Review Season on Sparko: Try It Free for 45 Days

Review season goes faster when the year's work is already in front of you.

In Sparko People, every review starts from the record a person built during the year: their goals and key results, the feedback they received, public recognition, and shared notes from 1:1s. Leave and pay history sit on the same record. A manager asks Ask Sparko for the review, and a full draft arrives with a source next to every claim. The manager checks it, edits what needs editing, and decides.

45 days to run your reviews on Sparko

Because it's review season, we're extending the People trial to 45 days for companies that start by 31 December 2026. You get the full Business feature set, and no credit card is needed. That's long enough to run a complete cycle, from self-reviews to calibration to sharing results.

Start your trial

What a review looks like in Sparko

Ask in plain words: "Write a performance review for Zalindra Widiastuti for Q3 2026." Sparko shows the action it's about to take, you confirm, and the draft is saved for you to check. It has the period, a suggested rating, key strengths and growth areas.

Open it and every sentence sits next to the objective, feedback item or recognition post it rests on. A sentence with no supporting evidence is left uncited, so you can see what needs your judgment before anything reaches the employee. Nothing is shared until you approve and send it.

Our step-by-step guide walks through it with real screens.

Your review cycle, set up in one click

Start review opens the review cycle setup, and Smart Suggest fills in a cycle that fits the calendar: who is reviewed, an annual review for the year, self-reviews and manager reviews scheduled from today, a calibration session before the cycle closes, and AI pre-drafting from each person's record. Check it, change what you like, and launch.

When ratings are in, a calibration session shows the distribution against your targets and each manager's cohort, so leaders can align before results go out.

Ready the same day

Large enterprise suites such as Workday are strong platforms for big, complex organisations. They are usually rolled out with a certified implementation partner over 6 to 12 months, and implementation commonly costs 100 to 150% of the first-year subscription, according to ERP Research (accessed 3 November 2026).

Many growing companies want people admin that works from the first day. Sparko's guided setup gets you there the same day:

1. Confirm your company and legal entity.
2. Import your team: upload a spreadsheet, or connect BambooHR, SAP SuccessFactors or Workday with an API key.
3. Review every row before anyone is added, then confirm and launch.

Bring your history along

Last year's reviews and your leave history can come with you. When your current system has an API, Sparko support moves them over in days, so this year's reviews sit next to last year's. Manual sources, such as documents and spreadsheets, may cost extra.

The whole season, step by step

Our guide to running your review season on Sparko covers it in order: create the workspace and import your team, bring your history, launch a recommended cycle, let Sparko draft each review, check and approve, calibrate, and share.

If you're designing the process itself, start with our lightweight review system for a 30-person team. If you're comparing tools, see the best performance review tools for small teams. Sparko wrote both, and we say where other tools fit better.

Start this season

Sparko People starts at $5 per active employee per month, billed annually, with a $25 monthly minimum. Start by 31 December 2026 and you get 45 days to run your reviews, with the Business feature set and no credit card.

Start your 45-day trial or book a demo.