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# Sympa

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> HR that simply works. Bring together people data, workflows and reporting in one platform. With an open API, connected ecosystem and AI-powered tools, Sympa helps organisations stay ready for growth, change and what’s next.
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> Verdict: Rated **4.4/5** by 19 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**.

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## Overview

### Key benefits of Sympa

Core HR: A well-functioning employee lifecycle is crucial for seamless HR operations. Sympa Core HR provides all the essential tools to support your workforce, automating routine HR tasks so you can focus on building scalable HR processes at every stage, from hiring to retirement. &#10;&#10;Recruitment, Onboarding and Offboarding: Make sure every new employee feels welcomed from day one. With onboarding checklists, eSigning, contract management, and automated HR workflows, integrating new hires becomes effortless. And when it’s time for them to move on, ensure a smooth departure with exit interviews, certificate generation, and GDPR-compliant data removal. Transform your onboarding and offboarding with Sympa’s streamlined processes. &#10;&#10;Compensation and Payroll: Get a complete overview of salaries, bonuses, and benefits to maintain compliance with local regulations and achieve pay equity across your organisation. With integrations to numerous payroll providers, handling salary adjustments is simple. Our Salary Review tool offers decision-makers full transparency when managing both fixed and percentage-based raises. If discrepancies in pay arise, you can take swift action backed by a comprehensive view of your workforce. &#10;&#10;Organisation: Empower HR and managers to easily understand and navigate your organisation’s structure and hierarchy with clarity and simplicity. &#10;&#10;Learning and Development: Sympa makes learning simple. Our learning and development suite provides a full roadmap for workforce growth. Map out skills, customise objectives, track progress, offer expert coaching, and integrate seamlessly with your preferred LMS providers—all within Sympa’s platform. &#10;&#10;Performance: Foster a culture of open communication through meaningful discussions between managers, leaders, and employees. Let your team members feel heard by co-creating employee development plans based on key insights from one-on-one conversations and agreed next steps. &#10;&#10;Time: Effective time management is essential for both individual and collective wellbeing. Our solution enables easy management of employee hours, absences, and holidays across all locations. Secure, simple time tracking ensures compliance with reporting requirements and helps maintain employee wellness. Stay aligned with EU regulations and monitor workloads by tracking working hours, overtime, break times, and more. &#10;&#10;Reporting: Every business has unique reporting needs, and Sympa offers both ready-made reports and the flexibility to create custom ones. Our scalable cloud HR software transforms key HR metrics into valuable insights, covering everything from employee effectiveness to organisational data, compensation, new hires, and leavers. Share real-time reports with management and keep everyone informed with up-to-date information. &#10;&#10;Automation: Automate essential HR processes on a unified platform with built-in GDPR compliance. Your data is securely hosted in Europe, and our operations are fully compliant with ISO 9001 and 27001 standards.

## Quick Stats & Ratings

| Metric | Rating | Detail |
| **Overall** | **4.4/5** | 19 Reviews |
| Ease of Use | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Customer Support | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Value for Money | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Features | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) |

## About the vendor

- **Company**: Sympa
- **Location**: Vantaa, Finland
- **Founded**: 2005

## Commercial Context

- **Starting Price**: EUR 5,000.00
- **Pricing model**: Other (Free Trial)
- **Pricing Details**: If you'd like to request a quote or a live demo, don't hesitate to contact us\! We'll be happy to show you what Sympa can do for your company.
- **Target Audience**: 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+
- **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Linux (Desktop), Chromebook (Desktop)
- **Supported Languages**: Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
- **Available Countries**: Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, India, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States and 1 more

## Features

- "What If" Scenarios
- API
- Access Controls/Permissions
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Ad hoc Reporting
- Alerts/Notifications
- Applicant Tracking
- Approval Process Control
- Assessment Management
- Attendance Management
- Attendance Tracking
- Background Screening
- Benefits Management
- Budgeting/Forecasting
- Calendar Management
- Career Development
- Certification Management
- Collaboration Tools
- Compensation Management

## Integrations (48 total)

- \&frankly
- 360Learning
- ADP iHCM
- Actimo
- Acubiz
- Acute
- Adobe Campaign
- Assently E-Sign
- Benifex
- CMap
- Claned
- Cornerstone
- Current
- Dear Lucy
- Deltek WorkBook

... and 33 more integrations

## Support Options

- Email/Help Desk
- FAQs/Forum
- Knowledge Base
- Phone Support
- Chat

## Category

- [HR Software](https://www.getapp.com.au/directory/256/human-resources/software)

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## Reviews

### "Good, simple and multipurpose HRIS" — 4.0/5

> **Jarkko** | *1 November 2022* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10
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> **Pros**: You can easily make customization and new features yourself.
> 
> **Cons**: User right management is quite compicated and requires lot manual work.
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> You can handle many same time changes and keep updated all the time in personel data.

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### "Great and most of all user friendly software\!" — 5.0/5

> **Wouter** | *5 March 2020* | Sports | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Adaptability, Look \&amp; Feel, Implementation
> 
> **Cons**: Because of the enormous options, it took a while for me to have the right scope for implementation
> 
> Great experience, super to use and implemented software. Next to that we are in charge of changing the system. No super high consulting costs. What you see is what you get, and it works great\!

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### "-" — 3.0/5

> **Hanna** | *21 March 2022* | Food Production | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: software is easy to use and also for administator
> 
> **Cons**: Features that I need are covered well. Frequent system failures interfere from time to time.

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### "All going well" — 5.0/5

> **Satu** | *16 December 2024* | Wholesale | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Easy, customer service is always nice and helpful.
> 
> **Cons**: Sometimes bugs, and you need to wait it gets better.
> 
> All going smoothly, my overall feeling is satisfyed

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### "We really liked SYMPA" — 5.0/5

> **Eva** | *31 January 2024* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
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> **Pros**: An HR system that is very easy to adopt to the business needs. It is very easy to take out reports. It really makes HR work more efficient\!
> 
> **Cons**: In the earlier version it did not keep track of all changes in the system, now this has been improved.
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> Me and my colleagues that used SYMPA always liked it a lot\! It was easy to introduce to the organization and easy to improve overtime.  We got a system that made us more effective.

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