code" exactly the look you want.
- Softr Workflows – Build native automations (like an instant Slack alert or automated email) that trigger whenever a peer nomination is submitted or an award is approved.
- User Portals & Logins – Securely manage access so each employee only sees their own profile, earned badges, and the public recognition wall.
- Forms & Data Collection – Capture peer-to-peer nominations with custom forms, including photo uploads and category selections.
- Dashboards & Charts – Visualize program participation rates and departmental recognition trends with real-time charts for leadership.
- Lists & Advanced Filtering – Display current nominations and historical winners with searchable tables or a visually engaging 'Kudos' wall.
Everything is built using Softr's drag-and-drop blocks, so you can create these features without writing code. Need something more custom? Use the Vibe Coding block to generate a tailored component with AI. And if your reward criteria change, it's easy to update the portal later.
Vibe coding is all about moving fast and using AI to build exactly what you need. You can "vibe code" an employee recognition program tracker in Softr by simply describing your requirements—like 'a nomination system with an approval workflow for managers'—to the AI Co-Builder. Softr then generates a production-ready app on top of a stable, secure foundation.
Unlike other tools that just generate raw, fragile code, Softr handles the "boring 80%"—like employee authentication, database logic, and permission levels—natively. This means you get the speed of vibe coding without the "Day Two" headaches of managing raw code. You describe your recognition criteria, Softr builds the portal, and it’s ready for your team to start celebrating wins instantly.
Yes. You can manage multiple departments, regional offices, or project teams in a single tracker. Each employee only sees the nominations and data relevant to them or their department, based on their login and role. This is useful for large organizations where specific teams have their own unique reward categories or budget pools.
Yes, you can. You don't need to bring your employee directory from somewhere else to start building with Softr. If you're starting from scratch, you can use Softr Databases, which is built into the platform and integrates perfectly with your recognition app.
But if you already have employee data in tools like Airtable, Google Sheets, HubSpot, Notion, or SQL, you can connect those too. You can also use the REST API connector to bring in HR data from other sources. Either way, you have full control over how your recognition milestones and award records are structured and displayed.
Softr Databases is the recommended native, relational data source for Softr. It is built explicitly for business apps, offering the highest performance for loading employee walls and instant automation triggers for real-time celebration notifications.
If you already have your staff list elsewhere, Softr also connects to 17+ external data sources. You can connect to Airtable, Google Sheets, HubSpot, SmartSuite, and more. You can even integrate multiple data sources into the same app—so your tracker could pull employee names from a SQL database while storing new nomination cards in Softr Databases. Most sources support real-time, two-way sync, so any recognition points updated in the app stay in sync with your source data automatically.
Yes, Softr gives you full control over how staff experience your recognition tracker. You can customize the layout and content to match your brand and internal culture. Each page or block can be shown or hidden based on the user's role, so employees see a nomination form while managers see an 'Approve' button.
You can also set up different user roles, such as Employee, Manager, or HR Admin—and define exactly what each role can view or edit. For example, employees can only see their own private feedback, while HR admins can manage the entire rewards budget and all historical records. You can also create personalized views by filtering the recognition feed to show 'my team' or 'mentions of me.'
This level of customization is especially useful when managing sensitive performance-related awards. It helps keep the experience clean, secure, and tailored to every level of your organization.
Yes, you can fully white-label your employee recognition program tracker in Softr. You can use your own logo, brand colors, custom fonts, and a custom company domain (like kudos.yourcompany.com) to make the tracker feel like a natural extension of your workplace. You can also remove all Softr branding, so your employees only see your company's identity throughout their recognition experience.
Yes, you can. Softr gives you a lot of flexibility to control both the design and layout of your employee portal. You can adjust colors, fonts, spacing, and page structure to match your company's culture. You can also choose how each page is laid out, decide where the nomination feed goes, and set what employees see when they first log in.
To display your recognition data, you can add different types of blocks:
- Table blocks – to show structured data like career milestones or point balances.
- List or Card blocks – to highlight peer shout-outs with employee photos and badges.
- Detail View – to show a full profile of one employee's career achievements.
- Forms – for submitting easy peer-to-peer award nominations.
- Charts – to show team-wide engagement and recognition trends.
- Calendar blocks – to display upcoming work anniversaries and birthdays.
If your program rules or design needs change, it's easy to go back and make updates right in the visual builder.
Softr is built with security in mind. All recognition data is encrypted in transit and at rest, and your tracker is hosted on secure, reliable infrastructure. Softr apps give you full control over who can view sensitive employee information. You can set up role-based permissions, manage users directly within your HR data source, and apply visibility rules to protect private feedback records across your entire app.
For trackers using Softr Databases, your data is stored in Softr's secure environment with SOC 2 Type II compliance. For apps connected to external sources like Airtable or SQL, Softr doesn't store your sensitive personnel files—it just displays them in real time based on your specific access settings. Following industry best practices for authentication and access control, Softr ensures your internal program remains private and secure.
It is fully production-ready. Unlike many AI tools that just "vibe code"—generating fragile, custom code that is hard for HR to maintain—Softr builds your tracker on top of a stable, business-grade foundation.
Softr handles the "boring 80%" (like secure employee login, role management, and database hosting) natively, so you don't have to. This solves the "Day Two" problem of AI: you get the speed of instant generation without the headache of managing raw, unreliable code. Your recognition portal is secure, scalable, and ready for your entire workforce to use from day one.
Softr is the first AI-native platform for building business software. Unlike pure "vibe coding" tools that generate code that might break, or traditional no-code tools that require hours of manual configuration, Softr's AI Co-Builder creates an employee recognition tracker on top of a secure, production-ready foundation.
What sets it apart is the hybrid advantage: you can use AI to generate your nomination database and app logic in minutes, then use visual controls for precise design adjustments. You get the speed of AI with the reliability of business-grade infrastructure (enterprise-grade auth and granular roles) already built-in. It's designed for People Ops teams who want to move from a manual spreadsheet to a professional recognition portal on day one.
Yes. Softr supports powerful native workflows and a wide range of integrations so you can connect your employee recognition tracker to the rest of your HR stack. You can automate tasks like sending a $50 gift card via a Stripe integration or triggering a 'Congrats' message in Slack via Zapier. Softr also supports REST API and webhooks for more advanced HRIS workflows.
Whether you need to sync points to a payroll system, trigger notifications based on award approvals, or pull in performance data from other tools, you can build it into your tracker without writing code.
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