Nectar

Nectar is an employee recognition and rewards platform that helps organizations build culture through peer-to-peer and manager recognition, a points-based global rewards catalog (gift cards, Amazon, swag, custom company rewards), automated milestone celebrations, and internal comms. Nectar exposes a documented Open API (base https://api.nectarhr.com, Swagger at /docs) covering users, the company recognition feed, custom awards, financial redemption analytics, and Flow triggers. The API is an account add-on - access is enabled by Nectar support/your account manager and then a scoped API key is generated in Settings > Integrations; all endpoints use Bearer (JWT) authentication.

Nectar publishes 6 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Analytics API, Custom Awards API, Flows API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include Employee Recognition, Rewards, Points, Human Resources, and Employee Engagement.

The Nectar catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Nectar’s developer surface includes engineering blog, authentication, documentation, and 11 more developer resources.

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34.5/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 20/100 agent aware Front door AI 5/6 prominent saas Full breakdown ↓
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AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

1 published contract

Employee Recognition Rewards Points Human Resources Employee Engagement Culture People Operations Loyalty & Incentives

What this lets a business do 1

Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →

Human Capital Management

BC-300

Recognition

GET /v1/recognition/feed

Kin Score

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scored 2026-11-13 · rubric v0.28.0

Composite quality — 34.5/100 · thin

Contract Quality 9.3 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 4.7 / 15

Access Clarity 2.6 / 15

Operational Transparency 1.6 / 10

Contract Governance 1.2 / 9

Discoverability 5.0 / 8

Regulatory Posture 3.4 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 2.2 / 10

Agent readiness — 20/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

Regulatory Posture applies to this provider. Its tags matched the Employment & Payroll regime (on an ambiguous tag, where no other regime matched), so Regulatory Posture carries 15 points of the composite. If this regime is wrong for your business, say so on your provider repo — the applicability map is public and we will correct it.

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship Ask about this →
Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented) Ask about this →
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Request/Response Examples +7 pts — share of operations carrying request/response examples; else an Examples / Code Samples link Ask about this →
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document Ask about this →

9 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Access Clarity scores 17.0 — up to +16.6 composite points Ask about this →
Developer Ergonomics scores 31.0 — up to +13.8 composite points Ask about this →
Contract Quality scores 49.5 — up to +12.6 composite points Ask about this →

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Standards implemented 1

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

APIs 6

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Nectar Analytics API

The Analytics API from Nectar — 1 operation(s) for analytics.

Nectar Custom Awards API

The Custom Awards API from Nectar — 2 operation(s) for custom awards.

Nectar Flows API

The Flows API from Nectar — 1 operation(s) for flows.

Nectar Health API

The Health API from Nectar — 1 operation(s) for health.

Nectar Recognition API

The Recognition API from Nectar — 1 operation(s) for recognition.

Nectar Users API

The Users API from Nectar — 2 operation(s) for users.

Open Collections 6

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Nectar Public Analytics API

OPEN COLLECTION

Nectar Public Analytics Custom Awards API

OPEN COLLECTION

Nectar Public Analytics Flows API

OPEN COLLECTION

Nectar Public Analytics Health API

OPEN COLLECTION

Nectar Public Analytics Recognition API

OPEN COLLECTION

Nectar Public Analytics Users API

OPEN COLLECTION

Nectar API pricing

Not yet checked against Nectar's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-07-10 from nectarhr.com/pricing; confirm before you rely on a figure.

Plan	Price
Plus subscription	—
Premium subscription	—
Enterprise / Custom enterprise	—
Open API Access (Add-On) addon	—

Plan details, limits and sources →

Rate limits

Concurrent Calls: 50 concurrent requests
Request Rate: not published requests
User Upsert Batch: 50 users

Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against Nectar's documentation. All 6 limits →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Nectar Plans Pricing

4 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Nectar Rate Limits

6 limits

RATE LIMITS

Compliance 1

Attestations the provider states (SOC 2, ISO 27001 and others), quoted from its own trust page. APIs.io verifies none of them.

Nectar

4 quoted statements, read from Nectar's own page on 2026-11-10.

COMPLIANCE

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Nectar Finops

FINOPS

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs. Counts are the severity each rule declares, not results of running them.

Nectar API Rules

63 rules · 54 error-severity 3 warn-severity 6 info-severity

SPECTRAL

Security Posture 4

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Nectar Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Nectar Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Nectar Vulnerability Disclosure

no policy recorded

SECURITY

Nectar Trust Center

SOC 2, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, HIPAA, FedRAMP, GDPR

SECURITY

Agentic Access (API Evangelist recommendations) 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Nectar Agentic Access

9 operations · 3 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter

TrustCenter

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Blog

Blog

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap

CapabilityMap

Attestations

Attestations

Source (apis.yml)

aid: nectar-hr
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nectar-hr/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Nectar
kind: company
description: Nectar is an employee recognition and rewards platform that helps organizations build culture through peer-to-peer
  and manager recognition, a points-based global rewards catalog (gift cards, Amazon, swag, custom company rewards), automated
  milestone celebrations, and internal comms. Nectar exposes a documented Open API (base https://api.nectarhr.com, Swagger
  at /docs) covering users, the company recognition feed, custom awards, financial redemption analytics, and Flow triggers.
  The API is an account add-on - access is enabled by Nectar support/your account manager and then a scoped API key is generated
  in Settings > Integrations; all endpoints use Bearer (JWT) authentication.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  gated: none
  gated_source:
  - onboarding
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-13'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/nectar-hr.png
tags:
- Employee Recognition
- Rewards
- Points
- Human Resources
- Employee Engagement
- Culture
- People Operations
- Loyalty & Incentives
tags_raw:
- Employee Recognition
- Rewards
- Points
- HR
- Employee Engagement
- Culture
- People Operations
- Loyalty & Incentives
created: '2026-07-10'
modified: '2026-10-06'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: nectar-hr:nectar-hr-analytics-api
  name: Nectar Analytics API
  description: The Analytics API from Nectar — 1 operation(s) for analytics.
  humanURL: https://api.nectarhr.com/docs
  baseURL: https://api.nectarhr.com
  tags:
  - Analytics
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/nectar-hr-analytics-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://help.nectarhr.com/en/articles/10770969-open-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://api.nectarhr.com/docs
- aid: nectar-hr:nectar-hr-custom-awards-api
  name: Nectar Custom Awards API
  description: The Custom Awards API from Nectar — 2 operation(s) for custom awards.
  humanURL: https://api.nectarhr.com/docs
  baseURL: https://api.nectarhr.com
  tags:
  - Custom Awards
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/nectar-hr-custom-awards-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://help.nectarhr.com/en/articles/10770969-open-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://api.nectarhr.com/docs
- aid: nectar-hr:nectar-hr-flows-api
  name: Nectar Flows API
  description: The Flows API from Nectar — 1 operation(s) for flows.
  humanURL: https://api.nectarhr.com/docs
  baseURL: https://api.nectarhr.com
  tags:
  - Flow
  tags_raw:
  - Flows
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/nectar-hr-flows-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://help.nectarhr.com/en/articles/10770969-open-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://api.nectarhr.com/docs
- aid: nectar-hr:nectar-hr-health-api
  name: Nectar Health API
  description: The Health API from Nectar — 1 operation(s) for health.
  humanURL: https://api.nectarhr.com/docs
  baseURL: https://api.nectarhr.com
  tags:
  - Health
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/nectar-hr-health-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://help.nectarhr.com/en/articles/10770969-open-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://api.nectarhr.com/docs
- aid: nectar-hr:nectar-hr-recognition-api
  name: Nectar Recognition API
  description: The Recognition API from Nectar — 1 operation(s) for recognition.
  humanURL: https://api.nectarhr.com/docs
  baseURL: https://api.nectarhr.com
  tags:
  - Recognition
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/nectar-hr-recognition-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://help.nectarhr.com/en/articles/10770969-open-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://api.nectarhr.com/docs
- aid: nectar-hr:nectar-hr-users-api
  name: Nectar Users API
  description: The Users API from Nectar — 2 operation(s) for users.
  humanURL: https://api.nectarhr.com/docs
  baseURL: https://api.nectarhr.com
  tags:
  - User
  tags_raw:
  - Users
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/nectar-hr-users-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://help.nectarhr.com/en/articles/10770969-open-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://api.nectarhr.com/docs
common:
- url: https://nectarhr.com/resources/blog
  type: Blog
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/nectar-hr-capability-edges.yml
  name: Nectar Business Capability Map
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/nectar-hr-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/nectar-hr-trust-center.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/nectar-hr-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/nectar-hr-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/nectar-hr-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nectarhr
- type: Website
  url: https://nectarhr.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://api.nectarhr.com/docs
- type: Plans
  url: plans/nectar-hr-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/nectar-hr-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/nectar-hr-finops.yml
- type: Attestations
  url: compliance/nectar-hr-compliance.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

Nectar API — frequently asked questions

Does Nectar have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 6 APIs from Nectar, including Nectar Analytics API, Nectar Custom Awards API and Nectar Flows API, and 3 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Nectar API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 6 OpenAPI specifications for Nectar, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Nectar API?

Nectar uses bearer-token authentication (http · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Nectar Authentication.

How much does the Nectar API cost?

APIs.io lists 4 pricing plans for Nectar, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the Nectar API ready for AI agents?

Nectar has a Kin Score of 34.5 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 19.6 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-13.

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