PerformYard

PerformYard sells its surveys inside a platform for reviews and goals

Small groups stay hidden, AI has an off switch and onboarding has no fee

Five points count in PerformYard’s favour when you weigh privacy, AI, security and rollout.

Six points need a written answer before you sign

Several points below need a written answer from PerformYard before you sign. Some come from its own pages describing the same thing in different ways.

A plan of $5 to $15 per person per month, with fees you cannot cancel

The price depends on a plan, and the contract fixes how many seats you pay for. PerformYard’s Performance plan covers reviews, goals and feedback, plus meetings and engagement surveys. It costs $5 to $15 per person per month.

PerformYard’s own blog posts give other figures. A post of 14 May 2026 puts the price at $5 to $10 per employee per month. That post includes every feature in the price. A post of 15 August 2025 puts engagement at an extra dollar or two per person. PerformYard has an Engagement licence and a Surveys licence. Ask for one written price per person that covers each licence.

The seat count you sign is fixed for the term. Quantities cannot be decreased in term. Fees are non-cancellable and non-refundable. A renewal with lower volume is re-priced without regard to the prior per-unit price. PerformYard sets a minimum number of seats you can buy. Usage above the contracted user limit needs an additional order form or an invoice.

A renewal can cost more than the last term. Subscriptions auto-renew for one year unless 60 days notice is given. PerformYard may increase per-unit pricing at the start of a renewal term. The increase may be up to 20% above the prior term’s pricing. For a promotional, one-time priced or discounted subscription, the renewal price may be 20% above list price, whichever is greater.

Late payment and trials carry a commitment too. If a payment is 30 or more days overdue, PerformYard may suspend the service. It may also make the unpaid fees for the full subscription term immediately due. A product provided on a trial basis converts automatically to a paid subscription when the Trial Period ends. The paid subscription runs for the rest of the subscription term.

Your protection if something goes wrong is limited. Each party’s liability for one incident is capped at the amount the customer paid in the 12 months before it. A customer can end the contract for cause. Then PerformYard refunds prepaid fees for the rest of the term of all Order Forms. Virginia law governs the agreement.

What you can take with you depends on when you ask. During the term, customers export their data with self-service features. PerformYard adds that data can be exported at any time in standard formats. After the term, PerformYard has no obligation to maintain or provide the data. Under its data protection terms, personal data is deleted within 60 days of termination. A customer can ask within 30 days of termination for a copy of its personal data, at its own expense.

Nine questions for the demo

Use these questions in a demo. Each has an answer worth getting in writing.

1. What can a manager see from the Engagement Survey, and what can a manager see from Surveys? Good answer: A written list by role.
2. Can we limit who creates surveys and who can open them? Good answer: Yes, by role, set before launch.
3. Which plan includes the AI features, and does it cost extra? Good answer: One named plan and a price in the order form.
4. Can our survey answers be left out of the anonymised usage data you aggregate? Good answer: Yes, written into the order form.
5. Does PerformYard compare our scores with other employers? Good answer: A named source for any outside comparison.
6. What starts an onboarding or exit survey? Can a date in our HR system send it? Good answer: A named trigger and the HR systems it works with.
7. Which licences do we need for the Engagement Survey and for Surveys, and what does each cost? Good answer: A price per person per month for each licence.
8. What happens to the price if we need fewer seats at renewal? Good answer: The renewal price in writing before we sign.
9. Where can our survey data be hosted, and how does it come out when we leave? Good answer: A named region and an export format with a written window.

Alternatives to PerformYard, including buying nothing

If PerformYard stops short, two products are worth a look, and buying nothing is a third route. Quantum Workplace suits staff who cannot answer from an inbox. Workday Peakon suits a buyer who wants an outside comparison. If your HR system vendor sells a survey, our guide for HR system owners covers that route.

PerformYard sends pulse links by email. Quantum Workplace has a kiosk mode that lets employees complete surveys on shared devices without a personal login. An employee on a shared or kiosk computer needs a unique code. Engagement surveys can also be administered by kiosk, phone and paper through the client advisor.

PerformYard compares your own groups with each other. Workday Peakon builds benchmarks by aggregating employees’ scores from different companies. Four of its nine question sets support industry benchmarks. Customers cannot pick specific companies or countries to benchmark against.

Buying nothing avoids a seat count that cannot be cut during the term. It also avoids a renewal at lower volume that is re-priced without regard to the prior per-unit price. You give up survey results tied to reviews, goals and reporting. You also give up AI summaries of open-ended answers.