What Nibelis does

Nibelis is a French SaaS company founded in 2001 by Alain Crémer (operating as Meilleure Gestion until a 2016 rebranding), headquartered in Levallois-Perret. It sells a 100% cloud-based, ISO 9001-certified payroll and integrated human resources management platform hosted on OVH servers in France. The natively integrated suite spans payroll calculation with DSN (Declaration Sociale Nominative) generation, core HR administrative management, talent management (recruitment, onboarding/offboarding, performance reviews, skills mapping, training, compensation), time and activity management (GTA - absences, presence/planning, telecommuting, IRP delegations), document dematerialization (50-year digital vault, electronic signature), employee and manager self-service portals, expense management, and business intelligence. The platform supports 12+ French industry sectors with continuous real-time regulatory and collective-agreement updates.

The company reaches French mid-market companies (PME, 50-250 employees) and intermediate enterprises (ETI, 250-3,000+ employees) through a direct enterprise field sales motion with eight regional agencies (Strasbourg, Nantes, Lille, Lyon, Toulouse, Aix-en-Provence, Bordeaux, plus Levallois HQ), complemented by an Experts Comptables accounting-firm partner channel and a strategic partnership with Berger-Levrault in the private healthcare vertical. Three service tiers are offered: gestion déléguée (full payroll outsourcing), gestion accompagnée (consultant-supported), and gestion autonome (self-service software-only). Revenue is generated primarily through annual SaaS subscriptions on a modular à la carte basis (HR and GTA modules can also be sold standalone against third-party payrolls) plus professional services for implementation. Pricing is quote-based, varying by modules, configuration, and employee count.

Nibelis has grown consistently at approximately 20% per year for over a decade without external capital (one nominal 2005 Idinvest seed noted), reaching €41 million in FY2022 revenue with a customer base exceeding 2,000 organizations. Named customers span retail (Alain Afflelou, Retail&Connexions, Marie Brizard), automotive (Auto1.com), pharmaceuticals (Laboratoire Aguettant), manufacturing (BERKEM, Actega Rhenacoat), energy (Rubis Terminal), insurance, distribution, hospitality (FrogPubs), and nonprofit (WWF) sectors. The business is run by founder-CEO Alain Crémer as an independent Société Anonyme with no parent company or external PE/VC sponsor.

Name

Nibelis

Legal name

Nibelis

Website

https://nibelis.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Nibelis is a French SaaS provider of integrated payroll and human resources management software, serving 2,000+ mid-market and intermediate enterprises (50-3,000+ employees) across France through a 100% cloud-based platform covering payroll, talent, time management, and regulatory compliance.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Payroll & HR Software (SIRH)

NAICS

Payroll Services (541214), Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services (54121)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation (7374)

akta.pro primary industry

Payroll Software & Payroll-as-a-Service (SaaS) (BPACAIAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Core HR & HRIS (BPACAPAA), Managed Payroll Services (Full-Service Payroll Outsourcing) (BPAAAHAA), Payroll Outsourcing & Pay Administration (Multi-country/Managed Payroll) (BPACAKAD), HRIS/HCM Implementation & EOR Platform Services (BPACAHAJ), Human Capital Management (HCM) & Payroll Platforms (HDAEAEAJ)

Keywords

• Payroll software
• HR management platform
• Cloud HR software
• Talent management
• Payroll outsourcing

Headquarters

HQ city

Levallois-perret

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. SaaS Software Subscriptions: Annual or multi-year subscription to the Nibelis cloud platform. Pricing based on modules selected, number of employees, and company size. No upfront license fees; all updates included in subscription. Customers can cancel at any time.
2. Professional Services: Implementation services (3-6 month average project), dedicated consultant support (Accompanied management), and full payroll outsourcing (Delegated management) billed separately from software subscriptions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Nibelis provides an integrated, 100% cloud-based SaaS payroll and HR management platform for French companies, encompassing payroll calculation, DSN declarations, core HR administration, talent management, time and activity tracking, digital document storage, electronic signatures, employee/manager self-service, and business intelligence. The platform is sold as a modular 'à la carte' SIRH and is delivered with three service-level options ranging from full payroll outsourcing to self-service software use, supported by 8 regional field agencies across France.

Product overview

Nibelis offers a unified, integrated cloud-based HR and payroll software platform comprising a core payroll engine (Paie) with 17+ collaborative HR modules. The platform architecture consists of: Core HR foundation with payroll processing, administrative management, and standard reporting; GTA (Time and Activity Management) suite covering absences, presence/planning, activities, telecommuting, and IRP delegations; Talent Management suite including recruitment, onboarding/offboarding, performance reviews, training, and compensation management; Digital dematerialization (Démat RH) with digital safe, electronic signature, and mobile application; Business intelligence and legal reporting with budget simulation and decision support; Self-service portals for employees and managers plus expense management. The solution is sold as an integrated platform with optional standalone HR/GTA modules for non-Nibelis payroll users, and supports three service levels: delegated management, supported management, and autonomous management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Meilleure Gestion: Former legal/trading name of Nibelis before 2016 rebranding

Products and services

• Paie (Core Payroll Software) Core payroll engine that automates payroll calculations, ensures compliance with French law and collective agreements, generates real-time payslips with calculation justifications and retroactivity support, and produces DSN declarations. For HR, payroll and Finance teams in French companies.
• Core RH (Gestion Administrative) Core HR administrative module providing customizable employee records, predictive employee tracking and deadline alerts for HR compliance management.
• TALENTS (Talent Management Suite) Talent management suite covering recruitment, onboarding/offboarding, performance reviews, skills mapping, training management and compensation campaigns across the full employee lifecycle.
• GTA (Time and Activity Management Suite) Time and activity management suite covering absence tracking, presence and planning management, work-time analytics, telecommuting management and IRP delegation hour management, integrated with payroll for real-time data synchronization.
• Coffre-fort numérique (Digital Vault) Secure digital vault for long-term storage of payslips and HR documents, retaining payslip data for 50 years or until the employee reaches age 75 in accordance with French regulations.
• Signature électronique (Electronic Signature) Legally binding electronic signature solution guaranteeing document authenticity and signatory identity verification for employment contracts and HR documents.
• Application mobile (Mobile Application) Mobile application enabling access to the Nibelis HR and payroll solution from anywhere, supporting employee and manager self-service on smartphones and tablets.
• Self-Service RH (Employee & Manager Portals) Employee and manager self-service portals for updating personal HR information, expense report submission and HR workflow management, including Notes de frais (expense management).
• Pilotage RH (BI, Reporting & Budget Simulation) BI and budget simulation suite providing 120 standard reports, an integrated query builder, group mode, BDESE legal reports, payroll mass simulation and decision-support dashboards.
• Gestion déléguée (Delegated Payroll Outsourcing) Fully outsourced payroll service in which Nibelis handles complete payroll processing and monthly DSN declarations through a dedicated manager, while the customer retains EVP data entry and administrative management.
• Gestion accompagnée (Accompanied Payroll Service) Supported payroll management service with a dedicated Nibelis consultant who knows the customer's specific rules and company culture and handles queries with priority.
• Gestion autonome (Autonomous / Self-Service Software) Self-directed software service in which the customer's team uses the Nibelis platform independently with training and standard support included, but no dedicated consultant.
• Centre de formation (Qualiopi-Certified Training Center) Certified training center (Qualiopi) offering product training and current social regulatory updates for Nibelis customers.
• Marketplace Nibelis Partner ecosystem marketplace for extending the Nibelis SIRH with complementary pre-integrated third-party HR software solutions.

Quantifiable outcome

• 50% reduction in time spent on payroll and HR management
• +8 more outcomes

Named customers34 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature10 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Berger-LevraultcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 31 January 2023Strategic partnership signed January 31, 2023 between Nibelis and Berger-Levrault, a major software publisher serving the private healthcare sector in France. The partnership aims to offer new HR and payroll services to the private healthcare market. Berger-Levrault leverages its existing customer relationships and distribution network to resell and implement the Nibelis platform to healthcare organizations. Nibelis provides its integrated payroll and HR software suite, while Berger-Levrault contributes its sector expertise in the private health vertical.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• ADP: Global payroll and HR services provider with established operations in France. ADP competes with Nibelis for larger French employers and offers both SaaS and managed payroll services.
• Workday: Enterprise cloud HCM and payroll vendor expanding its footprint in France. Workday overlaps with Nibelis in talent management and core HR for larger French enterprises.
• Cegid: French cloud software vendor offering a broad HR, payroll, and finance suite that includes Silae. Cegid is a larger incumbent that overlaps Nibelis across payroll and HR for PME and ETI segments.
• Sage: UK-headquartered accounting and HR/payroll software vendor with a long-standing French payroll offering (Sage Paie). Sage is an incumbent competitor across the French SME and mid-market payroll landscape.
• SAP SuccessFactors: Enterprise HCM suite from SAP increasingly used by large French employers for payroll and HR. It competes with Nibelis at the higher end of the ETI and enterprise segments.

Direct peers

• PayFit: French cloud payroll and HR SaaS provider targeting small and medium enterprises. PayFit is Nibelis's most direct competitor in the PME segment, competing on similar payroll/HR functionality with a modern UX and aggressive pricing.
• Silae: French cloud payroll SaaS serving PME and mid-market companies, now part of Cegid Group. Silae competes directly with Nibelis in the French payroll segment with similar customer profile and feature set.
• Talentia Software: French HR and payroll software vendor (now part of LumApps Group) serving mid-market and enterprise customers. Talentia competes with Nibelis across HCM, talent management, and payroll for French companies.

Regional players

• SD Worx: Belgian-headquartered European HR and payroll services provider operating across multiple European countries. SD Worx is comparable to Nibelis in business model (payroll/HR outsourcing and software) but serves different geographies.

Emerging players

• Lucca: French HR SaaS vendor offering time tracking, expense management, and HR modules for PME/ETI. Lucca competes with Nibelis's GTA and self-service modules and could extend into payroll over time.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/expertsdelapaie
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@MarketingNIBELIS
• Facebookfacebook.com/NibelisFrance
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/nibelis
• Instagraminstagram.com/Nibelis_France

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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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