Scalable HRIS for Time Tracking, Payroll & Compliance
Grade: B — Score: 80/100
Tellent HR is built on a secure platform that integrates essential HR functions, allowing organizations to manage employee data, payroll, and compliance seamlessly. With a focus on automation, Tellent HR enhances operational efficiency by reducing manual tasks and streamlining processes.
The platform features automated workflows that create smooth employee journeys from hiring to offboarding. This includes personalized onboarding experiences, ongoing development pathways, and compliance training, ensuring that employees have a structured and supportive journey throughout their tenure.
Additionally, Tellent HR prioritizes risk management by providing tools for whistleblowing and ensuring compliance with regulations. The platform is designed to protect employee privacy while maintaining transparency and accountability, thus fostering a secure work environment.
Manage (Core HRIS): Quote only (annual contract). Third-party sources report from approximately €83/mo or $111/mo, scaling by employee count. 20% discount available for annual billing per third-party reports.
Grow (Performance Management): Quote only (annual contract). Third-party sources report from approximately €83/mo or $111/mo, scaling by employee count.
Manage + Grow (Full HR Platform): Quote only. Combined price negotiated per employee count.
Add-Ons: Quote only. Pricing varies per add-on.
Consider switching to BambooHR: BambooHR offers similar HRIS functionalities with a focus on small to medium-sized businesses.
BambooHR publishes pricing on its website starting around $10 per employee per month and bundles US payroll, ATS, and benefits administration in one suite. Tellent HR is quote-only, sold as two modules (Manage HRIS at around €83/mo and Grow performance at around €83/mo, scaling by employee count), and prepares payroll data for export to providers like DATEV rather than running payroll itself. BambooHR fits US-based teams that want one tool with native ACA reporting and 401(k) administration, while Tellent HR fits European SMBs needing GDPR-by-design compliance, multi-country public holiday support, and an EU Whistleblower Directive module.
Personio is the deeper European HRIS for 50-2,000 employee companies with stronger recruiting, payroll automation, and approval workflows than Tellent HR. Tellent HR is simpler, cheaper, and faster to deploy, with customers like Lémasonn Consulting and WEDO citing rapid setup as a primary reason for switching from spreadsheet-based HR. Choose Personio if you have a dedicated HR team and complex multi-entity operations; choose Tellent HR if you want a working HRIS for under 200 employees without consultants and a long implementation.
Yes. Tellent HR is sold as two independent modules: Manage covers the Core HRIS (employee database, time and attendance, absences, payroll prep, expense management, journeys, whistleblowing) while Grow covers performance management (reviews, 360° feedback, OKRs, engagement surveys, training, skills). Each module is around €83/mo or $111/mo per third-party reports, scaling by employee count. You can start with one and add the other later without data migration since they share the same employee record.
Tellent HR prepares payroll data and integrates with providers but does not run payroll itself. The Manage module gathers salary information, automatically calculated working hours, expense reimbursements, and absence-driven adjustments into pay sheets, then exports to providers like DATEV or pushes data through the API to other systems. For native payroll processing, you would need a separate payroll provider; for US payroll specifically, Gusto or Paychex Flex would handle the actual filing that Tellent HR does not.
Yes. Tellent HR added a terminal-based Clock-In Station in Q3 2025 specifically for shift workers, frontline staff, and deskless teams who do not have personal devices. Hours are accurately tracked across roles and locations, with automatic overtime and break calculations syncing directly to payroll preparation. The web and mobile apps continue to support workers who do have devices, so mixed workforces can use both methods on the same platform.
Yes. The Manage module includes a dedicated Whistleblowing channel that anonymizes incoming reports, applies strict access controls so case managers cannot see reporter personal details, and gives reporters a private access code to track case progress. The module is designed to satisfy the EU Whistleblower Directive's requirement for secure internal reporting channels in companies with 50 or more employees. Most US-built HRIS platforms either do not offer this or sell it as an expensive add-on.
No. Tellent's AI Statement, last updated 11 February 2026, explicitly states that customer data is not used to train AI models or for any secondary purposes beyond providing the service. This applies to the AI-powered insights in the Grow module, the HR Assistant in the Manage module, and any future AI features. Tellent is SOC 2 Type II audited annually and ISO 27001 certified, with EU data residency through the Amsterdam-based legal entity Recruitee B.V.
Tellent HR offers an 18-day free trial without a credit card, accessible via the Try for free button on every product page. The trial includes data import via CSV so you can set up with your real employee data rather than dummy records, which is unusually generous for an enterprise-style HRIS. If you do not subscribe within 30 days of trial expiry, all stored data is permanently deleted, a policy explicitly documented in the employee database FAQ on the vendor site.
Yes. The two products share infrastructure and an integration layer, so hired candidates flow directly from Tellent Recruitee into Tellent HR's pre-onboarding journey at the moment of offer acceptance, eliminating duplicate data entry. This is the main reason to buy both together rather than mixing Tellent HR with a non-Tellent ATS. Tellent HR also integrates with external ATS platforms via the marketplace and Zapier, including BambooHR ATS, Softgarden, and Flatchr.
CSV import is supported during the 18-day free trial, so you can load your existing employee records before deciding to subscribe. The import covers personal data, employment dates, absence balances, and team structure, with employees able to update their own profiles via the self-service portal afterward to fill any gaps. Outbound, you can export employee data at any time via the GDPR data portability rights covered in the privacy policy, plus role-based data export for monthly leave records, payroll data, and HR reports.