Personio

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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:

Not provided by vendor

  • 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 only the click of a button.
- 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 any point in time or time frame and exported to different formats.
- Onboarding tasks can be viewed centrally, 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

Countries available

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

Supported Languages

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

Pricing starting from:

Not provided by vendor

  • Free Version
  • Free Trial
  • Subscription

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Personio Software - Employee List 

The employee list allows to quickly edit employees' personnel information.
Personio Software - Absences

To manage your employees' absences effectively, you can create different absence types in Personio, such as sickness, holiday, etc.
Personio Software - Reporting & Analytics

Track headcount, salary data, absenteeism, and sickness rates, create customized reports tailored to your unique requirements, and acquire the insights essential for making data-informed HR choices.
Personio Software - Personio Whistleblowing

A dedicated, anonymous reporting channel for your employees. The EU Directive on the protection of whistleblowers is now in effect.
Personio Software - Compensation Management

Create fair and easy compensation reviews. Enjoy less stress thanks to easy approvals, access controls and notifications. Make fairer decisions with visible performance data, salary bands and built-in guidelines.
Personio Software - Personio Surveys

Set up and run surveys with ease. Connect your real-time and centralised employee data to quickly create and run targeted surveys with our prebuilt templates to speed up the time to capture valuable insights.
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Personio Software - Employee List 

The employee list allows to quickly edit employees' personnel information.
Personio Software - Absences

To manage your employees' absences effectively, you can create different absence types in Personio, such as sickness, holiday, etc.
Personio Software - Reporting & Analytics

Track headcount, salary data, absenteeism, and sickness rates, create customized reports tailored to your unique requirements, and acquire the insights essential for making data-informed HR choices.
Personio Software - Personio Whistleblowing

A dedicated, anonymous reporting channel for your employees. The EU Directive on the protection of whistleblowers is now in effect.
Personio Software - Compensation Management

Create fair and easy compensation reviews. Enjoy less stress thanks to easy approvals, access controls and notifications. Make fairer decisions with visible performance data, salary bands and built-in guidelines.
Personio Software - Personio Surveys

Set up and run surveys with ease. Connect your real-time and centralised employee data to quickly create and run targeted surveys with our prebuilt templates to speed up the time to capture valuable insights.

Features

Total features of Personio: 90

  • 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 Tracking
  • Benefits Management
  • Calendar Management
  • Candidate Management
  • Candidate Profiles
  • Candidate Sourcing
  • Candidate Tracking
  • Careers Page
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Compensation Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Customisable Branding
  • Customisable Reports
  • Customisable Templates
  • Customizable Fields
  • Dashboard
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Visualisation
  • Direct Deposit
  • 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
  • Feedback Management
  • Goal Setting/Tracking
  • HR Management
  • HR Metrics Library
  • Internal HR
  • Interview Management
  • Interview Scheduling
  • Job Board
  • Job Description Management
  • Job Management
  • Job Posting
  • Job Requisition
  • 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
  • Task Management
  • Tax Compliance
  • 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
(298)
Value for Money
4.1/5
Features
4.1/5
Ease of Use
4.4/5
Customer Support
4.5/5

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Leyla
Leyla
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  • Industry: Telecommunications
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

A comprehensive HR software

Reviewed on 23/09/2023

Overall we are very pleased with Personio. Other than being a comprehensive piece of software their...

Overall we are very pleased with Personio. Other than being a comprehensive piece of software their customer support is exceptional. They are incredibly helpful, professional and friendly. The webinars are a great feature as well providing a perfect way to gain deeper insights into the platform.

Pros

Its incredibly user friendly making it accessible even for those with limited IT skills. It offers remarkable flexibility and adaptability, particularly in the seamless integration of administration and recruiting tasks. Personio streamline nearly half of our workflow, allowing for excellent employee involvement across various processes. The role assignment feature is highly effective and well planned.

Cons

It would have been nice to be able to integrate it with a few other software. We dont have any complaints though. Personio certainly does its job really well.

Janelle
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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Underrated But Very Advanced Cloud HR Solution

Reviewed on 04/01/2024

We've ad a great time so far with Personio for our HR work. We first set it up when the company was...

We've ad a great time so far with Personio for our HR work. We first set it up when the company was a lot smaller, and it's held together very well during our expansion. It has a very simplistic interface which is a big positive for us, the reporting features work well, and the ATS module is very detailed and has a lot of advanced features. 10/10 would recommend.

Pros

The interface is much more up to date than the other tools we evauated. This made it a lot easier for us to start using it fully in te beginning, and has made it easy to maintain since.

Other than that, we really enjoy the automated workflows for setting up alerts, emails, etc.

Cons

It was missing a couple integrations that we really wanted, and there's the odd bug here and there, but we don't really have anything too big to complain about

Grazia
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10

Just 1 word to say hopeless software

Reviewed on 22/10/2023

very bad in fact we are switching to another software

very bad in fact we are switching to another software

Pros

Honestly it's the worst HR service I ever used in 5+ years of experience

Cons

A lot of bugs - constantly, the CS never replies and cannot help, a lot of features are extra = you need to pay

Peter
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  • Industry: Consumer Goods
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Intuitive,

Reviewed on 23/05/2024

Very positive. General usability is excellent.

Very positive. General usability is excellent.

Pros

I appreciated that multiple managerial functions that were previously in disparate systems (i.e. time tracking, candidate management, job postings) are available in a single place.

Cons

No strong drawbacks that I have observed.

Kelly
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  • Industry: Consumer Goods
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Personio Review

Reviewed on 19/04/2024

its Good Personio has very friendly people working for them and the tool does help a lot with day...

its Good Personio has very friendly people working for them and the tool does help a lot with day to day business

Pros

I like that its a easy to understand product and also the logic it uses is very simple and understandable too.

Cons

it has no buildable logic between fields which can cause for incorrect data and also personio is still very Germany focused it becomes very difficult for our other countries with the tool since it can not fully attend to their needs

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Personio FAQs

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Personio offers the following pricing plans:

  • Pricing model: Subscription
  • Free Trial: Not Available

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 Staff Efficiency Suite, Circula, CodeSubmit, Culture Amp, Dataddo, Engagedly, Evalea, GitHub, Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Workspace, Greenhouse, Greenhouse PM, HelloID, HeyJobs, Hrider, Indeed, Lanes & Planes, Lattice, Leapsome, Ledgy, LinkedIn Jobs, LinkedIn Recruiter, Localyze, LoopNow, MOCO, Merge, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Outlook, MoBerries, Molteo, MuchSkills, Okta, Recruitee, Rydoo, Shyftplan, Slack, Small Improvements, Staffomatic, Teamtailor, Timr, Wellbeing Warrior, Workable, Workademy, Workday Peakon Employee Voice, Workpath, ZEP, ZMI, askDANTE, easyJOB, vyble, yoffix

Personio offers the following support options:

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

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