# Page 7 | Personio Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 7 - Is Personio the right Human Resources solution for you? Explore 312 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/158622/Personio/reviews --- Personio 4.3 (312) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/158622/Personio/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated April 20th, 2026 # Page 7 - Reviews of Personio ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 151-175 of 312 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use HH Hendrik H. Director of Global People Services Retail Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Sehr gutes Preis-/ Leistungsverhältnis" April 2, 2024 4.0 Pros Intuitive Handling; Individuelle Anpassungsmöglichkeiten; Kontinuierliche Produkt-Optimierung Cons Bei individuellen Kundenanforderungen manchmal etwas starr Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Videoproducer Media Production Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Good software to keep track of your working hours" December 14, 2021 4.0 Pros I like that you feel like you have everything in one platform. From time tracking to your documents like your monthly payroll. What I really like is that you can easily enter your working hours in a field and then edit the next day directly after saving the last one. Cons I don't like the Vacation day system. Sometimes the system doesn't recognize that I have more vacation days because I have worked more days last month (therefore entered more working hours) Review Source RP Regina P. Personalreferat Civic & Social Organization Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Nutzerfreundlichkeit" April 12, 2024 4.0 Pros \-Recruiting Tool - HR Management - toller Support Cons \- Performance und Entwicklung unabhängig von Schulung Review Source CK Claudia K. Onboarding Koordinatorin Financial Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Ein rundum gelungenes System" March 22, 2024 5.0 Personio ist ein rundum gelungenes System mit einfacher Bedienung und übersichtlicher Oberfläche. Durch die Möglichkeit, dass alle Mitarbeiter ihr Profil und persönliche Daten selbständig bearbeiten können, wird die Personalsachbearbeitung erheblich entlastet. Pros Es ist sehr übersichtlich und einfach gestaltet. Sehr benutzerfreundlich und es ist alles mit wenigen Klicks aufrufbar. Seit das System Personio bei uns im Unternehmen eingeführt wurde, hat es den Arbeitsablauf vereinfacht. Cons Es gibt aktuell keine Nachteile über das System Personio zu berichten. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Senior HR Manager Renewables & Environment Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Perfect usability and a great holistic system!" September 11, 2019 5.0 Pros The holistic approach of Personio. Therefore they can provide the perfect solution for small and medium sized companies. Personio has well-thought-out-workflows that are very individually customizable! Cons There a still several features I wish to have (like the reminder function of applicant tags ;)), but these are only small things! Alternatives considered [perbit](https://www.capterra.com/p/174761/Perbit-insight/) Reason for choosing Personio Better usability, fast product further development, more suitable to our needs (startup) Review Source RR Rene R. Projektmanager Civic & Social Organization Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Durchweg positiv" April 19, 2024 5.0 Pros Gute Übersicht der Bewerber Einfaches "versenden" von Lohnscheinen Cons mehrmalige Veränderung der Startseite Suchfunktion sehr eingeschränkt Keine mobile App Review Source LH Lucas H. Entrepreneur in Residence Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Compelling HR software which fits needs of startups" April 17, 2024 4.0 Pros I'm working for a scale-up in Munich in the B2B SaaS field. Most recently, I joint the firm and went through the HR onboarding process - Personio was curcial part of this and central source of truth for the whole onboarding process. Having said this, I really like the onboarding checklist. Moreover, time recording and absence leave request seems pretty straight forward for me. Thus, I really like Personio from a user perspective. Cons I find the team absence dashboard somewhat overloading. Moreover, it would be beneficial to have a direct link to completed tasks (history). Review Source LP Lara P. HR Manager Transportation/Trucking/Railroad Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Personio is crucial to our daily business" April 12, 2024 4.0 Pros Document Creation Tools Exports are really helpful Cons Constant changes of User Interface is confusing Loading times Review Source PR Pedro R. Operator Airlines/Aviation Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Great Platform" April 19, 2024 5.0 Time tracking, team calendar and absence management are all gathered with the information in a more practical way. Pros It is always adapting to suit even more our necessities and focusing on the most important aspects. Cons Some mobile functions does not have all the features working at its peak. Review Source AW Anne W. HR Manager Internet Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "no more excel files, all informationen together when we need it. webbased!" June 13, 2017 5.0 We have more time to spent in other subjects, no more excel lists and very important. All the informationen are current all the time and available to everyone from anywhere at any time. Pros It is very easy to use, even if you are not that talented in software/IT, it is very very dynamic and adaptable and the combination in Admininstration and recruiting is perfekt. Personio saves almost half of all work steps and you can include the employee excellent in many of the processes. The allocation of roles works very well and is very thoughtful. And what we really have to highlight. The Customer Support!! Very helpful, professionell and friendly!!! And a very good thing. The Webinare!! this is a perfekt way to get to know everything even better. Cons There is actually nothing i do not like about the software. It ist very very complex and I still have the feeling that I only know and use 50% of it. But that is a problem I have!! It is not about the software. I have to spent more time on it! Maybe one thing: holiday: if there is a termination and I I finish the employment relationship in Personio the paid vacation days are still the same and do not automaticaly reduce. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer CMO Accounting Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "gestión de recursos humanos, recruiting y nóminas" August 31, 2023 3.0 Pros Soporte de atención al cliente resolutivo y la posibilidad de integrarse con Zapier y Make con aplicaciones de terceros. Cons La parte de evaluación del desempeño de los empleados es básica. Switched from [Skello](https://www.capterra.com/p/179936/Skello/) Buscaba un software más generalista Review Source CD Cedric D. HR Director Chemicals Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Intuitive und sehr gute HR Software - die ständig weiterentwickelt wird!" April 16, 2024 5.0 Pros \- Reduzierung Einarbeitungszeit - Reduzierung HR & Mitarbeiter Administrationsaufwand - Performance Tracking: Digitale Erfassung von Karrierezielen, KPIs und Leistungen - Digitales Feedback: Produktives Feedback digital zentralisieren und aufzeichnen - Digitales Recruiting: Digitale Abbildung von Recruiting Prozessen, Automatisierungen der Kernprozesse und E-Signatur für das Versenden von Verträgen - Reduktion Recruiting Administration Cons Bis dato noch nichts festgestellt. Wünschenswert Optimierung Darstellung Arbeitszeiten im Schichtsystem. Switched from [PersistIQ](https://www.capterra.com/p/143625/PersistIQ/) Persis ist das bestehende System. Konnte hier nicht ausgewählt werden. Review Source LK Lydia K. HR Manager Warehousing Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Just perfect" February 27, 2020 5.0 Pros What I like most about the operating system is that it contains a variety of functions, and as a result, covers the entire Personnel Department. From holiday requests to recruitment, every function is included. Since we have started using Personio, we have realised that we now spend more time on other HR tasks instead of a large chunk of our day being dedicated to administration tasks. I particularly like that our employees are required to work together with our department, and are automatically informed if they have failed to provide a doctor’s note for sick leave for example. Previously, we needed to constantly chase-up employees for documents such as these. Additionally, we now have a system that all employees from our Accounting and HR Departments can access, and no longer need to rely on confusing MS Excel spreadsheets. Cons I would say that I like everything about Personio. What I sometimes wish for would be an instant messaging option that could be used to send messages directly to employees via Personio. Besides this, we are very satisfied with the operating system. Review Source AF Andreas F. CFO / CIO Design Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Schlechter Service, sehr schlechte Performance und umständliche Bedienung" June 15, 2022 1.0 Ich würde Personio nicht wieder einführen im Unternehmen. Pros Grundsätzlich ist der Grundgedanke, alle Personalinformationen in einem Portal zu verwalten sinnvoll, jedoch nicht gut umgesetzt. Cons \- Sehr schlechte Performance (teilweise über 10 Sekunden, bis der Seitenwechsel fertig ist) - Umständliche Bedienung (eine Freigabe benötigt 7 Klicks um die Aufgabe als erledigt zu markieren) - Probleme kann man über die Hilfe melden - werden aber nicht bearbeitet, da dies nur der Admin darf - Antworten vom Service-Management sind ausweichend und werden nicht wirklich beantwortet - Mangelhafte Übersichtlichkeit (die Summe der noch zu verplanenden Tage sind nicht ersichtlich und müssen mühevoll zusammengesucht werden) - Verbesserungsvorschläge werden nicht umgesetzt, obwohl dies versprochen wurde Review Source GM Grazia M. Manager Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Just 1 word to say hopeless software" October 22, 2023 2.0 very bad in fact we are switching to another software Pros Honestly it's the worst HR service I ever used in 5+ years of experience Cons A lot of bugs - constantly, the CS never replies and cannot help, a lot of features are extra = you need to pay Review Source EV Erika V. HR Manager Biotechnology Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "my Personio" March 4, 2021 5.0 Super service, man bekommt immer jemanden ans Telefon wenn es brennt. Alle kennen sich gut aus und können mir in kurzer Zeit helfen. Bitte weiter so. Es gibt nichts Schlimmeres als in "Hotlines zu verhungern" Habe ich bei Personio noch nie erlebt. Und wenn alle besetzt sind, bekomme ich immer einen Rückruf. Bitte unbedingt so weitermachen. Ist für mich eine der wichtigsten Punkte! Pros das ich keine Excel-Listen mehr führen muss, die immer fehleranfällig sind. Und dass jeder Mitarbeiter transparent auf seine Unterlagen zu jeder Zeit zugreifen kann Cons manchmal sind bei Einstellungen oder z.B. Veränderungen von Rollen zu viele Arbeitsschritte zu beachten Reason for choosing Personio Personio war schon länger am Markt und hatte bessere Features im Angebot Review Source AZ Anna Z. Junior Finance Managerq Financial Services Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Great tool for monitoring all your HR related tasks" September 3, 2019 5.0 We have saved a lot of time preparing the pay rolls for our employees as we had to do it all manually before and now it's just a couple of clicks. We also use their documents storage and each employee knows where to find their important information instead asking the HR manager or look for it on google docs. The benefits and time saving definitely outweigh the costs of this app. Pros The support is great. Everyone I have talked to on the phone was aways super nice and helpful. I also like the fact that they take your feedback seriously and suggest the things you mentioned to their product team and might implement solutions that will make the tool even better for you and your team. Cons It's not easy to set up because it's very detailed- that's why you have an implementation manager to help you with that. I also have to use their support quite often when I want to change something, because I'm afraid that it'll adjust things I didn't want to change. Alternatives considered [BambooHR](https://www.capterra.com/p/110968/BambooHR/) Reason for choosing Personio It's just superior to all the other tools out there. Switched from [Cintra People](https://www.capterra.com/p/175844/Appogee-HR/) Switched from an American to a German tool to align with GDPR rules and have more features. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Growth Marketing Manager Human Resources Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Good HRIS to have an overview on all the People topics" February 6, 2023 5.0 Personio is a great HRIS and gives me full satisfaction as a user. It allows me to see all the important hr related topics really quick and the experience is seamless. Pros \- It's easy to find the information we are looking for, the UI is really nice. - It can be adapted to different countries' specifications (ex: specific holidays for certain countries).- You receive email notifications when your absence gets approved Cons \- We should be able to login with the SSO from Google/Microsoft account, it takes quite some time to log in.- Notifications should be more personalized and extended (example: being able to set up notification when a payslip is available). Review Source AL Adelina L. Personalsachbearbeiterin Information Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Personio sehr gutes System" March 22, 2024 4.0 Pros einfach zu bedienen und sehr übersichtlich Cons manchmal kommt ein Fehlermeldung wenn man etwas im System hochlädt Review Source RW Roman W. Finance Manager Financial Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Gutes Tool für die HR Abteilung" February 26, 2024 5.0 Pros Personio ermöglicht eine sehr einfache Urlaubs- und Vertretungsplanung, die Mitarbeiter bekommen eine schnelle Übersicht über ihre verfügbaren Urlaubstage und ebenso die Tage, in denen sie als Vertretung für andere Kollegen angefragt bzw. eingeteilt wurden. Zusätzlich werden den Mitarbeitern über Personio alle relevanten Unterlagen aus dem Personalbereich digital zur Verfügung gestellt. So liegen Arbeitsverträge, Lohnabrechnungen und weitere schriftlich festgehaltenen Dokumente an einem Ort ab. Cons Im Bereich Recruiting büßt Personio ein wenig von seiner sonst sehr intuitiven und übersichtlichen Struktur ein. Review Source SG Sonja G. Management Assistant Logistics and Supply Chain Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Great, user-friendly HR-Software for SMUs" July 15, 2019 5.0 We are a small start-up with no designated HR manager and needed a system that would allow management to manage all kind of absences (illness, holidays, business travels) and track attendance of student employees. We wanted a solution that would allow employees to manage most of the data themselves, only to be authorised or checked by management. Personio is perfect for this use. Employees can keep track of their digital personnel file, see who is in the office or absent thanks to a good all-company-absence-calender, see how much holidays they have left and plan their paid holidays (which can be authorised or declined in the system by management), upload sickness certificates and even track the worked hours. We are very happy with the performance of the system and are confident missing functionality will be developed by Personio within the next months (app etc.). I would definitely highly recommend the system. Pros The software is very intuitive, has a very attractive design and makes it fun to use it. The service ist outstanding - from the first contact with Personio all staff was super attentive, pro-active and solved all problems within hours. The implementation process was quick and easy (thank you representative!), great online tutorials are available. Cons I am missing a mobile app (in development). In some aspects the software is perfectly designed for a designated HR manager - message configuration options should be optimised for small start-ups with multi-functional staff - but nothing that could not be "solved" with a bit of trickyness ;). Review Source JW Jon W. VP Product Information Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "I could not give a clear recommendation, too buggy and weird to use" June 7, 2022 1.0 Negative, I wouldn't use this again if I was to choose. Pros Friendly customer support, but this doesn't apply to the actual software at all. I wouldn't expect to need to ask support for help with the things I need an HR system for :D Cons Seems to be full of bugs with bumpy workflows. I would expect this to be simple to use with very streamlined workflows - this is not the case. Review Source VS Vanessa S. Personalsachbearbeiterin Textiles Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Mehr als komfortabel für die tägliche Arbeit" March 18, 2024 5.0 Pros Sehr komfortabel und einfach aufgebaut. Man erhält immer schnell Hilfe und Antwort bei Problemen. Personio ist stetig in der Weiterentwicklung. Cons Bisher noch keine Nachteile erkennbar. Es ist alles tip top. Review Source KP Kamilla P. Recruiter Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Good for the low budget start ups with the job posting under 10" December 13, 2022 5.0 Decent, for the price is okay Pros Intuitive, easy to access. Also very user friendly from the perspective of candidates and employees Cons Reporting needs improvement, cannot undo certain actions Review Source SL Svenja L. Senior CSM Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Einfach zu bedienen und schönes Design" May 23, 2024 5.0 Pros \- Einfache Navigation & Aufbau des Tools - Man braucht als Nutzer kein Tutorial, um das Tool direkt bedienen zu können Cons \- Neue Navigation: hat mir davor besser gefallen; versteckter Review Source Similar Products Featured ## Send me user reviews about this product ### Fill out the form and we'll send a list of the top-rated software based on real user reviews directly to your inbox.