Silae review (2026): is it worth it?
French payroll and HR software, sold with accountants and partners
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Weak · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for French payroll for firms and accountants
Silae is French payroll and HR software that produces payslips and the DSN, sold with accountants and partners. No prices are published, the whole thing is built on French rules, and the site is in French.
Who Silae is for
- Fits if you run payroll for French employees
- Makes sense if your accounting firm already works with Silae
Who Silae is not for
- Skip it if you pay staff outside France, as it is built on French rules and the DSN
- Not for you if you do not read French, since the site is French
- Watch out: no prices are published and you are routed to an expert
- Watch out: the site pushes the partner route through accountants and integrators
Why Silae gets a 1.8
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 and no pricing page was found, so it sits in the middle of payroll tools.
- FFree plan and trialNo free plan or trial on record; buyers are routed to an expert.
- BFeaturesPayroll with DSN, a payslip vault, HR records, expenses and business intelligence. The listing names no gap in the payroll job.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. It is built around French collective agreements, so expect setup and training.
- CPlatforms and integrationsWeb only on the listing, with no mobile app or integrations list.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Silae's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Silae's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 10 of the 61 other payroll services we grade, and level with 15.
It stands best on features (B, above 30 of 61) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0).
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 62 payroll services we grade, cut by the letter each got. Silae’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 3 of 61, level with 43
- FFree plan and trialAbove 0 of 61, level with 43
- BFeaturesAbove 30 of 61, level with 31
- CEase of useAbove 1 of 61, level with 46
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 0 of 61, level with 27
Keep Silae, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Silae you would be making payroll taxes worked out and filed with the government for you. 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: 36 of the 61 other payroll services grade higher.
What you could make
- Employee records, time off, expense tracking and reports: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- Payroll taxes worked out and filed with the government for you.
- An API that other software can build on.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. Silae’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 Silae?
Silae makes payroll and HR software for France under the mySilae name. The payroll product produces payslips and generates the DSN, the French monthly social declaration, and sits beside modules for HR records, time and absences, expense reports, health and benefits, and business intelligence. Prices are not published.
Worth knowing
- No prices are published and no pricing page was found, so pricing is unverified.
- The product is built around French payroll rules, collective agreements and the DSN.
- The site has a partner program for resellers, integrators and accounting firms, and routes buyers to an expert.
- The site is in French.
Key features
- Payroll and DSN
- mySilae Paie produces and validates payslips, takes in variable pay entries and generates the DSN declarations automatically.
- Digital payslip vault
- A coffre-fort stores and archives payroll documents and makes them available to employees, with a variant for the public sector.
- HR information system
- mySilae Entreprise covers employee records from hiring to exit, time and absences, remote work, e-signatures and medical follow-up.
- Expenses and advances
- mySilae Expense digitizes expense reports, and a separate service handles pay advances.
- Business intelligence
- mySilae BI uses payroll and DSN data for HR reporting, and a REST API is mentioned in the site's security and technology section.
Silae pricing
We could not confirm Silae’s current pricing from its own site, so we are not listing plans here. See silae.fr for current prices.
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Common questions
Does Silae have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Silae is listed for Web.
Does Silae have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Silae is listed for Web.
Is Silae open source?
Silae is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Does Silae have an API?
Yes. Silae offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.