Personio

The all-in-one HR software for HR management, recruiting, employee performance, payroll and much more.

About Personio

Personio is the all-in-one HR software for small- and medium-sized companies with 10 to 2000 employees. Personio’s solution includes human resources, recruiting, and payroll, all while supporting a company’s core HR processes. People Workflow Automation, a new category of HR software launched by Personio, ensures cross-departmental, automated processes and seamless integrations. More than 5,000 customers in over 100 countries use Personio. In October 2021 alone, Personio received $270 million in Series E funding. With a valuation of $6.3 billion, Personio is Europe’s most valuable HR tech company.

Unlike other HR solutions, Personio covers employee management, recruiting, payroll, and onboarding, so HR can perform all core people-related tasks from one place. Highly efficient processes are enabled by centralized data and automated workflows. An example are the Personio Posting Bundles, where your company’s open positions are promoted on the most relevant job boards in only one click – and at an exclusive price just for you, too! Having accurate people data in a single system of record enables HR to gain insights while optimizing processes. It provides you with actionable insights that provide a holistic and reliable view of your company’s key workforce data to make data-driven decisions. For greater efficiency and complete data security, the seamless integration between DATEV’s payroll software and Personio allows you to send important payroll data with only the click of a button.

This collaborative foundation, through Personio, helps HR to be truly effective. Customized access rights allow employees and managers to access information in the system independently. Employee self-service supports seamless collaboration on people-related tasks, from candidate assessment to onboarding and development. Templates and workflow automation minimize manual overhead, like creating employment certificates, calculating vacation entitlements, or rejecting candidates. Built-in task management and reminders help the team stay on top of tasks and priorities, to seamlessly avoid bottlenecks.

Personio is designed to make it as easy as possible to integrate into third-party solutions, so you can design your own unique best practices. Other specialized solutions (e.g. travel expenses software) can be seamlessly integrated into Personio. The data from the integrated system is then automatically synchronized to ensure that you have all information centrally available. An entire overview of every possible integration can be found in the Personio Marketplace.

Pricing starting from:

€2.88/month

  • Free Version
  • Free Trial
  • Subscription

Key benefits of Personio

- Personnel data is stored correctly, completely, and in compliance with legal requirements at all times.
- The seamless integration between DATEV’s payroll and Personio allows you to send important payroll data securely and with one click only.
- Job advertisements can be posted to over 500 job portals in only one click and at an exclusive price with the recently-released Personio Posting Bundles.
- Custom reports can be quickly created for any point in time or time frame and exported to different formats.
- Onboarding tasks can be viewed centrally, while task owners are automatically reminded of pending tasks until they are complete.

Typical Customers

  • Freelancers
  • Small Businesses (2-50)
  • Mid-size Companies (51-500)
  • Large enterprises (500 and more)

Deployment

  • Cloud-based
  • On-premise

Markets

Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France and 12 others

Supported Languages

Dutch, English, French, German, Italian and 1 others

Pricing starting from:

€2.88/month

  • Free Version
  • Free Trial
  • Subscription

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Personio Software - The Personio dashboard gives you and your employees an overview of pending tasks and current events within the company.
Personio Software - Ensure that personnel data is stored correctly, completely, and in compliance with legal requirements. All personnel data and documents are stored in digital employee files and only need to be updated there.
Personio Software - All personnel data is stored correctly, completely, and in compliance with legal requirements at all times. You define access rights to determine who is permitted to view and edit which personnel data.
Personio Software - Custom reports facilitate fast and reliable HR insights – for any point in time and any time frame.
Personio Software - Implement effortless processes and ensure that working hours are calculated correctly. Employees enter their working hours, and supervisors can confirm with the click of a button. Personio reminds managers of pending approvals so nothing is overlooked.
Personio Software - Avoid working with chaotic lists just before your payroll dates. Maintain all personnel data centrally to create the basis for stress-free payroll processes.
Personio Software - Analyze personnel data at a glance and drill down into the details whenever you need to. This allows you to make sound decisions for efficient applicant and personnel processes, and workforce planning.
Personio Software - Create and publish job ads on almost 500 portals, keep an eye on which channels work best, and impress candidates with your own career page – all in a single tool.
Personio Software - Ensure that new employees can be productive as soon as possible and improve coordination during the onboarding process. Onboarding tasks can be viewed centrally, and task owners are automatically reminded of pending tasks until they are completed.
Personio Software - Personio allows employees and managers to plan their absences autonomously. Simply have employees request leave and other types of absences online and managers approve requests with the click of a button.
Personio Software - Manage applications, conduct CV parsing, and manage all of your applications from the comfort of your Personio dashboard. Best of all, you can save time with templates, all while converting applicants into employees with just a single click.
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Personio Software - The Personio dashboard gives you and your employees an overview of pending tasks and current events within the company.
Personio Software - Ensure that personnel data is stored correctly, completely, and in compliance with legal requirements. All personnel data and documents are stored in digital employee files and only need to be updated there.
Personio Software - All personnel data is stored correctly, completely, and in compliance with legal requirements at all times. You define access rights to determine who is permitted to view and edit which personnel data.
Personio Software - Custom reports facilitate fast and reliable HR insights – for any point in time and any time frame.
Personio Software - Implement effortless processes and ensure that working hours are calculated correctly. Employees enter their working hours, and supervisors can confirm with the click of a button. Personio reminds managers of pending approvals so nothing is overlooked.
Personio Software - Avoid working with chaotic lists just before your payroll dates. Maintain all personnel data centrally to create the basis for stress-free payroll processes.
Personio Software - Analyze personnel data at a glance and drill down into the details whenever you need to. This allows you to make sound decisions for efficient applicant and personnel processes, and workforce planning.
Personio Software - Create and publish job ads on almost 500 portals, keep an eye on which channels work best, and impress candidates with your own career page – all in a single tool.
Personio Software - Ensure that new employees can be productive as soon as possible and improve coordination during the onboarding process. Onboarding tasks can be viewed centrally, and task owners are automatically reminded of pending tasks until they are completed.
Personio Software - Personio allows employees and managers to plan their absences autonomously. Simply have employees request leave and other types of absences online and managers approve requests with the click of a button.
Personio Software - Manage applications, conduct CV parsing, and manage all of your applications from the comfort of your Personio dashboard. Best of all, you can save time with templates, all while converting applicants into employees with just a single click.

Features

Total features of Personio: 93

  • 360 Degree Feedback
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Ad hoc Reporting
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Applicant Tracking
  • Application Management
  • Approval Process Control
  • Assessment Management
  • Attendance Management
  • Attendance Tracking
  • Benefits Management
  • Calendar Management
  • Calendar Sync
  • Candidate Management
  • Candidate Profiles
  • Candidate Tracking
  • Careers Page
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Compensation Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Configurable Workflow
  • Customisable Branding
  • Customisable Reports
  • Customisable Templates
  • Customizable Fields
  • Dashboard
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Visualisation
  • Document Management
  • Document Storage
  • Electronic Forms
  • Electronic Signature
  • Email Management
  • Email Templates
  • Employee Database
  • Employee Handbook
  • Employee Management
  • Employee Onboarding
  • Employee Portal
  • Employee Profiles
  • Employee Self Service
  • Employee Time Tracking
  • Feedback Management
  • Goal Setting/Tracking
  • HR Management
  • HR Metrics Library
  • Internal HR
  • Interview Management
  • Interview Scheduling
  • Job Application Management
  • Job Description Management
  • Job Management
  • Job Posting
  • Job Requisition
  • Jobs Board
  • Leave Tracking
  • Mobile Access
  • Multi-Country
  • Onboarding
  • Organisational Charting
  • Orientation Workflow Management
  • Payroll Management
  • Payroll Reporting
  • Performance Appraisal
  • Performance Management
  • Pipeline Management
  • Real Time Analytics
  • Real Time Reporting
  • Recruitment Management
  • Reminders
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Resume Parsing
  • Resume Storage
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • Secure Data Storage
  • Self Service Portal
  • Sick Leave Tracking
  • Surveys & Feedback
  • Talent Acquisition
  • Task Management
  • Third Party Integrations
  • Time & Attendance
  • Time Off Management
  • Time Off Requests
  • Time Tracking
  • Training Management
  • Turnover Tracking
  • Vacation/Leave Tracking
  • Workflow Management

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Reviews

Overall rating

4.3 /5
(164)
Value for Money
4.2/5
Features
4.0/5
Ease of Use
4.3/5
Customer Support
4.5/5

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Dónall
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  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Streamlined our entire HR systems

Reviewed on 29/4/2023

Pros

What I love about Personio is that it is the one stop shop for all our HR information. As an SME we had been relying on SharePoint to store all our HR information and this was cumbersome and admin heavy, with Personio we can store all the relevant information in one location with no trouble accessing for individual employees. It is an easy to use platform and any new issuer will have no difficulty getting used to the using the system. My favourite feature is the ORG chart provided for all the employees in the organisation so you can know who's who.

Cons

I have no major dislikes for the Platform - its a new platform, things take time. If you have an idea that would improve the system you are able to post in their Ideation forum to drive change. While Personio offers reporting features, the range of available reports is somewhat limited. This can make it difficult for companies that require more in-depth reporting and analysis for example companies with 100+ employees.

Alternatives Considered

Workday HCM and WorkCompass
David
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
  • Review Source

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  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Work with personio

Reviewed on 11/9/2019

vacation managment
The way in which the vacation entitlement was built and the transparency with...

vacation managment
The way in which the vacation entitlement was built and the transparency with which it is structured is very good, even with very frequently changing working time models.
recruiting & management of applicants

Pros

Easy to handle
Great quality of services & support

Cons

n.a. (so far every thing is wokung very well)

Alternatives Considered

HRworks

Reasons for Switching to Personio

Data protection concept & Privacy Policy (well done) ease of use Embedded recruiting solution Look 6 feel
Philip
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source

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  • Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10

Software with a good potential but a lot of issues

Reviewed on 20/8/2021

After struggling with problems for a long time, we approached them with a request to fix things...

After struggling with problems for a long time, we approached them with a request to fix things again. And the reply was a mail with an announced price increase.

Pros

It's easy to understand and adapt and newer features often work quite well

Cons

The development process is very slow. Even critical bugs that make a feature impossible to use were not fixed for months and the fix still had problems which were either not fully thought through or still buggy. It's not possible to get an estimate from the devs when things will be fixed or even addressed.

Christian
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  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Happy administrator feedback

Reviewed on 5/9/2019

On the whole very satisfied. The tool covers our complex requirements very well. Feedback is...

On the whole very satisfied. The tool covers our complex requirements very well. Feedback is processed quickly. Personio develops quickly which is mostly positive. Sometimes there are smaller obvious errors with releases. We use the SW over 3 countries. This works quite well. Partly one notices, that it was primarily developed for the German market (e.g. with withdrawals and holidays adaptations).
Otherwise, it is a great relief for us compared to the many manual processes we had before. It requires relatively little to no instruction effort for the employees. We have only adapted the presentation of Personio and handed it over to the employees and this works well. Many things can be configured so that you also have control over the data that is captured.

Pros

It can be easily configured. The fast implementation. Good and fast customer service. All inquiries are answered within 24 hours (weekdays) and 80% of inquiries are resolved within 24 hours. Usually within 6 hours. The software is constantly evolving and is becoming even more customer-friendly.

Cons

Partly the red thread through the SW is missing. For example, the date can only be recorded with 24/12/2019 at one location while it must be recorded with 24.12.2019 at another location. There are newer reports, especially in recruiting, where the figures are not correct. Further input fields do not always correspond to the same logic. So you have to be careful in the salary area if you overwrite a number in the salary field, an additional "0" is added. Just some small things.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Media Production
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Good software to keep track of your working hours

Reviewed on 14/12/2021

Pros

I like that you feel like you have everything in one platform. From time tracking to your documents like your monthly payroll. What I really like is that you can easily enter your working hours in a field and then edit the next day directly after saving the last one.

Cons

I don't like the Vacation day system. Sometimes the system doesn't recognize that I have more vacation days because I have worked more days last month (therefore entered more working hours)

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Personio FAQs

Below are some frequently asked questions for Personio.

Personio offers the following pricing plans:

Essential: from €3.76/ month. Professional: from €5.7/ month. Enterprise: price upon request. Prices vary depending on the number of employees and functionalities. Discounts apply for yearly payment plans.

Personio has the following typical customers:

11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000

Personio supports the following languages:

Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish

Personio supports the following devices:

Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)

Personio integrates with the following applications:

ATOSS, Circula, CodeSubmit, Culture Amp, Dataddo, ESG and Sustainability Cloud, Engagedly, Evalea, Firstbird, GitHub, Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Workspace, Greenhouse, Greenhouse PM, HRider, HelloID, HeyJobs, Indeed, Indeed Hire, Indevis, JobUFO, Justworks Hours, Lanes & Planes, Lattice, Leapsome, Ledgy, LinkedIn Jobs, LinkedIn Recruiter, Localyze, Loop Now, Loopline, MOCO, Merge, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Outlook, MoBerries, Mobilexpense Declaree, Molteo, MuchSkills, Okta, Recruitee, Rydoo, Shyftplan, Slack, Small Improvements, Staffomatic, Talentry, Teamtailor, Timr, Wellbeing Warrior, Workable, Workademy, Workday Peakon Employee Voice, Workpath, ZEP, ZMI, askDANTE, easyJOB, teambay, vyble, yoffix

Personio offers the following support options:

Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Phone Support, Chat

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