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Recess

byRecess
in Product Sampling Software
4.5

Overview

Product Information on Recess

Updated 13th October 2025

What is Recess?

Recess is a software designed to facilitate booking and management of interactive experiences and events for brands and organizations. The software provides tools for discovering, scheduling, and coordinating experiential activations in physical and virtual environments. Recess enables users to access a network of event hosts and venues, centralize communication, and automate logistics for event execution. Its features support campaign planning, budget management, and reporting on event performance. The software aims to streamline the process of organizing brand engagements, helping organizations increase operational efficiency and manage partnerships with event providers to address the challenges of dispersing experiential marketing efforts across multiple locations and partners.

Recess Pricing

Recess software uses an event marketplace model where pricing is typically based on the scope of event activations and partnership opportunities, with costs varying depending on factors such as event duration, participant numbers, and the level of exposure required by brands or organizers

Overall experience with Recess

ENGINEER
1B - 3B USD, Healthcare and Biotech
FAVORABLE

“Product Shows High Engagement and Integration Despite Some Early Limitations”

5.0
Oct 30, 2025
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CRITICAL

About Company

Company Description

Updated 5th September 2025

Recess focuses on helping consumer packaged goods brands and retailers acquire customers by facilitating sampling partnerships in various community spaces and retail environments. The company addresses the challenge of linking out-of-store marketing activities with in-store purchases, allowing brands to better attribute and measure the effectiveness of their sampling efforts. Through this approach, Recess enables brands to improve the performance tracking of offline marketing strategies.

Company Details

Updated 5th September 2025
Company type
Private
Year Founded
2016
Head office location
Venice, United States
Number of employees
11 - 50
Website
https://www.recess.is

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Recess Reviews and Ratings

4.5

(2 Ratings)

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  • ENGINEER
    1B-10B USD
    Healthcare and Biotech
    Review Source

    Product Shows High Engagement and Integration Despite Some Early Limitations

    5.0
    Oct 30, 2025
    Great Product with a bright future and a nice shining service
  • ENGINEER
    1B-10B USD
    Healthcare and Biotech
    Review Source

    Product Shows High Engagement and Integration Despite Some Early Limitations

    5.0
    Oct 30, 2025
    Great Product with a bright future and a nice shining service
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