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Compared on published pricing and documentation · checked 2026-09-16

Leavo vs Personio

Personio: A European HR platform where absence management is one feature of a full HRIS. Leavo: leave, time and shifts in one platform, free under nine. Here is how they line up on what you pay, what you get, and who each one actually suits.

Reviewed ·By Thoth·Leavo link is an affiliate link; Personio is not

The short version

Pick Personio if you need an HRIS — digital personnel files, onboarding, reporting, payroll preparation — not a leave tracker. Pick Leavo if leave is the problem you are actually solving, and you do not want to buy an HR suite to fix it, or if you want time tracking and shift planning included rather than bolted on. Neither runs payroll.

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Side by side

LeavoPersonio
Price from Free under nine members; then $448 a year (Professional) or $747 a year (Premium) for 15 members — about $2.49 to $4.15 per user per month From €7.60 per employee per month; two plans, Core and Core Pro, neither priced individually on the page
Fifteen people, leave only $37.33 a month on Professional; $62.25 on Premium From about €114 a month at the entry price — the actual figure comes from a quote
Free plan Yes — under nine members No
Free trial 30 days, no card No free trial advertised on the pricing page; the call to action is "Book a demo"
Minimum None 12-month minimum run-time on the yearly subscription
What it covers Leave, time tracking and shift planning in every tier Core: employee profiles, documents and e-signatures (limited), analytics, workflow automation, time tracking, preliminary payroll, absence management. Core Pro adds position management, unlimited documents and legal entities, API access and workforce planning. Recruiting, performance, compensation and surveys are separate.
Time tracking Yes — planned vs actual sessions, automatic overtime, day and week validation, badge/device support Yes — included from the Core plan
Shift planning Yes — draft, publish, auto-lock; copy-week; change requests No shift-planning module listed on the pricing page
Multi-country holidays Yes — public holidays for 100+ countries, per policy group Multi-country support is a vendor claim; verify the locations you need
Compliance checks Swiss CCT and French CCN presets with weekly checks Legal entity management and country-specific document handling; no Swiss CCT or French CCN working-time checks
Integrations AI assistant (chat and voice); clock devices; API (per vendor) Marketplace integrations; API access on Core Pro
Best for Small teams that want dedicated leave tracking without a full HRIS European companies of roughly 50–1,000 people that want one system for files, absence, time and payroll preparation

Leavo figures from its pricing page and product pages; Personio figures from its pricing page. Both checked 2026-09-16. List prices change — confirm before buying.

Pick Personio if

  • You need an HRIS — digital personnel files, onboarding, reporting, payroll preparation — not a leave tracker
  • You are large enough that a 12-month commitment and a sales-led purchase are normal for you
  • You want European data residency and a product built around EU employment practice

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Pick Leavo if

  • Leave is the problem you are actually solving, and you do not want to buy an HR suite to fix it
  • You are under nine people and want it free, or want a published price rather than a demo call
  • You need shift planning alongside leave and hours
  • You employ under a Swiss CCT or French CCN and want working-time compliance checks

What this comparison can and cannot tell you

Everything above comes from the two vendors’ published pricing and product documentation. It tells you what each product is designed to do and what it costs. It does not tell you how either behaves over a year with a real team — whether a carryover cap fires on the right date, or what the audit log records after a policy edit. Our Leavo review lists exactly what has and has not been verified and publishes the test protocol.

Common questions

Which is cheaper for a team of 15, Leavo or Personio?

On list prices checked 2026-09-16: Leavo Professional is $448 a year, about $37 a month for 15 members. Personio is From about €114 a month at the entry price — the actual figure comes from a quote. The yearly subscription has a minimum run-time of 12 months. Personio states there are no additional monthly costs on top of the monthly fee, but the talent modules (recruiting, performance, compensation, surveys) are separate additions. Below nine members Leavo is free and Personio is not.

Does Personio do time tracking and shifts like Leavo?

Personio: Yes — included from the Core plan. Shifts: No shift-planning module listed on the pricing page. Leavo includes time tracking and shift planning alongside leave in every tier.

Can I switch from one to the other without losing balances?

Both publish balance reports or exports that can be re-entered as opening balances in the other tool. Do the switch at a leave-year boundary where possible, export the audit history first, and keep the old account read-only for a year in case a departing employee disputes a balance.

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