HR software Switzerland — comparison

Records, absences and applications — everything but the payroll run.

Swiss specifics

What is different in Switzerland

HR / People

The Swiss market imposes requirements that an international solution usually lacks — it is built for other legal systems. Buy from abroad and you notice at the year-end close, in the VAT filing or with the first payroll declaration. These are the points that decide in this category:

This category lists only vendors with a Swiss legal entity. Foreign solutions are not excluded — none of those that matter here names a franc price.

Withholding taxFor employees without a settlement permit the employer withholds tax at source, using cantonal tariffs that change every year. The software has to ship those tables and keep them current.
Work permits
Swissdec ELMPayroll declarations to the old-age insurance, the accident insurer, tax authorities and insurers run electronically through the Swissdec standard. Without certification, «payroll» often means no more than a payroll list.
Data locationSwiss data centres are not a legal requirement, but often a procurement criterion – especially for personal data and public-sector contracts.
Ten-year retentionThe Swiss Code of Obligations requires ten years of audit-proof retention – including readability. Clarify what happens to your data after you cancel.
Export and exitBefore signing up, check what an export looks like (entries, documents, master data). A solution without a usable export is a one-way street.

Criterion	Annual price published, Swiss serversDetails	Grown out of payroll, four languagesDetails	Geneva vendor, Azure SwitzerlandDetails	Broker, no software of its ownDetails
Human resources
Absence management	not researched	✓	✓	✓
Applicant tracking	✓	✓	not researched	✓
Cost & onboarding
List priceas stated by the vendorbars: 0 to CHF 148	CHF 75–148	via partner only	on request	on request
Pricing model	Subscription	via partner	Subscription	not researched
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud + Desktop/Server	Cloud	not researched
Payroll, VAT & law
Payroll (Swissdec)	not researched	✓	not researched	not researched
Data location	Switzerland	Switzerland	Switzerland	not researched
Collaboration & vendor
Languages	DE	DE · FR · IT · EN	not researched	not researched
Vendor	Eren Solutions	Abacus Research AG	Lucca Software Sàrl	Hey HR Services AG
Headquarters	Pratteln BL	Wittenbach SG	Le Grand-Saconnex GE	Emmenbrücke LU
Vendor website	open ↗	open ↗	open ↗	open ↗