Personio
European HRIS plus recruiting.
Quote-based pricing API
Bottom line
HR platform for small and mid-sized companies, mainly in Europe, with HRIS, recruiting and payroll prep. Pricing is quote-based.
Stands out for: Core HR, time tracking, recruiting and payroll prep in one system, with over 200 marketplace integrations.
Watch out for: No published price. Every active user counts as a license, and API access for custom integrations is on the Core Pro plan, not Core.
Overview
Personio is an HR platform for small and mid-sized companies, with most customers in Europe. The Core plan covers employee profiles, documents and e-signatures, absence management, time tracking, workflows, reporting and preliminary payroll. Core Pro adds position management, unlimited legal entities, workforce planning, Okta and Entra ID, and API access. Recruiting, surveys, performance and compensation are add-on apps.
Teams pick Personio when they want one HR system for records, time, recruiting and payroll prep, especially across European entities. Pricing is sales-quoted, and every active user counts toward the license total. Annual upfront payment earns a 10% discount on software. The marketplace has more than 200 integrations, and a public developer API is available on Core Pro.
Who it's for
Best for
- European SMBs consolidating HR tools
- Companies wanting ATS and HRIS in one vendor
- Teams running multiple legal entities
- Buyers who want a large integration marketplace
Not ideal for
- US-only employers wanting US payroll
- Buyers who need a published price
Key features
HRIS. HRIS that often doubles as the first light ATS.
Recruiting. TA workflows inside the wider HR product.
Screenshots
Report builder
AI talent screening
AI assistant answers
Access rights settings
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MCP server
No first-party MCP. Public servers wrapping Personio are community-built and unaffiliated with the vendor.
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Pricing
Sales-quoted. No public rate card on the vendor site. Plans are Core and Core Pro; every active user counts as a license, and annual upfront payment gets 10% off software. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.
Checked 19 Sep 2026. Vendors change prices without notice.
Is Personio expensive?
Personio does not publish a price. It is one of 97 quote-based tools among the 190 ATS tools in our directory. 21 have a free tier, and those with a public price typically start around $83 a month.
- 97 quote-based
- 21 free tier
- 76 public price
Worked out automatically from every ATS listing, so it updates as the directory changes.
Pros and cons
Pros
- HRIS, time and recruiting in one system
- 200+ marketplace integrations
- Public API on Core Pro
Cons
- No published price
- API access limited to Core Pro
- Payroll is preliminary, not full US payroll
Integrations
Xero
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How Personio compares
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| Tool | Free tier | From | MCP | API | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | – | Sales-quoted | – | ✓ | |
| | – | Sales-quoted | ✓ | ✓ | Compare |
| | – | $8/user/mo | – | ✓ | Compare |
| | – | $250/mo | ✓ | ✓ | Compare |
| | – | Enterprise | – | ✓ | Compare |
Sales-quoted MCP API
Modern HRIS for mid-size teams with strong US and EU presence.
$8/user/mo API
European HRIS aimed at smaller companies with published plans.
$250/mo MCP API
US SMB HRIS if you do not need European payroll prep.
Enterprise API
Enterprise HCM suite if Personio is too small for your org.
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