Humaans
HR system of record for growing companies, with AI agents, by quote
Humaans report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Oct 18, 2026
Best for venture-backed teams in several countries
Humaans is a clean HR system of record for growing companies with staff in several countries, with time off, timesheets, onboarding and payroll-ready exports. It connects to the tools startups already use. But there's no price, no trial and no app, and reviews are an add-on.
Who Humaans is for
- Great if you have staff in several countries and a payroll provider in each
- Handy when you want HR records feeding Slack, Okta and your hiring tool
- Good for venture-backed companies, which can get a partner rate
Who Humaans is not for
- Skip it if you want a price or a trial without a sales call
- Not for you if your staff want a proper phone app
- Pricey if you want reviews too, as they're an add-on
Why Humaans gets a 2.0
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyNo price is published: Growth, Enterprise and the Athena agents are all sold through sales, and VC-backed firms can get a partner rate. So we can't say what a ten-person company pays, and with no figure to compare, it's a C.
- FFree plan and trialNo free plan and no trial on record. You go through sales.
- BFeaturesA people directory, documents, an org chart, time off, timesheets, onboarding and approval workflows, and pay changes tracked and exported for payroll. The whole job, though reviews are an add-on and it doesn't run payroll itself.
- CEase of useNo App Store rating on record, and wiring it to your payroll providers and other tools is part of the setup.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, with Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Slack, Okta, Docusign, Lattice, Ashby and Greenhouse, plus an API and webhooks. No phone app, only the browser.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Humaans' own pages on 18 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Humaans's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 1 of the 9 other HR software we grade, and level with 3.
It stands best on features (B, above 1 of 9) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0).
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 10 HR software we grade, cut by the letter each got. Humaans’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 1 of 9, level with 7
- FFree plan and trialAbove 0 of 9, level with 4
- BFeaturesAbove 1 of 9, level with 8
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 9, level with 8
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 0 of 9, level with 9
Keep Humaans, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Humaans you would be making connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 5 of the 9 other HR software grade higher.
What you could make
- Employee records, time off and reports: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change.
- An AI agent, with the models and the safeguards behind it.
- What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: audit logs.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. Humaans’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Humaans?
Humaans is an HR system of record for growing companies, run from London, New York and San Francisco. It keeps the people directory, documents, absences, timesheets and onboarding workflows in one database and prepares payroll changes for outside providers. Performance reviews, an AI companion and headcount planning are add-ons, and Athena is a separate set of AI agents for HR requests.
Humaans's current pricing could not be confirmed from its own site. See every plan
Good for
- Venture-backed companies with staff in several countries
- People teams that want a clean system of record linked to other tools
- Companies that keep a separate payroll provider in each country
Worth knowing
- 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.
Key features
- 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.
Humaans pricing
We could not confirm Humaans’s current pricing from its own site, so we are not listing plans here. See humaans.io for current prices.
Works with
Humaans alternatives
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Common questions
Is Humaans free?
No. Humaans is a paid product.
What platforms does Humaans work on?
Humaans is available on Web.
Does Humaans have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 18, 2026. Humaans is listed for Web.
Does Humaans have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 18, 2026. Humaans is listed for Web.
Is Humaans open source?
Humaans is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 18, 2026.
Does Humaans have an API?
Yes. Humaans offers a public API, according to its own site.
What does Humaans integrate with?
Humaans's listing names Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Slack, Okta, Docusign, Lattice, Ashby and Greenhouse. A listing names up to eight integrations, so it may connect to more.
Who makes Humaans?
Humaans is made by Humaans Inc. It dates from 2020.
What are the alternatives to Humaans?
The closest alternatives to Humaans in our directory are HiBob, Personio, CharlieHR, Breathe and BambooHR. Each one has a side-by-side comparison with Humaans.
How does Humaans compare with other HR software?
Humaans's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 1 of the 9 other HR software we grade, and level with 3. It stands best on features (B, above 1 of 9) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0).
Could I make my own version of Humaans?
To replace Humaans you would be making connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 5 of the 9 other HR software grade higher. What you could not make: Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. An AI agent, with the models and the safeguards behind it. What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: audit logs. The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. This is a judgement from its listing. We have not built one.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 18, 2026.