The right HR software depends first and foremost on payroll: Eurecia for managing time off, time tracking, and performance reviews when payroll is handled by an accountant; PayFit for handling payroll in-house; Kelio for time tracking and scheduling; Cegid HR, Workday, or Talentia for large corporations; and Deel for employees in multiple countries.
This comparison presents 10 human resources management software solutions: who they are designed for, whether they calculate French payroll, their main modules, and their listed prices. The information was gathered on October 30, 2026, from the vendors’ websites.
HR software, or an HRIS (Human Resources Information System), handles all aspects of personnel management: employee records, leave and absences, work hours and schedules, expense reports, annual reviews, training, recruitment, and onboarding. Employees use it to request time off and view their documents; managers approve requests; and the HR department tracks headcount.
Payroll is often handled separately. Many HRIS systems prepare the variable data (absences, hours, bonuses) and send it to the company’s payroll software or its accountant. Other software programs calculate pay stubs and the DSN themselves: this is the first question to ask before comparing options.
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Pricing: Deel HR starting at $5 per employee per month; international payroll starting at $29 (prices listed in dollars). Payroll: Managed in over 130 countries.
PayFit, a Paris-based software provider, combines payroll and HR management for microbusinesses, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and mid-sized companies (“Whether you have 1, 100, or 1,000 employees”). The software calculates pay stubs and generates the DSN, and the company states that “PayFit assumes responsibility for payroll and reporting.” It also manages leave and absences, work hours, performance reviews and goals, electronic signatures, and—as an optional feature—expense reports.
Price: €20 (excluding tax) per employee per month plus a €49 (excluding tax) subscription fee, for a total of €109 (excluding tax) per month for three employees; a Starter plan for startups is €26 per employee per month. Reported figure: “22,000 companies.”
Limitations: No free trial, and no recruitment or training modules on the pages viewed.
Eurecia, a software company based in Castanet-Tolosan, near Toulouse, serves both small businesses and large enterprises. Its HR portal brings together leave, time tracking and scheduling, performance reviews, skills management, training, expense reports, recruitment, onboarding, and a secure data vault, along with a mobile app. The company reports “more than 4,500 clients and 400,000 users.”
Pricing: Business plan starting at €4.20 (excluding tax) per employee per month, sold in packs of 10; Starter plan offered by the CPA; Enterprise plan available upon request. Free trial: 30 days, no commitment, according to the pricing page. Payroll: Collection of payroll data and transmission to the payroll specialist.
Limitations: Payroll calculations are still handled by the payroll specialist or another software program.
Silae is payroll and HR software developed by Silaexpert, based in Aix-en-Provence. It is deployed by “6,000 partners”—including certified public accountants and system integrators—for their microbusiness and small-to-medium-sized enterprise (SME) clients. It covers the entire payroll process through to the DSN, with “900 collective bargaining agreements” supported, and—through mySilae—offers leave management, time tracking, performance reviews, expense reports, and a secure vault, available on desktop and via iOS and Android apps. The publisher reports “8 million pay stubs per month.” Silae and Cegid announced their merger on September 9, 2026.
Price: Not listed; Silae is sold through its partners.
Limitations: No direct purchases or retail prices; you must go through a certified public accountant or an integrator.
Kelio, formerly Bodet Software, is a software company based in Cholet that originated from the Bodet Group. Specializing in time management and time clocks, it also offers solutions for leave, scheduling, remote work, expense reports, recruitment, onboarding, interviews, and training. Payroll is handled by 123Paie, software acquired by Kelio in 2019, which generates pay stubs and submits the DSN. The company reports having “20,000 customers worldwide.”
Price: Starting at €3.05 (excluding tax) per employee per month for basic time tracking for up to 50 employees; €11.60 (excluding tax) for a modular HRIS system for the same number of employees; pricing available upon request for 3,000 or more employees. Trial: Free demo.
Limitations: Payroll is a separate software program, 123Paie.
Cegid, a Lyon-based software provider, offers Cegid HR (formerly Cegid Talentsoft) to mid-sized and large companies: HR data, recruitment, talent management, and training. Payroll is handled by Cegid Payroll Ultimate or Cegid Payroll Peoplenet, with DSN compliance, and expense reports by Cegid Notilus. The software provider reports having “2,000 payroll clients among mid-sized and large enterprises.”
Price: Not listed; based on a “flexible pricing model.”
Limitations: An offering designed for large organizations, divided into several products.
Workday, a U.S.-based software company headquartered in Pleasanton, California, offers a human capital management suite for large enterprises, covering HR data, recruitment, time and scheduling, absences, training, performance, expense reports, and analytics. Its French payroll solution, Workday Payroll for France, generates pay stubs in the legally required format and submits the DSN. Data for European clients is hosted by its Irish subsidiary. The company reports that it serves “more than 10,000 companies, including more than 65% of the Fortune 500.”
Price: Not listed.
Limitations: No retail price; designed for large companies.
Talentia Software, a software provider based in Puteaux, primarily serves mid-sized companies. Its suite covers HR data, workforce planning, recruitment, onboarding, training and performance management, time management, expense reports, secure document storage and digital signatures, as well as payroll processing in accordance with the DSN and various collective bargaining agreements. The software provider reports “more than 2,000 companies and more than one million users.”
Price: Not listed.
Limitations: No retail price.
Adequasys, a software company based in Romans-sur-Isère, offers a modular HRIS for businesses and institutions: personnel administration, recruitment and career portal, absences, time tracking and scheduling, performance reviews, skills management, training, 360-degree feedback, expense reports, and salary reviews. The company reports “300+” active clients and “270,000” users.
Price: Not listed. Payroll: Interface with payroll software.
Limitations: No payroll calculations or retail pricing.
QuickMS, a Marseille-based software company, does not replace an HRIS; rather, it complements it with HR dashboards and regulatory reports. Its software reads DSN files to generate HR dashboards, the BDESE, the professional equality index, the social report, and the individual social report. The company states that its software is “used by more than 10,000 HR professionals.”
Price: starting at €154 per month; individual employee report starting at €5 per month per employee, with a €3,500 setup fee. Free trial: yes, no credit card required.
Limitations: Does not include leave, time, or payroll management.
There is no single “best” HR software in absolute terms: the choice depends mainly on payroll and the size of the company. For an SME that outsources payroll to its accountant, Eurecia handles leave, time tracking, and performance reviews. For companies that handle payroll in-house, PayFit combines payroll and HR. Kelio specializes in time management and time clocks. Large corporations tend to look at Cegid HR, Workday, or Talentia, while teams spread across multiple countries often turn to Deel.
An HRIS (Human Resources Information System) manages employee records, leave, time tracking, performance reviews, training, and recruitment. Payroll software calculates pay stubs and generates the DSN. Many HRIS systems do not calculate payroll: Eurecia collects variable data and forwards it to the payroll specialist, while Adequasys interfaces with payroll software. PayFit, Silae, Kelio with 123Paie, Cegid, Workday, and Talentia calculate French payroll.
None of the 10 software programs in this comparison has a permanent free version. Eurecia offers a 30-day trial on its pricing page, and QuickMS offers a trial that doesn't require a credit card. The other providers offer a demo.
For an HRIS without payroll, Eurecia charges €4.20 (excluding tax) per employee per month, sold in packs of 10, and Deel HR charges $5 per employee per month. At Kelio, time management starts at €3.05 (excluding tax) per employee per month for 50 employees. With payroll included, PayFit charges €20 (excluding tax) per employee per month plus a €49 (excluding tax) subscription fee. Cegid, Workday, Talentia, Silae, and Adequasys do not list prices.
If payroll is handled by the accountant, an HRIS like Eurecia is sufficient; the accountant can process payroll using Silae, which is used by 6,000 accounting firms and partner integrators. If the small business wants to handle payroll in-house, PayFit combines payroll, DSN reporting, time off, and expense reports. Kelio is a good fit when the priority is time tracking and scheduling.
This comparison includes: PayFit, Silae, Kelio with 123Paie, Cegid with Cegid Payroll, Workday with Workday Payroll for France, and Talentia. All of them generate pay stubs and the DSN. Deel handles payroll in more than 130 countries, though France is not specifically mentioned on the pages reviewed.
HR software manages employee data, but not all of the department’s documents: internal procedures, contract templates, job descriptions, training materials, and meeting minutes are often scattered across SharePoint, file servers, and email. Outmind is a search engine and AI assistant that covers all company documents; its file server connector respects each user’s access rights.
