Getting Started
New to Nodo? Follow these steps to get your workspace set up. The whole process takes about two minutes.
Sign up with Google or Microsoft
Go to nodohq.com and click 'Get started'. Sign in with your Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 account — there's no separate password to create.
Name your workspace
Enter your company name. This creates your workspace — the shared space where your team's data will live.
Import your team
Paste your team list from a spreadsheet — names, emails, and titles. You can also add people one by one from Settings → Members.
Build your org chart
Drag people into the right positions to set up reporting lines. Nodo tries to detect your hierarchy automatically — you just need to review and adjust.
Explore your workspace
You're in! Your 14-day trial starts with full access to everything. Start with your org chart under People, then try launching your first pulse survey under Signal.
People & Org Charts
How to set up your org chart
After importing your team, go to People in the top nav. Your org chart is built from your imported team data. Here's how to fine-tune it:
Drag to reorganize
Click and drag any person card to move them under a different manager.
Switch views
Use chart view for visual hierarchy, or list view to search and filter quickly.
Share with your team
Click 'Share' to generate a public link. Great for onboarding new hires.
Create teams
Go to Teams to group people across reporting lines — for squads, projects, or committees.
Finding people
Use the directory view to search for anyone by name, job title, or department. Click on a person to see their full profile — including their manager, direct reports, and contact details.
Embedding your org chart
You can embed a live, always-up-to-date org chart in Notion, Confluence, or any tool that supports iframes. Here's how:
Enable public sharing
Open the org chart, click the Share button in the toolbar, and toggle on Public Sharing.
Copy the live embed link
Copy the 'Live embed' URL from the sharing dialog. This link always shows the latest version of your chart.
Paste in your tool
In Notion, type /embed and paste the link. In Confluence, use the iframe macro. The chart auto-updates whenever you make changes — no need to re-embed.
Signal & Pulse
How to launch your first pulse survey
Go to Signal → Pulse in the top nav. Pulse surveys are short, recurring check-ins sent to your team. Ratings are always anonymous — for written feedback, employees can choose to share their name.
eNPS tracking
See how likely your team is to recommend your company as a place to work.
Anonymous by default
Ratings are always anonymous. For written feedback, employees can opt in to share their name.
Set a schedule
Choose weekly, biweekly, or monthly. Nodo sends reminders automatically.
Add custom questions
Go to Signal → Questions to create your own surveys with open-ended or rating-scale formats.
Reading your results
After your first pulse completes, check Signal → Pulse for results. Nodo shows trends over time so you can spot changes across teams and departments. Look for drops in specific categories — that's where to focus your attention.
Custom surveys
Go to Signal → Questions to create custom surveys with rating, text, or multiple-choice questions. Use templates to get started quickly, or build your own from scratch. You can target specific teams or individuals, preview what respondents will see, and export results as PDF once the survey closes.
Team Board
How to use the Team Board
Go to Signal → Team Board. The Team Board is a space for your team to share wins, learnings, improvements, and appreciations. You can post with your name or anonymously — it's your choice each time.
Wins
Celebrate team successes and milestones worth highlighting.
Learnings
Share lessons learned from recent projects or experiments.
Improvements
Flag areas where the team can do better — constructive, and anonymous if you choose.
Appreciations
Recognize teammates for going above and beyond.
Tracking & discussing posts
Each post moves through statuses: New → Acknowledged → Discussed → Resolved. Team members can vote on posts, add emoji reactions, and leave responses. Use the “Flag for meeting” option to queue items for your next team discussion.
Performance
Grow planHow to set goals
Go to Performance → Goals. Click "New goal" to create one for yourself or someone on your team. Each goal has an owner, timeline, and progress tracker. Add milestones to break it into smaller steps.
How to run a review cycle
Go to Performance → Reviews and click "New cycle". Pick a template or start from scratch, add questions, select participants, and set a deadline.
Templates
Save and reuse question sets. Edit templates anytime from the template picker.
Self-reviews
Enable self-assessment with the same or different questions from the reviewer set.
Preview
See exactly what reviewers and subjects will see before launching.
Export results
Download review results as PDF — per subject or for the full cycle.
How to send a shoutout
Go to Performance → Shoutouts and click "Send Shoutout". Choose one or more recipients, write your message, pick a category, and optionally add a GIF. Your shoutout appears in a stories-style feed visible to the whole team.
Nodo World
Your team's living planet
Every workspace in Nodo has its own 3D planet that reflects your team's culture and activity. The more engaged your team is — giving shoutouts, completing reviews, responding to pulse surveys — the more alive your planet becomes. An admin can enable it from Settings, after which World appears in the top nav for everyone.
Planet vitality
The vitality bar shows your planet's health (0–100%). It's driven by recognition (40%), pulse participation (35%), and performance activity (25%).
Earn XP
You earn XP by being active: giving shoutouts (5 XP), responding to pulse (10 XP), completing reviews (15 XP), and updating goals (10 XP).
Grow your garden
Spend XP to plant flowers, bushes, trees, or crystals near your Nodo character. Your personal garden grows as you stay engaged.
Build collective wonders
Pool XP with teammates to unlock shared landmarks like a Town Center, monuments, or other surprises visible to the whole team.
Nodo characters
Each person in your workspace is represented by a Nodo character on the planet surface. You can choose which character represents you using the Customizer in the World view. Click on any character to see their profile and personal garden.
How vitality changes your planet
Your planet visually responds to the team's overall vitality score. Here's what each range looks like:
Lush flora, bright skies, birds in flight, and a glowing energy grid connecting everyone.
Steady vegetation, clear weather, and visible activity across the surface.
Flora begins to shrink, clouds gather, and the planet feels quieter.
Minimal vegetation, dark skies, no wildlife. Time to rally the team!
Share your planet
You can generate a public link to share a read-only view of your planet with anyone — perfect for showing off your team's culture on social media or in presentations. The shared planet updates in real time as your team's activity changes.
Notifications & Export
Staying up to date
Nodo keeps you informed through the notification bell in the top navigation bar. You'll see alerts for new surveys, pulse check-ins, review assignments, and shoutouts.
Email notifications are sent automatically when you're assigned a new survey or review. Admins can configure automatic reminders for review cycles to go out a set number of weeks before the deadline.
Exporting data
You can export data from multiple places in Nodo. Survey results and review cycle results can be downloaded as PDF reports from their respective detail pages. Your org chart can be exported as an image using the export button on the People page.
Settings
How to manage your workspace
Click your avatar in the top-right corner and select Settings (admin only). From here you can rename your workspace, manage members, and handle billing.
How to add or remove members
Go to Settings → Members. You can import a spreadsheet or add people individually. Remove someone by clicking the menu next to their name. Each person has one of three roles:
Full access — workspace settings, billing, members, and all features.
Can view their direct reports' pulse data, manage goals, and run reviews.
Can respond to surveys, view the org chart, set personal goals, and send shoutouts.
Roles & Permissions
How roles work in nodo
Every person in your workspace has one of three roles: Admin, Manager, or User. Admin is set manually in Settings. Manager status is determined automatically based on your org chart — anyone with at least one direct report is a manager.
Set manually by the workspace owner. Has full control over the workspace, including settings, billing, and all data.
Automatic — anyone with direct reports in the org chart. Can create surveys and reviews, and see their team's data.
The default role. Can respond to surveys, set personal goals, view the org chart, and send shoutouts.
What each role can do
People
| Admin | Manager | User | |
|---|---|---|---|
| View org chart | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Edit own profile | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Edit team member profiles | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Edit any profile | ✓ | — | — |
Signal
| Admin | Manager | User | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Create surveys | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Manage any survey | ✓ | — | — |
| Manage own surveys | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Respond to surveys | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| View pulse dashboard | ✓ | ✓ | — |
Performance
| Admin | Manager | User | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Create review cycles | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Request personal 360 feedback | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| View all review results | ✓ | — | — |
| View team review results | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Set personal goals | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Set goals for team members | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| View all goals | ✓ | — | — |
| Send shoutouts | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Workspace
| Admin | Manager | User | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manage workspace settings | ✓ | — | — |
| Manage billing & subscription | ✓ | — | — |
| Add or remove members | ✓ | — | — |
| Export data | ✓ | ✓ | — |
Data visibility by role
Beyond what actions each role can take, roles also determine what data you can see. Here's a summary of who sees what:
All pulse results, survey responses, review outcomes, goals, and shoutouts across the entire workspace. Admins also retain access when a subscription expires, so they can manage billing.
Pulse results, goals, review outcomes, and shoutouts for their direct reports and everyone in their reporting chain. Managers only see surveys and review cycles they created themselves.
Their own goals, shoutouts they sent or received, and review results shared with them. Users can view the org chart and post on the Team Board, but cannot access the pulse dashboard or manage resources for others.
How manager status works
Manager is not a role you assign — it's detected automatically. When someone in your org chart has at least one active direct report, Nodo gives them manager-level access. This means:
- •Add a direct report to someone's branch in the org chart, and they become a manager.
- •Remove or offboard all their reports, and they go back to being a regular user.
- •Their “team” includes everyone in their reporting chain — not just direct reports, but reports of reports too.
Subscription & Billing
Plans & pricing
€2.50/user/month monthly
€2/user/month annual (€24/user/year)
Org charts, pulse surveys, and Team Board.
€5/user/month monthly
€4/user/month annual (€48/user/year)
Everything in Listen plus goals, reviews, and shoutouts.
All prices excl. VAT.
How billing works
14-day free trial — Every workspace starts with full Grow access for 14 days. No credit card needed. When the trial ends, pick the plan that fits.
Annual saves 20% — Pay annually to get over 2 months free. You can switch between monthly and annual billing at any time from Settings.
Switching plans — Upgrade from Listen to Grow anytime for immediate access to performance tools. Downgrade from Grow to Listen and your goals, reviews, and shoutouts become read-only until you upgrade again.
Frequently Asked Questions
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