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Deel vs Personio comparison

 

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Deel
Ranking in Cloud HCM
5th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
5.8
Number of Reviews
40
Ranking in other categories
Global Payroll (1st), AI-Agents for HR (1st)
Personio
Ranking in Cloud HCM
20th
Average Rating
5.6
Reviews Sentiment
5.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Applicant Tracking and Recruiting Software (7th), HR Analytics Software (8th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Cloud HCM category, the mindshare of Deel is 0.7%, down from 0.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Personio is 0.9%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud HCM Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Deel0.7%
Personio0.9%
Other98.4%
Cloud HCM
 

Featured Reviews

Petra Valjak - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of People&Culture at a outsourcing company with 51-200 employees
Unified HR platform has streamlined global hiring, reduced onboarding work, and improved reviews
There are some minor things that I am looking forward to seeing improved in Deel, such as employment types. For example, I hire a lot of interns and there isn't a specific employment type for intern. There are employment types for direct employee, contractor and similar, but nothing for interns. There is a way to work around it by saying an intern is actually a direct employee and then implementing a custom field, but it would be really good if there was a general field to recognize interns as a part of the workforce. That is something that comes to mind. I think there are still some things that Deel will improve over time and then I will be happy to give it a 10 out of 10. Given the fact that it is still a fairly new HRIS system, there are minor improvements that can be made from that perspective of purely admin work, for example, correcting data in the fields once you import them when changing a salary. If I input one salary incorrectly, I need to import another line. I cannot just correct the previous field, which some of the other HRIS systems allow. This way, on one hand I have full tracking of all the logs so I am not missing if someone corrected something or did any changes, but on the other hand, it also remains visible in the logs. Even if it is a small human error, there is no way to make it very well structured and polished when I am drawing, for example, a historical report of all the salary changes. Such things are minor improvements that I believe would come over time. Once those are implemented, it would be a 10 out of 10.
RT
Global Talent Acquisition Lead at Career Break
Offers strong HR features but recruiting module needs essential improvements
The analytics and reporting aspect in Personio for the recruiting part was below expectations compared to some other applicant tracking systems. It is clunky and cannot be tailored to specific needs. The reporting and analytics for the recruiting part are insufficient. The ability to filter applications based on filtering questions added to applications was missing in recruiting. Other recruiting software performs this function much better. Keyword searches within applicants' resumes in the database within recruiting were not possible. I brought this up with the Personio account manager and was told it was on the development list, but these are essential features for any recruiter. I would advise companies looking for an ATS and considering Personio to get a separate recruiting piece of software that can interface with Personio instead.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Deel has created a great impact and saved us a lot of time and hard work behind the scenes."
"With Deel, I am able to hire people across the world, which has positively impacted my organization."
"Deel has positively impacted my organization by streamlining payroll processes."
"Deel has made our contractor system possible and much easier to manage from a human resources point of view, and it has also improved the experience of our contractors."
"Deel has taken managing our EOR population off my plate, saving me hours a day."
"Deel is a brilliant global payroll platform that has everything needed for doing global payroll, reducing man-hours and the cost of employees spending their time on complicated payroll."
"Deel has had a positive impact on my organization by providing noticeable time savings in the ability to establish myself abroad by making the operation almost painless in terms of time invested."
"Whenever we need something or assistance, Deel is there, making our lives easier."
"As an HR tool, Personio is really good; it is straightforward adding your organizational structure through it with the accounting codes so you can interface with many accounting modules and payroll modules."
"Personio provides an opportunity to set up structure with certain steps, creating a clear interviewing process, which resulted in hiring better candidates faster because having a system in place is better than having none."
 

Cons

"Pay attention to and review the service catalog since some services may come at an additional price."
"Deel can be improved, especially since their reporting is not the greatest."
"All of those bugs that come with updates lower the overall experience, and the pricing might be quite expensive for some companies in Europe."
"I find that the visa processes are lengthy. I understand this is the case everywhere, but I would appreciate improvements."
"In some countries, the support response time is limited and takes longer to reply to our tickets."
"Deel can improve its support function."
"My advice for others looking into using Deel is to skip."
"During all these months, I have not been able to solve the issue of invoicing on time, since I have also done it in an outsourced way locally with Let's Deel Colombia."
"The analytics and reporting aspect in Personio for the recruiting part was below expectations compared to some other applicant tracking systems."
"Personio is not scalable as an ATS, and I struggle to work with it."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
14%
Media Company
11%
University
10%
Educational Organization
8%
Comms Service Provider
21%
Financial Services Firm
19%
Construction Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
10%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business32
Midsize Enterprise10
Large Enterprise3
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Deel?
My experience with Deel's pricing, setup cost, and licensing has been really great. The pricing is fair, and I have already received a discount from my investors, so everything was very good.
What needs improvement with Deel?
Deel can be improved in such a way that I am able to connect to customer service faster because usually it just directs me to an AI, which sometimes isn't really that helpful. It's not a big thing ...
What is your primary use case for Deel?
My main use case for Deel is to manage our global contractors, particularly focusing on payments and PTO, as well as tracking the hardware and managing sick days. A specific example of how I use De...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Personio?
I cannot provide information about the setup costs as I am not responsible for the financial aspects.
What needs improvement with Personio?
The screening of candidates in the ATS part is quite complicated. In Greenhouse, you can have a CV of one person on one page at a time, zoomed in immediately for easy screening. In Personio, it req...
What is your primary use case for Personio?
I'm a consultant, so I do in-house recruiting, embedded recruiting for various clients, and one of my clients is using Personio as their ATS, so that's how I work with it. As a recruiter, I primari...
 

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