Personio is a cloud-based HR platform for small and medium-sized businesses, including those operating internationally. It combines employee data management, recruiting, time tracking, payroll, HR policy and compliance management, and reporting and analytics in one system. Personio is delivered over the internet as software as a service; self-hosting is not part of the offering.
Personio is a German company headquartered in Munich. It is a privately held company financed by venture capital investors; the sources consulted name no ultimate parent outside the EU. Where the data is hosted is not stated in the sources consulted for this text. European organisations can establish this through the data processing agreement and the list of subprocessors, which also show which cloud providers are used and whether foreign legislation could apply to them. The software is not open source.