Hailey HR vs Humaans (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Hailey HR if

• Fits if you run a Swedish company and want managers and staff on the mobile app
• Works for firms whose payroll is in Fortnox or Visma

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you want to see a price before talking to sales
• Not for you if you need payroll built in, as it connects to other payroll systems
• Tight if you're small, since there's an implementation fee on top
• Watch out: no free plan or trial, a demo request is the only start

Pick Humaans if

• Fits if you have staff in several countries and a payroll provider in each
• Works for teams that want HR records feeding Slack, Okta and their hiring tool

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you want a price or a trial without a sales call
• Not for you if your staff want an app-store app, as the mobile version runs in a phone's browser
• Pricey if you want reviews, headcount planning or the AI companion, as each is an add-on
• Skip it if you want payroll run for you, as it only prepares changes for outside providers
• Watch out: the Athena AI agents are a separate product, also sold through sales

Hailey HR

• No prices are published: the plans page says to contact the company, and the price depends on the number of active employees.
• Besides the monthly per-employee fee there is a one-off implementation fee based on organization size and needs, according to the About page.
• It does not run payroll; it connects to payroll systems such as Fortnox, Visma and Crona Lön.
• A demo request is the only way to start; no free plan or trial is listed.

Humaans

• No prices are published: Growth, Enterprise and Athena are all sold through sales, and VC-backed firms can get a partner rate.
• Performance reviews, the AI companion, headcount planning, DE&I analytics and data tables are add-ons on top of a plan.
• It does not run payroll; it prepares changes for outside payroll providers. Its customers are in 28 countries, with staff in 106.
• There is no app-store app: the mobile version runs in a phone's browser.

Hailey HR

Employee data and contracts

Keeps employment history, digital employee files, document folders and contracts with e-signature in one record per person.

Workflows

Custom workflows for pre-, on- and offboarding send tasks automatically, can repeat on a schedule and can be triggered by a time-off event.

Recruitment and preboarding

Job ads, a career page, a talent pool, reference checking and a portal where candidates complete preboarding steps.

Time and time off

Clock in and out, time-off balances, holiday planning, and public holiday calendars for several countries.

Performance and surveys

One-to-ones, 360 reviews, goals on individual to company level, custom surveys, eNPS and pulse surveys.

Analytics and AI

Headcount, salary and time-off reports with custom analytics, plus an AI assistant called Peep Studio included in the platform.

Humaans

People directory and documents

Employee profiles, an org chart, document storage and custom fields, with permission roles deciding who sees what.

Absences and timesheets

Staff request time away and managers approve it from any device, and timesheets log hours for compliance.

Onboarding and workflow automation

Automate onboarding and offboarding steps and route employee requests through approvals.

Payroll-ready exports

Tracks changes to pay, bank details, addresses and time off for each location, and sends them to payroll providers by export or SFTP.

Athena AI agents

Pre-built agents and a natural-language builder triage employee requests, run approvals and automate HR work, with an audit log of every action.

Integrations and API

Connects to Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Slack, Okta, Docusign, Carta, Lattice, Ashby and Greenhouse, with an API and webhooks.

Hailey HR

Pricing could not be confirmed. See haileyhr.com.

Humaans

Pricing could not be confirmed. See humaans.io.