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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 APIs 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.

Nectar’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, and 10 more developer resources.

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39.3/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 20/100 agent aware Front door AI 5/6 prominent saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-10-04 · rubric v0.23.0
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
1 published contract
Employee RecognitionRewardsPointsHuman ResourcesEmployee EngagementCulturePeople OperationsLoyalty & 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 2026-10-04 · rubric v0.23.0
Composite quality — 39.3/100 · developing
Contract Quality 9.3 / 19
Developer Ergonomics 4.3 / 15
Access Clarity 6.6 / 15
Operational Transparency 2.8 / 10
Contract Governance 0.0 / 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
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.
Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.
The six quality facets above are damped to 75 points between them, because the conditional facet above carries the other 25. That is why each facet's contribution is shown against a damped maximum: raising a quality facet moves the composite by 75% of its nominal weight, not 100%. The full arithmetic is at apis.io/rating/.
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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 7

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

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

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

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Nectar Hr Plans Pricing

4 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Nectar Hr Rate Limits

6 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Nectar Hr Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 4

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

Nectar Hr Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Nectar Hr Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Nectar Hr Vulnerability Disclosure

disclosure policy published

SECURITY

Nectar Hr Trust Center

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

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

Nectar Hr Agentic Access

9 operations · 3 acting

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 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap
CapabilityMap

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
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
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-09-03'
  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: '2026-07-10'
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:
- 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
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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