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Employee recognition software
connected to performance and engagement
Recognition in the same Microsoft 365 platform as your goals, development, and engagement signals, not a standalone app.
Most recognition lives in a tool that talks to nothing.
Praise goes into a standalone recognition app and stays there disconnected from goals, reviews, and how you read engagement. So a kudos becomes a nice moment, a short spike with no long-term impact.
Set your people up for success with Zensai employee recognition software
No switching between platforms. Learning, performance, and engagement come together inside Microsoft 365 — one connected read on how your people are really doing. With AI surfacing the signal and your team in complete control.
Recognition that connects to the work.
A kudos given in a weekly check-in carries through to performance conversations. So the good work counts toward how someone's growth is seen, instead of disappearing into a separate app.
Peer praise, seen by everyone.
Push peer and manager kudos into a Teams channel so appreciation and good work spread as a norm. And the peer recognition that research shows works best, actually happens.
Praise that spreads, not praise that hides.
Push peer and manager kudos into a shared Teams channel so appreciation is visible and recognition becomes a team norm — instead of a quiet note in a tool nobody opens.
From kudos to signal.
Every piece of recognition becomes an engagement signal. Managers see at a glance how much a team is giving and getting, and it rolls into sentiment and the Human Success Score, a single 0–100 read on workforce health.
Zensai leads employee recognition with +90% user adoption
Most employee recognition software ends up being a compromise. Zensai is different. HR, employees, managers, and IT each get what they need in one connected system. And because it’s built inside Microsoft 365, people actually use it.
CHRO / HR Leader
“We bought a recognition platform; a year later nobody uses it.”
- Recognition inside the tools people already use, so the habit holds instead of fading after launch.
- Recognition feeds your engagement signal and Human Success Score — visible value, not just a feel-good feed.
Employee
“I want to recognize good work, but not in yet another app I have to remember.”
- Give peer praise and kudos right in the check-in and Teams, where you already are.
- See at-a-glance how much recognition your team is getting, so no one quietly goes unseen.
IT Leader & Security
“Not another standalone rewards tool to roll out, integrate, and secure.”
- Built into the Microsoft 365 you already govern — no separate recognition platform to stand up.
- Recognition and people data stay inside your tenant, under the controls your team already runs.
Loved by users, trusted by leaders
See why more than 2,000 people leaders choose Zensai
We've moved from abstract conversations about performance to real data. For the first time, I'll be able to see 4,900 development goals across our people, in real time. That's huge.
Josh Briggs
Head of People Development, DAZN
Zensai makes it easy to stay aligned with what employees are working on, exchange feedback regularly, and encourage transparent, ongoing conversations that support growth.
Ingrid Dueck
Director Organizational Talent & Leadership Development, Kepner-Tregoe
We reached 99% goal entry across the company. That only happens when people see value in the process.
Kaitlin Koehler
Senior Talent Development Specialist, First Business Bank
More ways to grow your people.
Zensai was the differentiator because it was the only solution that integrated into the tool that we had grown accustomed to using - Microsoft Teams.
Randy Cruz
Director of Talent & Organizational Development
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FAQs
What is employee recognition software?
Employee recognition software — also called a peer recognition platform or kudos software — lets people give and receive recognition for good work, from peers and managers. Zensai runs recognition inside Microsoft 365, in the weekly check-in and Teams channels, so kudos and shoutouts happen in the flow of work and feed your engagement signal.
What are the benefits of a peer recognition platform?
Recognition that actually gets used because it’s where people already work, good behavior modeled publicly so norms spread, stronger retention, and rewards and recognition that show up as an engagement signal — not a separate feed nobody opens.
How is this different from a standalone tool like Bonusly or Achievers?
Standalone recognition tools are a destination outside daily work, and adoption tends to fade within the year. Zensai’s difference is that recognition runs inside the check-ins and Teams channels people already use — so the habit sticks, and there’s no separate kudos platform for IT to secure.
Does it include rewards or points?
The focus is recognition in the flow of work — peer praise, kudos, and shoutouts that build the habit — rather than a points-and-prizes economy. Confirm the specifics of any rewards or points mechanics with your team for how they’d fit your program.
Does recognition stay visible to the team?
Yes — that’s the point. When someone is recognized by name in a Teams channel, the team sees both the kudos and the behavior being praised, so good work models a norm. Managers also get an at-a-glance view of how much their team is receiving.
Does AI write the recognition?
No. Recognition is a human act — people praise people, in their own words. The only AI involved is sentiment analysis reading it as one engagement signal at the group level; it never writes recognition and never scores an individual.
Which edition includes recognition?
Peer and manager recognition, kudos, and the engagement signal it feeds are included in the Transform edition of the Zensai Platform — the full engagement layer, alongside engagement surveys, AI sentiment, and the complete Human Success Score. Transform builds on the learning and performance capabilities in Grow and Scale.
Do we need to replace our HRIS?
No. Zensai reads org and people data from Entra ID and connects to 80+ HRIS systems, including Workday and SAP — so recognition reaches the right people and teams automatically, without replacing your system of record.
How do we get recognition adoption to stick?
Adoption holds when employee recognition software lives where people already work. Because kudos happen in the check-in and surface in Teams channels — not in a separate app — recognizing someone is a couple of clicks in the flow, so the habit forms instead of fading after launch.
What do our customers say about Zensai?
Our customers are our best proof, and on G2, that proof comes straight from verified reviews rather than analyst or vendor input. Reviewers point to the same strengths again and again: an experience that feels native to Microsoft 365, a rollout that’s fast and low-friction, and a support team they genuinely trust. Read what our customers say in their own words on our G2 review page.