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With Bob, you customize the entire review process with personal settings, reminders, messages, and flows to loop in managers and peers. Learn more about Bob
Bob has everything you need to conduct 360° performance reviews in one centralized platform. Bob provides a 360° view of your people by incorporating their complete career timelines, goals, and achievements into the performance review, giving you the tools for a fair and unbiased review. In a few clicks, you can also collect reviews from every angle: self, manager, and direct reports. Empower your people to take an active role by selecting their own peer reviewers to gain valuable input. Learn more about Bob

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  • 360 Degree Feedback Software
  • Skills Assessment
  • Individual Development Plans
  • Self Service Portal
  • Review Cycle Tracking
  • Employee Database
  • Compensation Management Software
  • Customizable Templates
  • Performance Appraisal
  • Ongoing Performance Tracking
Culture Amp’s performance management solution enables managers and teams to continuously align on expectations, goals, and feedback. Learn more about Culture Amp
With Culture Amp, prioritize and deliver impactful programs across performance management, employee engagement, and development – all in one intuitive platform. By leveraging science-backed goal/OKR tracking, 1-on-1 templates, built-in calibrations, and 360° feedback, you can create a performance review process that supports managers and employees. Discover how 6,500+ companies, including Salesforce, Unilever, and PwC use our trusted data, tools, and partnership to build high-performing teams. Learn more about Culture Amp

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  • Surveys & Feedback
  • 360 Degree Feedback Software
  • Skills Assessment
  • Individual Development Plans
  • Self Service Portal
  • Review Cycle Tracking
  • Employee Database
  • Compensation Management Software
  • Customizable Templates
  • Performance Appraisal
  • Ongoing Performance Tracking
Step up your performance management with Deel’s fully customizable 360° feedback system to keep your global teams engaged. Learn more about Deel
Transform your performance management with Deel’s efficient software, trusted by over 35,000 businesses worldwide. Say goodbye to the complexities of traditional performance reviews and step your global compliance up with our fully customizable 360° feedback system. You can define anonymity, rating scales, and peer reviewers to fit your unique needs. Plus, you can align your team on goals and competencies in one place, and leverage advanced analytics. Actively develop your team's performance by identifying and addressing skills gaps with relevant training courses. Experience seamless goal management, detailed performance analytics, and a streamlined review process all in one powerful platform. Elevate your performance management and ensure your organization stays ahead in the competitive global market. Learn more about Deel

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  • Surveys & Feedback
  • 360 Degree Feedback Software
  • Skills Assessment
  • Individual Development Plans
  • Self Service Portal
  • Review Cycle Tracking
  • Employee Database
  • Compensation Management Software
  • Customizable Templates
  • Performance Appraisal
  • Ongoing Performance Tracking
Easy, affordable & all-inclusive employee performance management software with expert training & support. Get started today! Learn more about emPerform
Easy-to-use, affordable & 100% flexible employee performance management software for companies with 200-3,000 EE's. Automate & streamline appraisals, competencies, goal management, development planning, year-round check-ins and feedback, 360 reviews, succession, compensation management, and reporting, all in one package for one low price and with expert training & support. Get started today and join companies around the world who have achieved performance management success with emPerform. Learn more about emPerform

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  • Surveys & Feedback
  • 360 Degree Feedback Software
  • Skills Assessment
  • Individual Development Plans
  • Self Service Portal
  • Review Cycle Tracking
  • Employee Database
  • Compensation Management Software
  • Customizable Templates
  • Performance Appraisal
  • Ongoing Performance Tracking
ClearCompany Performance Management improves your performance strategy with intuitive feedback tools and simplified review cycles. Learn more about ClearCompany
Conduct better reviews, increase feedback, and simplify review cycle management to improve your performance management strategy. ClearCompany Performance Management helps you implement an employee-first approach to performance management. Shift the focus of formal reviews from evaluation and ranking to employee growth and potential while driving engagement and focus with goal-planning tools. Save time and set the stage for productive performance management with ClearCompany. Learn more about ClearCompany

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  • Surveys & Feedback
  • 360 Degree Feedback Software
  • Skills Assessment
  • Individual Development Plans
  • Self Service Portal
  • Review Cycle Tracking
  • Employee Database
  • Compensation Management Software
  • Customizable Templates
  • Performance Appraisal
  • Ongoing Performance Tracking
Learn how leading midsize companies motivate and engage employees with online performance management software. See a demo today! Learn more about Trakstar Perform
Motivate and engage employees with Mitratech Trakstar's performance management software. Unlimited online performance reviews, automated workflows and reports. Manage performance reviews easily across hundreds or thousands of employees in your organization. Learn how leading mid size companies use Mitratech Trakstar to increase employee engagement, streamline goal management and create an environment of real-time feedback to drive business growth. See a demo today! Learn more about Trakstar Perform

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  • Surveys & Feedback
  • 360 Degree Feedback Software
  • Skills Assessment
  • Individual Development Plans
  • Self Service Portal
  • Review Cycle Tracking
  • Employee Database
  • Compensation Management Software
  • Customizable Templates
  • Performance Appraisal
  • Ongoing Performance Tracking
BambooHR Performance Management transforms traditional, outdated performance reviews into a pain-free, development-focused process. Learn more about BambooHR
BambooHR Performance Management transforms traditional, outdated performance reviews into a pain-free, development-focused process. You’ll gain real-time insights into employee growth with our streamlined assessments, 360º feedback, and collaborative goals. Our powerful reporting allows managers to identify top performers, employees who are struggling employees, and spot manager/employee misalignments. Learn more about BambooHR

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  • Surveys & Feedback
  • 360 Degree Feedback Software
  • Skills Assessment
  • Individual Development Plans
  • Self Service Portal
  • Review Cycle Tracking
  • Employee Database
  • Compensation Management Software
  • Customizable Templates
  • Performance Appraisal
  • Ongoing Performance Tracking
Deliver impactful, growth-oriented performance (and 360-degree) appraisals with Leapsome's all-in-one people management platform. Learn more about Leapsome
Develop your employees with impactful, learning-oriented performance appraisals and 360-degree feedback. With Leapsome, you can evaluate employees against a development framework, benefit from customisable review templates, automate your review cycles, and get detailed insights with powerful people analytics. Furthermore, Furthermore, Leapsome is an all-in-one people management platform used by CEOs and HR teams to not only drive employee performance but also engagement and learning. Learn more about Leapsome

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  • Surveys & Feedback
  • 360 Degree Feedback Software
  • Skills Assessment
  • Individual Development Plans
  • Self Service Portal
  • Review Cycle Tracking
  • Employee Database
  • Compensation Management Software
  • Customizable Templates
  • Performance Appraisal
  • Ongoing Performance Tracking
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Affordable web-based solution with customizable questionnaires, automated email reminders and quick sign-up process. Try it for free. Learn more about Primalogik
An affordable and easy-to-use performance management solution. It brings together performance appraisals, goal tracking, 360-degree feedback and engagement surveys into one simple and integrated platform. Capture feedback from colleagues, managers and subordinates to get a broader view of every employee's skills, competencies and behaviours. Primalogik simplifies and automates your 360 feedback survey process. Try it for free. Get started in seconds with minimal configuration required. Learn more about Primalogik

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  • Surveys & Feedback
  • 360 Degree Feedback Software
  • Skills Assessment
  • Individual Development Plans
  • Self Service Portal
  • Review Cycle Tracking
  • Employee Database
  • Compensation Management Software
  • Customizable Templates
  • Performance Appraisal
  • Ongoing Performance Tracking
Lean how leading mid size companies complete more employee reviews with Reviewsnap. Automate & simplify the performance review process. Learn more about Reviewsnap
Complete more employee reviews with Reviewsnap's performance management software. Eliminate paperwork and save time with easy to use online tools. Manage performance reviews easily across hundreds or thousands of employees in your organization. Get up and running in 48 hours. Learn how leading mid size companies use Reviewsnap to enhance employee communication, morale, productivity and develop a culture focused on high performance. See a free demo today! Learn more about Reviewsnap

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  • Surveys & Feedback
  • 360 Degree Feedback Software
  • Skills Assessment
  • Individual Development Plans
  • Self Service Portal
  • Review Cycle Tracking
  • Employee Database
  • Compensation Management Software
  • Customizable Templates
  • Performance Appraisal
  • Ongoing Performance Tracking
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As the Most Advanced 360-Performance Review Software for Canadian SMBs, Folks empowers your employees and brings them to new heights. Learn more about Folks HR
Transforming your workplace starts with meaningful performance reviews. Empower efficiency and employee growth with Folks HR's Performance Management Software. Discover a 360-degree performance approach with seamless goal-setting and insightful feedback. Folks helps hundreds of SMBs save as much as one day a week with innovative HR features. From employee onboarding to performance evaluation and HR analytics, accomplish everything and boost productivity with Folks HR Software! Learn more about Folks HR

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  • Surveys & Feedback
  • 360 Degree Feedback Software
  • Skills Assessment
  • Individual Development Plans
  • Self Service Portal
  • Review Cycle Tracking
  • Employee Database
  • Compensation Management Software
  • Customizable Templates
  • Performance Appraisal
  • Ongoing Performance Tracking
Build high performing teams and a feedback culture, giving employees control and accountability while helping leaders be great coaches. Learn more about beqom Pay Management
beqom Pay Management includes a Performance Management solution that empowers employees by putting them at the center of their performance experience. beqom helps you to operationalize a high-performance culture while prioritizing people-centric principles. Expert-guided frameworks support goal-setting, peer feedback, manager coaching, and collaborative performance reviews, giving employees the means and motivation to own their own improvement. beqom facilitates habit changes and drives desired outcomes, while being seamlessly integrated into daiily workflow. Learn more about beqom Pay Management

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  • Surveys & Feedback
  • 360 Degree Feedback Software
  • Skills Assessment
  • Individual Development Plans
  • Self Service Portal
  • Review Cycle Tracking
  • Employee Database
  • Compensation Management Software
  • Customizable Templates
  • Performance Appraisal
  • Ongoing Performance Tracking
Cloud-based solution that lets users manage employee performance, define goals, and conduct reviews from a unified platform. Learn more about eLeaP People Success Platform
Cloud-based solution that lets users manage employee performance, define goals, and conduct reviews from a unified platform. Learn more about eLeaP People Success Platform

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  • Surveys & Feedback
  • 360 Degree Feedback Software
  • Skills Assessment
  • Individual Development Plans
  • Self Service Portal
  • Review Cycle Tracking
  • Employee Database
  • Compensation Management Software
  • Customizable Templates
  • Performance Appraisal
  • Ongoing Performance Tracking
Quantive Results is a strategy execution platform based on the Objectives and Key Results (OKR) management methodology. Learn more about Quantive Results
Managers and HR can easily collect frequent and actionable real-time insights from their teams during multiple points of an individual's life-cycle. Quantive Results' downloadable and printable Employee view has everything you need to know about how an individual is tracking. Permissions settings ensure that privacy is protected. These reports are an ideal place to start when scheduling face-to-face meetings. Quantive Results is ideal for medium to large companies. Learn more about Quantive Results

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  • Surveys & Feedback
  • 360 Degree Feedback Software
  • Skills Assessment
  • Individual Development Plans
  • Self Service Portal
  • Review Cycle Tracking
  • Employee Database
  • Compensation Management Software
  • Customizable Templates
  • Performance Appraisal
  • Ongoing Performance Tracking
WebHR is everyone's favorite and a global leader in Cloud HR - Helps you manage the most important asset in your company - your People! Learn more about WebHR
WebHR is revolutionizing the way HR works. WebHR is a Social all-in-one Cloud based HR Software for Small & Medium Enterprises that handles everything from Hire to Retire, in the most innovate way. WebHR not only saves money to the companies, but also boosts productivity, saves space and make inter and intra-office communications fast, reliable and more efficient. WebHR assists in managing a companys most important asset - its People. Learn more about WebHR

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  • Surveys & Feedback
  • 360 Degree Feedback Software
  • Skills Assessment
  • Individual Development Plans
  • Self Service Portal
  • Review Cycle Tracking
  • Employee Database
  • Compensation Management Software
  • Customizable Templates
  • Performance Appraisal
  • Ongoing Performance Tracking
Most-Integrated Performance Management platform with unmatched customization to help HR teams drive high team performance their way. Learn more about Peoplebox
It provides a single platform for performance reviews, aligned goals (OKRs), 1:1s, surveys, KPIs, initiative management, strategic meetings and People Analytics. Unlike other tools, its integration with Slack/Teams goes beyond notifications and lets you do entire performance reviews, engagement surveys, and OKR check-ins right within Slack/Teams. Another reason that makes it unique is its unmatched customization, intuitiveness and great customer support to help you tailor everything. Here are some features - Automated goal & project tracking, goal-based 360 reviews, custom weightage for goals, competency, and values, advanced formula for final rating calculation, Calibration, 9-box, personalized reminders, real-time engagement insights, KPI tracking, expert-built templates, single-form customization for different teams, and form personalization. Learn more about Peoplebox

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  • Surveys & Feedback
  • 360 Degree Feedback Software
  • Skills Assessment
  • Individual Development Plans
  • Self Service Portal
  • Review Cycle Tracking
  • Employee Database
  • Compensation Management Software
  • Customizable Templates
  • Performance Appraisal
  • Ongoing Performance Tracking
Threads culture allows you to review employees based on your organization's core values and culture. Learn more about Threads Culture
Threads Culture Software is Performance Management, driven by your Core Values. Threads is a series of tools that help you set the expectations of Core Values alignment AND performance, based on job title. During the year, use the check in and feedback tools to keep the conversation and documentation of performance expectations going throughout the year. At review time, utilize actual self/peer/360 feedback, manager notes and employee check ins to avoid recency and halo effect biases. Learn more about Threads Culture

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  • Surveys & Feedback
  • 360 Degree Feedback Software
  • Skills Assessment
  • Individual Development Plans
  • Self Service Portal
  • Review Cycle Tracking
  • Employee Database
  • Compensation Management Software
  • Customizable Templates
  • Performance Appraisal
  • Ongoing Performance Tracking
Use AI to efficiently and effectively manage both your company and team's performance with a holistic integrated platform for success! Learn more about Inspire
Inspire helps your company and people perform more efficiently and effectively with AI assisted goal setting and continuous performance management all in one integrated platform. We can integrate with most systems to supercharge your success. Our new AI features allow for time savings in managing people while having actionable data that can be visualized and used from C-Level to the individual contributor. Our software allows you to operate more efficiently, have happy & motivated employees, & ascend to peak levels of company performance. Learn more about Inspire

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  • Surveys & Feedback
  • 360 Degree Feedback Software
  • Skills Assessment
  • Individual Development Plans
  • Self Service Portal
  • Review Cycle Tracking
  • Employee Database
  • Compensation Management Software
  • Customizable Templates
  • Performance Appraisal
  • Ongoing Performance Tracking
FieldKo, built on Salesforce and leveraging ChatGPT, delivers AI-powered insights and outcomes for your organization. Learn more about FieldKo
FieldKo, built on Salesforce and leveraging ChatGPT, delivers AI-powered insights and outcomes for your organization. Our platform excels in answering questions, providing explanations, offering suggestions, and engaging in interactive discussions. With powerful assessment and inspection checklists, FieldKo transforms them into contextually relevant and coherent responses, making it an invaluable tool. Learn more about FieldKo

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  • Surveys & Feedback
  • 360 Degree Feedback Software
  • Skills Assessment
  • Individual Development Plans
  • Self Service Portal
  • Review Cycle Tracking
  • Employee Database
  • Compensation Management Software
  • Customizable Templates
  • Performance Appraisal
  • Ongoing Performance Tracking
Completely customizable tool that is easy to set up. Get 5 FREE appraisals to try with Zero Risk!. Set up Empxtrack in less than 5 mins Learn more about EmpXtrack
Empxtrack offers easy-to-use cloud-based performance management tool that aligns employees to business objectives. Cascade goals, track real-time progress, provide continuous feedback, conduct 360 reviews, mentor and reward top performers. Self configurable tool with goal and competency library, for an immediate start. Get 5 FREE evaluations to start your performance appraisal process now! Learn more about EmpXtrack

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  • Surveys & Feedback
  • 360 Degree Feedback Software
  • Skills Assessment
  • Individual Development Plans
  • Self Service Portal
  • Review Cycle Tracking
  • Employee Database
  • Compensation Management Software
  • Customizable Templates
  • Performance Appraisal
  • Ongoing Performance Tracking
Transform your Workplace Productivity & Engagement Learn more about Performly Talent
Transform your workplace productivity and Engagement. Performly is a cloud-based human resources solution designed for small, midsize and large businesses. Primary features include talent management, object and competency management, 360-degree performance reviews, feedback collection, recognition, daily task checklist and internal process management. Learn more about Performly Talent

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  • Surveys & Feedback
  • 360 Degree Feedback Software
  • Skills Assessment
  • Individual Development Plans
  • Self Service Portal
  • Review Cycle Tracking
  • Employee Database
  • Compensation Management Software
  • Customizable Templates
  • Performance Appraisal
  • Ongoing Performance Tracking
Customize your performance management system. Everything you need to streamline employee reviews, goals, feedback, and engagement. Learn more about PerformYard
PerformYard is your complete employee performance management system. Build your vision of performance management with an easy-to-use system your people will love. Get streamlined performance reviews, check-ins, goal management, continuous feedback, and engagement surveys all in one place. PerformYard makes it easy to streamline the entire process and is flexible enough to work for any review process you can dream up. Learn more about PerformYard

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  • Surveys & Feedback
  • 360 Degree Feedback Software
  • Skills Assessment
  • Individual Development Plans
  • Self Service Portal
  • Review Cycle Tracking
  • Employee Database
  • Compensation Management Software
  • Customizable Templates
  • Performance Appraisal
  • Ongoing Performance Tracking
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Workzoom offers HR, Workforce, Payroll, and Talent software to consolidate and automate your people management. Learn more about Workzoom
Workzoom is an all-in-one people management solution that helps businesses consolidate and automate their data. Workzoom provides businesses with the ability to manage their people from hire to retire in one easy-to-use solution that includes HR, Workforce, Payroll, and Talent. Stop chasing your company data around and get started with no long-term commitment for $4 per employee per month. Learn more about Workzoom

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  • Surveys & Feedback
  • 360 Degree Feedback Software
  • Skills Assessment
  • Individual Development Plans
  • Self Service Portal
  • Review Cycle Tracking
  • Employee Database
  • Compensation Management Software
  • Customizable Templates
  • Performance Appraisal
  • Ongoing Performance Tracking
Customizable automation of all performance management processes with customizable libraries of pre-built content & goal management. Learn more about Performance Pro
Performance Pro is a customizable, user-friendly, automated performance management platform. Save time with our customizable libraries of content from competencies to tools that help managers leave more meaningful feedback & establish smart goals. Empower your employees to pursue their own professional development, retain your top talent, provide a sense of purpose with goal alignment to strategic objectives, & truly drive an increase in performance & achievement throughout your organization. Learn more about Performance Pro

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  • Surveys & Feedback
  • 360 Degree Feedback Software
  • Skills Assessment
  • Individual Development Plans
  • Self Service Portal
  • Review Cycle Tracking
  • Employee Database
  • Compensation Management Software
  • Customizable Templates
  • Performance Appraisal
  • Ongoing Performance Tracking
Brilliant Assessments is a comprehensive assessment platform that creates beautiful, detailed, and personalized feedback reports. Learn more about Brilliant Assessments
Brilliant Assessments is an enterprise-grade assessment platform that empowers you to build, brand, and be brilliant with your assessments. Brilliant Assessments delivers an easy-to-use assessment builder that allows for advanced scoring, complex demands and the highest degree of flexibility. This means you can create beautifully designed, highly detailed, and fully personalized feedback reports or results experiences for any individual or cohort. Results can be downloaded as a completely custom-designed PDF, viewed as a results live web-based results page with drill-down capability, or exported as a Word document for accessibility or further edits. Brilliant Assessments is used for a range of purposes, from examinations and guided onboarding to professional development and coaching and beyond. The sky's the limit. Learn more about Brilliant Assessments

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  • Surveys & Feedback
  • 360 Degree Feedback Software
  • Skills Assessment
  • Individual Development Plans
  • Self Service Portal
  • Review Cycle Tracking
  • Employee Database
  • Compensation Management Software
  • Customizable Templates
  • Performance Appraisal
  • Ongoing Performance Tracking

Performance Management & Appraisal Software Buyers Guide

What is performance appraisal software?

Performance appraisal software is used by businesses across Canada to automate employee evaluation and all related operations. Employee performance management software streamlines the process of collecting and reviewing employee performance, sets objectives, and creates individual development plans. It helps managers set annual goals and objectives for their team members, as well as identify top performers and underperformers.

Some performance appraisal software includes 360-degree feedback tools, which allow employees to complete self evaluations and be evaluated by their manager, peers, and direct reports.

Read on to discover the benefits you could bring your organization by deploying performance appraisal software, as well as the core features of performance review software and key considerations to make during the purchasing process.

What are the benefits of performance appraisal software?

Performance appraisal software provides benefits not only to the businesses that deploy them, such as greater efficiency and productivity, but also for employees.

  • Improve performance tracking: Unlike a traditional performance review system where managers capture feedback only once or twice a year (which can lead to recency bias), performance appraisal software allows users to gather employee and manager feedback throughout the year. This gives a complete and honest picture of the employee's performance throughout the year and helps managers evaluate them more accurately.
  • Boost employee motivation: Performance appraisal system connects managers and employees on a common platform where they can discuss and set individual goals, objectives, and professional development plans. Employees can view their performance and map their productivity against the assigned goals.

What are the typical features of a performance appraisal system?

Given that performance appraisal systems are used in tandem by managers and their employees, these platforms tend to have a range of features that optimize them for a wide-range of usage.

  • 360-degree feedback: Enables managers, peers, and direct reports to leave anonymous feedback on employees so that employees can see how others perceive their performance work and quality.
  • Ongoing performance tracking: Gather and analyze employee and manager feedback in real-time and map employee productivity against set goals and objectives.
  • Objective/goal setting: Allow managers to configure and set goals and objectives for every individual on their team.
  • Appraisal history tracking: Track term appraisals, increments, and promotional benefits throughout a job tenure.
  • Self-appraisals: Give individuals the tools to evaluate their own performance.

What should be considered when purchasing a performance appraisal system?

Before purchasing a performance appraisal system, organizations should take a few factors into consideration to ensure they are choosing the best performance management software for their operations.

  • Integration with other HR systems: If your business is not using a full-fledged human resource management (HRM) system, we recommend choosing performance appraisal software that integrates with other HR applications such as benefits and administration, payroll, attendance, and learning management systems. Integrations will allow the HR department to transfer data between systems.
  • Data security: Performance appraisal system deals with highly confidential employee data including personal details, salaries, and benefits. If the software is hosted on the cloud, the vendor should comply with data security standards to safeguard any employee data that is saved on their servers. Businesses should validate vendors' compliance certificates and data security standards before shortlisting software.

Performance review tools are subject to industry trends which buyers should be aware of in order to make the right purchasing decision.

  • AI will improve the performance review process: Businesses are shifting from traditional employee performance reviews, which are done once or twice a year, to a continuous ongoing process. Despite this, the integrity of the employee feedback process can still be compromised by human error and manager bias. Performance appraisal solutions backed by artificial intelligence (AI) can help businesses eliminate biases to a great extent. An AI-driven system will capture employee performance details on a real-time basis throughout the year. AI can also recommend training and development programs for employees based on their performance history. Software vendors such as Butterfly.ai and Know Your Day have already added artificial intelligence to their performance tracking software.
  • Cloud adoption continues to rise: More and more performance appraisal software vendors are taking their products to the cloud. In fact, according to Gartner, cloud adoption increased across all geographies by 26%, which accounted for 51% of all human capital management (HCM) revenue in 2017. This trend primarily benefits small and midsize businesses as they can access HR applications at a low subscription cost and save themselves from having to make heavy infrastructure investments for on-premise tools."