Who Drives Results vs. What Got Done
Windmill speeds up review writing by syncing GitHub and Jira. Confirm reveals who actually drives performance through Organizational Network Analysis—so you promote the right people, not just the visible ones.
Why Task Data Isn't Enough
Windmill tracks what people do—pull requests merged, Jira tickets closed, tasks completed. But high performance isn't just output. It's influence, collaboration, and impact across teams. You can't see that from a GitHub commit log.
Tasks completed ≠ Impact delivered
The engineer who shipped 50 PRs might not be as valuable as the one who unblocked three teams, mentored juniors, and solved architectural debt—work that doesn't show up in Jira.
Visibility bias hides top talent
The loud engineer who dominates standups gets promoted. The quiet infrastructure lead who keeps production stable and mentors half the team? Overlooked. Windmill can't see who's actually influential.
Review speed ≠ Decision quality
Writing a review in 6 minutes is great. But if that review is based on incomplete data and misses the employee's real contributions, you've just made a fast bad decision.
What makes Confirm different
Confirm uses Organizational Network Analysis (ONA) to measure collaboration patterns, influence, and impact—not just tasks completed. It's the difference between seeing what people did and understanding who drives results.
ONA: See who drives results, not just who's visible
ONA analyzes collaboration patterns across your org—who people go to for help, who drives decisions, who connects siloed teams, who mentors others. This reveals true impact that task tracking misses entirely.
- Identify hidden high-performers before they leave
- Spot people who claim credit but don't drive results
- See organizational bottlenecks and collaboration gaps
- Make promotion decisions based on influence, not visibility
AI agents that improve decisions, not just speed
Windmill's Windy helps you write faster. Confirm's AI agents detect bias in your reviews, flag retention risks, and coach managers on fairness—improving the quality of decisions, not just the speed.
Strategic insights, not tactical automation
Windmill answers "How do I finish these reviews?" Confirm answers "Who should I promote? Who's a flight risk? Where are my organizational silos?" Strategic people intelligence for scaling companies.
Built for HR teams, not just managers
Windmill targets lean startups with no HR function. Confirm is built for mid-market HR teams (200-2,000 employees) who need org-wide visibility, compliance, and data-driven talent decisions.
Feature comparison
Strategic insights vs tactical automation
Windmill optimizes for speed—get reviews done fast. Confirm optimizes for decision quality—promote the right people, reduce bias, retain top talent.
Windmill — Fast Reviews
Great for: Lean startups (10-50 people) with no HR team, optimizing for review cycle speed.
Confirm — Smart Decisions
Great for: Scaling companies (100-500 people) needing strategic people insights, not just faster reviews.
Get a custom quoteImplementation & support
Both platforms integrate with Slack and work tools. The difference is in strategic support for scaling HR teams.
Confirm
- White-glove onboarding included
- Dedicated customer success manager
- Change management playbook
- Manager training sessions
- HR advisory for scaling challenges
Windmill
- Self-serve setup
- Slack support
- Optimized for speed
- Minimal configuration
- No dedicated CSM
Which platform is right for you?
Use this guide to decide — no sales call required.
Common questions
What's the main difference between Confirm and Windmill?
Confirm reveals who drives results through Organizational Network Analysis (ONA), measuring collaboration patterns and influence. Windmill speeds up review writing by syncing task data from GitHub, Jira, and Asana. Confirm answers "Who are my hidden high-performers?" while Windmill answers "How do I write this review faster?"
Can Confirm integrate with the same tools as Windmill?
Yes. Confirm integrates with Slack, GitHub, Jira, and other work tools—but uses that data differently. Instead of just tracking tasks, Confirm analyzes collaboration patterns to reveal organizational dynamics, influence, and hidden contributors.
Is Windmill or Confirm better for startups?
It depends on your goal. Windmill is excellent for lean startups (10-50 people) focused on automating review writing with minimal HR involvement. Confirm is better for scaling startups (100-500 people) who need to identify high-performers, reduce bias, and make smarter promotion decisions as they grow.
How does Confirm's pricing compare to Windmill?
Confirm starts at $8/user/month with transparent pricing and no minimums. Windmill offers the first 10 seats free, then $10/user/month. Confirm includes ONA, AI bias detection, and strategic insights; Windmill focuses on review automation and conversational feedback.
Does Confirm offer the same AI review automation as Windmill?
Yes, Confirm auto-generates performance review drafts. But Confirm goes further: AI agents detect bias in reviews, coach managers on fairness, and surface retention risks using ONA—not just task lists. Windmill's Windy chatbot speeds up writing; Confirm's AI agents improve decision quality.
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."
Ready to see who actually drives results in your organization?
Book a 30-minute demo. We'll show you exactly how Confirm's ONA reveals hidden high-performers, detects bias, and helps you make smarter talent decisions—not just faster reviews.