Compare the Top Performance Management Systems in Japan as of January 2026

What are Performance Management Systems in Japan?

Performance management systems are software platforms for assessing and developing employee performance. They typically involve setting objectives, providing feedback and measuring results in order to structure an individual's roles and responsibilities within an organization. These systems can also be used to monitor staff progress and help identify areas of improvement, as well as acknowledge hard work. Performance management systems vary from organization to organization depending on their specific goals and needs. Compare and read user reviews of the best Performance Management systems in Japan currently available using the table below. This list is updated regularly.

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    ADP Workforce Now
    All in one, not one size fits all. Do you have too many systems and processes for managing employees? Manual data entry, piles of payroll paperwork and poor integration across systems result in lost productivity and compliance errors. ADP Workforce Now is a cloud-based platform for HR management software, where you can easily manage all of your HR functions — payroll, HR management, workforce management, talent, and benefits — and gain insights across them all. Quickly and accurately process payroll and equip your employees with anytime, anywhere self-service access to their information. ADP Workforce Now® Payroll is the best-in-class, affordable solution that makes payroll and tax filing easy. It’s engineered to help support compliance obligations and is ready to scale as your business grows. See how ADP Workforce Now provides everything you need to get payroll right.
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    Zoho People
    Build a happier workforce with Zoho People, an affordable on-demand HR software solution for companies of all sizes. Zoho People offers businesses the tools they need in order to take care of their most important asset. It comes with employee onboarding, attendance management, time tracking, and appraisal tools. The platform also lets business users manage all their HR and benefits programs from a single location.
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    Starting Price: $9.00/month/user
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    UKG Pro
    UKG Pro is our award-winning human capital management (HCM) solution that helps simplify complex HR processes and provide powerful insights about your workforce. Marrying deep functionality and artificial intelligence (AI) technology with an intuitive, best-in-class user interface, UKG Pro makes it easier for HR and business leaders to optimize performance and improve work experiences for their people. From big-picture data to zooming in to the individual employee’s journey in a matter of seconds—UKG Pro can support even the most complex organizational needs in HR, payroll, time, and talent. Gain one, comprehensive view of all your employee data, including insight into your global teams. Discover the most powerful payroll engine in the industry today, and simplify the most complex tax processes. Deliver a personalized, candidate-centric experience to potential employees, and make it easier for recruiters to assess the right fit.
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    Workday HCM
    An HCM system that adapts to what comes next. Your workforce, how and where people work, even the skills you need continue to shift. So how do you adapt to what the future brings? Meet Workday Human Capital Management (HCM). Our machine learning helps you understand your people’s skills today and build talent around the skills you'll need tomorrow. Workday Human Capital Management empowers you to curate recommendations, suggest learning, and keep communication open. And do it at scale. Our augmented analytics surfaces insights from vast data sets, explaining what’s happening and why in stories you can understand. We deliver intelligent automation across the entire attract-to-pay process, eliminating manual tasks and empowering your people to be their most productive selves. From compensation and payroll to time tracking, benefits, and more, Workday HCM helps you take care of your workforce.
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    BizMerlinHR

    BizMerlinHR

    BizMerlin

    Manage the entire employee lifecycle, from onboarding to comprehensive employee records to performance management to team retention, in one integrated application. From infinitely extensible employee records to hyper configurable 360 performance reviews and robust workflows, get the breadth and depth of features that your growing HR team needs. Use the native iOS and Android mobile apps to keep up with your "on the go" workforce.
    Starting Price: $3/Employee/Month
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    SutiHR

    SutiHR

    SutiSoft

    SutiHR by SutiSoft brings an efficient and comprehensive HR Management software to small and medium-size organizations that have reached a point where spreadsheets and emails have become stagnant to the operations. SutiHR provides a complete end-to-end human resources platform with a selection of feature-rich tools that are metric driven. Admin users can have a better performance outlook on an enterprise-wide level through the in-app Leave & Time Off manager, applicant onboarding, and Compliance automated reporting. Current team members performance assessments are also streamlined by measuring past completed tasks, attendance, and completed training hours, with the use of the data-driven extensive reporting and analytics module.
    Starting Price: $2.00/month/user
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    Cornerstone Performance

    Cornerstone Performance

    Cornerstone OnDemand

    Drive employee engagement and positive business outcomes with Cornerstone Performance. Cornerstone Performance helps companies gain valuable insights into their talent and empower them to take a more active role in their career development. The platform integrates performance management, succession, compensation, and engagement tools. A performance management solution to elevate your business by aligning people and strategy. Unlock your workforce and organizational talent with world-class performance management. Ensure your workforce is agile and ready-to-mobilize. Identify high performers, assess capabilities, and close skill gaps for a stronger talent pipeline. Evaluate skills organization-wide to identify the right people for the right roles. Reward high-performers and address skills gaps to ensure your organization is always at its best.​ Gain a global view of your workforce with multiple easy-to-understand visualizations.
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    Cornerstone SumTotal

    Cornerstone SumTotal

    Cornerstone OnDemand

    Your partner in delivering a curated and compliant journey of learning and talent development. As the world continues to change rapidly you must build talent agility across your workforce, driving bottom line success and adaptability for future success. Retention is critical to business sustainability. Developing your workforce improves employee retention. With continuous onboarding, you can drive speed to productivity that delivers real results, faster. Employees who believe they have a path to growth are more engaged and likely to stay with your organization longer. All the tools your organization needs to drive compliance, employee skilling and upskilling, and career development and planning. Provide your employees with a powerful, engaging and personalized learning experience for development and growth. Identify, attract and select the right talent for your organization. Improve the efficiency and effectiveness of your recruiting team.
    Starting Price: $10000.00/one-time
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    Ascender

    Ascender

    Ascender HCM

    At Ascender HCM (a Ceridian company), we view technology as an enabler, giving you more time and resources to focus on putting your people first. Along with our leading-edge technology solutions, we provide various delivery models so you can choose the service that best suits your business and needs. Our technology platforms have been created to reduce the complexity and time required to manage your organization’s payroll services. Whether your business is large or small, in one country or more, or has a complex payroll environment, Ascender has you covered. Our varied payroll services complement our platforms to ensure your organization’s people and regulatory responsibilities are covered. Human Capital Management is all about getting the most out of your people. Moving beyond payroll services, Ascender is pleased to offer you access to a powerful suite of HCM technology solutions – powered by our acquisition of PeopleStreme – which covers every stage of the employee’s journey.
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