Birthdays, anniversaries, and thank-yous on autopilot. Set up in an afternoon.
Upload your team once. Every card sends itself on your branding, with nothing to install and no points program to run.
See it on your branding in 30 minutes
Start with your work email. No commitment.
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What happens after you book
- 1Pick a time on the next screenThirty minutes, on a day that suits you.
- 2We set it up on your branding firstA sample directory and your templates, loaded before the call.
- 3Watch it run liveA birthday, an anniversary, and a peer thank-you sent and opened while you watch.
- 4Ask anythingHRIS sync, SSO, rewards, and rollout. No pressure to decide on the call.
In short
eCardRecognizer is employee recognition software for small businesses: upload your team once and birthday, work anniversary, and thank-you eCards send themselves on your branding. No points program, no catalog, and a free plan to start.
- Set up from a CSV in an afternoon
- Birthdays and anniversaries automated every year
- Live in an afternoon
Trusted by 9,000+ organizations
Most recognition platforms are built for companies ten times your size
Minimum seat counts, annual contracts, prefunded points budgets, and an implementation project. For a 40-person company that is a reason to keep using a birthday calendar and hope someone remembers. Gallup finds employees who receive high-quality recognition are 65% less likely to be looking for another job, and small teams feel every departure.
Source: Gallup, Employee Retention Depends on Getting Recognition Right.
Set up in an afternoon
Upload a CSV of names, emails, birthdays, and hire dates. Pick templates. Done. No implementation call required.
Never forget a birthday again
Birthdays and work anniversaries send themselves every year. The owner or office manager stops being the reminder system.
No points to administer
A branded eCard with a real message. A gift card inside when you want one, on the Enterprise plan. No budget to prefund.
Simple reporting
See what was sent and opened. Enough to know the program is working, without a dashboard to learn.
Birthdays, anniversaries, and thank-yous on autopilot
The three things a small team wants recognition to do, without a program to manage.
Upload the directory once. Dates do the rest.
Birthdays and hire dates from a CSV or your HRIS drive every send. Anniversary years 1 to 50 each get their own card, and the calendar shows what goes out and when.
- Merge tags fill in name, department, and years
- SCIM keeps the directory current on the Enterprise plan
A branded card that opens anywhere, with no login
The card arrives at whatever email is in the directory, work or personal, and opens full screen in any browser, on a laptop or a phone. Nothing to install for the frontline or the field.
- 500+ templates or your own artwork
- Your logo and colors on every card
Anyone can send a thank-you in under a minute
A recognition form on your intranet, a kiosk, or behind a QR code. Pick a colleague from the directory, write two sentences, send. No login for the sender or the recipient.
- Embed on SharePoint or any intranet page
- Every send shows up in reporting
Three steps, one afternoon
Upload, pick templates, turn it on.
Upload your team
A CSV with names, emails, birthdays, and hire dates. Ten minutes.
Pick your templates
Choose from 500+ branded designs or upload your own artwork and logo.
Turn on the automations
Birthdays and anniversaries send themselves from now on. Send holiday and thank-you cards whenever you like.
See birthdays and anniversaries run themselves
30 minutes, on your branding, no commitment.
Start free, upgrade as you grow
A free plan is available to start. No prefunded points budget, no catalog, nothing to install.
- Free plan to start; upgrade as you grow
- Birthday and anniversary automation from an uploaded CSV
- Your logo and colors on every card
- Email support with replies within 24 business hours
How birthday automation works
Recognition without points, catalogs, or balances that expire
Most recognition platforms run on a points ledger: budgets to prefund, points that buy less than dollars, and balances that expire at year end. eCardRecognizer skips the whole economy. A branded eCard says what was done and who noticed, and a real gift card can ride along when the moment calls for one.
No points ledger
Recognition is a branded eCard with a real message, not a currency employees have to bank, convert, or watch expire.
No catalog
Nothing to browse, nothing converted into a points value. When you want a reward, it is a real gift card the recipient claims in one click.
Nothing to remember
Birthdays, anniversaries, and service milestones send themselves from hire dates in your directory or HRIS.
No app, no login
Frontline, hourly, and multi-site staff open the card at whatever email is in the directory. No account to set up.
Gift card rewards on the Enterprise plan.
What HR and culture leaders say after launch
Verbatim from the people who run recognition at Axon, Modivcare, and a 7,000-person healthcare system.
"We've been using the eCard widget to automate our birthday and service anniversary messages, and it has genuinely transformed our workflow. What once took hours each month now happens seamlessly in the background."
"We have been able to create birthday cards, anniversary cards, company value cards as well as get well soon, thank you, and sympathy. This program has enhanced our overall culture, and I couldn't be more satisfied with my experience."
"A+ customer service and plugin! Loved the plugin/widget from the beginning, and Tim made it even better by being super helpful and responsive to ensure it worked well for our organization of about 7,000 staff."
What works for teams under 200
Four choices that keep recognition personal on a small team.
Make it personal, not corporate
On a small team everyone knows everyone. A card that names the win in two honest sentences beats a generic "great job".
Automate the dates, hand-send the moments
Let birthdays and anniversaries run themselves. Save the personal touch for thank-yous and milestones.
Use your own brand
Upload your logo and colors once. Every card looks like it came from you, not from a vendor.
Add rewards only when you need them
Most small teams start with cards alone. When you want a gift card inside, the Enterprise plan adds it with caps and a ledger.
Know it is working without a dashboard to learn
Sends and opens per card, plus a simple export.
- Sends, opens, and clicks per campaign
- Reward orders and claims in an audit log (Enterprise plan)
- CSV export when you need it
Rated 5.0 on Capterra and G2 by the HR teams who run it
Reviewers rate eCardRecognizer 5.0 out of 5 on Capterra, with 4.8 for ease of use and 5.0 for customer service, and 5 stars on G2 and the Shopify App Store. Support is a real person who answers the same day.
Start with birthdays. Add the rest when you are ready.
The same directory and templates power anniversaries, thank-yous, holidays, and spot awards.
Small business recognition, answered
Common questions from owners and office managers
See it set up for your team in 30 minutes
We will upload a sample team, turn on birthday and anniversary sends on your branding, and send a thank-you card. If it fits, you can be live the same day.
- Birthday and anniversary automation from a CSV
- Your logo on the templates, live during the call
- A thank-you card sent and opened in front of you
- A free plan to start, with no pressure to decide on the call
Book your demo
Pick a time on the next screen. We will come prepared with your use case.