Thrive
Thrive is a workplace platform for UK organisations and employees, combining pensions, employee benefits, and financial wellbeing.
What Thrive is
Thrive is a workplace platform for UK organisations and employees, combining pensions, employee benefits, and financial wellbeing. Employees can use its website or Android and iOS app to access an employer-selected benefits marketplace and engagement information. Thrive Academy provides short video lessons and tools covering budgeting, saving, goal setting, ISAs, pensions, retirement planning, investments, and salary sacrifice. Independent financial coaches offer confidential one-to-one conversations in the app or by phone. Coaching is included in membership; adviser fees apply when coaches refer people to qualified advisers for regulated, personalised guidance. The workplace pension is powered by Smart Pension, with app management, flexible investment options, and coaching. Employers receive a dashboard showing real-time engagement with pensions, benefits, and education, including usage, ROI, and pension sign-ups. Payroll can be connected for real-time usage tracking. Thrive says the app is encrypted and keeps personal information private. Overall pricing is on request; the listed workplace pension plan shows $0.60 a year, billed as a 0.60% total annual cost.
Good
- Android, iOS, and web access
- Confidential one-to-one financial coaching
- Financial education library
- Employer engagement and ROI dashboard
- Workplace pension powered by Smart Pension
Watch out
- Benefits vary by employer
- Adviser fees apply
- Overall pricing is on request
Who it suits
It is designed for UK businesses and their employees seeking workplace pensions, benefits, financial education, and coaching. Benefit availability depends on what each employer chooses to provide.
Verdict
Thrive combines workplace benefits, pension management, education, and coaching in one service. It is most suitable where an employer wants these services connected across web and mobile access.
Plans and prices
From Thrive's own pricing page, checked 9 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Workplace pension | $0.60 a year | Workplace pension; total annual cost · 0.60% total annual cost |
The facts
Each one read from Thrive's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Advice fees
- Financial coaching is included as part of Thrive membership, while adviser fees apply.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Benefits
- The platform brings employee benefits together in an app and offers a curated benefits marketplace and engagement insights.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Coaching
- Employees can speak confidentially with independent financial coaches one-to-one in the app or by phone.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Eligibility limits
- Available workplace benefits depend on what an employer chooses to offer, and not all benefits are available to everyone.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Employer dashboard
- The employer dashboard provides real-time insights into engagement with pensions, benefits and financial education, and can track usage, ROI and pension sign-ups.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Financial education
- Thrive Academy offers bite-sized video lessons, tools and lessons on topics including budgeting, goal setting, ISAs and retirement planning.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Payroll
- Thrive says employers can connect payroll and track employee usage and engagement in real time.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Pension features
- Employees can manage their workplace pension in the app, with flexible investment options and confidential financial coaching.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Pension provider
- Thrive’s workplace pension is powered by Smart Pension.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Regulated advice
- Thrive coaches can refer employees to qualified financial advisers for regulated, personalised guidance on complex financial needs.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Security
- Thrive’s help page says the app is secure and encrypted and personal information stays private.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Support
- Thrive lists customer support at [email protected] and +44 1452 922000.checked 9 Oct 2026
- What it does
- Thrive brings workplace pensions, employee benefits and financial wellbeing together in one platform for organisations and their employees.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Who it is for
- Thrive describes its platform as designed for UK businesses and their employees.checked 9 Oct 2026
The company
- Headquarters
- Gloucester, Gloucestershire, UKchecked 28 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Platform access
- Employees can use Thrive through its website and its app listed in the Apple App Store and Google Play.checked 9 Oct 2026
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