Ironwood Reviews
Our System
A role-based performance review platform you can run on your own infrastructure, or let us host for you.
What Ironwood Reviews Is
Transform the Way Your Team Performs
Your workforce deserves more than outdated evaluations and generic HR tools. Our AI‑powered performance platform delivers precision insights, real‑time coaching, and clear growth pathways for every employee—from small teams to global enterprises.
Built for accuracy. Designed for clarity. Engineered for results. This system is built for organizations with single office or multiple offices, wherever that might be in the world.
- Intelligent evaluations that adapt to each role
- Automated performance summaries and skill‑gap detection
- Custom workflows for any size organization
- Performed by direct supervisors and managers who have direct influence or stakes in the employee
- Actionable insights that drive measurable improvement
- Training dollars can be better utilized based on the skill gap analysis
- Uses 2FA method for added security
- Self evaluation is built in to the system
Empower managers. Motivate employees. Elevate your entire organization.
Self-Hosted or Hosted Platform
Ironwood Reviews is available in two ways, depending on how much infrastructure you want to manage yourself:
- Hosted Platform
- Fully managed, secure, and ready to launch.
- Our Hosted Platform gives companies a turnkey environment with zero infrastructure overhead. We handle everything—servers, updates, security, backups, and performance—so your team can focus entirely on using the evaluation system, not maintaining it.
- Enterprise‑grade hosting with high availability
- Automatic updates and continuous improvements
- Built‑in security, encryption, and data protection
- No hardware or IT resources required
- Fast onboarding for teams of any size
- Perfect for organizations that want simplicity, reliability, and a hands‑off deployment.
- Our Hosted Platform gives companies a turnkey environment with zero infrastructure overhead. We handle everything—servers, updates, security, backups, and performance—so your team can focus entirely on using the evaluation system, not maintaining it.
- Fully managed, secure, and ready to launch.
- Self Hosted Platform
- Full control, full customization, your environment.
- For companies with strict security requirements or existing IT ecosystems, the platform can be deployed directly on your own servers—on‑premises or in your private cloud.
- You maintain ownership of your data, control access, and integrate the system with your internal tools and policies. Our team provides installation guidance, configuration support, and ongoing updates.
- Deploy on your own servers or private cloud
- Integrate with internal authentication and security policies
- Maintain full control over data storage and access
- Customize performance, scaling, and environment settings
- Ideal for regulated industries or advanced IT teams
- A flexible option for organizations that prefer complete control over their infrastructure.
- For companies with strict security requirements or existing IT ecosystems, the platform can be deployed directly on your own servers—on‑premises or in your private cloud.
- Full control, full customization, your environment.
Minimum Requirements
If you license Ironwood Reviews as a self-install package, your environment needs to meet the following minimums. If we’re hosting for you, none of this applies — we handle the infrastructure.
| Requirement | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Linux Hosting | Server environment the application runs on |
| PHP 8.0+ | Application runtime |
| MySQL | Application database |
| Claude or OpenAI API account | Powers the optional AI-assisted Skill Gap Analysis narratives (bring your own key) |
| SMTP mail server or Brevo API account | Sends transactional emails — 2FA codes, self-evaluation links, notifications |
| Twilio API account | Powers optional SMS notification features |