Sympa
Sympa is a centralized HR platform for managing people data across organizations, countries, and business units.
What Sympa is
Sympa is a centralized HR platform for managing people data across organizations, countries, and business units. It covers the employee lifecycle with Core HR, recruitment, performance, payroll, onboarding, contract changes, and offboarding workflows. The platform supports employee records, time-off management, performance management, and time tracking. Dynamic and custom reports cover headcount, pay, and workforce data. Sympa says it offers 300+ connectors and more than 10,000 integrations, with open APIs, two-way integrations, and secure REST API access. Named connections include Teamtailor, 360Learning, Pihr, Quinyx, Winningtemp, and Power BI. Its mobile app lets employees update employment details, request leave, report absences, complete tasks, and view documents. Sympa supports Android, iOS, web, and API access. The paid Sympa HR plan is priced by employee count with a personalized quote; setup, onboarding, implementation, and one payroll connector per country are included. Sympa was founded in Lahti, Finland, in 2005.
Good
- Centralized employee data across entities
- Onboarding, offboarding, performance, and payroll tools
- 300+ connectors and 10,000+ integrations listed
- Open APIs and two-way integrations
- Mobile employee access and document viewing
Watch out
- Paid product with personalized pricing
- No free plan
- Pricing depends on employee count and requirements
- MFA is enforced for administrators
Who it suits
It suits growing and enterprise organizations managing multiple countries or entities. HR teams needing lifecycle workflows, reporting, integrations, and employee mobile access may find its scope relevant.
Verdict
Sympa brings broad HR lifecycle management, reporting, integrations, and mobile employee tasks into one platform. Buyers should request a quote based on workforce size and requirements.
Plans and prices
From Sympa's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Sympa HR | Priced on request | Pricing based on employee count · Complex requirements get tailored pricing · Setup, onboarding and implementation included · One payroll connector per country included · One price per employee per month; personalised quote required. |
The facts
Each one read from Sympa's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Access controls
- Sympa describes role-based access controls, least-privilege access, and MFA and SSO options, with MFA enforced for administrative users.checked 12 Oct 2026
- API
- Sympa supports open APIs and two-way integrations, and its product page describes secure REST API access.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Data protection
- Sympa says personal data is encrypted in transit and at rest, and that customer data is primarily processed within the EU and EEA.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Employee lifecycle
- The platform covers the employee lifecycle with tools for Core HR, recruitment, performance, payroll and more.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Employee onboarding
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Employee records
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Integration examples
- Named integrations include Teamtailor, 360Learning, Pihr, Quinyx, Winningtemp and Power BI.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Sympa says it offers 300+ connectors and over 10,000 integrations delivered across Europe and beyond.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Performance management
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Product
- Sympa is a centralized HR platform for managing people data across organizations, countries and business units.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Reporting
- Sympa provides dynamic and custom HR reports across headcount, pay and workforce data.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security certifications
- Sympa states it is certified to ISO 27001:2022 and ISO 9001:2015.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support
- Customer support includes an always-available Help Centre, a 24/7 AI-driven chatbot, and service requests to support agents through the knowledge base.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Target users
- Sympa describes its platform as serving companies of all sizes, including growing and enterprise organizations managing multiple countries and entities.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Time-off management
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Time tracking
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Workflows
- Guided workflows support processes such as onboarding, contract changes and offboarding.checked 12 Oct 2026
The company
- Company history
- Sympa says its story began in Lahti, Finland, in 2005.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2005checked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Nochecked 22 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Mobile app
- The mobile app lets employees access and update employment details, request leave, report absences, complete tasks and view documents.checked 12 Oct 2026
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