Compare/Head to head

Employee Passport vs Personio

Same facts, side by side: starting price, free tier, MCP, API and what each one is actually built for.

Starting price

UK employee management software for small businesses, bought alone from £20/mo for 1 to 10 staff or bundled with named HR advisers from £150/mo and HR plus Health & Safety support from £250/mo, all excluding VAT. Built for owners who want the records and the people to act on them from one supplier.

Where Employee Passport fits

  • UK SMEs under 50 staff that want records, absence and onboarding in one place
  • Owners without an in-house HR person who want qualified advisers on call
  • Logistics, hospitality, care and manufacturing firms with Health & Safety duties
  • Businesses that want HR, safety and software under one contract

Personio

Sales-quoted

HR platform for small and mid-sized companies, mainly in Europe, with HRIS, recruiting and payroll prep. Pricing is quote-based.

Where Personio fits

  • 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

At a glance

DetailEmployee PassportPersonio
Starting price£20/moSales-quoted
Free tier–No–No
MCP server–No–No
Public API–No✓Yes
Listed underHRIS, HR compliance, Onboarding, Time & attendanceATS, HRIS, Payroll

Where they pull apart

Employee Passport

Stands out: Few HR tools sell the software and the advisers as one package: CIPD Level 5 HR consultants and NEBOSH-qualified safety consultants work from the same hub your records live in, build a year-ahead action plan from an audit and help complete the tasks. Software setup runs over four separate days for admins, managers, employees and a final review.

Watch out: It is built for UK employment law and UK SMEs, priced in pounds and sold by demo; standalone software above 10 employees and support for 51+ staff are quoted. There are no published integrations, API, payroll or recruiting features, and no outside reviews to check yet. It is a small company based in Chester.

Not the right fit for

  • Employers outside the UK and Ireland
  • Teams that need an ATS, recruiting or payroll in the same system
  • Companies that need a documented API or ready-made integrations

Personio

Stands out: Core HR, time tracking, recruiting and payroll prep in one system, with over 200 marketplace integrations.

Watch out: No published price. Every active user counts as a license, and API access for custom integrations is on the Core Pro plan, not Core.

Not the right fit for

  • US-only employers wanting US payroll
  • Buyers who need a published price

Pros and cons

Employee Passport

  • Software and qualified HR and safety advisers in one package
  • Published price bands up to 50 employees
  • Month-to-month software with guided four-day setup
  • UK focused, prices in GBP excluding VAT
  • No published integrations or API
  • Software price above 10 employees not published

Personio

  • HRIS, time and recruiting in one system
  • 200+ marketplace integrations
  • Public API on Core Pro
  • No published price
  • API access limited to Core Pro
  • Payroll is preliminary, not full US payroll

What each one costs

Employee Passport

£20/mo

All prices exclude VAT. Standalone EPL Hub software starts at £20/mo for 1 to 10 employees; larger teams get a quote. HR Support plus software runs from £150/mo (0 to 10 employees) to £350/mo (41 to 50), and Complete HR plus Health & Safety plus software from £250/mo to £550/mo across the same bands; 51+ employees is quoted. Support is pay as you go or a 12-month agreement with the price fixed for the term, and software is month to month. Sales run through a free demo. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 20 Oct 2026

Personio

Sales-quoted

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

Common questions

Can you try Employee Passport or Personio for free?
Neither carries a free tier on our listing.

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Editorial listings, never paid rankings. Prices checked 20 Oct 2026. Confirm current terms on the vendor site. Spot an error?