FocalReview 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

FocalReview

4.7

(19)

Pricing

Starting at $26.00 per year

About FocalReview

FocalReview is a human resource management (HRM) solution that provides HR departments with tools that help users manage compensation planning and performance operations. The solution can either be deployed on-premise or hosted in the cloud.

FocalReview's key features include sales and executive compensation management, individual employee portals, HR analytics, payroll integration and more. The solution's role-based compensation module helps users to compare merit, compensation adjustments, lump sums, promotions, bonuses and stocks when evaluating pay rates. Employees also have access to communication tools and report writing capabilities via their dedicated portals.

Additionally, FocalReview supports integration with various third-party human capital management suites such as NetSuite HCM, Oracle, SAP HCM and more.

Services are offered on an annual subscription basis after a one-time implementation fee. Support is available via phone and email.

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FocalReview Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $26.00 per year

Free Trial

Free Version

Basic

$26.00

per user, per year

No plan information available

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FocalReview Features

Popular features found in Performance Management System
360 Degree Feedback
Compensation Management
Customizable Templates
Employee Database
Individual Development Plans
Ongoing Performance Tracking
Performance Appraisal
Review Cycle Tracking
Self Service Portal
Skills Assessment
Surveys & Feedback
More features of FocalReview
Activity Dashboard
Alerts/Notifications
API
Approval Process Control
Audit Trail
Benchmarking
Benefits Management
Bonus Management
Budget Management
Compensation Plan Modeling
Compensation Statements
Competency Management
Compliance Management
Customizable Reports
Dashboard
Data Import/Export
Employee Management
Employee Portal
Employee Reward Programs
Goal Setting/Tracking
Incentive Management
Organizational Charting
Payroll Management
Peer Appraisals
Performance Management
Performance Review Management
Real-Time Data
Reminders
Reporting/Analytics
Reporting & Statistics
Role-Based Permissions
Salary Planning
Self Assessment
Succession Planning
Talent Management
Third-Party Integrations
Time & Attendance
Weighted Performance Measures
Workflow Management

FocalReview Integrations

NetSuite

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence

BambooHR

Paylocity

SAP SuccessFactors HCM

UKG Pro

See all 9 integrations

FocalReview User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.7

Ratings Breakdown

68%

32%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.6

Value for money

4.6

Customer support

4.9

Functionality

4.5

Have you used FocalReview and would like to share your experience with others?

Ruth W.

Verified reviewer

Information Technology and Services

1001-5000 employees

Used other for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed June 2021

Everyone is happy with FocalReview!

We used to use a huge spreadsheet. Obviously, this is much better. It allowed the managers to go in and adjust comp and bonus info without asking us to parse out their sections of the data. Overall, this worked extremely well.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

FocalReview was easy to use and everyone was happy with it. The thing I liked most was the responsiveness of the support team. They were amazing.

Cons:

I'm sure there are things that can be improved, but I can't think of any right now.

Vendor Response

Thank you for the glowing review. It was an honor to work with such professional team at Intermedia. With our latest release 9 we look forward to showing you a few new features for your next pay review cycle. Appreciate your support. Julie

Replied June 2021

Darcy B.

Verified reviewer

Computer Software

1001-5000 employees

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Reviewed February 2023

The best investment we have made for our Total Rewards Team & Employees

FocalReview has made our annual compensation and bonus planning so much easier for all users.We no longer need to keep awful spreadsheets - the tool does it all!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

easy to use, quality UX, easy integration with our HRIS/Payroll system

Cons:

At times I need to ask the SpiraLinks team for assistance as I occasionally forget the navigation path and or steps to some Admin areas/tasks

Reasons for choosing FocalReview

We believed this to be the most visually appealing and provided more offerings than the other products we reviewed

Vendor Response

Thank you Darcy - you rock! Appreciate the kind words - the Team and I thank you. Julie

Replied February 2023

Megan W.

Verified reviewer

Biotechnology

501-1000 employees

Used monthly for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed June 2019

Excellent Customer Service

Overall, the experience was good. The customer service is top notch and I think that adds so much value. The system is very easy to use for the employees.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Their customer service is fantastic! I think the end user functionality is easy to use. It is a clean design and has a lot of features and items that can be customized.

Cons:

To be fair, we had a tight deadline to roll out the product so I don't think we have learned how to manage the system ourselves very well. In that regard, the system is not very intuitave or easy to use.

Vendor Response

Thank you for your input, especially references to "top notch" customer service. We will endeavor to address the items above.

Replied January 2024

Teresa S.

Verified reviewer

Computer Networking

1001-5000 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Reviewed February 2023

FocalReview Tool Feedback

Not only is the FocalReview tool flexible and allows the company to add new functionalities, but the team as a whole is listens, is open to new ideas and willing to develop the functionality!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It's flexibility to build additional features as the business grows and additional forms of recognition are added. This year introduced flexibility in changing the target variable. Last year considered adding equity grants and Total Rewards Statement. Delayed as both were not approved by the Board.

Cons:

Some reporting that can be used to audit company data submitted. Suggest a simple report writing capability so don't rely too much on technical support. Also, it would help if there are available online "how to" guide/resources.

Reasons for choosing FocalReview

Used it in another company and contributed to its initial product.

Vendor Response

Thank you Teresa. We appreciate the kudos and ideas for our product road map! Julie

Replied March 2023

Alex P.

Verified reviewer

Insurance

5001-10000 employees

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2023

FocalReview for Ardonagh

Very positive - extremely helpful and pleasant staff, and very collaborative not only during implementation but also during BAU usage.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Implementation was very flexible - the software can really be whatever the business wants it to be.The ongoing support during the pay review and bonus process from [sensitive content hidden] is second to none.

Cons:

Potentially a few more "off the shelf" dashboard type graphs - but given how unique each client's interface will presumably be I can see that this is not easy.

Vendor Response

Thank you Alex for your review and suggestions for next cycle. We hope to work with you on refining FocalReview to suite your team even better. Regards, Julie

Replied February 2023

Trang H.

Verified reviewer

Architecture & Planning

51-200 employees

Used daily for free trial

Review source

Reviewed December 2018

Great experience with Focal Review and Spiralinks team

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

This Focal Review helps us with compensation management and performance management. It's not only useful for managers, but also for everyone. We can access past employee letters, statements and rewards information. It gives us many features and functions which makes our work goes smoothly.

Cons:

I have nothing to complain, just need time to familiar with it before proposing it for our company.

Vendor Response

Thank you for your comments! We improve from our client feedback.

Replied January 2024

Neil B.

Banking

10000+ employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed July 2018

A great partnership with SpiraLinks

A single global solution in place of 1000s of spreadsheets. Central oversight of policy application and budgets.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Delivers business requirements and can be customised if necessary. Support and response to issues by SpiraLinks is second to none.

Cons:

Reporting which is heavily used at peak times can cause a drag on performance. We have implemented a shadow reporting database and tightly managed online report access to manage this issue. Our system does support c280,000 employee records which may be a factor! Customisation releases demand thorough testing as they frequently need bugs fixing.

Mayra R.

Verified reviewer

Biotechnology

501-1000 employees

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Reviewed February 2023

Focal Review is Great!

Great service

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Very customizable and the staff is super fast.

Cons:

Could be a bit easier to use for end user, but we are working on this.

Reasons for choosing FocalReview

staff

Vendor Response

Thank you Mayra for your review. It is great working with you! Julie

Replied February 2023

Colin R.

Internet

501-1000 employees

Used other for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed November 2017

Simple implementation, great customer support and flexible functionality

Streamlined our appraisal process massively and provided better data security and ability to spend time on analytics as opposed to manually administrating the process.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The flexibility of the system to be manipulated and tweaked to fit the needs of each client is amazing. The team behind it are super responsive and helpful and could not be recommended highly enough. The ease at setting up security and profiles and that fact I know who has access to what data allows us to sleep at night during our appraisal process.

Cons:

There's very little to dislike. The reporting functionality is quite basic but as you can get everything to excel doesn't cause major issues.

Alexandru Andrei S.

Verified reviewer

Food & Beverages

1001-5000 employees

Used monthly for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed February 2023

Spiralinks-Twinings Review

The overall experience was great, especially with our Developer who supported the team on a daily basis.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

In our Reward practice, the accessibility and ease to operate the system was exactly what we were looking for, everything was simply done through a master dataset and Spiralinks did the rest!

Cons:

I do not have anything critical that was unsatisfactory, I believe the only bit which required admin was the bulk download of all letters and the manual work that needed to be done afterwards to divide them and send them to all employees - mainly done as we were not ready to give all employees direct access in the system.

Vendor Response

Thank you Alexandru for your sparkling review. We will be sure to work with you on your letter distribution next cycle, as we have a feature to assist with that in v9.1. Regards, Julie

Replied February 2023

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