luccasoftware.com

What luccasoftware.com does

Lucca is a French SaaS company founded in 2002 and headquartered in Paris that provides an integrated suite of HR, payroll, expense management, and talent software. The platform is organized into roughly 15 modules covering Core HR, absences and timesheet, performance and engagement, training, recruitment, payslip and compensation, payroll assistance, expenses, payment methods (the Lucca Card corporate payment product), meal vouchers, and the Lucca AI assistant layer. Each module is designed to interoperate with the others so that a single employee record flows across absence tracking, payroll calculation, expense reimbursement, and performance review without duplicate data entry.

The platform is targeted at mid-to-large enterprises, particularly those operating in France and other French-speaking or European regulatory environments. Lucca has built country-specific logic for leave policies, payroll rules, RGAA accessibility, and — for AI features — EU AI Act compliance. Customers number more than 1,000, with 1M+ end users across France, Switzerland, Spain, and Germany; named enterprise customers include Pernod Ricard, Accor, Novo Nordisk, Boston Scientific, Bonduelle, Deezer, and Showroomprivé.

Lucca's commercial model is per-user SaaS subscription with degressive pricing (entry point around €9.82 per user per month, decreasing with volume). Go-to-market is sales-led with demo-driven conversion, supplemented by a partner community of accountants and payroll providers and a marketplace of pre-built integrations with major payroll systems. The company has raised approximately €80 million across two rounds (€65M in 2022, €15M in 2024) and has publicly targeted €100M in revenue by 2025. Security and compliance posture is anchored by ISO 27001 certification (achieved 2022), GDPR alignment, and RGAA accessibility compliance.

Name

luccasoftware.com

Legal name

Lucca

Website

https://luccasoftware.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Lucca is a French SaaS company founded in 2002 that delivers 15 integrated HR, payroll, expense management, and talent modules to mid-to-large enterprises, serving 1M+ users across France, Switzerland, Spain, and Germany via a per-user subscription model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Human Resources Software (HRIS)

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Core HR & HRIS (BPACAPAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

HR Operations Administration (HRIS Admin, Records, Employee Data Mgmt) (BPACAKAC)

Keywords

• HR software
• HRIS platform
• Payroll software
• Expense management
• Employee engagement

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Payment Card Services: Free account and virtual cards for expense management. Physical card available excluding printing/delivery costs. Revenue derived from integrated expense management rather than separate card fees.
2. SaaS Subscription: Per-user subscription model with degressive pricing based on number of users. HR Essentials Suite at €9.82 per user per month for 50 employees, with prices decreasing as user count increases.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Lucca develops and sells a cloud-based SaaS Human Resources Information System (HRIS) consisting of approximately 15 integrated HR, finance and administrative software modules covering core HR data, time and activities, talent management, compensation and benefits, business expenses and payment methods. The platform is offered primarily on a per-user monthly subscription basis and is sold to companies across France, Switzerland, Spain and Germany.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Cleemy: Expense report management software with mobile application for employee expense tracking and OCR receipt scanning.
• Pagga
• Lucca AI
• Timmi

Products and services

• Core HR Centralized employee data management solution that automates HR processes from contract signing to employee departure. Features HR file customization, employee self-service, onboarding/offboarding management, document generation and data alert notifications. Used by HR teams and employees in mid-to-large companies.
• Absences Leave and absence management software that lets employees request leave, managers approve requests, and HR teams track balances and export data to payroll. Supports multi-country configurations across 8+ languages.
• Timesheet (Timmi) Time tracking software that automates working hours entry, overtime calculation and compliance with time-tracking regulations. Features attendance mode, activity mode and configurable approval workflows. Used by employees, managers and HR.
• Office (Hybrid Work Management) Hybrid work and flex office management software for shared planning, home office request workflows and real-time office occupancy tracking. Syncs with Google Calendar and Outlook.
• Performance Performance management software for organizing review campaigns, goal management and skills assessment. Supports yearly appraisals, quarterly reviews and team goal tracking.
• Engagement Employee engagement survey and pulse survey solution for measuring employee satisfaction, analyzing survey results with AI and providing action plans to improve workplace quality.
• Training Corporate training management software for creating training catalogs, scheduling sessions, tracking employee requests, managing budgets and integrating with performance reviews.
• Recruitment (ATS) Applicant tracking system (ATS) for creating job vacancies, tracking candidate progress through Kanban-style dashboards, managing career pages, and integrating with LinkedIn, Apec and France Travail.
• Payslip (Pagga) Digital payslip distribution and archiving solution that delivers electronic payslips to employees in under 10 minutes, with optional paper format support and long-term document archiving.
• Compensation Compensation management software for tracking employee salary history, collecting variable compensation elements from managers and managing annual salary review processes.
• Payroll Assistant Payroll preparation automation tool that centralizes HR data, synchronizes with payroll software (Cegid, Sage, ADP, Silae, etc.) and provides collaborative payroll calendar workflows.
• Expenses (Cleemy) Expense report management software with mobile app featuring OCR receipt scanning, automatic expense policy enforcement, approval workflows and accounting export integration.
• Lucca Card (Payment Methods) Business payment cards integrated with Lucca's expense management. Provides virtual and physical Mastercard cards, spend limits, real-time transaction tracking and automatic card deletion on employee departure.
• Lucca AI AI-powered add-on across Lucca solutions including Ask Lucca chatbot, AI recruitment analysis, survey summarization and performance review planning. Compliant with EU AI Act with optional enable/disable control.
• HR Essentials Suite Bundled package of three core HR solutions (Core HR, Absences, Performance) at a discounted price (€9.82 per user per month for 50 employees, degressive). Designed for fast HR setup with expandable capabilities.
• Lucca Marketplace Online marketplace for discovering and integrating third-party add-ons and extensions to expand Lucca's HR software capabilities.
• Meal Vouchers (Titres Restaurant) Meal voucher offering (titres-restaurant) launched in 2025, allowing companies to provide restaurant vouchers to employees.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduced monthly holiday management time from 3-4 hours to 20 minutes (Younited Credit)
• +8 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration18 records

AI capability10 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SilaecoreTechnology or IntegrationPayroll integration partner providing automated payroll data transfer including start/end time, leave, overtime, incentives and bonuses. Allows seamless sync between Lucca HR data and payroll processing.
• OVHcoreTechnology or IntegrationPrimary web host with servers located in France and Germany for hosting client data and personal information.
• ScalewaycoreTechnology or IntegrationSecondary hosting partner for encrypted backups, used for standard clients on Paris PRA (Disaster Recovery). Also used for encrypted off-site backups for Swiss clients alongside GCP Storage.
• Microsoft AzurecoreTechnology or IntegrationCloud infrastructure partner for Swiss clients, with servers located in Switzerland for data residency compliance.
• Google Cloud Platform (GCP)coreTechnology or IntegrationSecondary cloud infrastructure partner for Swiss clients, used exclusively for encrypted backups with servers in Switzerland.
• IdeanceminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerAccessibility auditor for RGAA compliance testing. Conducts accessibility audits for multiple Lucca software products including Absences, Training, Performance, Core HR, Payslip, Expenses, and Engagement.
• AtalanminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerAccessibility auditor for RGAA compliance testing, specifically conducted the Timesheet accessibility audit in February 2025.
• Access42minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerTraining partner providing accessibility training courses including 'Testing accessibility with screen readers' and 'Developing accessible and RGAA-conforming websites'.
• Fédération des Aveugles de FranceminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerFrench Federation of the Blind provides practical demonstrations of screen reader usage for employee training on accessibility awareness.
• CegidcoreTechnology or IntegrationPayroll software integration via pre-configured files for seamless HR to payroll data transfer.
• SagecoreTechnology or IntegrationPayroll software integration via pre-configured files for seamless HR to payroll data transfer.
• ADPcoreTechnology or IntegrationPayroll software integration via pre-configured files for seamless HR to payroll data transfer.
• PegasuscoreTechnology or IntegrationPayroll software integration via pre-configured files for seamless HR to payroll data transfer.
• TalentiacoreTechnology or IntegrationPayroll software integration via pre-configured files for seamless HR to payroll data transfer.
• EBPcoreTechnology or IntegrationPayroll software integration via pre-configured files for seamless HR to payroll data transfer.
• 123PaiecoreTechnology or IntegrationPayroll software integration via pre-configured files for seamless HR to payroll data transfer.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• Personio: Personio is a German HRIS platform for SMB and mid-market companies. It is one of Lucca's closest direct competitors in Europe, targeting similarly sized companies with comparable core HR, recruitment, and people analytics functionality.
• Cegid: Cegid is a French cloud software vendor offering HR and payroll solutions. It is a direct domestic competitor to Lucca in the French market and the most locally entrenched counterpart for HR/payroll buyers.
• Silae: Silae is a leading French payroll software provider that is both a Lucca integration partner and a competitor in payroll preparation. The convergence of HR and payroll puts the two firms in direct competition for the same mid-market buyer.
• Sage HR: Sage offers HR and people management software for SMB and mid-market across Europe. Sage is a comparable partner-and-competitor dynamic, with overlapping Core HR, leave, and expense functionality for the same European customer base.
• PayFit: PayFit is a European payroll and HR platform serving SMB and mid-market. It competes directly with Lucca in France, Spain, and Germany on payroll preparation and HRIS for similar-sized companies.
• Factorial: Factorial is a Spanish-founded HRIS platform for SMB and mid-market in Europe. It competes with Lucca in Spain and across Europe on Core HR, time tracking, document management, and people analytics.
• BambooHR: BambooHR is an HRIS platform for SMB and mid-market, primarily in the US. It is comparable to Lucca's core product offering (employee records, onboarding, performance, time tracking) for similar buyer personas.

Broad incumbents

• Workday: Workday is a global enterprise HCM and financial management cloud platform. While Lucca serves mid-market, Workday's growing down-market push competes for the same larger enterprise customers like Pernod Ricard and Accor.
• SAP SuccessFactors: SAP SuccessFactors is the enterprise HCM suite within SAP's broader portfolio. It is a broad incumbent selling into European large enterprises that overlap with Lucca's enterprise customer base.
• ADP: ADP is a global HR, payroll, and workforce management provider. While Lucca integrates with ADP for payroll, ADP's broader Workforce Now and enterprise suites compete for the same buyers across Europe.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/luccasoftware
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@Lucca-SoftwareFR
• Facebookfacebook.com/LuccaSoftware
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lucca
• Instagraminstagram.com/luccasoftware

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries4 records

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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