ADP runs payroll at scale. Confirm tells you who's actually performing.
ADP Workforce Now is one of the most trusted names in payroll and HR compliance. But its performance management module was built for documentation — not for predicting flight risk, identifying hidden contributors, or coaching managers with behavioral data.
Where ADP Workforce Now performance management hits its limits
ADP's strength is payroll accuracy, compliance, and scale. Its performance module captures what HR needs for documentation — review forms, goals, rating scales. It doesn't capture what talent leaders need for actual decisions.
Performance data is for HR records, not talent decisions
ADP's performance tools document that reviews happened. They don't show you who's at flight risk, who drives cross-team results, or who's being underestimated because their work is invisible to their manager.
Annual cycles miss what's happening right now
Performance changes between review cycles. ADP captures snapshots. Confirm monitors behavioral signals continuously — so you see risk and opportunity as it develops, not after someone's already headed for the exit.
No connection between payroll data and performance patterns
ADP holds detailed workforce data — compensation history, tenure, roles. But it doesn't connect that data to behavioral signals: who people collaborate with, who influences decisions, who's becoming isolated. Confirm makes those connections.
What makes Confirm different
Confirm is built exclusively for performance intelligence. It integrates with ADP Workforce Now and adds the behavioral layer that payroll-based HCMs were never designed to provide.
ONA: the layer ADP can't add
Organizational Network Analysis reveals who people actually turn to, who connects teams, who drives results outside their official role. This is the performance signal that HR forms can never capture — and the one that predicts retention, promotion readiness, and organizational health.
- Predict flight risk 3 months before resignation
- Surface hidden contributors and informal leaders
- Coach managers with real behavioral data on each person
- Make promotion and compensation decisions on evidence
ADP stays your system of record
Confirm pulls from ADP Workforce Now and uses your existing employee data. ADP remains authoritative. Confirm layers intelligence on top without replacing anything ADP does.
Continuous signals between review cycles
Confirm monitors behavioral patterns continuously — collaboration shifts, network changes, engagement signals. You see performance changes as they happen, not six months later in a review form.
AI coaching tied to real data
Confirm gives managers person-specific coaching for each team member based on ONA and behavioral signals. Not a generic checklist. Actual guidance tied to how each person works and where they are in their performance trajectory.
Feature comparison
When to choose each platform
Choose Confirm if you need:
- Behavioral performance intelligence beyond review forms
- Flight risk prediction with 3-month advance warning
- ONA revealing hidden contributors and influence patterns
- AI manager coaching backed by real behavioral data
- Bias reduction in performance ratings and calibration
- 98% review completion rates on first cycle
Choose ADP Workforce Now if you need:
- Enterprise-grade payroll processing and tax compliance
- Benefits administration and HR compliance
- Time and attendance tracking
- HR reporting and workforce analytics
- Integrated HR system of record at scale
- Multi-state payroll and compliance management
Better together: ADP Workforce Now remains your system of record for payroll and compliance. Confirm adds the performance intelligence layer — the behavioral data and predictive signals ADP wasn't built to provide. Keep both.
Hear from teams achieving true talent density
"We launched on a Monday, and by Saturday morning we had 98% of performance reviews done. I don't know that I've ever seen that level of completion in that amount of time."
"We reviewed Lattice, Rippling, and Culture Amp. Confirm was the only platform designed to be light-weight, fast, and easy to use."
"You don't realize how much you miss until you have a tool like Confirm."
"With Confirm, reviews were super quick, accurate and easy to edit. Probably saved me 80% of my time typically used in writing reviews."
"Confirm is the first tool that lets me see the behavioral side with holistic evidence. I can quickly get the information to make decisions."
"For the first time in my 10+ years in People/HR, 100% of team members completed their self evaluations."
"Confirm has transformed the way we do performance reviews, and helped us become a more data-driven HR organization."
"Confirm is a VITAL part of how we operate as a company. It helps us keep our team more engaged than they already were."
Up and running in weeks
Confirm connects to ADP Workforce Now and syncs employee data automatically. No extended implementation project.
Confirm
- White-glove onboarding included
- ADP Workforce Now integration pre-built
- Change management playbook
- Manager training sessions
ADP Performance Module
- Module activation and template setup
- Review cycle configuration
- Standard ADP support resources
- Limited customization options
Pricing comparison
Confirm
Based on company size and features
- All ONA and performance features included
- ADP Workforce Now integration included
- Dedicated success manager
- Manager training included
ADP Workforce Now
Typically $23–$62 PEPM depending on modules selected; performance management included in HCM tiers
- Essential, Enhanced, Complete, and HR Pro tiers
- Performance module included in Complete and above
- Add-on modules available
- Pricing requires sales consultation
Common questions
Can I use Confirm with ADP Workforce Now?
Yes. Confirm integrates with ADP Workforce Now. Most customers keep ADP as their HR system of record and add Confirm for performance intelligence and talent decisions.
Does Confirm replace ADP Workforce Now?
No. ADP handles payroll, compliance, benefits, and HR admin at scale. Confirm handles performance intelligence. They solve different problems. Most companies run both.
How is Confirm different from ADP's performance module?
ADP's module captures structured HR forms — review ratings, goals, compliance documentation. Confirm adds ONA from behavioral data, flight risk prediction, and AI coaching. ADP documents that reviews happened. Confirm tells you what's actually going on with your people.
ADP is our system of record. Can Confirm connect to it?
Yes. Confirm integrates directly with ADP Workforce Now and uses your existing employee data as the source. ADP stays authoritative. Confirm layers intelligence on top without changing anything in ADP.
Keep ADP. Add the performance intelligence layer.
ADP handles payroll at scale. Confirm handles the questions ADP can't answer: who's driving results, who's at risk, and who's ready for more — before it shows up in an exit interview.