Free for teams up to 4 people — no card required

The best idea
wins.

Not the loudest voice. Not the highest title.

Peer recognition that builds merit scores. Merit scores that weight decisions.

Free forever up to 4 users. No credit card. No sales call.

app.meritocracyos.com
J
Jordan Kim
Senior Designer
24
Kudos received
18
Kudos given
87%
Positive
4.2×
Merit weight
M
👍 Collaborative 👍 Rigour
Shipped the redesign on time and got everyone aligned. Exceptional work.
S
👍 Open to Feedback
Always takes feedback on board without getting defensive. Really valuable.

Your best people are being overlooked.

And your worst meetings are run by whoever talks the most.

📅

Annual reviews are theatre

By the time review season arrives, half the year's contributions are gone. What remains is recency bias, favourites, and politics.

📣

Loudest voice wins

In most meetings, confidence beats quality. The quietest person in the room might have the best idea. You'll never know.

🎭

Recognition is political

Who gets recognised depends on who's visible — not who's delivering. That's a culture killer.

🦛

HiPPO runs the room

HiPPO — the Highest Paid Person's Opinion — is the invisible hand in most meetings. Decisions get made by seniority and authority, not by merit. The best idea loses to the biggest title. MeritocracyOS replaces gut-feel hierarchy with weighted, data-driven signal from the whole team.

One platform.
Three powerful ideas.

Each one standalone useful. Together, they change how your team operates.

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Kudos

Peer recognition that means something

Give kudos in under 30 seconds. Tied to specific attributes — Collaborative, Rigour, Open to Feedback — so it's actionable, not just a thumbs up.

  • Attribute-based — specific and meaningful
  • Positive, neutral, or growth-oriented
  • Optional private mode
  • Full history on every profile
Merit Score

Contribution made visible

Every kudos updates a merit score in real time. No manager input. No politics. Just what your peers actually think — building up over time.

  • Built from peer sentiment only
  • Updates continuously, not annually
  • Public profile per team member
  • Top attributes surfaced automatically
🗳️
Meetings

Merit-weighted decisions

When a vote opens, contributors with more merit carry more weight. Not because someone said so — because their peers said so, consistently, over time.

  • Open and close votes per agenda item
  • Votes weighted by merit score
  • Outcomes recorded and preserved
  • Full meeting history

Three steps. Seconds each.

The whole loop runs in the background. Your team barely notices — until the culture changes.

1

Give kudos

After a project, a meeting, any moment worth noting. Pick a person, pick an attribute, add a line. Done in 20 seconds.

2

Merit builds

Each kudos updates merit scores instantly. No admin. No manager sign-off. Contribution accumulates automatically.

3

Better decisions

Run a vote in your next meeting. The team's best contributors carry the most weight. The best idea wins.

Meeting vote · live result
Should we move to a 4-day work week for Q3?
J
Jordan — Agree4.2× weight
S
Sam — Agree2.1× weight
R
Riley — Disagree1.1× weight
Weighted outcome Agree — 74% in favour

Simple pricing.

Start free. Grow at $4.99 per person. No surprises.

Free
$0

Up to 4 team members. Forever.

  • All features included
  • Kudos & merit scores
  • Meetings & voting
  • Activity log
  • Up to 4 users
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Team
$4.99 /user/month

5–99 team members. Billed monthly.

  • Everything in Free
  • Unlimited users (5–99)
  • Multiple teams
  • Email support
  • Pay only for active users
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Enterprise
Custom

100+ users. Volume pricing.

  • Everything in Team
  • Volume discount
  • Dedicated onboarding
  • Priority support
  • Custom contract & invoicing
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All plans include all features. No feature gating. No hidden fees.

What teams are saying

"We finally know who our real contributors are. Not who's loudest — who's actually delivering."

A
Alex M.
CEO, 25-person tech startup

"Merit-weighted voting changed our meetings completely. Decisions happen faster and people actually respect the outcome."

S
Sarah K.
Head of Product, design agency

"I've tried Lattice, 15Five, Bonusly. None connected feedback to actual decisions. This does."

R
Ryan T.
COO, consulting firm

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