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A company buying HR software asks what an employee costs per month, whether the price is visible before meeting the seller and whether information security is verified with a certificate. These decide 50 points out of a hundred.
Score shows how the company does on our comparison criteria, on a 0–100 scale. Rankings cannot be bought.
Basic metrics · 73.5
+ The starting price (from 7.60 €/employee/month) is publicly displayed, which is exceptional in the HR sector
Basic metrics: 73.5, rank 1 · no change
Basic metrics · 71.1
+ The starting price (from 8 $/user/month) and a free trial are publicly displayed
Basic metrics: 71.1, rank 3 · ▲ 1 place
– ISO 27001 information security certificate: The security page redirects to the trust.factorial.co page, which shows a bot check that was not bypassed. The security policy describes the information security system according to the ISO/IEC 27001 requirements, but does not mention certification.
Basic metrics · 71.2
+ Pricing is exceptionally open: Core 10 $, Pro 17 $ and Elite 25 $ per employee/month are publicly visible
Basic metrics: 71.2, rank 2 · ▼ 1 place
– ISO 27001 information security certificate: ISO 27001 certification is not mentioned on the security page. The page mentions an annual SOC 2 audit. Checked the company's security page.
Basic metrics · 64.3
+ The only domestic system in this comparison: user interface and support in Finnish, and the business ID (Y-tunnus) is shown on the contact page
Basic metrics: 64.3, rank 4 · no change
– Starting price: The price is given only as a personal quote. The pricing page has a calculator, but no price per employee.
Basic metrics · 54.7
+ A modern platform aimed at growing companies, with extensive HR modules (payroll, skills, working time, compensation)
Basic metrics: 54.7, rank 5 · no change
– Starting price: The pricing page has no price, only a demo request. Pricing page checked.
Basic metrics · 46.7
+ Very comprehensive HCM suite for large enterprises: core HR, skills, payroll, workforce management and analytics
Basic metrics: 46.7, rank 6 · no change
– Starting price: The product page has no price, only a demo and sales contact. Checked the HCM product page.
Weights are fixed. All companies are measured on the same scale. Read the full methodology.
| Buying motive | What is measured | Scale | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starting price QUESTIONWhat does the cheapest public package cost per employee per month? | Price of the cheapest package stated on the company's page per employee per month (euros or dollars, excluding VAT). | 5 or fewer = 100 points, 25 or more = 0, in between directly proportional. Currencies are not converted. | 24 p |
| Price is shown before purchase QUESTIONCan I see the price without the seller contacting me? | Whether the pricing page has a public price as a figure or only a quote or demo request. | Public price on the page = 100, quote or demo only = 0. | 13 p |
| ISO 27001 security certificate QUESTIONIs the service's information security verified with the ISO 27001 standard? | Whether the company mentions ISO 27001 certification on its own page. | ISO 27001 stated on the page = 100, not stated = 0. | 13 p |
| Basic metrics | Digital quality, transparency, reachability and AI quality score | Basic metrics × 0.5 | 50 p |
We scored 6 HR systems for human resources management on 20 metrics: technical quality, transparency, reachability and AI quality. The key question in the HR field: is the price revealed without a quote request, where is your staff's data located (EU or outside it) and does the system work in Finnish?
Price (per employee/month or package price) publicly shown without contacting the company (25), free trial or demo and its terms stated (15), HR modules and integrations (payroll, working time) stated (15), GDPR compliance and location of personal data stated (15), Finnish-language interface or service (10), contract term and cancellation stated (10), operating company or owner stated on the site (10)
Transparency is 30% of the basic metrics, i.e. 15% of the total points · these metrics make up its 100 points · the full formula and the other pillars
How to read the comparison correctly: Half of the points come from buyer's questions, i.e. things the buyer finds out before deciding. The other half measures how openly the company publishes its prices, terms and contact details. Clear differences in points indicate a genuine difference: one tells you the price immediately, another only after logging in. Close scores should not be read as a ranking order, because every measurement has a margin of variation. The measurement accuracy and the full calculation formula are open in the methodology.
Customer experience is brought into the assessment separately. We also collect customer feedback and customer experiences about companies through separate surveys. The survey results will be added to the overall assessment later.
The biggest transparency question in the HR sector is price. A large share of HR system vendors do not publish a price at all but direct you to a quote request and demo. We measure the level by whether the price is visible without making contact: BambooHR (from 10 $/employee/month), Factorial (from 8 $/user/month) and Personio (from 7.60 €/employee/month) publish a starting price, whereas Workday, HiBob and Sympa give a price only as a quote.
Employee data is sensitive, so where the data is located is decisive. EU-based vendors such as Personio (Germany) and Factorial (Spain) keep data in the EU, which makes it easier to meet GDPR requirements. The US-based BambooHR hosts data in the United States and Workday is global, while HiBob offers EU data residency but its parent company is outside the EU. Of the systems that work in Finnish, Sympa is the only domestic one in this comparison.
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