A lot of admins run into the same question here: should this be built as Awardco Nominations, a Simple Survey, or a standard Recognition Program? Getting that choice right matters because it affects how much manual cleanup you own later, how easy the experience feels for employees and leaders, and how likely the program is to actually stick long term. When the setup matches the goal, you get cleaner participation, smoother reviews, and a better path to ongoing platform adoption instead of one more process living in spreadsheets and side emails.
Start with the outcome you actually need
Before you build anything, pause and define what kind of experience you want to run. These three tools can all support nomination-style use cases, but they are not built for the same job.
