PeopleSpheres

Name

PeopleSpheres

Legal name

PeopleSpheres

Website

https://peoplespheres.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Human Capital Management (HCM) Software

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182), Human Resources Consulting Services (541612), Computer Facilities Management Services (541513)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Core HR & HRIS (BPACAPAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

HRIS/HCM Managed Services & Support (BPAEAGAF), HR Operations Administration (HRIS Admin, Records, Employee Data Mgmt) (BPACAKAC), HR Service Delivery, Shared Services & HR Operating Model Advisory (BPACAJAE), Employee Lifecycle Transactions (Transfers, Promotions, Job Changes) (BPAAAIAE)

Keywords

• HR platform integration
• HR data unification
• HRIS modular platform
• Employee data centralization
• HR workflow automation

Headquarters

HQ city

Montpellier

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Platform Subscription: Monthly subscription for platform access with no limit on number of connected systems. Monthly cost charged for maintenance, support and upgrades of each connection.
2. Connector Implementation Fees: One-time implementation fee for each connector based on complexity. Pre-built connectors can be repurposed for existing and future customers, absorbing most development costs.
3. Partner Integration Services: Single contract covering all partner integrations, consolidated invoicing for multiple connected systems.
4. Managed Services: Handles implementation, maintenance, customer support, and invoicing for all connected tools through a single point of contact.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

PeopleSpheres provides an HR Platform-as-a-Service that integrates, centralizes, and synchronizes employee data from 500+ connected HR tools through 100+ pre-built connectors. The platform combines a foundational Core HR system with a curated marketplace of vetted HR solutions (The Store), enabling companies to build tailored HRIS environments without replacing existing systems, while leveraging AI-powered analytics (Phil) for workforce insights and cross-application workflow automation.

Product overview

PeopleSpheres is a modular HR platform architecture combining a Core HR system with a curated marketplace (The Store) offering hundreds of pre-built connectors. The platform unifies HR data from multiple connected tools into a single interface, enabling cross-application workflows, reporting, and AI-powered analytics. Key products include Core HR as the foundational system, Phil and Data Advisor (GenAI-powered analytics), Data Manager (reporting with predictive analytics), HR Workflows (process automation), Notification Center (unified action hub), and industry-specific add-ons for safety, fleet, and facilities management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• The Store: A curated collection of vetted HR tools and services where customers can select from dozens of partner solutions and hundreds of pre-built connectors.
• Phil

Products and services

• Core HR Foundational HR system that centralizes and manages essential employee data including job information, compensation, organizational structure, and legal documentation. Serves as the backbone for employee lifecycle management, compliance, and reporting for mid-market and enterprise companies.
• Phil (AI Data Advisor) Generative AI-powered data advisor that delivers instant answers about workforce data using natural language processing. Enables HR leaders to perform self-serve analytics for faster and smarter decisions with personalized, trusted insights backed by enterprise-grade security.
• Data Manager HR analytics add-on featuring ad-hoc reporting, custom dashboards, and workforce outcome simulation. Empowered by predictive analytics and HR benchmarks backed by 250 million labor market data points, enabling organizations to perform detailed and flexible workforce analysis.
• Data Advisor GenAI-powered HR analytics add-on with natural language interface and auto-generated narratives. Includes all Data Manager features plus generative AI capabilities for democratizing data access across the organization.
• Data Unification Data integration service that connects, cleanses, and consolidates HR data from multiple sources into a single trusted view, enabling real-time synchronization and unified employee records across 100+ pre-built connectors.
• Connectivity Integration platform enabling connection and orchestration of HR ecosystem with 500+ connected tools, supporting real-time bidirectional data flows and interoperability across HR systems without custom development.
• The Store Curated marketplace of vetted HR tools and services with hundreds of pre-built connectors covering talent management, payroll, time management, training, performance management, electronic signature, expense management, and other HR functions.
• HR Workflows Cross-application workflow automation that creates logical sequences of tasks across HR modules, enabling automated approvals, document management, and process optimization without coding for pre-boarding, onboarding, offboarding, and approval workflows.
• HR Reporting AI-powered analytics and reporting platform that transforms HR data into actionable insights, featuring natural language analytics, prebuilt metrics, and labor market benchmarks backed by 250 million data points.
• Notification Center Smart notification hub that aggregates all HR tasks from connected tools into a unified action center, enabling better task management, delegation, and approval workflows across the HR ecosystem.

Quantifiable outcome

• Vitamine T saves $200k annually with better data management
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers20 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration135 records

AI capability9 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

27 partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• LuccacoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2019French HR software provider offering time management (Timmi Absences, Timmi Timesheet, Timmi Office) and payroll solutions (Pagga Payslips) integrated with PeopleSpheres.
• SilaecoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2019Payroll software provider with digital safe capabilities integrated into PeopleSpheres ecosystem for French market payroll processing and document management.
• ADPcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2019Global payroll and human capital management provider integrated with PeopleSpheres for international payroll capabilities.
• SAPcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2019Enterprise software giant with HR and payroll solutions integrated through PeopleSpheres for large enterprise deployments.
• DocapostemajorTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2019French digital services provider offering electronic signature, digital archiving, and document storage solutions integrated with PeopleSpheres.
• UKGcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2019UKG provides time and payroll solutions integrated with PeopleSpheres for comprehensive HCM capabilities.
• YousignmajorTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2019French electronic signature solution integrated with PeopleSpheres for digital document workflows and compliance.
• DocuSignmajorTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2019Electronic signature platform integrated with PeopleSpheres for document workflows.
• 360 LearningmajorTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2019Learning management system integrated with PeopleSpheres for training and development capabilities.
• CegidcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2019French ERP and HR software provider integrated with PeopleSpheres for payroll and HCM.
• JavelomajorTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2019Performance management and skills platform integrated with PeopleSpheres for talent development.
• NeobrainmajorTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2019Skills and performance management platform integrated with PeopleSpheres for AI-driven talent insights.
• SDWorxcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2019European payroll provider integrated with PeopleSpheres for multi-country payroll processing.
• Rise UpmajorTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2019Training and development platform integrated with PeopleSpheres for learning management.
• TamigomajorTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2019Workforce management and scheduling solution integrated with PeopleSpheres.
• SkellomajorTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2019Scheduling and workforce management platform integrated with PeopleSpheres.
• ZolamajorTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2019Performance management solution integrated with PeopleSpheres for goal tracking and reviews.
• TaleezmajorTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2019Recruiting software integrated with PeopleSpheres for talent acquisition.
• TeamtailormajorTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2019Recruiting platform integrated with PeopleSpheres for candidate attraction and hiring.
• TravelPerkmajor1 January 2019Business travel management integrated with PeopleSpheres for expense and travel workflows.
• NibelisTechnology or Integration
• HR AccessmajorTechnology or IntegrationHR and payroll software integrated with PeopleSpheres.
• HoroquartzmajorTechnology or IntegrationTime and attendance software integrated with PeopleSpheres.
• KeliomajorTechnology or IntegrationTime management solution integrated with PeopleSpheres.
• Skill UpmajorTechnology or IntegrationPerformance and training platform integrated with PeopleSpheres.
• TalentsoftcoreTechnology or IntegrationHR and talent management platform integrated with PeopleSpheres.
• TimesquaremajorTechnology or IntegrationScheduling solution integrated with PeopleSpheres for workforce management.

Scale indicators14 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Emerging players

• Workato: General-purpose iPaaS with strong HR integration recipes; competes at the integration-layer level and offers a lower-cost alternative for technical buyers building their own HR unification.
• Merge: Unified API for HR, payroll, recruiting and accounting — competes for the same 'centralize data from best-of-breed tools' use case but delivers it as developer infrastructure rather than an HR-facing platform.

Direct peers

• BambooHR: SMB-focused HRIS with marketplace integrations and AI assistant (BambooHR Assistant) — overlaps with PeopleSpheres on HRIS-plus-integration positioning for the lower end of mid-market.
• Personio: European HRIS for SMB/mid-market; competes directly for the same French/EMEA accounts and emphasizes an integrated, AI-enabled HR platform rather than a best-of-breed patchwork.
• HiBob: Mid-market core HRIS platform with deep integrations and AI analytics, targeting fast-growing 200–2,000 employee companies globally — same customer profile and modular HRIS positioning as PeopleSpheres.

Broad incumbents

• ADP: Global payroll/HCM giant; simultaneously a key integration partner of PeopleSpheres and a competitor when clients consolidate onto ADP's own Workforce Now or Vantage stack.
• UKG: HR, payroll and workforce management incumbent; like ADP, both a major integration partner and a potential competitor as it expands native HCM capabilities.
• Workday: Enterprise HRIS/HCM incumbent with Workday Illuminate AI and expanding platform capabilities — defines the 'all-in-one' benchmark against which PeopleSpheres positions itself.
• Rippling: Unified HR, IT and finance platform with a strong native integration story — competes with PeopleSpheres by absorbing the 'single source of truth' value proposition into a broader system of record.

Regional players

• Factorial: European SMB/mid-market HRIS headquartered in Barcelona with strong presence in Southern Europe; competes for similar SME buyers but typically without PeopleSpheres' enterprise-grade data unification depth.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/peoplespheres
• Xx.com/peoplespheres

Compliance8 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors6 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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