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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 ✓ ✗ ✓ ✓