Cleira

Cleira is a browser-based pay-gap analysis tool for employers working toward EU Pay Transparency Directive reporting. It is strongest as a free first analysis or as a Professional workflow for one EU legal entity. Country-ready filing formats are rolling out across the EU, and its results are informational rather than certified compliance.

Overview

The free analyzer gives employers a way to examine pay patterns before adopting a paid reporting workflow: it calculates mean and median gaps, quartiles, bonus participation and category-level flags for gaps of 5% or more, then provides plain-language guidance. Because processing happens locally in the browser, workforce data is not transmitted to or stored on Cleira servers, according to the maker. That is a useful boundary for an initial review, though it does not provide the adjusted analysis or report generation available on Professional.

Cleira says its directive-baseline analysis works across EU member states, while official file-ready formats are being introduced country by country. Organizations should treat the results as analytical support, not as legal advice or certified compliance.

Key features

The free analyzer takes English-language CSV files, and a few thousand rows work comfortably. It is well suited to a preliminary check of workforce patterns; organizations with larger or non-English datasets may find the stated input boundaries restrictive.

Professional adds regression-based analysis that accounts for role, seniority, age and location, along with employee-level special-case detection. That makes it more useful when a raw pay-gap comparison needs context. Configurable rulesets and data correction with reruns support refining the analysis, while multi-year tracking helps follow changes over time.

Branded, filing-ready PDF and Excel reports, plus Excel upload and download, give Professional a more complete reporting path for a single entity. Enterprise extends the workflow to multi-entity reporting and HR integrations with Workday, SAP and Helios. Its SSO and Azure AD support through SAML, bulk user management, and division-scoped roles are aimed at organizations that need centralized access governance.

Paid accounts use dedicated isolated databases on EU-hosted, GDPR-compliant infrastructure, with role-based access, an audit trail and configurable data retention, according to Cleira. Professional includes email support; Enterprise adds a dedicated customer success manager and a 99.9% uptime SLA.

Pricing

Cleira uses a freemium model. Free costs nothing and includes complete in-browser analysis, mean and median gaps, quartiles, bonus participation, per-category 5% flags and guidance. It is a sensible starting point for employers who need a baseline and can work within English CSV input and browser-based processing.

Professional costs €3,000 a year, billed €3k / year, from. It covers one EU legal entity with 100–1,000 employees and includes adjusted regression, employee-level detection, PDF and Excel reports, multi-year tracking and an isolated database. This is the relevant tier for an employer that needs more than descriptive analysis and wants a report workflow; the free plan does not include those capabilities.

Enterprise has custom pricing. It adds multi-entity reporting, HR integrations, SSO, governance, a dedicated customer success manager and a 99.9% uptime SLA. Groups and advisory firms that need those controls and integrations are the clearest fit, while a single entity can start with Professional.

Platforms

Cleira runs on the web. The free analyzer processes data in the browser and accepts English-language CSV files.

Who it's for

Cleira is aimed at EU employers, particularly organizations with 100–1,000 staff, and offers Enterprise for groups and advisory firms. Smaller teams can use the free analyzer for an initial look. Employers needing adjusted analysis, employee-level review and branded reports for one legal entity have a stronger case for Professional. Organizations requiring multi-entity workflows, HR-system connections or division-level access controls should consider Enterprise.

It is a poor fit for anyone who needs its output to serve as legal advice or certified compliance, or who requires official file-ready formats in every EU country today.

Pros and cons

• Pros: Free browser analysis covers several useful baseline measures and keeps workforce data local, giving employers a no-cost first pass.
• Pros: Professional combines adjusted analysis, employee-level detection, configurable reruns and branded reports for a single legal entity.
• Pros: Enterprise brings named HR integrations, SSO and scoped roles for organizations with broader governance needs.
• Cons: The free analyzer accepts English-language CSV files, and its comfortable scale is a few thousand rows.
• Cons: Professional starts at €3k / year, which may be difficult to justify when an organization only needs a baseline.
• Cons: Official file-ready formats are rolling out country by country, and results are not certified compliance.

Alternatives

For a free web-based option, Logib is provided by Switzerland's Federal Office for Gender Equality on behalf of the Confederation. Consider it if that provider and its free equal-pay analysis fit your needs.

Parity Software is a web-based paid option with a free trial. Its free trial covers up to three employees and three job descriptions, with pay equity analysis, demographic reporting and “what if” pay scenarios, making it a better match for a very small initial exploration.

PayStandards PayAudit is another paid web-based option to compare.

Salary.com CompXL is a paid web-based option with custom pricing; consider it if you prefer to request a personalized demo.

AxiomIA Pay Equity is another paid web-based option to compare.

beqom PaySuite offers web and API access with pricing by request; consider it if those access options suit your evaluation.

Trusaic PayParity is a paid web-based option designed for global enterprises, with pricing by inquiry.

Affirmity Employment Law Navigator is a paid web-based option with pricing by request.

See the Pay Equity Software directory for more options.

Verdict

Choose Cleira if you need browser-based pay-gap analysis for EU directive reporting and want a clear path from a free baseline to adjusted analysis and branded reports for one legal entity. Its strongest reason to choose is that progression; its strongest reason to look elsewhere is the combination of country-by-country filing formats and the fact that its results are not certified compliance.