Built for the AI age

Data-Driven Annual Review and Performance Management

nGAGE feeds your annual reviews with feedback from all year long: personal and work feedback on what people do well and where they can improve, plus recognition like shoutouts and badges. Every review is built on real data, so it's objective rather than guesswork and personal opinion. By review time, the hard part is already done.

Free for 7 daysWeb, iOS and AndroidPraise and constructive feedback, all year
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Sarah KimTo Maya · 2h ago
Appreciative

Your launch walkthrough got the whole sales team up to speed in one afternoon. Thank you!

DR
Daniel ReyesTo Maya · Yesterday
Constructive

Next time, share the timeline a few days earlier so the design team can plan around it.

Teams growing with nGAGE
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Annual Reviews

Keep the annual review. Lose the dread.

When review time comes, the year is already on the page. Work feedback ratings, earned badges and client feedback fill in automatically, weighted the way you choose. Managers, peers and the employee add their view, an AI summary sums up strengths and growth areas, and the 9-box grid shows performance and potential together. No surprises, because nobody's been in the dark.

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MJ
Maya Johnson2026 review
3.9
Review weights
Work 30%Categories 30%Badges 20%Client 20%
Where the data comes from

A full year of feedback, already in the review

Every part of nGAGE adds real data to the annual review as the year goes on. When it's time to review, managers start with the evidence instead of a blank form.

Most of the review is done before anyone opens it.

The problem

The annual review was built for the assembly line

A century ago, work meant output. Count the units, rate the worker once a year, move on. Today, in the age of AI, the routine work is increasingly done by machines. Your people are paid to think: to solve problems, come up with new ideas, use AI well and work across teams. That kind of work changes week to week, and a once-a-year score can't keep up with it.

1920sThe U.S. military starts merit ratings.
1950sManagers begin rating employees on quantity and efficiency, like the number of units produced.
1960s to 1980sAnnual ratings and rankings spread through big companies.
2012Companies like Adobe drop traditional annual reviews for continuous feedback and recognition, to fit a knowledge economy that measures creativity, innovation and outcomes too.
2016Deloitte, PwC, General Electric and others shift to frequent, developmental feedback.
TodayAI is reshaping work every few months. Your people still wait a year to hear how they're doing.

Today, traditional annual reviews discourage people more than they motivate them.

Constructive feedback arrives too late to act on. And appreciation barely shows up at all.

The new approach

Meet CFR: continuous feedback and recognition

CFR turns the annual review from a once-a-year judgment into a summary of a year of real feedback. Praise and constructive feedback happen while the work is still fresh, and they come from everyone who sees it. nGAGE makes CFR a daily habit for your whole company.

Once a yearEvery day

Feedback lands while there's still time to act on it.

Top downEvery direction

Peers, managers, direct reports and clients all weigh in.

Looking backLooking ahead

Strengths to build on and clear next steps for every person.

SurprisesNo surprises

Everyone knows where they stand, any day of the year.

How it works

One problem, solved from every angle

Each part of nGAGE fixes one piece of the annual review problem. Together, they make CFR work.

Feedback shows up too lateFeedback in a minute, the moment it matters

Personal Feedback

Anyone can give praise or constructive feedback to anyone, from the newest hire to the CEO. They can ask for it too, or send it anonymously.

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DRTo Maya Johnson
CommunicationAnonymous
Managers rate a year from memoryEvery task rated as it finishes

Work Feedback

Tasks are rated as they finish in Jira, Microsoft Planner, TFS or your in-house tool, so every rating is tied to real work.

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#1423JiraDone

Save items to a wishlist

Clients only speak up when they're unhappyClients rate every sprint

Client Feedback

Clients rate your people and teams sprint after sprint, in the app or right from an email.

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How was Sprint 24?
Send
Great work never travels past the managerWins the whole company can see

Shoutouts, Badges and Newsfeed

Wins go up on the company feed, badges celebrate your values, and everyone, leadership included, can see and cheer.

Maya Johnson earned Teamwork badge57 · 6
Insights

Know where everyone stands, any day of the year

Every piece of feedback feeds live dashboards for employees, managers, HR and leadership.

Feedback by team

30 d3 mo1 y
TeamGivenReceivedAvg. rating
Engineering4123884.3
Design2652414.5
Sales1982264.1
Customer Success1741594.4
Example data
AI summaryAI
StrengthPeople love how clearly you explain complex launches.
GrowA few teammates want quicker replies on review requests.
TryBlock 20 minutes each afternoon to clear pending reviews.
Feedback Goal 22 left
68%

AI summaries

nGAGE reads the feedback you've received and sums up your strengths, where you can grow and what to try next.

Ratings by attribute

See your overall rating plus how you're doing in every skill and category.

Feedback goals

Set a monthly goal for giving feedback and watch the progress bar fill up.

Leaderboards

Celebrate the people rated highest in each attribute and overall.

Team and company dashboards

See feedback given and received by every person and team, for any time range.

Integrations

Real work data, straight into the review

nGAGE pulls data from the tools your teams already work in. Every data point counts toward the annual performance review, so ratings are based on what actually happened.

Project tools

JJiraPMicrosoft PlannerTTFSIn-house

Product owners rate finished work and ask clients for feedback on each sprint or milestone. nGAGE also tracks cycle time, lead time and kickbacks for every task. Built your own tool? If it has an API, we can connect to that too.

Data points
Work feedbackClient feedbackCycle timeLead timeKickbacks
Feeds Work Performance
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Microsoft Teams

nGAGE connects to Microsoft Teams and brings in meeting attendance and response times.

Data points
Meeting attendanceResponse time
Feeds Communication

HR systems

Integrations with popular HRMS platforms keep employee data, reporting lines, joiners, movers and leavers in sync.

Awards

Recognized for doing recognition right

P@SHA

Best of HR Excellence Award

For excellence in HR technology and people practices.

BPIR.com

Category Excellence Award

In Empowerment, Motivation and Satisfaction, from BPIR.com, the global benchmarking body.

Top 50 Best Practices in the World

For building a feedback-driven culture of learning and growth.

Free trial

See the difference in a week

Bring your team on board and try every feature for 7 days. Want to talk plans and pricing? Get in touch and we'll put together the right fit for your company.

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FAQ

Questions, answered

What is CFR?

CFR stands for continuous feedback and recognition. Instead of one manager judging a year of work from memory, feedback and praise happen all year, from everyone who sees the work. With nGAGE, that feedback then feeds the annual review.

Does nGAGE replace annual reviews?

No. It makes them data-driven. nGAGE fills them in with a full year of real feedback, so they're faster, fairer and free of surprises.

What is nGAGE?

A continuous feedback and recognition platform. Your people give and ask for feedback, celebrate wins and see how they're growing. HR and leaders see what's happening across the company.

Is it only for praise?

No. nGAGE handles both appreciative and constructive feedback, and people can send it anonymously when that helps.

Which tools does nGAGE connect to?

Jira, Microsoft Planner, TFS and Microsoft Teams, plus popular HRMS platforms. We can also connect to tools you've built in-house, as long as they have an API.

How much does nGAGE cost?

Get in touch and we'll put together a plan that fits your company. You can also try every feature free for 7 days first.

Is there a mobile app?

Yes. nGAGE is on iOS and Android, and on the web.

Make this the last year of review-time surprises

Start your free week and give your people feedback they can actually use.