Frequently Asked Questions

TinyApplause is a peer recognition platform where team members send each other "applause" — short appreciation messages. It's designed to make recognition simple, visible, and part of your team's daily rhythm.

Any team member can send an applause to a colleague with a short message, an optional emoji, and an optional org value (like "Teamwork" or "Innovation"). Applause shows up in a shared feed where others can react. That's it — no points, no badges, no leaderboards.

Gamification turns recognition into a competition. We believe appreciation should be genuine, not strategic. When you remove scores and rankings, people recognize each other because they mean it — not because they're chasing a badge.

A #kudos channel in Slack has a few problems:

• It gets buried. Recognition messages compete with everything else — threads, links, memes, alerts. Yesterday's shout-out is gone by tomorrow.
• No structure. There's no way to filter by team, tag, or value. No search. No history you can actually browse.
• No visibility. Only people in that channel see it. TinyApplause gives you a Wall of Applause you can put on a TV in the office — no login required.
• No insights. Slack can't tell you recognition trends, who might be getting overlooked, or which values your team lives by most.
• No ownership. A Slack channel belongs to Slack. TinyApplause is a dedicated space your team owns for recognition — it signals that appreciation actually matters.

TinyApplause also integrates with Slack on every plan, so you get the best of both worlds: notifications in Slack, with a proper home for recognition.

Sign up, then follow the guided wizard to name your org, upload a logo, and invite your first members. It takes about two minutes.

From your org settings, you can invite members one at a time by email or bulk-import them via CSV. Invites are valid for 7 days.

Owner — full control including billing, org settings, and member management.
Admin — manages tags, values, branding, integrations, and analytics.
Member — sends and receives applause, reacts, and views the feed.

A public, read-only page that shows your org's recognition feed. It's protected by a unique token (no login needed) and designed to run on an office TV or dashboard. It auto-refreshes so new applause appears in real time.

Values are org-defined cultural principles — things like "Teamwork," "Innovation," or "Customer Focus." Each value gets an emoji icon. When someone sends applause, they can optionally tag it with a value to highlight which principle was demonstrated.

Tags are admin-defined categories (e.g., Engineering, Sales, Design) assigned to members. They let you filter the applause feed to see recognition for a specific group.

Yes, both — on every plan, including Free. When someone receives applause, a notification is posted to your configured Slack or Teams channel, and anyone can recognize a teammate right from Slack with /applause. You get visibility where your team already chats without losing the structured, searchable history in TinyApplause.

Yes. The free plan supports up to 10 members, 5 tags, and 90 days of history. It includes the full applause feed, reactions, personal stats, and the Wall of Applause.

Starter ($19/mo) takes you to 25 members with unlimited tags, full history, and weekly digest emails.

Pro adds team insights, advanced analytics, CSV export, milestones, and custom webhooks — $39/mo for up to 50 members or $99/mo for up to 100, same features either way.

Enterprise is available for larger teams with custom pricing.

Yes — the Free plan is free forever for up to 10 members, with Slack and Teams integrations included. It's the try-before-you-buy: paid plans start billing the day you subscribe.

Billing is handled securely through Stripe. Starter is $19/mo or $190/yr and Pro is $39/mo or $390/yr (annual is two months free). You can upgrade, downgrade, or cancel anytime from your org settings.

Yes. We use JWT-based authentication with HTTP-only cookies, rate limiting, and role-based access control. All data is transmitted over HTTPS.

Yes — Pro plans and above include CSV data export so you always have access to your recognition history.

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