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Empower your workforce with smart performance management software

Performance management software helps you support and retain your best and brightest people. Develop workforce talent with tailored, intuitive performance management tools from Sage - designed with small and medium-sized businesses in mind.

Benefits of performance management software

Explore the benefits of HR and performance management software for small and  medium-sized UK businesses.

Retain the best talent

Effective performance management software is key to holding onto valuable team members. Offering your employees training opportunities and nurturing their professional development can pay off - and should be priority for every business. The right performance management tools will help facilitate this process.

Elevate communication, goals, and evaluations

Motivate your team to succeed with clearly set goals, defined responsibilities, and post-project analysis. Leverage smart software for performance management to get formal appraisal processes in place, and track progress more efficiently.

Streamline processes, increase productivity

Boost HR productivity with streamlined core people management processes. Automate key admin tasks in a single performance management solution across your entire business, including data back-ups and upgrades.

Close the gender gap

Use performance management tools to introduce measurement processes that help managers evaluate teams objectively. Help establish regular, uniform appraisals and give team members self-service access to reviews for transparency.

Performance management software features

Explore our hr and performance management software features that can help transform your performance management process.

Anytime, anywhere access

Give teams an intuitive user experience on any device - accessible at any time. Cloud-based performance management software by Sage offers easy integration with payroll features and more.

Instant visibility and reporting

Get complete, instant visibility of your workforce with efficient performance management hr software. Make better business decisions with simple dashboards and intuitive reports for actionable insights.

Data security

Our performance management software uses advanced encryption and multi-factor authentication for reliable security. Get peace of mind whether your users are office-based or remote.

Global and local compliance

Global legislative monitoring means that our performance management software helps you continuously stay compliant with UK and international regulations.

Performance management tools and solutions

Our employee performance management software is perfect for mid-sized and growing businesses. Start exploring our solutions today.

Sage HR

Flexible HR modules for small and mid-sized businesses.

For small to medium sized businesses that want a modular HR system that will simplify processes across the end-to-end employment journey.

  • Simplified end-to-end HR system that’s easy to administrate
  • Core HR and leave management with additional modules for performance, timesheets, shift scheduling, recruitment and expenses
  • Modular design, pricing and setup
  • Ready to go out of the box, no implementation required
  • Establish a single source of truth for all your employee data
  • Automate people processes to reduce admin and improve productivity
  • Easy to navigate employee self-serve for better employee experience
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Sage People

Flexible HRIS people management software built for mid-sized and global businesses

For medium sized businesses that want to manage global or multi-locational teams from a single, scalable cloud system.

  • Highly configurable HR and people solution managed by your HR team
  • Core HR, attendance and leave, performance and talent management, compensation management with additional recruitment module available
  • Built on Salesforce, an enterprise grade platform
  • Team of implementation experts to get maximum value, followed by a dedicated Customer Success Manager
  • Meet multi-national, multi-currency and multi-locational employee requirements
  • Advanced workflows and configurable reporting to meet specific business requirements
  • Customisable branding and content per business area for personalised employee self-serve

Performance management software FAQs

Performance management software can be a useful tool for any type of business with a growing team of employees.  Whether they are based in one office, across many locations, or working remotely, you can keep on top of managing performance to help your people succeed.

Software for performance management can be an especially powerful tool for medium-sized businesses, growing organisations, and big companies with many managers and large, complex teams. A fair and consistent approach to appraisals, professional development, and rewards is crucial so staying on top of this with reliable software can alleviate the challenges of people management at scale.

With Sage, what you pay will depend on which HR software and performance management solution you opt for, as well as your number of employees and specific business needs.

Sage HR is a comprehensive option that's well suited for medium-sized businesses, for work on-site or on-the-go. Pricing starts at £4.40 per employee, per month. You'll get smart performance management features, as well as onboarding, expense management, time management, scheduling, attendance tracking, and more.

Sage People is ideal for mid-sized, global, or multi-locational organisations. It enables businesses to transform the way that they attract, manage, engage, and retain people, wherever they are. Sage People is highly flexible and pricing is dependent on the number of employees, as well as the apps or features you choose.  To discuss pricing options, please fill in our demo form and we'll be in touch via phone within 24 hours.

You can use our solution finder to figure out which product will be the best fit for you, or explore our support hub for answers to questions around our software and services.

Whereas employee performance management tools track and support staff members' performance and development, corporate (or business) performance management software is designed to help (typically larger) companies in monitoring and improving their overall business activities, strategies, and performance.

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