Personio

Germany HR & recruitment

HR, payroll, and recruiting in one platform built for European employment law. GDPR-native, with data hosted in the EU.

Quick facts

Headquarters Munich, Germany
Company Personio SE & Co. KG
Founded 2015
Ownership VC-backed
Hosting 🇩🇪 Germany
Infrastructure Amazon AWS
Data jurisdiction EU
Open source No
GDPR Compliant
Pricing Subscription · from €3.90/employee/month
Free tier No
Platforms Web, iOS, Android
Languages
ENDEFRESITNL
66 · Mostly European
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Why does it score 66?

Legal jurisdiction
EU member-state HQ
30/30
Ownership & control
VC-backed, no non-EU parent
15/25
Data sovereignty
US cloud, EU-region hosted
10/30
Accountability & trust
GDPR compliant + audited
11/15
EuroPoints total
66/100
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Personio
Factorial
EuroPoints
66 Mostly European
66 Mostly European
Legal jurisdiction
EU member-state HQ30/30
EU member-state HQ30/30
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Ownership & control
VC-backed, no non-EU parent15/25
VC-backed, no non-EU parent15/25
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Data sovereignty
US cloud, EU-region hosted10/30
US cloud, EU-region hosted10/30
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Accountability & trust
GDPR compliant + audited11/15
GDPR compliant + audited11/15
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Independence bonus
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Headquarters
Munich, Germany
Barcelona, Spain
Founded
2015
2016
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Open source
No
No
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Infrastructure
Amazon AWS
Amazon AWS
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GDPR
✓
✓
Free tier
✗
✗
Pricing
Subscription · from €3.90/employee/month
Subscription · from €6/employee/month
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Platforms
Web, iOS, Android
Web, iOS, Android
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Languages
en, de, fr, es, it, nl
en, es, fr, de, it, pt
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What does it replace?

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