The short answer
PerformYard is a flexible performance management tool. You configure the review cycles, forms, goals, and 360 feedback to match whatever process you want, and a customer success team helps you set it up. For office teams that know their process and want software to mirror it, that flexibility is the selling point.
FieldCon is not a blank canvas. It is built around a proven way to run reviews for field service and trades teams, and it fixes the real bottleneck for those teams: managers will not type, and their people are not at a desk.
FieldCon vs PerformYard at a glance
| FieldCon | PerformYard | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Field service, trades, deskless crews | Office and general business teams |
| Approach | Proven process for field teams | Configure your own forms and cycles |
| Manager completes a review by | Talking (transcribed and cleaned up) | Typing into forms |
| Employee participation | Phone link, no app, no login | Account and forms |
| Review questions | Role templates from a workforce methodology | Forms you build |
| Languages | English and Spanish today, more coming | English-first |
| Pricing | One flat rate per plan, no individual seat charges | Per user |
| Best for | Crews who will not type | Office teams with a defined process |
When PerformYard is the better choice
PerformYard fits an office team that has a clear review process and wants software flexible enough to match it exactly, custom forms, 360s, and review cycles set up to your spec, with help configuring it. If your people are comfortable filling out forms online, it does that job well.
When FieldCon is the better choice
FieldCon is the better fit when your reviewers are foremen and your employees are on job sites. Flexibility does not solve the real problem, which is that nobody in the field wants to fill out a form. FieldCon removes that:
- Voice-first reviews. The manager talks, FieldCon writes it up.
- Phone-based self-assessment. No app, no login, done in minutes.
- Role-specific questions out of the box, so there is little to build.
- One flat rate per plan with no individual seat charges.
The bottom line
If you want to configure your own review process for an office team, PerformYard is flexible and capable. If you need reviews to actually get done with a crew in the field, FieldCon is built for exactly that.