# Appraisd — Talent Management Appraisd by Appraisd Ltd holds a panel rating of 2.5/5 from 6 AI judges (category median 2/5), as of 2026-10-21. Provenance: provenance unknown; sovereignty: not determined. - Vendor: Appraisd Ltd (https://www.appraisd.com) - Category: [Talent Management](https://whats-best.ai/software/talent-management.md) - Provenance (editorial classification): provenance unknown - Canonical page: https://whats-best.ai/software/talent-management/appraisd - Alternatives: https://whats-best.ai/software/talent-management/appraisd/alternatives ([markdown](https://whats-best.ai/software/talent-management/appraisd/alternatives.md)) - Data as of: 2026-10-21 · evaluated 2026-10-21 · oldest source captured 2026-10-20 **AI-generated.** Every score, rationale and verdict here is written by a panel of AI judges from public evidence — an analysis, not a hands-on test. Every fact quotes the vendor page it was read from. No score can be bought. How scores are made: https://whats-best.ai/methodology ## At a glance - Vendor: Appraisd Ltd - Headquarters: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 20 Oct 2026 - Data hosting: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 20 Oct 2026 - Free plan: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 20 Oct 2026 ## The panel's verdict Appraisd is a performance management platform from Appraisd Ltd — the pages note it is by Talos360 and now branded Talos Perform — for organisations with 50 to 5,000+ employees. Its strongest showing is goals and feedback at 6-8: objectives connect across individual, team and company level with draft-and-confirm sign-off, customisable status markers and time-stamped updates, one-to-ones run from a template library, and objectives and progress updates are pulled into the year-end review. Performance reviews sit at 6 on configurable templates, calculated year-end scores weighting competencies and objectives, and drag-and-drop calibration on a nine-box grid. Learning and development spreads 4-6, split between evidenced succession tooling and undocumented learning delivery; judges differ on how far that gap should cost. Weakest are codetermination and privacy at 4-5 and sovereignty at 2-3, where a UK contracting entity, Microsoft Azure UK datacentres and no public confirmation of an EU hosting option leave the European question open. Persona-weighted totals span 4.5 to 6.0. Pricing transparency scores 0-2 outside those totals, with no public prices and a free trial and booked demo as entry points. **Speaks for it:** - Objectives connect across individual, team and company level with draft-and-confirm sign-off, customisable status markers and time-stamped updates, and are pulled into the year-end review - Year-end ratings are calculated by weighting competencies and objectives, with scores mapped automatically onto a customisable nine-box grid and adjustable by drag and drop - Talent profiling flags critical roles, flight risks, training needs and employees with no successor, supported by predefined talent-review questions - Integrations cover 25-plus HRIS providers with Workday, Oracle, BambooHR, Cascade, PeopleHR and Zenefits named, plus SSO via SAML 2.0, Azure and Google, a REST API, and PowerBI, Teams, Slack and Outlook connections - Retention is configurable, administrators can anonymise or permanently delete user data, and the AI Notetaker has pause, delete and manage controls with HR seeing only that meetings happened **Held against it:** - Sovereignty sits at 2-3: Appraisd Ltd contracts under United Kingdom governing law, customer data is stored in Microsoft Azure datacentres in the UK with "other options available", and we found no public information confirming an EU hosting option or the contents of the sub-processors list - We found no public information on per-role visibility rules for review data, access logging, a minimum group size for anonymous results, or employee sign-off on reviews - We found no public information on learning content, a named LMS, a skills framework with gap analysis, or completion tracking - We found no public information on a bulk export of the complete review, goal and feedback history, SCIM provisioning, webhooks, or published API limits - We found no public information on where the Tali-powered AI Notetaker processes its transcripts, on the model provider, or on the vendor's EU AI Act position **Best for:** - You run a mid-sized organisation of 50 to 5,000+ employees and want configurable review frequency, calculated year-end scores and drag-and-drop calibration on a nine-box grid - Your team sets OKRs, SMART objectives, V2MOMs or Rocks and wants check-ins and progress updates pulled into the year-end rating rather than rated from memory - You need succession and talent-review tooling — nine-box mapping, critical roles, flight risks, no-successor flags — more than learning delivery - You already run a named HRIS such as Workday, Oracle or BambooHR and rely on SSO, a REST API and PowerBI **Avoid if:** - You require an EU contracting and hosting chain — the captured pages name a UK contracting entity under UK governing law and Microsoft Azure UK datacentres, with EU model clauses as the stated transfer mechanism - You must close a works agreement before rollout — the public material covers retention, deletion and the Notetaker's controls, and the GDPR policy page is dated 1 October 2019 - You expect the platform to deliver learning content and skills development — the documented development features are goals, competencies and plans, with succession tooling carrying the talent side ## Scores by judge and criterion Scores out of 5, each judge scoring independently against the published rubric (v1). "n/r" = not rated: the vendor publishes no price. | Criterion | The Head of HR | The Managing Director | The People Analyst | The Works Council Member | The HR IT Integrator | The Skeptic | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Performance reviews & calibration | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | | Goals, OKRs & continuous feedback | 3/5 | 3.5/5 | 4/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | | Learning, skills & succession | 3/5 | 2/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 2.5/5 | 3/5 | | Works council, visibility & AI disclosure | 2.5/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | | HRIS sync, integrations & data portability | 2.5/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | | European sovereignty | 1.5/5 | 1.5/5 | 1.5/5 | 1/5 | 1.5/5 | 1.5/5 | | Pricing transparency | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r | | **Weighted verdict** | **3/5** | **3/5** | **3/5** | **2.5/5** | **2.5/5** | **2.5/5** | ### The judges - **The Head of HR** (v1.0): Runs the annual review cycle for four hundred people and has to defend every rating in it. Wants criteria fixed before the cycle starts, calibration across departments, reminders that chase managers so HR does not have to, and a review history the employee can see and sign. - **The Managing Director** (v1.0): Runs a sixty-person company without a talent team and wants goals everyone can see, regular one-to-ones that actually happen, and a yearly conversation that is prepared rather than improvised. Has no patience for a suite that needs a consultant before the first review goes out. - **The People Analyst** (v1.0): Owns the skills model, the succession bench and the training budget. Wants skills profiles with gaps against role requirements, learning tied to those gaps rather than to a course catalogue, talent reviews per key role, and data that can be exported and analysed outside the tool. - **The Works Council Member** (v1.0): Has to sign the works agreement before any of this goes live. Asks who can read a manager's private note, how small a team may be before survey results stop being anonymous, how long ratings are kept, and whether any AI feature summarises or scores colleagues without a human deciding. - **The HR IT Integrator** (v1.0): Connects the tool to the HR system and the identity provider and will be asked for the data when the contract ends. Wants org chart and manager relations synced from the HRIS, SSO and SCIM, a documented API, and a full export of reviews and goals rather than one PDF per person. - **The Skeptic** (v1.0): Has heard "high-performance culture", "bias-free reviews" and "AI-powered growth" from every vendor. Reads for the anonymity threshold behind the anonymous survey, what the AI review summary was built from, whether the "skills engine" is more than a tag list, and whether five years of reviews leave with the customer. ## European sovereignty — proven facts Built only from facts on the vendor's own pages; a dimension we could not prove is left open, never scored as zero. Headline: not determined. | Dimension | Finding | Points | Source | |---|---|---|---| | Legal entity | Not determined | — | — | | Ownership | Not determined | — | — | | Data residency | Not determined | — | — | | Subprocessors | Not determined | — | — | ## Key facts Each fact is the vendor's own statement, cited to the source page it was read from ([S*n*] → Sources). **Compliance** - Breach notification: yes [S9] - Consent withdrawal: Administrators can permanently delete or anonymise user data when consent is withdrawn [S9] - Encryption: yes · yes [S9] - EU transfers: EU model clauses [S9] - GDPR: yes [S3] - GDPR: yes [S5] - GDPR: yes [S6] - GDPR: yes [S7] - GDPR CCPA: yes · yes [S11] - GDPR page: yes [S1] - GDPR ready: yes · yes [S10] - ISO 27001: yes [S3] - ISO 27001: yes [S5] - ISO 27001: yes [S6] - ISO 27001: yes [S7] - ISO 27001: ISO 27001 · yes [S11] - ISO 27001 certification: ISO27001:2017 [S9] - Retention configurable: yes [S10] - Security policy: yes [S1] - SSO security: SAML2.0, Azure and GSuite [S11] **Hosting** - Company talos360: Talos360 [S10] - Datacentre: UK · Microsoft Azure [S9] - Region: Microsoft Azure · yes · UK [S11] **Integrations** - CRM erp import: yes [S11] - Hris count: 25 · BambooHR · PeopleHR · Cascade [S1] - Hris named: Workday · Oracle · Cascade · BambooHR · Zenefits [S11] - Microsoft teams: Microsoft Teams integration [S11] - Named: Outlook · Slack · MS Teams [S3] - Outlook ms teams: Outlook · MS Teams [S6] - Page available: yes [S3] - Powerbi: yes [S11] - Resources: Talent Management and Succession Planning Guide for Managers · How to Identify Critical Roles for Succession Planning · How to Use the 9-Box Grid for Talent Planning [S7] - Rest API: yes [S11] - Slack: yes [S11] - SSO azure ad: Azure Active Directory SSO [S11] - SSO google: Login with Google [S11] - SSO saml2: yes · Okta · OneLogin · LastPass · Ping · AUTH0 · ADFS [S11] **Legal** - Company: Appraisd by Talos360 [S3] - Company: Appraisd is by Talos360 [S4] - Company name: Appraisd is by Talos360; copyright 2025 [S2] - Controller processor roles: data processor · data controller [S9] - Document inventory: Terms and conditions · Cookies · Privacy policy · User Provisioning System terms · Security policy · GDPR · Sub processors · Data Processing Agreement (DPA) · Software Licence Terms [S2] - DPA available: yes [S9] - Entity: 2025 · Talos360 [S1] - Entity: Appraisd · Talos360 [S6] - Entity: Appraisd by Talos360 [S11] - GDPR page updated: 2019-10-01 [S9] - Governing law: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [S2] - Parent company: Appraisd by Talos360 [S5] - Parent company: Talos360 · Appraisd [S7] - Terms modification: yes [S2] - UK GDPR in force: 2018-05-25 [S9] - Use license: temporary, personal, non-commercial viewing license; not a transfer of title [S2] **Pricing** - Page available: yes [S3] **Product** - Anonymisation tools: yes · yes [S9] - Automated mapping: yes [S7] - Automatic creation: yes [S6] - Bulk actions: yes [S3] - Calculated scores: Year-end reviews use calculated scores that weight and combine competencies and objectives to produce a final rating [S4] - Central administration: yes [S3] - Checkin templates library: yes [S6] - Compliance sync: secure sync compliant with data protection regulations [S1] - Cross level alignment: Objectives can be connected across individuals, teams and the company [S5] - Custom review frequency: yes [S3] - Customer success manager: yes [S7] - Customisable templates: yes [S6] - Description: performance management platform [S1] - Development plans: yes [S7] - Diversity filtering: yes [S7] - Draft signoff: Draft and confirmed objectives based on internal sign-off process [S5] - Dsar support: yes [S9] - Engagement questions: Check-ins can include engagement questions [S6] - Engagement tracking: employee satisfaction tracking · real-time insights [S1] - External reviews: yes [S3] - Feedback stored in checkins: yes [S6] - Form customisation: yes [S3] - G2 rating: 4.7 [S1] - Goal splitting: Goals can be split into objectives and personal development goals [S5] - HR managed no technical support: yes [S7] - Microsoft teams integration: yes [S1] - Mini updates: yes [S5] - Mutual checkin requests: yes · yes [S6] - Nine box customisable: 9-box grid · yes [S7] - Notetaker HR visibility: notification that conversation happened, not content · HR sees when meetings happen [S10] - Notetaker recording control: yes · yes · pause · delete [S10] - Notetaker tali powered: AI Notetaker · Tali [S10] - Notetaker transcription: yes [S10] - Notetaker writeup time reduction: cuts managers' review write-up time by 80% · 80 [S10] - Objective types: Supports OKRs, SMART objectives, V2MOMs, Rocks or combinations [S5] - Objectives tracking: yes [S3] - One to one checkins: One-to-one check-in conversations between quarterly or annual reviews [S6] - Outlook integration: yes [S1] - Performance reviews: online performance review software [S3] - Ratings: 4.7 · 4.6 [S3] - Rebrand: Talos Perform [S1] - Rebrand: Appraisd is now Talos Perform [S7] - Review integration: yes [S5] - Review rating: Overall ratings combine competencies and objectives in year-end reviews [S4] - Review ratings: 4.7 · 4.6 [S7] - Shared objectives: Individual or shared objectives across groups, teams or whole organisation [S5] - Slack integration: yes [S1] - Start checkin feature: yes [S6] - Status markers: not started · off-track · on-track · complete · no longer relevant · yes [S5] - Talent management: Talent management and succession planning module [S7] - Talent profiling: talent profiling: critical roles, flight risks, training needs, no successor [S7] - Talent review questions: yes [S7] - Templates per team: yes [S6] - Timestamped updates: yes [S5] - Transparent calibration: yes [S7] - Use cases: career planning, end-of-probation reviews, annual reflection [S3] **Support** - Customer success manager: yes [S1] - Customer success manager: yes [S3] - Demo: yes [S5] - Footer channels: email [S1] - Help centre: yes [S3] - Help centre: yes [S5] - Trial: yes [S5] ## Questions ### Is Appraisd European? Not determined: the vendor’s pages as captured do not say where Appraisd is based. ### Where does Appraisd store data? Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 20 Oct 2026. ### Does Appraisd have a free plan? Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 20 Oct 2026. ### What are the best alternatives to Appraisd? As of 21 Oct 2026, the panel rates [Culture Amp (3/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/talent-management/culture-amp), [Small Improvements (3/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/talent-management/small-improvements) and [Leapsome (2.5/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/talent-management/leapsome) highest among the other 17 Talent Management products evaluated. Ratings that look equal are rounded to half stars; the order uses the unrounded rating, then the name. The highest-rated European alternative is [Small Improvements](https://whats-best.ai/software/talent-management/small-improvements) (EU-Made). Ratings are the AI panel’s opinion, formed from public evidence: [how scores are made](https://whats-best.ai/methodology#ordering). The full list, with European products first: [Appraisd alternatives](https://whats-best.ai/software/talent-management/appraisd/alternatives). ## What this page leaves out - 14 product facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material. - 3 data facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material. - 2 integrations facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material. - 2 subprocessors facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material. - 1 compliance fact could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and was left out of this page and of the panel’s material. - 1 legal fact could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and was left out of this page and of the panel’s material. - 2 sovereignty dimensions could not be confirmed on the vendor’s own pages and are shown as unknown. ## Sources - [S1] Vendor page: https://www.appraisd.com (checked 2026-10-20) - [S2] Terms of service — found from the homepage: https://www.appraisd.com/legal/terms (checked 2026-10-20) - [S3] Performance reviews & calibration — found from sitemap: https://www.appraisd.com/performance-management/performance-review-software (checked 2026-10-20) - [S4] Performance reviews & calibration — found from sitemap: https://www.appraisd.com/video/how-to-understanding-calculated-scores-in-appraisd-year-end-reviews (checked 2026-10-20) - [S5] Goals, OKRs & continuous feedback — found from sitemap: https://www.appraisd.com/performance-management/objectives (checked 2026-10-20) - [S6] Goals, OKRs & continuous feedback — found from sitemap: https://www.appraisd.com/performance-management/one-to-one-check-ins (checked 2026-10-20) - [S7] Learning, skills & succession — found from sitemap: https://www.appraisd.com/talent-development (checked 2026-10-20) - [S8] Learning, skills & succession — found from sitemap: https://www.appraisd.com/guide/best-practice-guides-hr-guide-to-talent-reviews-and-succession-planning (checked 2026-10-20) - [S9] Works council, visibility & AI disclosure — found from sitemap: https://www.appraisd.com/legal/gdpr-policy (checked 2026-10-20) - [S10] Works council, visibility & AI disclosure — found from sitemap: https://www.appraisd.com/performance-management/ai-notetaker (checked 2026-10-20) - [S11] HRIS sync, integrations & data portability — found from sitemap: https://www.appraisd.com/integrations (checked 2026-10-20) - [S12] HRIS sync, integrations & data portability — found from sitemap: https://www.appraisd.com/video/native-hris-integrations (checked 2026-10-20) --- Cite as: whats-best.ai, "Appraisd — Talent Management", AI panel analysis, as of 2026-10-21. https://whats-best.ai/software/talent-management/appraisd Corrections: https://whats-best.ai/correct/966?target=page