# Peoplebox review (2026): is it worth $2 a month, billed yearly? > OKRs, performance reviews and compensation, with per-module pricing Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Peoplebox.ai is a talent platform that started with OKRs and now also covers performance reviews, 1:1s, 360 feedback, engagement surveys, compensation planning and an AI hiring product. Each module is priced per employee per month, so a buyer pays only for the pieces used. - **Category:** HR Software - **Made by:** Peoplebox.ai - **Website:** https://www.peoplebox.ai - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Pricey if you need reviews, 360s and compensation together, since each is its own per-person price. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Peoplebox is a paid product, starting at $2 per employee / month, billed annually. - **Pricing model:** Paid - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Engagement | $2 per employee / month, billed annually | Custom and template surveys, anonymous or identified responses, manager scoring and driver heatmaps. | | Individual Development Plans | $3 per employee / month, billed annually | Development conversations, plan templates, AI-generated development areas, linked to performance reviews. | | Compensation | $5 per employee / month, billed annually | Compensation planning with budget limits, pay-equity rules, multi-step approvals and branded pay statements. | | Performance Management | $8 per employee / month, billed annually | OKRs and goals, performance reviews, 9-box and calibration, 1:1 meetings and continuous feedback. | | 360 Feedback | $8 per employee / month, billed annually | Template-based 360 reviews with AI-written reports, competency scoring, anonymous or open review modes. | | AI hiring | Custom | Resume screening, sourcing, pre-screening calls and AI interviews; priced on resume and interview volume. | Read from https://www.peoplebox.ai/pricing/ on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Peoplebox before buying. ## Key features - **OKRs and goals:** Cascaded company, team and individual goals, with AI-assisted goal creation and business reviews. - **Performance reviews:** Review cycles, probationary reviews, competencies, 9-box and calibration, with feedback pulled in from the year. - **1:1s and continuous feedback:** Meeting agendas and action tracking, plus feedback that can be given and requested from Slack or Teams. - **Engagement surveys:** Pulse and engagement surveys with heatmaps by demographic and manager scoring; reports download as PPT or CSV. - **Compensation planning:** Budget distribution with pay-equity rules, approval steps and branded compensation statements. - **AI interviews and hiring:** An applicant tracking system with resume screening, sourcing, pre-screening calls and AI-run interviews. ## Good for - Companies that want to buy OKRs, reviews and surveys one module at a time - Teams that run feedback and check-ins inside Slack or Microsoft Teams - HR teams that want compensation cycles beside performance reviews ## Worth knowing - No free plan or free trial is listed on the pricing page; buyers book a demo. - Prices are per module, so a buyer who needs reviews, goals and engagement adds the figures together. - The hiring product has no published price and is quoted on resume and interview volume. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.8 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Peoplebox prices per module: engagement $2, development plans $3, compensation $5, performance and 360 feedback $8 each, per employee a month on yearly billing. Add the pieces you need and it adds up fast. No free plan and no trial. - **Value for money: C.** $2 to $8 per employee per module a month. Performance management at $8 sits near the dearer quarter ($9), so a useful bundle lands at C. - **Free plan and trial: F.** No free plan and no trial is listed. You start with a demo request. - **Features: C.** Goals, reviews, 360 feedback, compensation and development plans, sold separately, and the hiring product has no published price. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record, and you'd set it up with your own people data first, so it's an ordinary C. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only, with two listed integrations. No mobile or desktop app named. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Peoplebox's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among HR software - Peoplebox's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 22 of the 101 other HR software we grade, and level with 33. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 34 of 101) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $2 a month for each person, against a middle price of $5 for the category: 5 of the 40 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/hr-software ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** The plain part of Peoplebox you could make: goals, surveys, reports and applicant tracking. What surrounds it you could not. The 2 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 46 of the 101 other HR software grade higher. It costs $24 a year. - You could make: Goals, surveys, reports and applicant tracking: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Slack, Microsoft Teams **Tags:** Goals, Surveys, Reports, AI features, Applicant tracking ## Alternatives - [Synergita](https://toolgpa.com/tools/synergita): OKR, performance review and engagement software priced per user. 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[Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/lattice-vs-peoplebox) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.peoplebox.ai/pricing/ - https://www.peoplebox.ai/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/peoplebox Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).