Employee Performance Review Software HR Leaders Love
PerformYard is AI-driven performance review software that helps you create a customized review process. Thousands of HR leaders use PerformYard to simplify and streamline their organization's performance reviews.
Flexible for HR. Simple for Employees
Eliminate Tedious HR Tasks
PerformYard automates reviews, schedules reminders and sends approval notifications, freeing up time for you and your employees to focus on meaningful work.
AI with the Human Element of HR
PerformYard AI review-assist and AI review summaries make it easy for managers to write reviews and identify key themes across multiple review forms.
Run Your Process Your Way
Import existing performance appraisal forms or create new ones; our software and support make it easy to design any performance review process.
Run Any Review Process
PerformYard has everything we need to run our performance review process and is very easy to use. It’s enabling our performance program while we grow rapidly, helping us scale effectively.
One of our owners told me that PerformYard’s style and design have employees actually being thoughtful about the completion of their reviews and engaged in the process. That's a win!
It’s so easy to set up a review cycle, send it out, have our employees fill it out, and track who has completed their form and who still needs to finish.
Since using PerformYard, our employee evaluation and review process has gone from a time-consuming and stressful task to an easy and manageable routine.
AI Summarization Reveals Insights from Employee Reviews
PerformYard AI helps you make sense of review responses by summarizing performance feedback into clear, actionable insights. The system identifies key themes, highlights, and trends—without losing the nuance of individual responses.
Customize Review Forms & Cycles
PerformYard provides tailored employee assessments, allowing HR teams to define their own questions, timelines, and touchpoints. This aligns employee development with organizational objectives, supporting performance appraisals and feedback cycles.
Track Review Completion & Approvals
PerformYard’s live dashboard tracks review completion and approvals in real time. Managers can monitor evaluation progress, ensuring timely submissions without manual follow-ups.
Easily Include 360s & External Input
PerformYard adds self-assessments, 360-degree feedback from direct reports, and multiple manager evaluations to employee reviews. The platform also enables people outside your organization to provide feedback on your employees. This combination of internal and external feedback gives you an objective view of team performance and helps shape future development plans.
Analyze & Visualize Review Data
HR teams can use PerformYard’s performance data visuals to compare employees and make informed decisions about talent management, employee growth, and business goals.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is performance review software?
Performance review software is a tool used by companies to assess and track employee performance. It helps managers give feedback, set goals, and evaluate progress, making the review process easier and more organized.
What’s the difference between performance review software and a performance management system?
The difference between performance review software and performance management systems is that performance review software focuses on evaluating employees, while a performance management system includes ongoing feedback, goal setting, and development planning. PerformYard offers both. Learn more about our full performance management software.
How can PerformYard’s performance review software help my company optimize our workflows?
PerformYard’s performance review software helps optimize workflows by automating reviews, scheduling reminders, and sending approval notifications. It streamlines the review process, ensures timely feedback, and allows customization to fit your organization’s needs.
How is PerformYard’s performance review software different from other tools on the market?
PerformYard’s performance review software is unique because it allows you to customize the review process to match your company culture. It's easy to use for scheduling and reporting, prioritizes human interaction over automated systems, and includes unlimited expert support at no additional cost.
Does PerformYard’s performance review software offer 360-degree feedback capabilities?
Yes, PerformYard has 360-degree feedback features. Employees get feedback from their managers, teammates, direct reports, and even people outside the company. The software makes it easy to collect and manage all this feedback in one place during performance reviews.
Does PerformYard’s performance review platform integrate with existing HR systems and tools?
Yes, PerformYard integrates with popular HR systems like ADP, BambooHR, Gusto, Rippling, UKG, Workday, and Paylocity. It automatically syncs employee data to save time and prevent errors. The platform also works with SSO, Slack, and Teams to fit smoothly into your company's existing tools.
Your Complete Performance and Development Toolkit
Performance Reviews
Run Performance Reviews That Actually Drive Growth
- Employee appraisals
- 360 degree feedback
- Quarterly check-ins
- Annual reviews
- Project-based reviews
- Review cycles built around your timeline
- One-on-ones
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PerformYard AI
Tell the Platform What You Want
- Build review forms through conversation
- Create goals by chatting, not clicking
- Generate any report from a plain-language request
- AI summaries of reviews, meetings, and cycles
Goal Management
Set Goals People Actually Follow Through On
- Individual, team, and company goals
- Cascading and aligned objectives
- Progress check-ins and updates
- Goals tied directly into reviews
Continuous Feedback
Make Feedback a Habit, Not an Event
- Real-time recognition and feedback
- Public or private visibility options
- Feedback that feeds review cycles
- Simple enough that people actually use it
Reporting & Analytics
Turn Performance Data Into Decisions
- Cycle completion and participation tracking
- Rating distributions and trend lines
- Nine-box and calibration views
- Exportable, shareable reports
Employee Engagement
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Know How Your People Are Really Doing
- Anonymous engagement surveys
- Benchmark and trend tracking
- Drill-downs by team and department
- Action planning from results
Meetings
Run One-on-Ones Worth Showing Up For
- Shared agendas and talking points
- Notes and action items in one place
- Ties into goals and feedback
- Meeting history at your fingertips
Surveys
Get Answers From Your Whole Org
- Custom surveys in minutes
- Anonymous or attributed responses
- Automated reminders
- Results reporting built in
Ask PerformYard AI
Put Your Performance Data to Work
- One intelligence layer, connected to your reviews, goals, meetings, and feedback
- Recommendations built from your data, in your company's context
- Meeting notes inform goals; review outcomes feed comp and growth plans
- Every cycle makes the next one smarter
Coaching
Insights that Find You
- Employee Insights: a complete view of each person's performance and development.
- Meetings Coach: Pre-meeting prep and post-meeting analysis
- Goal Quality Coach: Ensures every goal is aligned with your organization's philosophy.
- Review Feedback Coach
Compensation
Pay Decisions Backed by Performance Data
- Comp reviews connected to performance
- Transparent, defensible pay decisions
- Budget and approval workflows
- Merit cycles without the spreadsheets
Skills & Competencies
Give Every Employee a Blueprint for Growth
- Define competencies by role and level
- Assess skills in reviews and check-ins
- Show employees the path forward
- Career pathing built on real data
