What p-soft does

p-soft is a privately held Swiss software company founded in 1993 that provides an integrative, web-based personnel management system (Personalführungssystem) used primarily by Swiss municipalities and public-administration organizations to professionalize HR processes. The platform comprises eight integrated modules — Stellenbeschreibung (job description), Stellenbewertung (job evaluation), Stellenerwartung (job expectations), Zielvereinbarung MbO (management by objectives), Mitarbeiterbeurteilung (employee evaluation), Mitarbeiterförderung (employee development), Lohnsimulation (salary simulation) and Controlling (reporting) — all sharing a common data foundation that links strategic organizational goals to individual positions, measures performance against agreed targets, and supports transparent, performance-based pay. Underlying technology is a web-based application with a WYSIWYG organigram editor, electronic visa approval workflows, and standardized analytical/summary job-evaluation methodologies (per product pages).

The company sells primarily to Swiss municipal and public-sector customers (Stadt Frauenfeld, Gemeinde Wohlen, Stadt Laufenburg are disclosed reference accounts) with private-sector companies listed as a secondary segment. Revenue is generated through software subscription/licensing for the platform combined with consulting, implementation, training, and ongoing support services. Go-to-market is a direct enterprise sales motion with embedded advisory: p-soft engages HR departments and management to design HR processes, implement the system, and train executives in target-setting, performance evaluation, and employee conversations.

The organization is small and founder-controlled: it operates from Gartenweg 14, 5080 Laufenburg, Switzerland with a stated headcount of 9 employees, is structured as a financially independent Swiss partnership, and has no disclosed external investment, parent company, subsidiaries, or public listing. Geographic operations are exclusively within Switzerland. A minor technology partnership with SokratesGroup, integrated as the SokratesMapConcept module, was announced in Release 2018, and the most recent product release (Release 2019) added WYSIWYG organigram editing, electronic visa, consolidated employee data views, and additional reporting. Industry thought-leadership is maintained through publications in magazines such as SCHWEIZER GEMEINDE on IT in personnel management and gender-neutral salary evaluation.

Name

p-soft

Legal name

p-soft

Website

https://p-soft.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

p-soft is a Swiss private software company (founded 1993) providing a web-based personnel management system with eight integrated HR modules, primarily serving Swiss municipalities and public administration, supplemented by consulting and implementation services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Human Resources Management Software

NAICS

Business Service Centers (56143)

akta.pro primary industry

Workflow & Case Management (Human-Centric BPM) (HDAEAHAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Digital Process Automation (DPA) & Orchestration Suites (HDAEAHAF)

Keywords

• Human resources software
• Performance management system
• Job evaluation software
• Salary simulation platform
• Employee management software

Headquarters

HQ city

Dättwil

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Software Licensing/Subscription: Web-based software platform for employee management delivered as an integrated system with multiple modules including job descriptions, evaluation, target agreements, performance management, and salary simulation

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

p-soft provides an integrative, web-based personnel management system for organizations, combining eight core modules covering job descriptions, job evaluation, job expectations, goal agreements (MbO), employee evaluation, employee development, salary simulation, and controlling. The platform is delivered alongside consulting services including HR process design, system implementation, training, and ongoing optimization for Swiss municipalities and private companies.

Product overview

p-soft offers an integrative, web-based human resources management system as a unified platform with eight integrated modules covering the full employee lifecycle: Stellenbeschreibung (Job Description), Stellenbewertung (Job Evaluation), Stellenerwartung (Job Expectations), Zielvereinbarung MbO (Management by Objectives), Mitarbeiterbeurteilung (Employee Evaluation), Mitarbeiterförderung (Employee Development), Lohnsimulation (Salary Simulation), and Controlling (Reporting). The platform links strategic organizational goals to individual workplaces, measures employee performance against agreed targets, systematically promotes employee development, and supports performance-based pay in a transparent and auditable manner. All modules share a common data foundation and integrated controlling functions. Beyond the software, p-soft provides consulting services including HR process design, job evaluation system development, performance management system design, performance-oriented salary system development, and management training in goal agreements, performance evaluation, and employee conversations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Stellenbeschreibung (Job Description) A modular job description module that includes job objectives, tasks (management tasks, specialist tasks, special tasks, and person-related tasks), competencies and responsibilities, requirements for the job holder, and collaboration with other positions. It features inheritance of organizational structure data and free-definable task catalogs to minimize maintenance effort.
• Stellenbewertung (Job Evaluation) A job evaluation procedure that assesses job requirements based on standardized characteristics, offering both summary and analytical evaluation options. It serves as the central instrument for determining the base salary and salary simulation, backed by a broad, practice-proven job evaluation characteristics catalog.
• Stellenerwartung (Job Expectations) A module that defines job expectations as the basis for targeted employee evaluations. Expectations can be defined generically for the entire organization or function groups, as well as position-specifically, enabling supervisors to formulate qualitative and quantitative expectations based on performance evaluation characteristics and job descriptions.
• Zielvereinbarung MbO (Management by Objectives) A goal agreement module that actively involves employees in the organization's goal-setting process. Goals can be linked to superior objectives, and goal achievement can be measured at both individual and organizational levels and linked to salary components.
• Mitarbeiterbeurteilung (Employee Evaluation) An employee evaluation module that serves as the basis for constructive employee conversations and targeted employee development. All relevant data such as job descriptions, expectations, goal agreements, and observations are available to supervisors at all times. The performance level can be automatically considered in salary determination and salary rounds.
• Mitarbeiterförderung (Employee Development)

Quantifiable outcome

• System enables linking of strategic goals to individual job positions and measuring goal achievement
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature11 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Lattice: Lattice is a modern performance management and employee development platform (goals, reviews, feedback, growth). It targets the same HR workflow niche as p-soft but with a cloud-native UX and broader GTM.
• PerformYard: PerformYard is a performance review and goal-tracking platform for mid-market employers. Its review, goal, and competency workflows overlap directly with p-soft's Stellenbewertung, Zielvereinbarung, and Mitarbeiterbeurteilung modules.
• 15Five: 15Five provides continuous performance management software with goal setting, reviews, and development. It is a direct functional alternative to p-soft's MBO, evaluation, and employee development modules.
• Haufe-umantis: Haufe-umantis is a Switzerland/Germany-based HR software suite covering talent management, performance, and compensation. It is the closest geographic and functional competitor to p-soft, especially in DACH public-sector HR.

Broad incumbents

• Workday: Workday HCM includes goal-setting, performance review, and compensation modules used by global enterprises. It competes for the same buyer wallet as p-soft, particularly among larger Swiss employers and possibly municipalities.
• Cornerstone OnDemand: Cornerstone OnDemand is a global talent/learning/performance suite serving large enterprises. It overlaps with p-soft's evaluation, MBO, and development functionality but at a much larger scale and broader portfolio scope.
• SAP SuccessFactors: SAP SuccessFactors is a global enterprise HCM suite covering performance, goals, and compensation. It is the broadest incumbent competing for performance-management workloads p-soft addresses, especially in mid-to-large accounts.

Emerging players

• Sage HR: Sage HR (formerly CakeHR) provides lightweight performance and goal modules to European SMBs. It is an adjacent alternative in the same SMB performance-management category p-soft targets with its private-company offering.
• BambooHR: BambooHR is an SMB-focused HRIS with growing performance and goal-tracking features. It overlaps with p-soft's employee-data and review workflows for smaller, less complex organizations.

Regional players

• SD Worx: SD Worx is a Belgium-headquartered HR and payroll services/technology provider covering Western Europe including Switzerland. It addresses adjacent HR-administration needs but does not specialize in p-soft's performance-management workflows.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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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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