CultureEngine lets teammates recognise each other with real cash — inside Slack. AI writes the message for you. Takes 2 minutes to set up. Free forever.
No credit card. No setup fee. Free plan never expires.
@Jorge — absolute legend this week 💪
Stayed late on Thursday to land the GreenLeaf migration. The team would have slipped without you. Thanks, Jorge.
💸 $20 sent to Jorge · redeem any time at amazon.com, paypal.com, and 3,500+ more.
Based on real usage data from a 51-person team over 12 months.
CultureEngine is not a recognition feed bolted onto an HR tool. It's a complete system — money, milestones, AI nudges, and analytics — woven into the channels your team already lives in.
Jorge — absolute legend on the GreenLeaf migration this week 💪
Big shoutout to Priya for unblocking the launch on Tuesday.
🪙 $20 sent to Priya · redeem any time at amazon, paypal and 3,500+ more.
No second login, no mobile app, no browser extension. Recognition happens inside your Slack channels — visible, public, and part of the day.
3,500+ redemption options including Amazon, PayPal, Visa, Apple, Target, Starbucks.
It notices great work, taps you on the shoulder, and writes a draft in your voice.
See who is being recognised, who is being missed, and where culture is compounding.
CultureEngine remembers every team milestone so nobody has to.
The mechanics that make recognition stick — without anyone having to think about mechanics.
You set a weekly allowance. It refreshes automatically. Anything unspent expires, so coins flow instead of pooling on a few generous people.
Coins are real money. Recipients pick from Amazon, PayPal, Visa, Apple, Target, Starbucks, Uber, DoorDash and thousands more — or cash out directly.
+ 3,500 more in 60+ countries
CultureEngine watches the calendar. Posts the right shoutout in the right channel, with the right tone — every time.
Each companion handles a slice of the recognition ritual. Together they make the difference between a Slack app you forget about and one your team actually uses.
Reads your team's wins, taps you on the shoulder, and writes a shoutout draft in your voice. Edit one tap, send the next.
Tracks every birthday, work anniversary, and team milestone — and posts the right note in the right channel without you having to remember.
Surfaces who's being recognised, who's being missed, and where culture is compounding — so you can act before disengagement does.
Nudges quiet weeks, celebrates streaks, and reacts to shoutouts so the channel never feels empty — and never feels spammy.
It happens every week. It usually goes unrecognised.
Inside Slack. Takes 10 seconds. Real money, not points.
The bot reacts. Others pile on. It becomes a weekly ritual.
Six things we get right that the legacy platforms still don't.
Coins are dollars. Redeemable through 3,500+ options including Amazon, PayPal and Visa. No internal "store" nobody shops at.
Every action — sending, receiving, redeeming, configuring — happens inside Slack. No second login, no separate app to teach.
The drafting assistant learns how your team writes. Outputs read like teammates, not like LLMs.
Bank-level encryption, scoped Slack permissions, and data residency options for EU teams.
Coin balances don't bill until they're actually redeemed. No shrinkage tax on unsent appreciation.
Email replies inside one business day — usually inside an hour. A two-person team that ships every week.
Most recognition tools give you badges and points. Your team ignores them within 60 days. CultureEngine attaches real cash to every shoutout — redeemable as gift cards through Amazon, PayPal, and 3,500+ other options. When appreciation has actual value, people actually participate.
Redeem anywhere
CultureEngine watches your Slack conversations and notices when someone does something worth recognising. Then it taps you on the shoulder: “Jorge stayed late to fix the client issue on Thursday — want to send him a shoutout?” Draft already written, in your voice. Edit or send in one tap.
It learns how you write. So it sounds like you — not like AI.
Hey — looks like Paola helped you close that client deal yesterday. Want to send her a shoutout? Here's a draft:
“Paola, you absolutely carried that pitch — the prep you did made all the difference. Sending you $25 because you earned it.”
Only you can see this · CultureEngine learns your tone over time
Real numbers from the GROW AI pilot — a 51-person team that ran CultureEngine for twelve months before we opened it to anyone else.
“We tried two recognition platforms before this. Both died inside a quarter. CultureEngine became a weekly ritual in two weeks because the cash is real and it lives where we already are.”
“The AI drafts are uncanny. They sound like our team, not like ChatGPT. I went from sending two shoutouts a quarter to two a week — and I'm the manager who never had time for this.”
“Setup took eight minutes. By the end of week one we had more peer-to-peer recognition than the whole previous year. The cash changed the energy completely.”
CultureEngine is Slack-native first — every action happens in the channel your team already opens. We connect to the SSO and HR tools you trust, and pay out through a network of 3,500+ redemption partners.
Connects with
+ new integrations every month — tell us what your team uses.
Free forever for small teams. Paid plans start at $3 per seat, per month — billed annually. No contracts, no minimums, cancel anytime.
What's included
When recognition becomes a weekly ritual and you want real cash behind it.
What's included
When you want AI drafting your shoutouts and full manager visibility.
What's included
Prices in USD, per seat, per month. Coins (the cash teammates send each other) are funded separately and billed only when redeemed.
Two minutes to install. No credit card. Free forever for small teams. Move to a paid plan the day you want real cash behind shoutouts — not a moment sooner.
No credit card. No setup fee. Free plan never expires.
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The teams that don't use recognition tools fail because the tools are clunky or symbolic. CultureEngine lives inside Slack where your team already works. The bot reminds people, auto-reacts to shoutouts, and drafts messages for you on paid plans. The average team hits weekly usage within the first two weeks.
