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HCM Software and Service Provider Overview DACH 100 – 2025
Introduction
Which HCM software and managed service most effectively support the achievement of our corporate objectives? This is the question that CHROs must answer. Provider-specific terminology, grand marketing promises, and complex contracts create opacity and make the selection process difficult. Provider overviews showing metrics such as revenue or customer numbers are of limited help.
That’s why the LKPU analysis highlights what truly matters to clients: the scope of functionality as well as the level of service and integration offered by each provider. Similar providers are grouped accordingly, and the table is structured by these groups.
This offers a clear and practical starting point for companies seeking orientation — and helps them critically assess their own requirements in order to achieve their business goals.
HCM Software and Payroll Service Providers in Germany - 2025
| Software | Company | Software provider | Managed Payroll | Geography | Functionality | Customer Size | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core HR | Pay | Time | Workforce Planning | Recruit & Onboard | Talent & Performance | LMS | ||||||
| Abacus HR / Payroll | Abacus | OEM & SaaS | ✓ | Regional | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Small, Medium |
| ACCURAT HCM | SD Worx | OEM & SaaS | ✓ | Regional | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Small, Medium, Large |
| adata Personalmanagement | adata Software | OEM & SaaS | ✓ | Local | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | Small, Medium |
| Addison SBS Lohn | Wolters Clouver | OEM & SaaS | ✗ | Global | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Small, Medium |
| ADP Easy Pay (ED Lohn) | ADP | SaaS | ✓ | Global | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Small, Medium |
| ADP Smart Pay (LogaHR) | ADP | SaaS | ✓ | Global | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Medium, Large |
| Agenda | Agenda Informationssysteme | OEM & SaaS | ✗ | Local | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Small, Medium |
| Atoria People Business Suite | Atoria | OEM & SaaS | ✗ | Regional | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Small, Medium, Large |
| ATOSS | ATOSS Software | OEM & SaaS | ✗ | Regional | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Small, Medium, Large |
| BambooHR | BambooHR | OEM & SaaS | ✗ | Global | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Small, Medium |
| Blue Tem | Blue Tem | OEM & SaaS | ✗ | Local | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Small, Medium |
| Bracht Lohn | Bracht | OEM & SaaS | ✓ | Local | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Small, Medium |
| BRZ-HR (PAISY) | Bremer Rechenzentrum (BRZ) | SaaS | ✓ | Local | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Small, Medium, Large |
| BRZ-HR (PAISY) | ICS adminservice | SaaS | ✓ | Local | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Small, Medium, Large |
| cegid Talentsoft | cegid Talentsoft | OEM & SaaS | ✗ | Global | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Medium, Large |
| Cleverlohn | Cleverlohn | OEM & SaaS | ✓ | Local | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Small, Medium |
| comvaHRo All‑In HR Suite | comvaHRo | OEM & SaaS | ✓ | Local | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Small, Medium, Large |
| CornerstoneOnDemand | CornerstoneOnDemand | OEM & SaaS | ✗ | Global | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Medium, Large |
| CultureAmp | CultureAmp | OEM & SaaS | ✗ | Global | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | Small, Medium, Large |
| Darwinbox | Darwinbox | OEM & SaaS | ✗ | Global | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Medium, Large |
| DATAC Lohn | DATAC | OEM & SaaS | ✓ | Local | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Small, Medium |
| DATALINE Lohnabzug | DATALINE Lohnabzug | OEM & SaaS | ✗ | Local | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Small, Medium |
| DATEV | Dayforce | OEM & SaaS | ✓ | Local | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Small |
| DATEV LODAS | DATEV | OEM & SaaS | ✗ | Local | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Small, Medium, Large |
| Dayforce | Dayforce | OEM & SaaS | ✓ | Global | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Medium, Large |
| Deel | Deel | OEM & SaaS | ✓ | Global | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Medium, Large |
| DKS ProPERS | Daten-Kontroll-Systeme | OEM & SaaS | ✓ | Local | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Small, Medium, Large |
| Dyflexis | Dyflexis | OEM & SaaS | ✗ | Regional | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Small, Medium, Large |
| ectool | Eckhardt | OEM & SaaS | ✓ | Local | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Small, Medium, Large |
| ED Lohn | Eurodata | OEM & SaaS | ✗ | Local | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Small, Medium |
| eGecko HR Suite | CSS AG Egecko | OEM & SaaS | ✓ | Local | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | Small, Medium |
| Factorial | Everyday Software | OEM & SaaS | ✗ | Global | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Small, Medium |
| Gastromatic | vertical cloud solution | OEM & SaaS | ✓ | Local | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Small, Medium |
| GDI Personalwirtschaft | GDI Software | OEM & SaaS | ✗ | Local | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Small, Medium |
| GFOS.Workforce Management | GFOS | OEM & SaaS | ✗ | Regional | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Small, Medium, Large |
| Hamburger Software | Hamburger Software | OEM & SaaS | ✗ | Local | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Small, Medium |
| Hansalog Vision | Hansalog | OEM & SaaS | ✓ | Local | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Small, Medium |
| Haufe People Operations | Haufe | OEM & SaaS | ✗ | Local | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Small, Medium, Large |
| Helix | Perbility | OEM & SaaS | ✗ | Local | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Small, Medium, Large |
| Hi Bob | Hi Bob | OEM & SaaS | ✗ | Global | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Medium, Large |
| HR Campus Suite | HR Campus | OEM & SaaS | ✓ | Local | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Small, Medium |
| HR Lab | HR Lab | OEM & SaaS | ✗ | Local | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Small, Medium |
| HR-Suite Flex | Abacus Umantis | OEM & SaaS | ✗ | Regional | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Small, Medium |
| HR-Suite SmartKMU | Abacus Umantis | OEM & SaaS | ✗ | Regional | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Large Companies |
| HRWorx | HRWorx | OEM & SaaS | ✓ | Regional | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Small, Medium |
| HSC-LohnPlus | HSC Software | OEM & SaaS | ✓ | Local | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Small, Medium |
| Infoniqa HR | Infoniqa | OEM & SaaS | ✓ | Regional | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Small, Medium |
| Infor Global HR | Infor | OEM & SaaS | ✗ | Global | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Medium, Large |
| INTEGRA Lohn & Gehalt | ORGA-SOFT Organisation und Software | OEM & SaaS | ✗ | Local | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Small, Medium, Large |
| KDV-Lohn | KDV Kanne Datenverarbeitung | OEM & SaaS | ✓ | Local | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Small, Medium, Large |
| Kenjo | Kenjo | OEM & SaaS | ✗ | Regional | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||