PerformYard and Workleap offer distinctly different approaches to performance management, each excelling in specific areas. PerformYard is better suited to organizations requiring robust review scheduling and anonymous feedback capabilities, making it ideal for companies with formal performance review processes. Workleap, on the other hand, stands out with its superior goal management, pulse surveys, and modern interface, making it a better fit for companies prioritizing continuous feedback and clear goal alignment. Both platforms score similarly on core functionality (7/10), but their strengths lie in different areas - PerformYard in structured reviews and Workleap in engagement and goal tracking.
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PerformYard vs Workleap - Comparison 2025
PerformYard vs. Workleap
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Reviewed by Paddy Stobbs
Stackfix Co-Founder & CEO
Advantages of PerformYard
PerformYard is significantly better at scheduling reviews than Workleap
PerformYard offers more comprehensive feedback anonymity options compared to Workleap
Advantages of Workleap
Workleap is substantially better at organizational goal management than PerformYard
Workleap offers superior pulse survey functionality compared to PerformYard
Workleap provides a more modern and intuitive user interface than PerformYard
PerformYard is best for
- Businesses with basic performance management needs seeking straightforward 360 reviews and pulse surveys
- Businesses with established HRIS systems looking to add dedicated performance management
- Who need customizable 360-degree feedback and review processes
- And/or who need robust employee engagement pulse surveys
Workleap is best for
- Businesses with straightforward goal-tracking needs who prioritize pulse surveys and engagement
- Businesses with manager-driven performance requirements who value simplicity over customization
- Who need an intuitive goal-tracking system that clearly shows organizational alignment
- And/or who need automated, research-backed pulse surveys with minimal setup effort
PerformYard is less good for
- Businesses needing advanced performance management features and customization options
- Businesses with complex OKR frameworks and compensation review needs
- Who need deep analytics and AI-powered performance insights
- And/or who need highly customizable reports and recurring review automation
Workleap is less good for
- Businesses with complex review needs requiring extensive customization and automation
- Businesses with comprehensive 360-degree review requirements that need external reviewer integration, automated recurring cycles, and question templates
- Who need granular performance metrics tracking and customizable reporting dashboards
- And/or who need advanced automation features like recurring review scheduling and compensation milestone tracking
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Pricing, features & ratings
 PerformYard CustomContact us for a quote Billed monthly |  Workleap Starting at $6.25user / month Billed monthly |
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| Functionality | 6 <p>PerformYard offers several of the key features one would expect from a more comprehensive performance management product. We like the very straightforward product offering and the focus on the two-way feedback process between manager and employee.</p><p>We would have liked to see more features to round out this product i.e. scheduling recurring review cycles as to not repeat work and deeper analytics insights from reviews.</p><p>The platform seems to perform better with engagement tracking opposed to 360 review and supplementary analytics. We saw this in testing with the much more detail-rich Engagement module with detailed dashboards. However, even the more polished Engagement module lacked customisability and granular control.</p> | 7 <p>Workleap falls short on features compared to major competitors like 15Five, Lattice and Leapsome. However, it excels in pulse surveys/engagement and goal tracking/management, offering straightforward, ready-to-use solutions for teams valuing simplicity.</p><p>Significant limitations exist in their 360 review capabilities, particularly regarding automations and templates. The platform also struggles with cycle progress monitoring and performance metrics tracking.</p><p>That said, if Workleap's available functionality aligns well with your team's specific workflow needs, it's worth consideration.</p> |
| Ease of Use | 4 <p>PerformYard offers reasonable usability once you've familiarized yourself with it. During our testing, navigation felt straightforward and managing surveys became manageable after an adjustment period. The standard navigation layout eases transition from similar platforms.</p><p>While basic scheduling features support review cycles, we were disappointed by the limited automation capabilities. If you need recurring cycles, accessible templates, or more streamlined processes, you'll find PerformYard's limitations frustrating.</p> | 6 <p>Workleap offers notably inconsistent user experiences across its various functions. The reports tab and specific modules like surveys provide excellent, immediately accessible insights.</p><p>However, daily use of certain tools—particularly the performance module—can be quite time-consuming due to the absence of proper scheduling automations and templates. At worst, these limitations make the experience frustratingly incomplete especially for teams looking for more control over their processes.</p> |
| Look and feel | 4 <p>PerformYard's interface looks noticeably dated compared to competitors, with a corporate and sparse aesthetic. While you can make minor improvements through branding and customization options, the overall platform feels older and lacks visual appeal. Though it maintains a standard navigation layout (top bar for sub-modules, sidebar for page navigation), we found the rest of the UI dated and slow to load during our testing. If you prioritize a modern, responsive interface, you'll likely be disappointed by PerformYard's visual experience.</p> | 8 <p>Workleap offers a modern, welcoming interface comparable to other comprehensive performance management solutions in its category. Navigation is exceptionally straightforward with intuitive design guiding user journeys. The platform maintains sufficient visual interest for extended use, and we anticipate no friction regarding visual appeal for new users.</p><p>However, it's worth noting that the minimal design somewhat reflects the limited feature set. The platform can occasionally feel sparse and lightweight, particularly in areas where functionality lags behind leading competitors.</p> |
| Customisability | 4 <p>PerformYard offers basic customization options throughout its platform, including limited capabilities for forms, analytics, reporting, and goal planning. The main portal allows for some branding adjustments, but these are also restricted.</p><p>During our initial demo, we learned that working with your assigned customer success manager is necessary for more extensive customization needs.</p><p>For organizations seeking both an immediate ready-to-use solution and the ability to extensively customize features without assistance later on, alternative platforms would be more suitable.</p> | 4 <p>Workleap offers minimal customisation beyond basic branding. The platform essentially limits users to creating custom forms, with notable absences including customisable review and feedback templates, branding options, customisable exports and even adjustable dashboard views.</p><p>Users prioritising customisation should consider alternative solutions—the platform's simplicity in certain functions directly corresponds to a significant lack of customisation options.</p> |
| Ease of Setup | 4 <p>We found PerformYard to be slightly below average in ease of setup. Though our initial platform walkthrough with their sales rep was straightforward, it didn't instill confidence in our ability to immediately start using key features. During testing, we struggled to acclimatize to the platform's navigation, with important functions buried deep within settings and setup pages.</p><p>When we consulted their team about challenges, they revealed that many processes (like creating custom forms) must be handled through backend settings, adding unnecessary friction when trying to quickly launch surveys. Their solution was to schedule additional training calls and rely on customer success support. In our estimation, an HR executive would need a full day just to import data, plus another day to successfully launch their first review cycle.</p> | 6 <p>Workleap presents contrasting experiences with setup. The well-developed functions like pulse surveys and goals are remarkably straightforward to configure and launch. However, other features such as the performance module's reviews lack even basic templates to begin with.</p><p>Setup complexity varies significantly by module. Navigation, however, is consistently intuitive across the platform.</p><p>We estimate that an HR executive or team manager could have the well-designed features operational within a day for tracking surveys, NPS and goals. Conversely, more challenging functions like the reviews module might require a dedicated HR professional up to two days to configure properly, with potentially longer timeframes for less experienced administrators.</p> |
| Customer Support | 5 <p>In our testing, customer support responded within 1-2 hours of outreach, which is reasonably prompt. However, we were frustrated that accessing help is unnecessarily difficult—the help section is tucked away within the main portal and requires searching to find. When you do locate and click into the help section, it inconveniently opens an external help page where the support chat is finally visible in the typical bottom right corner. This multi-step process to access support diminishes an otherwise decent response time.</p> | 5 <p>Workleap's customer support starts with a standard AI chatbot interface on the main screen. We found it relatively straightforward to receive AI-powered answers (using retrieval-augmented generation) for our feature queries, with options to view relevant documentation or escalate to a human agent. When using this pathway, chat conversations are forwarded to their support team, which typically responds within 4 hours or one working day at most.</p> |
| Integratability | 4 <p>PerformYard's integration capabilities are somewhat limited compared to industry standards. They connect with only the most basic and widely-used products. While they do offer an API for custom connections, which is positive, nearly all integrations beyond a handful of common tools across 2-3 categories would require custom connector development by PerformYard's technical team rather than being available as ready-to-use options.</p> | 7 <p>Workleap integrations are on the higher end of the native integration list, offering 15+ HRIS connectors alone.</p> |
| Ease of Migration | 5 <p>PerformYard supports standard data export options - CSV and PDF formats. Additional data can be transferred through its existing native integrations or through custom connections built using their API.</p> | 5 <p>In our testing, we found no export functions or capabilities beyond the industry standard of CSVs, PDF, and their own API.</p> |
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