What PlanningPME does

PlanningPME, operated by Target Skills (a French SARL founded in 2001 and headquartered in Courcouronnes/Évry, France), is a resource scheduling and management software vendor with more than 20 years of continuous operation. The company sells a planning application — delivered both as an on-premise Windows desktop product and as a cloud-hosted SaaS edition ("Web Access") — used to allocate human resources, equipment, rooms, and project tasks across shifts, bookings, and assignments. The platform runs on commercially stable infrastructure combining OVH (EU) and AWS, with strict EU data residency, and is delivered in 10 languages. It offers multi-platform access (Windows desktop, web, iOS, Android) and integrates natively with Google Calendar, Outlook, Thunderbird, iCal, and Excel, augmented by a published REST API (rate-limited to 2,000 requests/hour) that enables ERP and HRMS integrations.

The product architecture is deliberately deterministic: the company has publicly stated that it does not embed AI or machine-learning features, citing GDPR compliance and product simplicity as the rationale. Scheduling logic, conflict detection, and resource allocation are handled by rule-based engines rather than learned models. This is a stated strategic choice rather than a capability gap, and it positions the product for European public-sector, healthcare, and regulated buyers where AI procurement faces additional scrutiny, but it also forgoes the AI-assisted forecasting, auto-scheduling, and natural-language features that are emerging across workforce-management competitors.

The business model combines traditional perpetual desktop licensing with a tiered SaaS subscription priced per resource (Standard, Premium, and Enterprise bands, with public pricing ranging from €36/month to €985/month), producing recurring revenue from a long tail of SMB and mid-sized customers plus larger enterprise accounts at the upper price band. Go-to-market is direct sales supplemented by a worldwide reseller network, and publicly referenced customers span accounting, auditing, construction, services, and large corporate groups. Pricing is fully published and per-resource, signaling a distributed, long-tail customer base rather than concentration on a small number of large anchors.

Name

PlanningPME

Legal name

TARGET SKILLS

Website

https://planningpme.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

PlanningPME, a French SARL operating since 2001, sells on-premise and SaaS resource scheduling software — including mobile apps, a public API, and 10-language localization — to SMB, mid-market, and enterprise customers worldwide via direct sales and a reseller network, without embedded AI features.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Workforce and Resource Scheduling Software

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (5415)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Email, Calendar & Scheduling (BPAMAMAC)

Keywords

• Resource scheduling software
• Employee shift planning
• Workforce management software
• SaaS scheduling platform
• Project scheduling tool

Headquarters

HQ city

Évry

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. SaaS Subscription (PlanningPME Web Access): Monthly subscription-based pricing for cloud access to the scheduling platform. Pricing tiers based on number of resources (employees/material resources) managed, ranging from 1-9 resources up to 900+ resources. Three versions available: Standard, Premium, and Enterprise with increasing storage, security, and feature levels.
2. On-Premise Software License: Desktop scheduling software installed locally on company networks, offered alongside the SaaS version. Includes shared scheduling over company network.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

PlanningPME is a scheduling and resource management software sold in two deployment models — an on-premise desktop application installed on company networks and a cloud-based SaaS (Web Access) — that lets organizations manage human and material resources, tasks, projects, appointments, holidays, and skills-based allocation. The platform is complemented by mobile applications for iOS and Android devices and a REST API for ERP integration, targeting SMEs through large enterprises across sectors such as construction, audit, social mediation, and field services.

Product overview

PlanningPME is a unified scheduling and resource management platform offered as both on-premise desktop software and cloud-based SaaS (Web Access), published by Target Skills. The product portfolio consists of two core delivery forms — the locally-installed PlanningPME desktop software and the cloud-hosted PlanningPME Web Access — supplemented by a Mobile App for smartphones and tablets. The SaaS offering is structured across three pricing tiers: Standard (core scheduling with 50 GB storage and standard API access), Premium (adds SSO, SMS notifications, and 100 GB storage), and Enterprise (adds Outlook/Google Calendar synchronisation, dedicated AWS infrastructure, and 200 GB storage with multi-site data replication). All tiers share the same underlying scheduling engine covering human/material resource management, task and project management, skill management, customer management, department management, holiday/leave planning, reporting/statistics, and conflict management. The platform targets SMEs, mid-size companies, and large groups across diverse industry sectors including construction, healthcare, legal, IT, automotive, engineering, and professional services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• PlanningPME (Desktop Scheduling Software) On-premise desktop scheduling software installed locally on company networks, providing shared scheduling across users with human and material resource management, task and project scheduling, multi-user access with configurable permissions, and reporting. Designed for organizations that prefer self-hosted deployment.
• PlanningPME Web Access Cloud-based SaaS scheduling platform providing 24/7 online access to schedules via web browser and mobile/tablet applications, with secure data hosting on PlanningPME servers and improved remote work capabilities. Offered in Standard, Premium, and Enterprise editions.
• PlanningPME Mobile App Smartphone and tablet application for accessing and managing PlanningPME schedules on iPhone, iPad, and Android devices, enabling real-time updates and information sharing from any location.
• PlanningPME Developer API REST API enabling ERP integration via custom scripts, data import/export, and third-party tool connectivity. Rate-limited to 2,000 requests per hour per key, with volumetric pricing above the threshold.

Quantifiable outcome

• 30-day free trial available for both online and downloadable software

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature13 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• OVHcoreTechnology or IntegrationOVH provides primary data hosting services for PlanningPME. Servers are located in Roubaix, France. OVH handles data storage, backup services (daily backups saved for one week), and infrastructure maintenance.
• AWS (Amazon Web Services)coreTechnology or IntegrationAWS is used as a data hosting and notification service provider for PlanningPME Enterprise version. Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS) is used for SMS and email notifications in Premium and Enterprise tiers. AWS data centers provide geographic redundancy for Enterprise customers.
• Worldwide Reseller/Dealer NetworkcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTARGET SKILLS distributes PlanningPME through a worldwide network of qualified resellers and dealers to reach professionals in all sectors across different countries and regions.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Deputy: Deputy provides cloud-based employee scheduling, shift planning, and workforce management for shift-based businesses. It competes head-on with PlanningPME on multi-resource, multi-location scheduling sold to SMEs and mid-market customers, though with a more modern, mobile-first UX.
• Shiftboard: Shiftboard delivers workforce scheduling and shift management for enterprise and front-line workforces. Its scheduling engine and conflict/preference handling overlap PlanningPME's scheduling capabilities, though at a larger enterprise scale.
• Float: Float provides resource scheduling and project planning for agencies, professional services, and creative teams. It overlaps PlanningPME's project-and-resource scheduling use case with a modern SaaS interface.
• Humanity (TCP Software): Humanity is an employee scheduling and shift management platform for healthcare, retail, and hospitality. Its focus on multi-resource planning, conflict detection, and notifications directly overlaps PlanningPME's core feature set.
• When I Work: When I Work offers employee scheduling, shift management, and time tracking targeted at hourly workforces and small businesses. It mirrors PlanningPME's SME-first scheduling proposition with self-serve onboarding and mobile apps.
• Sling: Sling offers shift scheduling, team communication, and labor cost control for restaurants and shift-based businesses. It competes with PlanningPME's scheduling core, particularly for SMB shift-heavy use cases.
• Skedda: Skedda is a scheduling platform for booking shared spaces such as meeting rooms, sports facilities, and equipment. It overlaps with PlanningPME's material-resource scheduling capabilities, particularly for venue and facility management use cases.
• Resource Guru: Resource Guru is a cloud-based resource scheduling tool for managing people, rooms, and equipment availability. Its dual human-and-material resource model and conflict management closely mirror PlanningPME's central value proposition.
• Zoho Workerly: Zoho Workerly is a temporary staffing and shift scheduling solution for staffing agencies and SMBs. It targets similar resource-driven scheduling use cases to PlanningPME, with the benefit of integration into the broader Zoho ecosystem.

Broad incumbents

• UKG (Kronos): UKG is a large workforce management suite covering scheduling, time, payroll, and HR for enterprise customers. It overlaps PlanningPME's scheduling functionality as part of a much broader HCM/WFM stack, serving larger accounts than PlanningPME typically targets.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/PlanningPME_EN
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/target-skills

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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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