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:
€3.76/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.
Devices
Business size
Markets
Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden and 12 others
Supported Languages
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and 1 others
Pricing starting from:
€3.76/month
- Free Version
- Free Trial
- Subscription
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Features
Total features of Personio: 90
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- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 51-200 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Excellent, powerful product, great customer service and support
Reviewed on 16/11/2018
If I had to name a benchmark for what the smoothest, most flexible and flawless software implementat...
If I had to name a benchmark for what the smoothest, most flexible and flawless software implementation process I ever have been part of was, it would be this. From the product itself (simple, clean, powerful) to the implementation management (competent, friendly, flexible, knowledgable) to the support and service (fast, helpful, invested) and finally the passive resources (helcenter, tutorials, technical documentation, customer information, release notes) this just rocks. I am very happy with it and can only recommend Personio further.
Pros
The functionalities are powerful and well implemented. All features are thoroughly thought through and integrate tight and seamlessly into each other. Whenever I came across something i wondered about there was a good reason for it to be this way and it came in handy when we needed it. So, the product itself is simply top notch.
The Customer Service also is fantastic. We had an implementation manager who was understanding, helpful, progressively thinking and extremely well versed in the product. On top of it she was flexible and friendly. I can not imagine how it could have been better.
Cons
I can not imagine much. Some of the Features (for example handling of training tracking or the recruitment part) could have some more features but than again, it is always a matter of keeping the balance between to much and lacking. This balance was always there and I appreciate that it is clear, that some areas of the product still are growing. For our use case everything we needed (and more) was there.

- Industry: Legal Services
- Company size: 51-200 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
A very good decision I am still proud of
Reviewed on 4/9/2019
Difficult. I like it! Had some experience with Workdays in the company before and was at the...
Difficult. I like it! Had some experience with Workdays in the company before and was at the beginning a kind of sad that little business has not the budget for such software.
But now I am even happier because Personio not only is quiete as good - it is even better for small business purpose because it's less complex and allowes to stremline processes better for our needs.
Pros
It's HR Software with service for every employee, managers etc. - and so what I like most is, that nearly everybody likes to use it though we did not have much training effort.
Big benefit (usualy) is as well, that Personio has an ongoing development nad gets even better every month.
Cons
Some "improvements" - especially in design - are not really steps forward but seem to complicate work - but usually respective suggestions are heared and drawn into account.
Alternatives Considered
BambooHRReasons for Switching to Personio
Originally becasue Personio was the only Provider with servers lokated in Germany (it was the time of the new data protection rules). And it was real SAS while one of the other products (the European one) would have to be customized with big effort (and costs)...- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 11-50 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Review of 1 year with personio
Reviewed on 15/6/2022
all colleagues have an overview about their personal data and HR documents, they can see the...
all colleagues have an overview about their personal data and HR documents, they can see the absence of the team members (even with a exchange with our team calender) and the administration of holidays is quite easy.
Pros
It's really easy to use and implement the tool. And I really like the support material - you can find very good articles about each topic and question and if I cannot find the answer there - I get quick help from the support team
Cons
some features are only provided on the basic level - but telling it to the support can help, one of my issues is now solved and a new standard in the protfolio. but it would be great to have the possibility to set a date when I want to send a message to a applicant.
- Industry: Financial Services
- Company size: 11-50 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Great tool for monitoring all your HR related tasks
Reviewed on 3/9/2019
We have saved a lot of time preparing the pay rolls for our employees as we had to do it all...
We have saved a lot of time preparing the pay rolls for our employees as we had to do it all manually before and now it's just a couple of clicks. We also use their documents storage and each employee knows where to find their important information instead asking the HR manager or look for it on google docs.
The benefits and time saving definitely outweigh the costs of this app.
Pros
The support is great. Everyone I have talked to on the phone was aways super nice and helpful.
I also like the fact that they take your feedback seriously and suggest the things you mentioned to their product team and might implement solutions that will make the tool even better for you and your team.
Cons
It's not easy to set up because it's very detailed- that's why you have an implementation manager to help you with that.
I also have to use their support quite often when I want to change something, because I'm afraid that it'll adjust things I didn't want to change.
Alternatives Considered
BambooHRReasons for Choosing Personio
Switched from an American to a German tool to align with GDPR rules and have more features.Switched From
Appogee LeaveReasons for Switching to Personio
It's just superior to all the other tools out there.- Industry: Computer Games
- Company size: 11-50 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
One of the best HRIS in Germany
Reviewed on 9/9/2019
Pros
It's the best HRIS that I've tried so far. It has tons of features, attributes and process that we can customize according to our needs. The support is very fast, helpful and friendly.
Cons
Sometimes it is a bit complicated to use, but it comes with all the features and configuration possibilities. I am missing a couple of features, like an overview of the employee's promotions/titles and reports indicating promotions.
Personio FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for Personio.Q. What type of pricing plans does Personio offer?
Personio offers the following pricing plans:
- Starting from: €3.76/month View Pricing Plans
- Pricing model: Subscription
- Free Trial: Available
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.
Q. Who are the typical users of Personio?
Personio has the following typical customers:
11-50, 51-200, 201-500, 501-1,000, 1,001-5,000
Q. What languages does Personio support?
Personio supports the following languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
Q. Does Personio support mobile devices?
Personio supports the following devices:
Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)
Q. What other apps does Personio integrate with?
Personio integrates with the following applications:
ATOSS, Circula, CodeSubmit, Culture Amp, Dataddo, 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, Planetly, 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
Q. What level of support does Personio offer?
Personio offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Phone Support, Chat
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