Manageable is built around Define → Coach → Recognize - a structured cycle where managers clarify expectations in living role descriptions, coach through structured 1:1s, and recognize contributions in work-based reviews. Training, implementation support, and optional founder-led coaching help managers build the practice in daily work, not in a separate classroom.
Manageable vs PerformYard
PerformYard is a specialist performance tool with unmatched review flexibility and top-rated support. Manageable is a performance system plus manager-development practice built around roles, QQTR, and coaching.
Both serve 50 - 500 employee teams on top of an HRIS - the question is whether you need infinite review configuration or a closed-loop methodology with services.
Specialist tool vs. integrated practice
Manageable
Roles → Projects → Meetings → Reviews as one cycle, with training, coaching, and HR advisement for SMBs without dedicated HR.
PerformYard
Focused performance management: configurable reviews, 360s, goals, PIPs, and continuous feedback - $5 - 10 PEPM with success manager and phone support included.
Where Manageable adds value beyond reviews
1
Manager development
Managerial Leadership training and founder coaching - not just review workflow tooling.
2
Reviews without setup
Work maintained in roles and QQTR auto-fills reviews - no custom form design per cycle.
3
Engagement surveys
Milestone engagement surveys - PerformYard has no engagement measurement at all.
“Before MANAGEABLE I had implemented every management technique I could find. Every time the results were abysmal. MANAGEABLE is different. It works, and today, I consider it one of the best investments I’ve ever made in my team. MANAGEABLE continues to deliver results year over year.”
CEO, Demme Learning
“MANAGEABLE has been a great team to work with. They helped us build our role descriptions which were critical to aligning the right people into the right seats.”
Founder and CEO, SecureStrux
Feature comparison
| Manageable | PerformYard | |
| Price | Free - $12 PEPM | $5 - 10 PEPM |
| Review configurability | Work-based format | Any cycle/scale |
| 360 feedback | ||
| PIP module | ||
| Engagement surveys | Milestone | |
| HRIS integrations | Minimal | 50+ |
| Dedicated success manager | Via services | All plans |
| Manager coaching services | Core | |
| 12-month guarantee |
When PerformYard may be the better fit
- You need maximum review flexibility - any cycle, rating scale, and 360 configuration without a fixed methodology.
Why teams choose Manageable instead
- Closed-loop system - roles, projects, meetings, and reviews designed as one pipeline.
- Manager training - not just forms and reminders, but practice built in daily work.
- Engagement measurement - milestone surveys PerformYard does not offer.
- Free tier - start with roles and QQTR before committing to paid plans.
What Manageable does best
Managerial Leadership, not just modules
Define → Coach → Recognize gives managers a repeatable practice - backed by the Managerial Leadership Academy, implementation support, and optional founder-led coaching.
Reviews grounded in real work
Roles and QQTR projects maintained all year auto-populate reviews - less form-filling, more accurate feedback.
Start free, scale when ready
The Define plan is free forever. Full coaching and reviews at $12 PEPM with no module maze or annual minimum.
Results backed by a guarantee
Follow Manageable Best Practices for a year and get a full refund if results fall short - see our 12-month guarantee.
Common questions
Roles and QQTR projects are maintained throughout the year. When review season arrives, the system auto-populates from that work - managers are not reconstructing the year from memory or assembling forms from scratch. That cuts review time and reduces recency bias.
The Define plan is free forever: digital job descriptions (Roles), QQTR project templates, team directory, and company directory. Teams can clarify accountability before upgrading to coaching meetings ($8 PEPM) or full performance reviews ($12 PEPM).
Manageable pairs the app with the Managerial Leadership Academy, people system implementation, strategic HR advisement, and one-on-one coaching from the co-founders - unusual for a performance platform and especially valuable when you do not have a full HR department.
If you follow Manageable Best Practices for a full year and results do not meet expectations, Manageable offers a full refund. That level of accountability is rare in HR software - and it reflects confidence in the methodology, not just the interface.
Ready to rethink performance?
If reviews run but managers still struggle to coach, Manageable addresses the practice - not just the paperwork.
Sources: PerformYard, Capterra, getmanageable.com. As of 2026.
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