HR and project time in one tool, from 5 € per user
MetronHR against 23 vendors. Price, features up to the payroll handover to the accountant, server location and operator side by side in one table.
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No provider in mind yet?
These three pages answer the question that comes before the comparison.
- Time tracking software for SMEs: six questions, 21 providers
- Free time tracking in 2026: what is genuinely free
- Personio alternatives for businesses with fewer than 50 employees
- Time tracking for a practice with twelve employees
- Time tracking with a terminal, without a work phone and without biometrics
- Leave planning and rostering for veterinary practices, in one system
- Rostering software: which one suits which business
- Leave management: what matters in the selection
- Time tracking in a very small business: what is really needed
Already decided and the only question left is whether the data comes across? Then Switching time tracking walks through it in three steps, with the documented export route per provider.
23 Providers at a glance
Six criteria that come first in a selection conversation. Every row leads to the full comparison with prices, server location and sources.
| Provider | Price from | Servers in DE | Operator not a US group | HR file | Shift plan | Project time | Price public | Features |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MetronHR | from 5 €/user | 18/18 | ||||||
| absence.io | from 2.99 euros/user, time tracking from 4.99 euros | 9/18 | ||||||
| askDANTE | a free plan, otherwise from 4.50 euros/user | ~ | ~ | ~ | 12/18 | |||
| awork | from 5 euros/user | 7/18 | ||||||
| Clockify and Toggl Track | free, paid from 3.99 dollars or 9 euros | ~ | 4/18 | |||||
| clockin | from 3.59 euros/user on a 24-month term | ~ | ~ | 12/18 | ||||
| Clockodo | from 4 euros/user, without a personnel file | 11/18 | ||||||
| Crewmeister | from 1.50 euros/user, modules extra | ~ | 9/18 | |||||
| Factorial | from 8 euros/user, quoted individually | ~ | ~ | 12/18 | ||||
| gastromatic | from 69.50 euros a month | 8/18 | ||||||
| HRworks | from 12.90 euros/user | 11/18 | ||||||
| Kenjo | from 6 euros/user plus setup from 400 euros | ~ | ~ | 10/18 | ||||
| MEP24 | from 99 euros a month | ~ | 9/18 | |||||
| Ordio | from 89 euros per site per month | ~ | ~ | 10/18 | ||||
| Papershift | from 4 euros/user plus 39 euros a month for support | ~ | ~ | ~ | 11/18 | |||
| Personio | Price on request | ~ | 11/18 | |||||
| Planday | from 2.99 euros/user, from 5 people | ~ | 9/18 | |||||
| Planerio | on request | ~ | ~ | 7/18 | ||||
| Sage HR Suite | from 21 euros a month per module | ~ | ~ | 10/18 | ||||
| Shiftbase | 0 euros up to 15 users, then from 30 euros a month | ~ | ~ | 7/18 | ||||
| Timebutler | from 29.95 euros a month | ~ | 9/18 | |||||
| TimeTac | from a 19.50 euro monthly base fee | ~ | 12/18 | |||||
| timr | from 8 euros/user, from 20 people on request | ~ | 11/18 | |||||
| ZEP | from 2 euros/user, modules extra | ~ | 11/18 |
~ = available with limits. What exactly is limited is stated with a source and the date retrieved on the relevant comparison page. – = no verified information is available on this.
The price column shows the provider's entry price, not the price for the same scope. With several providers, modules, base fees, support flat rates or one-off setup costs are added, and the figures come in different units: per user, per month, per site or on request. For orientation: ten people cost with MetronHR 50 € on the Team plan and 100 € on Professional, with no base fee, no setup charge and no minimum purchase. The like-for-like comparison is on the relevant comparison page.
Six of 18 criteria. The full list per vendor, including working time models, allowances, the check against the Working Hours Act and the payroll handover to the accountant, is on each comparison page.
As at September 2026. All information comes from the official provider pages and their privacy policies. absence.io, askDANTE, awork, Clockify and Toggl Track, clockin, Clockodo, Crewmeister, Factorial, gastromatic, HRworks, Kenjo, MEP24, Ordio, Papershift, Personio, Planday, Planerio, Sage HR Suite, Shiftbase, Timebutler, TimeTac, timr and ZEP are trademarks of their respective owners.
Why teams choose MetronHR
Five reasons that make the difference in every comparison.
HR and project time in one tool
Time tracking, absences, personnel files, onboarding and project time tracking, all on one platform. No second tool, no duplicate maintenance.
Transparent prices from 5 €
Clearly visible on the website. No sales calls, no hidden modules, no base fee. What you see is what you pay.
Ready in 5 minutes
Create an account, invite employees, get going. No weeks-long onboarding process, no mandatory training.
Made & hosted in Germany
GDPR compliant, hosted in German data centres. Compliance with the Working Time Act and the Federal Labour Court ruling on recording working time.
Real client allowances
Create hour packages for clients, track usage in real time, renew automatically, in the comparison shown here only with MetronHR.
Features in detail
| Feature | MetronHR | Clockodo | Crewmeister | Personio | HRworks | TimeTac |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traffic-light account (warning levels with an automatic alert) | 1 | 2 | ~3 | ~4 | ~5 | |
| Working-time models (part-time, flexitime, trust-based working time) | ~6 | ~7 | ||||
| Shift and duty planning / roster | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| Project time tracking / budgets | ~14 | ~15 | ||||
| Allowances / hour packages | ~16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | |
| Digital Employee File | 21 | 22 | 23 | |||
| Onboarding and offboarding workflows | 24 | 25 | 26 | |||
| Analytics & reports | ~27 | ~28 | ~29 | |||
| Application hosted in Germany | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | |
| Hosting operator without a US parent company | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | ~40 |
| Mobile app | ~41 | |||||
| API | 42 | 43 |
Sources and notes (43)
- Clockodo, Traffic-light account (warning levels with an automatic alert): The page on the hours account shows plus and minus hours against target time, without warning levels and without an alert when a limit is exceeded (clockodo.com/de/funktionen/stundenkonto, retrieved 14 September 2026). Clockodo does have thresholds with email notification on the Plus plan, but they apply to the project budget, not the working-time account.
- Crewmeister, Traffic-light account (warning levels with an automatic alert): The help article on the time account describes calculation, history, correction and payout of the overtime balance. A warning or alert when a limit is exceeded is not listed there (support.crewmeister.com, article „Das Zeitkonto“, retrieved 14 September 2026).
- Personio, Traffic-light account (warning levels with an automatic alert): The overtime balance can be shown as a column in the employee overview and coloured by thresholds you set yourself. The automatic alert is missing: asked about an email to managers from 40 hours, Personio answers in its own community that this cannot currently be automated (community.personio.de, post „Überstundenampel/Hinweis“, retrieved 14 September 2026).
- HRworks, Traffic-light account (warning levels with an automatic alert): HRworks mentions „automatic warnings for managers and admins when target hours are exceeded or undercut“. The automatic alert is therefore evidenced, while several graduated warning levels in the manner of a traffic-light account are not mentioned on the product page (hrworks.de/produkt/zeiterfassung-online, retrieved 14 September 2026).
- TimeTac, Traffic-light account (warning levels with an automatic alert): TimeTac warns automatically in the hours statement when stored requirements have not been met. A traffic-light account with several named warning levels does not appear on the product page, however; the term appears only in its own time tracking glossary (timetac.com/de/personalzeiterfassung, retrieved 14 September 2026).
- Clockodo, Working-time models (part-time, flexitime, trust-based working time): Individual daily target hours per weekday and flexitime via hours accounts, no shift planning (early/late/night) and no A/B weeks.
- Crewmeister, Working-time models (part-time, flexitime, trust-based working time): The feature overview mentions an overtime account, automatic break deduction and time off in lieu. Freely configurable working-time models with flexitime, trust-based working time or alternating weekly patterns are not listed there (crewmeister.com/de/funktionsuebersicht, retrieved 2 September 2026).
- MetronHR, Shift and duty planning / roster: An optional module, included in the Professional plan and activated per company, either as shift planning or as duty planning with a day plan. MetronHR also works entirely without both.
- Clockodo, Shift and duty planning / roster: The feature overview lists working time recording, time clock, hours account, absences, project time and invoicing. A duty or shift roster is not listed there (clockodo.com/de/funktionen, retrieved 3 September 2026).
- Crewmeister, Shift and duty planning / roster: The shift planner is a separate module and costs an extra 2 euros per user per month and up; it is included in none of the three time tracking packages (crewmeister.com/de/preise, retrieved 2 September 2026).
- Personio, Shift and duty planning / roster: No native shift planning, available only through external marketplace integrations.
- HRworks, Shift and duty planning / roster: No native shift planning; HRworks points to an external partner integration for that.
- TimeTac, Shift and duty planning / roster: TimeTac records working time but does not plan it. The provider does not list shift or duty planning among its modules.
- Crewmeister, Project time tracking / budgets: The packages mention „project reporting“ and, in the Pro package, „extended project time tracking“. Project budgets with a target-actual comparison, client hourly rates and billable activities are not named in the feature overview.
- Personio, Project time tracking / budgets: Working time can be split across projects, without separate fields for client and activity.
- Clockodo, Allowances / hour packages: Project and interval budgets with periodic reset exist; client-bound hour packages with roll-over do not.
- Crewmeister, Allowances / hour packages: The feature overview lists project reporting, the time account and time off in lieu. It does not mention client-bound hour packages with renewal and carry-over (crewmeister.com/de/funktionsuebersicht, retrieved 3 September 2026).
- Personio, Allowances / hour packages: Personio creates projects in the settings and releases them for time tracking; reporting runs through the attendance report with a filter per project. A client as a separate object, an hour package per client and renewal with carry-over are not part of it (Personio help on project-based time tracking, checked 3 September 2026).
- HRworks, Allowances / hour packages: The product page on time tracking describes booking working time against „projects and sub-projects“. It does not mention client-bound hour packages with periodic renewal and carry-over, nor client hourly rates or budgets as separate fields (hrworks.de/produkt/zeiterfassung-online, retrieved 3 September 2026).
- TimeTac, Allowances / hour packages: Project times can be recorded and analysed. Client-bound hour packages with periodic renewal and carry-over of unused hours are not documented.
- Clockodo, Digital Employee File: The feature overview mentions absence management and digital holiday requests. A personnel file with contracts, salary data and documents is not in it; for personnel administration Clockodo points to separate HR systems (clockodo.com/de/funktionen, retrieved 3 September 2026).
- Crewmeister, Digital Employee File: Crewmeister manages employee master data for time tracking. Contracts, salary data, document upload with expiry reminders and employee self-service are not part of the documented scope.
- TimeTac, Digital Employee File: No digital personnel file is named on the home page, the module overview or the pricing page. TimeTac manages employees for time management, not as a personnel file with contracts and documents.
- Clockodo, Onboarding and offboarding workflows: A joining or leaving process with tasks, owners and deadlines is not listed in the feature overview (clockodo.com/de/funktionen, retrieved 3 September 2026).
- Crewmeister, Onboarding and offboarding workflows: The feature overview mentions a free setup service for the business. A joining or leaving process per person, with tasks, owners and deadlines, is not listed (crewmeister.com/de/funktionsuebersicht, retrieved 3 September 2026).
- TimeTac, Onboarding and offboarding workflows: TimeTac's „onboarding service“ is a paid service for setting up your own account, not a workflow for new employees joining.
- Crewmeister, Analytics & reports: Excel export, project reporting and a live view for administrators are included. In OMR reviews, rigid reports without flexible filters are the most frequently named criticism.
- Personio, Analytics & reports: Reports and analytics are included; native, multi-dimensional project and client reports are limited, however.
- HRworks, Analytics & reports: Standard reporting included; multi-dimensional, freely filterable reports with an Excel export are not part of the standard scope.
- MetronHR, Application hosted in Germany: The application and customer data run at Hetzner Online GmbH in Nuremberg and Falkenstein, exclusively in Germany.
- Clockodo, Application hosted in Germany: Microsoft Azure cloud at two locations in Germany, Frankfurt and Berlin, with emergency backups at Hetzner.
- Crewmeister, Application hosted in Germany: The application runs at Amazon Web Services in Frankfurt am Main. The server location is therefore in Germany.
- Personio, Application hosted in Germany: In its own privacy policy Personio promises the European Union, not Germany. A data centre in Germany is promised nowhere.
- HRworks, Application hosted in Germany: Server location Dublin, Ireland, by its own account. EU and GDPR compliant, but not in Germany.
- MetronHR, Hosting operator without a US parent company: The operator is Hetzner Online GmbH, a German company with no US parent. This marketing website is hosted with Vercel, Inc. (USA) in the Frankfurt region, where no employee data is processed.
- Clockodo, Hosting operator without a US parent company: The data centres are in Germany, but they are operated by Microsoft. Microsoft discontinued the trustee model with T-Systems, which placed access under a German data trustee, in 2021.
- Crewmeister, Hosting operator without a US parent company: The operator is Amazon Web Services, a US group. Crewmeister names AWS as a sub-processor in its own GDPR statement.
- Personio, Hosting operator without a US parent company: The operator is Amazon Web Services, a US group. The application at app.personio.de is delivered via Amazon CloudFront.
- HRworks, Hosting operator without a US parent company: The operator is Amazon Web Services, a US group. HRworks itself names AWS as a sub-processor.
- TimeTac, Hosting operator without a US parent company: TimeTac names Germany as its main server location and further locations in EU countries, but names no operator. The provider is TimeTac GmbH from Graz, so a company with no US parent.
- HRworks, Mobile app: Only a responsive web app; HRworks does not offer a native iOS or Android app.
- MetronHR, API: The open REST API v1 is part of the Professional plan: readable are employees, departments, clients, services, projects, time entries, absences and published shifts, while clients, services, projects, time entries and absences can be changed, each secured by keys with permissions per resource. Outgoing webhooks and the MCP server for AI assistants also belong to Professional. Sign-in via Microsoft Entra ID comes with every plan. Further integrations are agreed individually in the Enterprise offer.
- Crewmeister, API: Crewmeister lists the DATEV connection as its only interface. An open API for your own connections is not documented in the feature overview.
~ = available with limits, the notes are below the table. – = no verified information is available for this provider on this feature. That is not a no: we only record a negative where we can cite a source.
An overview of which features exist at all, regardless of plan. The price-performance comparison is on the pricing page, the individual features in detail under Features.
Feature comparison as at September 2026. Information about competitors comes from publicly available sources, in each case the official provider pages with the date retrieved, and can change. Clockodo, Crewmeister, Personio, HRworks and TimeTac are trademarks of their respective owners.
MetronHR is also available as a native app for iOS and Android:
Where the data sits
Server location and operator are two different questions. A data centre in Germany does not remove the data from US law: providers with a US parent company fall under the CLOUD Act and the surveillance powers of FISA 702, regardless of where the servers stand. Microsoft's chief legal officer in France testified under oath before the French Senate's committee of inquiry on 10 June 2025 that he could not guarantee that data from European data centres would not go to US authorities (record of the Sénat). That is why both are shown side by side here, each with the source it comes from.
What is compared is what the provider documents for its own application, not the infrastructure of its marketing website. More about our own hosting is in the Trust Center.
MetronHR
- Server location of the application
- Hetzner Online GmbH, Nuremberg and Falkenstein. All servers stand exclusively in Germany.
- Operator and legal jurisdiction
- Hetzner Online GmbH, a German company with no US parent and therefore beyond the reach of the CLOUD Act and FISA 702. No US provider sits in the data path for the application.
- Processors outside Germany
- None for the application. Payment is handled by Stripe Payments Europe (Ireland). This marketing website is hosted with Vercel, Inc. (USA, Frankfurt region), and analytics run through PostHog Cloud EU and the reverse proxy cdn.metronhr.de with a Cloudflare edge. No employee data is processed there.
- Source
- MetronHR privacy policyAs at 08/2026
Clockodo
- Server location of the application
- Microsoft Azure cloud, two separate locations in Germany, Frankfurt and Berlin. Emergency database backups at Hetzner Online GmbH.
- Operator and legal jurisdiction
- Microsoft, a US group. The application runs in the Azure region Germany West Central. Microsoft discontinued the trustee model with T-Systems in 2021 and has operated the German regions itself since then.
- Processors outside Germany
- None named for the application. For the website and operations the privacy policy lists, among others, Google, Microsoft, Stripe, Sentry and Hotjar, based on standard contractual clauses.
- Source
- clockodo Trust Center abgerufen 08/2026
Crewmeister
- Server location of the application
- Amazon Web Services, central European zone. Crewmeister names Frankfurt am Main as the location of the data centre and undertakes that no data is transferred to non-EU countries.
- Operator and legal jurisdiction
- Amazon Web Services, a US group, and therefore within the scope of the CLOUD Act and FISA 702. The controller is ATOSS ALOUD GmbH, a company of ATOSS Software SE.
- Processors outside Germany
- The GDPR page lists Amazon Web Services and 1Blue Hosting as sub-processors and states that processors from the USA are certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. The full list is in Annex III of the data processing agreement.
- Source
- Crewmeister, GDPR and data processing abgerufen 02.09.2026
Personio
- Server location of the application
- AWS data centres in the European Union. A location in Germany is not promised.
- Operator and legal jurisdiction
- Amazon Web Services, a US group. The application is delivered via Amazon CloudFront. Personio Corp in the USA is also involved as a group company.
- Processors outside Germany
- The full list of processors is visible only after logging in to the Personio account. The privacy policy names Personio Corp in the USA, based on the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework.
- Source
- Personio privacy policy abgerufen 08/2026
HRworks
- Server location of the application
- Amazon Web Services in Dublin, Ireland. Within the EU, but not in Germany.
- Operator and legal jurisdiction
- Amazon Web Services, a US group. HRworks encrypts the data with the AWS Key Management Service so that, by its own account, AWS cannot read it.
- Processors outside Germany
- AWS as a sub-processor in Ireland, plus heyData GmbH in Berlin as external data protection officer.
- Source
- HRworks privacy policy abgerufen 08/2026
TimeTac
- Server location of the application
- Exclusively data centres within the EU, with the main server location in Germany. For resilience TimeTac runs further locations in other EU countries with live replication and daily backups.
- Operator and legal jurisdiction
- Not named. The provider is TimeTac GmbH from Graz, Austria, with no US parent. TimeTac is certified to ISO 27001 and carries the „Certified Cloud“ seal of the German Cloud Ecosystem programme.
- Processors outside Germany
- The data protection page names none for the application. For the website and operations the consent manager includes Cloudflare, Google, Microsoft, HubSpot, Hotjar, Segment, Zoho and Datadog, among others.
- Source
- TimeTac data protection and data security abgerufen 02.09.2026
All information comes from the providers' publicly available privacy policies and security pages, and the date retrieved is on every card. Providers can change their infrastructure and their processors at any time. The adequacy decision on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework still applies, but is under legal challenge.
Detailed comparisons
One page per provider with prices, server location, feature gaps and sources.
Time tracking for SMEs
Time tracking as the main product; HR topics such as personnel files and onboarding are rarely included.
MetronHR vs. askDANTE
Time tracking and time management from Kiel, used by more than 3,000 customers according to the provider. Very deep on working-time accounts, shift models and payroll connections, with a DATEV export for the LODAS and payroll modules. There are two free plans: Starter FREE with no user limit and basic functions, and Enterprise FREE with the full feature set for five people. The personnel file costs 4 euros per person per month as an add-on.
12/18 Features · a free plan, otherwise from 4.50 euros/userTo the comparisonMetronHR vs. clockin
Time tracking and project documentation for trades, construction and mobile teams, from Münster. Strong site features with photos, forms and digital signatures. The base prices apply on a 24-month term, shift planning and AI features cost extra as add-ons, and below five users a platform fee is added.
12/18 Features · from 3.59 euros/user on a 24-month termTo the comparisonMetronHR vs. Clockodo
Time tracking software from Germany for service providers, agencies and trades, focused on project time, without HR features such as personnel files, onboarding or payroll preparation. Anyone who wants HR and time in one place needs a second tool alongside, or MetronHR directly.
11/18 Features · from 4 euros/user, without a personnel fileTo the comparisonMetronHR vs. Crewmeister
Time tracking for small businesses, from Munich since 2015, today part of ATOSS Software SE. The entry price is the lowest per-user price among the paid plans in this comparison, but it applies per module: time tracking, holiday planner, shift planner and the DATEV connection are billed separately. Personnel files, onboarding workflows and client-bound hour packages are not part of the documented feature set.
9/18 Features · from 1.50 euros/user, modules extraTo the comparisonMetronHR vs. Timebutler
Time and absence management from Schönefeld, on the market for over 22 years and in use at more than 12,500 companies according to the provider. All features are included in every plan, and billing is a fixed price per team rather than per user. Project time tracking, an API and a native app are not part of the documented scope.
9/18 Features · from 29.95 euros a monthTo the comparisonMetronHR vs. TimeTac
Time tracking from Graz for the German-speaking region, certified to ISO 27001, with two DATEV interfaces and its own hardware terminals. Billing is a monthly base fee plus a usage fee per module and person. Personnel files, onboarding workflows, shift planning and client-bound hour packages are not part of the documented scope.
12/18 Features · from a 19.50 euro monthly base feeTo the comparisonMetronHR vs. timr
Time tracking from Wels in Austria, on the market for over ten years and, by its own account, used by more than 3,000 customers. It combines working time, project time and an electronic mileage log in one application, with apps for iOS and Android and an Android tablet as a terminal. A personnel file, onboarding workflows and shift planning are not part of the documented scope.
11/18 Features · from 8 euros/user, from 20 people on requestTo the comparison
HR-Suiten
Personnel administration at the centre, with time tracking as one module of it. Usually without public prices, often with a minimum term.
MetronHR vs. absence.io
HR solution from Munich focused on holiday and absence management. Features are tiered by plan: time tracking and personnel files only from Pro (4.99 euros), API only on the Complete plan (7.99 euros). No real project time tracking with clients and budgets, no shift planning, no onboarding workflows.
9/18 Features · from 2.99 euros/user, time tracking from 4.99 eurosTo the comparisonMetronHR vs. Factorial
An HR platform from Barcelona with a very broad kit: personnel files, absences, time tracking, shift planning, performance, recruiting, expenses and project time. The price starts at 8 euros per user per month according to the website, and the actual package is put together and quoted individually. The application is hosted „in the EU“ by its own account, without naming a country or operator.
12/18 Features · from 8 euros/user, quoted individuallyTo the comparisonMetronHR vs. HRworks
An HR suite from Freiburg for the classic mid-market, with a high barrier to entry: a setup fee, mandatory administrator training, a minimum of 20 users and paid add-on modules.
11/18 Features · from 12.90 euros/userTo the comparisonMetronHR vs. Kenjo
An HR suite from Berlin for businesses with 10 to 100 employees, with personnel files, absences, time tracking, performance reviews and recruiting. Setup costs from a one-off 400 euros, the DATEV connection a one-off 600 euros, recruiting from 249 euros a month. Project time with clients and budgets as well as client-bound hour packages are not part of the scope.
10/18 Features · from 6 euros/user plus setup from 400 eurosTo the comparisonMetronHR vs. Personio
An HR platform from the German-speaking region, with no public list prices, a 12-month minimum term, annual prepayment and automatic renewal. Real project time tracking with clients and activities is not included as standard; anyone billing project work to clients often adds a second tool.
11/18 Features · Price on requestTo the comparisonMetronHR vs. Sage HR Suite
Modular HR and payroll software from Sage GmbH in Frankfurt, available as a cloud or locally installed solution, with over 250,000 customers in Germany. Very broad: payroll, personnel management, applicant management, time management and travel expenses. Licensing is by default in packs of 25 employees, with annual billing and a twelve-month minimum contract term.
10/18 Features · from 21 euros a month per moduleTo the comparison
Duty and shift planning
The duty roster and shift staffing at the centre, usually built for hospitality, retail and care.
MetronHR vs. gastromatic
Duty planning and personnel administration from Darmstadt, operated by vertical cloud solution GmbH, focused on hospitality, hotels, bakeries, retail, health and social care, leisure and logistics. Four areas: duty planning, time tracking, personnel administration and payroll preparation. Packages start at 69.50 euros a month, and the pricing page does not say what that figure refers to. Contracts run for one or two years.
8/18 Features · from 69.50 euros a monthTo the comparisonMetronHR vs. MEP24
A specialist in staff deployment planning from Hirschberg, widely used in pharmacies and also in practices, veterinary clinics and retail. Package prices from 99 euros a month plus an activation fee, with a 12-month contract term on annual billing. HR features such as personnel files, onboarding workflows and project time tracking are not part of the scope.
9/18 Features · from 99 euros a monthTo the comparisonMetronHR vs. Ordio
Shift planning and personnel administration from Cologne, in use at more than 2,500 businesses according to the provider, focused on hospitality, retail, leisure, care and trades. Billing is per site per month with annual payment. Legally compliant time tracking comes only with the Plus package, the DATEV export only with the Pro package. Project time with clients and budgets is not part of the scope.
10/18 Features · from 89 euros per site per monthTo the comparisonMetronHR vs. Papershift
Duty planning and time management from Karlsruhe, aimed at hospitality, retail, manufacturing, health and logistics. Very advanced in automatic shift filling, in premiums and pay types and in the DATEV and LODAS export. Every package includes a support contract from 39 euros a month, which Papershift itself describes as mandatory.
11/18 Features · from 4 euros/user plus 39 euros a month for supportTo the comparisonMetronHR vs. Planday
Duty planning and time tracking from Copenhagen, part of the Xero group since 2021, aimed at hospitality, retail, hotels, leisure and care homes. Strong on staff costs against revenue and on multi-site operations. The base prices apply from five or ten people respectively, and on the Plus plan a monthly subscription fee is added. Holiday management, document management and the API come only from the Plus plan.
9/18 Features · from 2.99 euros/user, from 5 peopleTo the comparisonMetronHR vs. Planerio
Rule-based staff deployment planning from Munich, aimed at businesses with complex duty roster rules in healthcare, social services, security and rescue, retail, industry and logistics. The focus is on automatic planning and absence management. The website quotes no prices. The feature overview does not list an overtime account, working-time models, a digital personnel file or onboarding workflows.
7/18 Features · on requestTo the comparisonMetronHR vs. Shiftbase
Duty planning and time tracking from the Netherlands, in use at more than 8,000 companies according to the provider, focused on hospitality, retail, hotels, manufacturing and care. There is a permanently free plan for up to 15 people. Billing is in packages with an included user count, the employment law check costs extra as an add-on, and the open API belongs to the Enterprise package or the App Center+.
7/18 Features · 0 euros up to 15 users, then from 30 euros a monthTo the comparison
Project time and agency software
Projects, budgets and billing at the centre. Working time law and personnel files stay outside.
MetronHR vs. awork
Project management and capacity planning software from Hamburg, aimed at agencies and project teams, in use by 10,000 teams according to the provider. Time tracking there serves utilisation and billability, not the working time record. Personnel files, an overtime account and working-time models are not part of the offer; absences come only from the Standard plan.
7/18 Features · from 5 euros/userTo the comparisonMetronHR vs. ZEP
Project time tracking and professional services automation from Weil der Stadt, in use at more than 3,000 companies according to the provider, certified to ISO 27001. Strong on project controlling, travel expenses and invoicing. Absences and overtime are an add-on module, and personnel files, onboarding workflows and duty planning are not part of the offer.
11/18 Features · from 2 euros/user, modules extraTo the comparison
International free tools
Free basic plans, English-language support, hosting outside the EU. German working time law is not represented.
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