How to Build Your Own Awardco
Replace Awardco with a custom build. Make Employee Recognition More Rewarding
Build Difficulty: 5/5
Build a working replacement in a weekend with AI tools
Estimated Timeline
Based on 40 features at Weekend Project difficulty, expect about One weekend with AI-assisted development.
Recommended Tech Stack
Full-stack React framework with API routes and server components
PostgreSQL database, auth, and real-time subscriptions
Utility-first styling for rapid UI development
Type-safe ORM for complex relational data models
Key Features to Replicate
Top features across 8 categories. See all 40 features
Recognition(8 features)
Complex and recurring award nomination programs with flexibility to celebrate nominations, improve decision quality, and remove bias
Customizable points cards that enhance employee recognition for offline workers allowing secure scanning or entry to redeem points
Powerful tool for admins to send out bulk recognitions and rewards with scheduling capability
Allow customers, vendors, partners, or any third-party to recognize employee efforts and service with real-time visibility
Create crowdsourced recognition for events allowing employees personal space to see positivity sent and creating special moments
+3 more in this category
Incentive Management(3 features)
Tool that makes incentive design and execution simple by allowing organizations to create forms, workflows, and approval flows for quick point redemption
Centralize incentive administration with flexible controls and optimized experience for complex programs with multiple incentives
Build custom incentives to drive behavior for any goal with earn incentive creator and incentive program management
Rewards(3 features)
A physical or digital payment card that allows employees to redeem 1:1 points for almost anything including subscriptions, memberships, experiences, and shopping
A turnkey swag solution offering customized high-quality swag with no order minimums, shipping headaches, or markups
The world's largest configurable reward network with 300M reward options across 163 currencies
Support(3 features)
End user support available 24 hours Monday through Friday via phone, email, and live chat to address technical platform issues
24/7 chat and email support for Awardco admins with 24/5 phone support
Post-launch support with quarterly business reviews, guidance on platform adoption, and best practices recommendations
Surveys(3 features)
Comprehensive surveys with automated scheduling, engagement and sentiment scoring including eNPS, and manager-level results
Ongoing pulse survey programs with automated cadences to continuously measure engagement
Easy way to collect information with quick check-ins and lightweight feedback through basic form builder with multiple-choice and yes/no questions
Automation(2 features)
Programs that trigger automatically based on calendared employee milestones like service awards, anniversaries, onboarding, and birthdays
Automate everyday moments and milestones including anniversaries, birthdays, onboarding, and service awards
Budget Management(2 features)
Simple tool to plan recognition budget effectively
Control and manage simple and complex budgets with easy-to-use tools and reporting tied to recognition programs, cost centers, and users
Reporting(2 features)
15+ standard reporting templates to manage recognition, redemptions, adoption, and exportable to CSV or scheduled via Rest API
Reporting dashboards across teams, departments, and filters with correlation and key driver analysis
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