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Awards and recognition platforms — AI Recommendation History

What AI assistants recommended for awards and recognition platforms, date by date. Every ranking we publish is frozen the day it publishes, so this is a record of what was said — not a re-computation of what today's data would say about the past.

Record: 26 dated snapshots · Aug 14, 2026 – Sep 8, 2026

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What changed

Computed by comparing each dated snapshot with the one before it. Share moves smaller than 1pp are treated as noise and left out — the same threshold that suppresses trend arrows on the ranking.

Sep 8, 2026vs Sep 7, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 7, 2026vs Sep 6, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 6, 2026vs Sep 5, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 5, 2026vs Sep 4, 2026

▲Zealous moved #8 → #6
▼Awardco moved #7 → #9
▼Microsoft moved #6 → #7
▲Judgify moved #9 → #8
▼Submittable -3.4pp (42.9% → 39.5%)
▼Bonusly -3.2pp (40% → 36.8%)
▼Nectar -3.2pp (40% → 36.8%)
▼Award Force -2.9pp (37.1% → 34.2%)
▼Microsoft -2.9pp (37.1% → 34.2%)
▼Awardco -2.9pp (37.1% → 34.2%)
▼Achievers -2.7pp (34.3% → 31.6%)
▼Evalato -1pp (45.7% → 44.7%)

Sep 4, 2026vs Sep 3, 2026

▲ INJudgify entered the top 10 (#11 → #9)
▼ OUTSlack left the top 10 (#2 → #11)
▼Slack moved #2 → #11
▲Submittable moved #9 → #2
▼Microsoft moved #1 → #6
▲Evalato moved #5 → #1
▲Award Force moved #7 → #5
▲Judgify moved #11 → #9
▼Awardco moved #6 → #7
▲Submittable +12.5pp (30.4% → 42.9%)
▲Evalato +10.9pp (34.8% → 45.7%)
▲Judgify +8.2pp (26.1% → 34.3%)
▼Slack -7.7pp (39.1% → 31.4%)
▲Award Force +6.7pp (30.4% → 37.1%)
▼Microsoft -6.4pp (43.5% → 37.1%)
▲Zealous +3.9pp (30.4% → 34.3%)
▲Achievers +3.9pp (30.4% → 34.3%)
▲Awardco +2.3pp (34.8% → 37.1%)

Sep 3, 2026vs Sep 2, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 2, 2026vs Sep 1, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 1, 2026vs Aug 31, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 31, 2026vs Aug 30, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 30, 2026vs Aug 29, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 29, 2026vs Aug 28, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 28, 2026vs Aug 27, 2026

Methodology change: extraction rules 4-7 → 7 between these dates. Differences below may reflect the rule change rather than a change in what AI recommends — see the methodology changelog.

▲Awardco moved #7 → #6
▼Award Force moved #6 → #7
▲Zealous moved #9 → #8
▼Submittable moved #8 → #9
▲Evalato +3.8pp (31% → 34.8%)
▲Awardco +3.8pp (31% → 34.8%)
▼Slack -2.3pp (41.4% → 39.1%)
▼Microsoft -1.3pp (44.8% → 43.5%)
▲Bonusly +1.2pp (37.9% → 39.1%)
▲Nectar +1.2pp (37.9% → 39.1%)

Aug 27, 2026vs Aug 26, 2026

▲ INSubmittable entered the top 10 (#12 → #8)
▼ OUTJudgify left the top 10 (#9 → #11)
▲Submittable moved #12 → #8
▼Achievers moved #7 → #10
▲Award Force moved #8 → #6
▼Awardco moved #5 → #7
▼Judgify moved #9 → #11
▲Evalato moved #6 → #5
▲Zealous moved #10 → #9
▼Microsoft -6.3pp (51.1% → 44.8%)
▲Submittable +5.5pp (25.5% → 31%)
▲Zealous +5.5pp (25.5% → 31%)
▼Bonusly -4.7pp (42.6% → 37.9%)
▼Slack -3.3pp (44.7% → 41.4%)
▼Nectar -2.5pp (40.4% → 37.9%)
▲Award Force +1.2pp (29.8% → 31%)

Aug 26, 2026vs Aug 25, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 25, 2026vs Aug 24, 2026

▲Award Force moved #9 → #8
▼Judgify moved #8 → #9
▲Microsoft +2.3pp (48.8% → 51.1%)
▼Judgify -1.6pp (29.3% → 27.7%)
▲Bonusly +1.1pp (41.5% → 42.6%)
▼Nectar -1.1pp (41.5% → 40.4%)
▲Zealous +1.1pp (24.4% → 25.5%)

Aug 24, 2026vs Aug 23, 2026

Methodology change: extraction rules 4 → 4-7 between these dates. Differences below may reflect the rule change rather than a change in what AI recommends — see the methodology changelog.

▲ INEvalato entered the top 10 (#13 → #6)
▲ INAward Force entered the top 10 (#12 → #9)
▲ INZealous entered the top 10 (#18 → #10)
▼ OUTMotivosity left the top 10 (#7 → #11)
▼ OUTWorkhuman left the top 10 (#8 → #12)
▼ OUTKudos left the top 10 (#9 → #13)
▲Zealous moved #18 → #10
▲Evalato moved #13 → #6
▼Motivosity moved #7 → #11
▼Workhuman moved #8 → #12
▼Kudos moved #9 → #13
▲Award Force moved #12 → #9
▼Achievers moved #5 → #7
▲Judgify moved #10 → #8
▲Slack moved #3 → #2
▼Bonusly moved #2 → #3
▲Awardco moved #6 → #5
▼Motivosity -11.7pp (36.1% → 24.4%)
▲Zealous +7.7pp (16.7% → 24.4%)
▼Achievers -7.2pp (38.9% → 31.7%)
▲Evalato +6.7pp (25% → 31.7%)
▼Workhuman -6.2pp (30.6% → 24.4%)
▼Bonusly -5.7pp (47.2% → 41.5%)
▼Awardco -4.4pp (36.1% → 31.7%)
▼Microsoft -4pp (52.8% → 48.8%)
▼Kudos -3.4pp (27.8% → 24.4%)
▼Slack -3.3pp (47.2% → 43.9%)
▼Nectar -2.9pp (44.4% → 41.5%)
▲Judgify +1.5pp (27.8% → 29.3%)
▲Award Force +1.5pp (27.8% → 29.3%)

Aug 23, 2026vs Aug 22, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 22, 2026vs Aug 21, 2026

▲ INJudgify entered the top 10 (#11 → #10)
▼ OUTAward Force left the top 10 (#9 → #12)
▼Award Force moved #9 → #12
▲Bonusly moved #3 → #2
▼Slack moved #2 → #3
▲Kudos moved #10 → #9
▲Judgify moved #11 → #10
▲Bonusly +4.3pp (42.9% → 47.2%)
▲Nectar +3.9pp (40.5% → 44.4%)
▼Award Force -3.2pp (31% → 27.8%)
▲Microsoft +2.8pp (50% → 52.8%)
▲Slack +2pp (45.2% → 47.2%)

Aug 21, 2026vs Aug 20, 2026

▲Achievers moved #7 → #5
▼Kudos moved #8 → #10
▼Awardco moved #5 → #6
▼Motivosity moved #6 → #7
▲Workhuman moved #9 → #8
▲Award Force moved #10 → #9
▼Kudos -2.7pp (31.3% → 28.6%)
▼Awardco -1.8pp (37.5% → 35.7%)
▼Motivosity -1.8pp (37.5% → 35.7%)
▼Nectar -1.2pp (41.7% → 40.5%)

Aug 20, 2026vs Aug 19, 2026

▲ INKudos entered the top 10 (#11 → #8)
▼ OUTJudgify left the top 10 (#9 → #11)
▲Kudos moved #11 → #8
▼Award Force moved #8 → #10
▼Judgify moved #9 → #11
▲Workhuman moved #10 → #9
▼Award Force -2pp (33.3% → 31.3%)
▼Judgify -2pp (33.3% → 31.3%)
▲Microsoft +1.7pp (48.3% → 50%)
▼Nectar -1.6pp (43.3% → 41.7%)
▼Bonusly -1.2pp (45% → 43.8%)

Aug 19, 2026vs Aug 18, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 18, 2026vs Aug 17, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 17, 2026vs Aug 16, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 16, 2026vs Aug 15, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 15, 2026vs Aug 14, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

The ranking, date by date

Top 10 on each archived date, exactly as published. Cite a date and it stays true: snapshots are append-only, and a correction appends a new revision rather than overwriting the original.

Sep 8, 202638 sampled answers · window 2026-08-11 – 2026-09-08 · rules v7

#1Evalato44.7%
#2Submittable39.5%
#3Bonusly36.8%
#4Nectar36.8%
#5Award Force34.2%
#6Zealous34.2%
#7Microsoft34.2%
#8Judgify34.2%
#9Awardco34.2%
#10Achievers31.6%

Sep 7, 202638 sampled answers · window 2026-08-10 – 2026-09-07 · rules v7

#1Evalato44.7%
#2Submittable39.5%
#3Bonusly36.8%
#4Nectar36.8%
#5Award Force34.2%
#6Zealous34.2%
#7Microsoft34.2%
#8Judgify34.2%
#9Awardco34.2%
#10Achievers31.6%

Sep 6, 202638 sampled answers · window 2026-08-09 – 2026-09-06 · rules v7

#1Evalato44.7%
#2Submittable39.5%
#3Bonusly36.8%
#4Nectar36.8%
#5Award Force34.2%
#6Zealous34.2%
#7Microsoft34.2%
#8Judgify34.2%
#9Awardco34.2%
#10Achievers31.6%

Sep 5, 202638 sampled answers · window 2026-08-08 – 2026-09-05 · rules v7

#1Evalato44.7%
#2Submittable39.5%
#3Bonusly36.8%
#4Nectar36.8%
#5Award Force34.2%
#6Zealous34.2%
#7Microsoft34.2%
#8Judgify34.2%
#9Awardco34.2%
#10Achievers31.6%

Sep 4, 202635 sampled answers · window 2026-08-07 – 2026-09-04 · rules v7

#1Evalato45.7%
#2Submittable42.9%
#3Bonusly40%
#4Nectar40%
#5Award Force37.1%
#6Microsoft37.1%
#7Awardco37.1%
#8Zealous34.3%
#9Judgify34.3%
#10Achievers34.3%

Sep 3, 202623 sampled answers · window 2026-08-06 – 2026-09-03 · rules v7

#1Microsoft43.5%
#2Slack39.1%
#3Bonusly39.1%
#4Nectar39.1%
#5Evalato34.8%
#6Awardco34.8%
#7Award Force30.4%
#8Zealous30.4%
#9Submittable30.4%
#10Achievers30.4%

Sep 2, 202623 sampled answers · window 2026-08-05 – 2026-09-02 · rules v7

#1Microsoft43.5%
#2Slack39.1%
#3Bonusly39.1%
#4Nectar39.1%
#5Evalato34.8%
#6Awardco34.8%
#7Award Force30.4%
#8Zealous30.4%
#9Submittable30.4%
#10Achievers30.4%

Sep 1, 202623 sampled answers · window 2026-08-04 – 2026-09-01 · rules v7

#1Microsoft43.5%
#2Slack39.1%
#3Bonusly39.1%
#4Nectar39.1%
#5Evalato34.8%
#6Awardco34.8%
#7Award Force30.4%
#8Zealous30.4%
#9Submittable30.4%
#10Achievers30.4%

Aug 31, 202623 sampled answers · window 2026-08-03 – 2026-08-31 · rules v7

#1Microsoft43.5%
#2Slack39.1%
#3Bonusly39.1%
#4Nectar39.1%
#5Evalato34.8%
#6Awardco34.8%
#7Award Force30.4%
#8Zealous30.4%
#9Submittable30.4%
#10Achievers30.4%

Aug 30, 202623 sampled answers · window 2026-08-02 – 2026-08-30 · rules v7

#1Microsoft43.5%
#2Slack39.1%
#3Bonusly39.1%
#4Nectar39.1%
#5Evalato34.8%
#6Awardco34.8%
#7Award Force30.4%
#8Zealous30.4%
#9Submittable30.4%
#10Achievers30.4%

Aug 29, 202623 sampled answers · window 2026-08-01 – 2026-08-29 · rules v7

#1Microsoft43.5%
#2Slack39.1%
#3Bonusly39.1%
#4Nectar39.1%
#5Evalato34.8%
#6Awardco34.8%
#7Award Force30.4%
#8Zealous30.4%
#9Submittable30.4%
#10Achievers30.4%

Aug 28, 202623 sampled answers · window 2026-07-31 – 2026-08-28 · rules v7

#1Microsoft43.5%
#2Slack39.1%
#3Bonusly39.1%
#4Nectar39.1%
#5Evalato34.8%
#6Awardco34.8%
#7Award Force30.4%
#8Zealous30.4%
#9Submittable30.4%
#10Achievers30.4%

Aug 27, 202629 sampled answers · window 2026-07-30 – 2026-08-27 · rules v4-7

#1Microsoft44.8%
#2Slack41.4%
#3Bonusly37.9%
#4Nectar37.9%
#5Evalato31%
#6Award Force31%
#7Awardco31%
#8Submittable31%
#9Zealous31%
#10Achievers31%

Aug 26, 202647 sampled answers · window 2026-07-29 – 2026-08-26 · rules v4-7

#1Microsoft51.1%
#2Slack44.7%
#3Bonusly42.6%
#4Nectar40.4%
#5Awardco31.9%
#6Evalato31.9%
#7Achievers31.9%
#8Award Force29.8%
#9Judgify27.7%
#10Zealous25.5%

Aug 25, 202647 sampled answers · window 2026-07-28 – 2026-08-25 · rules v4-7

#1Microsoft51.1%
#2Slack44.7%
#3Bonusly42.6%
#4Nectar40.4%
#5Awardco31.9%
#6Evalato31.9%
#7Achievers31.9%
#8Award Force29.8%
#9Judgify27.7%
#10Zealous25.5%

Aug 24, 202641 sampled answers · window 2026-07-27 – 2026-08-24 · rules v4-7

#1Microsoft48.8%
#2Slack43.9%
#3Bonusly41.5%
#4Nectar41.5%
#5Awardco31.7%
#6Evalato31.7%
#7Achievers31.7%
#8Judgify29.3%
#9Award Force29.3%
#10Zealous24.4%

Aug 23, 202636 sampled answers · window 2026-07-26 – 2026-08-23 · rules v4

#1Microsoft52.8%
#2Bonusly47.2%
#3Slack47.2%
#4Nectar44.4%
#5Achievers38.9%
#6Awardco36.1%
#7Motivosity36.1%
#8Workhuman30.6%
#9Kudos27.8%
#10Judgify27.8%

Aug 22, 202636 sampled answers · window 2026-07-25 – 2026-08-22 · rules v4

#1Microsoft52.8%
#2Bonusly47.2%
#3Slack47.2%
#4Nectar44.4%
#5Achievers38.9%
#6Awardco36.1%
#7Motivosity36.1%
#8Workhuman30.6%
#9Kudos27.8%
#10Judgify27.8%

Aug 21, 202642 sampled answers · window 2026-07-24 – 2026-08-21 · rules v4

#1Microsoft50%
#2Slack45.2%
#3Bonusly42.9%
#4Nectar40.5%
#5Achievers38.1%
#6Awardco35.7%
#7Motivosity35.7%
#8Workhuman31%
#9Award Force31%
#10Kudos28.6%

Aug 20, 202648 sampled answers · window 2026-07-23 – 2026-08-20 · rules v4

#1Microsoft50%
#2Slack45.8%
#3Bonusly43.8%
#4Nectar41.7%
#5Awardco37.5%
#6Motivosity37.5%
#7Achievers37.5%
#8Kudos31.3%
#9Workhuman31.3%
#10Award Force31.3%

Aug 19, 202660 sampled answers · window 2026-07-22 – 2026-08-19 · rules v4

#1Microsoft48.3%
#2Slack46.7%
#3Bonusly45%
#4Nectar43.3%
#5Awardco38.3%
#6Motivosity36.7%
#7Achievers36.7%
#8Award Force33.3%
#9Judgify33.3%
#10Workhuman31.7%

Aug 18, 202660 sampled answers · window 2026-07-21 – 2026-08-18 · rules v4

#1Microsoft48.3%
#2Slack46.7%
#3Bonusly45%
#4Nectar43.3%
#5Awardco38.3%
#6Motivosity36.7%
#7Achievers36.7%
#8Award Force33.3%
#9Judgify33.3%
#10Workhuman31.7%

Aug 17, 202660 sampled answers · window 2026-07-20 – 2026-08-17 · rules v4

#1Microsoft48.3%
#2Slack46.7%
#3Bonusly45%
#4Nectar43.3%
#5Awardco38.3%
#6Motivosity36.7%
#7Achievers36.7%
#8Award Force33.3%
#9Judgify33.3%
#10Workhuman31.7%

Aug 16, 202660 sampled answers · window 2026-07-19 – 2026-08-16 · rules v4

#1Microsoft48.3%
#2Slack46.7%
#3Bonusly45%
#4Nectar43.3%
#5Awardco38.3%
#6Motivosity36.7%
#7Achievers36.7%
#8Award Force33.3%
#9Judgify33.3%
#10Workhuman31.7%

Aug 15, 202660 sampled answers · window 2026-07-18 – 2026-08-15 · rules v4

#1Microsoft48.3%
#2Slack46.7%
#3Bonusly45%
#4Nectar43.3%
#5Awardco38.3%
#6Motivosity36.7%
#7Achievers36.7%
#8Award Force33.3%
#9Judgify33.3%
#10Workhuman31.7%

Aug 14, 202660 sampled answers · window 2026-07-17 – 2026-08-14 · rules v4

#1Microsoft48.3%
#2Slack46.7%
#3Bonusly45%
#4Nectar43.3%
#5Awardco38.3%
#6Motivosity36.7%
#7Achievers36.7%
#8Award Force33.3%
#9Judgify33.3%
#10Workhuman31.7%

Read any date directly

Every archived date is machine-readable at /api/index/awards-and-recognition-platforms/as-of/<YYYY-MM-DD>, which returns the ranking as it stood, with the extraction version and revision it was published under. Dates before the record begins return no_record rather than a recomputation — we do not reconstruct history on demand and present it as what we said. See what the engines actually said.

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