Security & Compliance
Security and privacy are top priorities.
Security Features
Certifications
Data & Hosting
Data residency
European servers; hosting described as being in Paris, France.
Retention & deletion
Configurable retention and deletion periods.
Feature Scope
Core HR
- Digital employee records with contracts, documents and change history
- Employee self-service in the browser and on smartphones
- Custom fields, departments, locations and reporting lines
- Org chart and multiple legal entities (Growth)
- Equipment inventory
Time and absence
- Time tracking in the browser and app, breaks, timesheets and corrections with approval
- Time accounts, flextime compensation and monthly close
- Leave and absence management with public holidays per German state
- Working-time compliance under the German Working Time Act (Growth)
- Terminal and kiosk mode (beta)
Recruiting, onboarding and offboarding
- Applicant tracking (ATS) with careers page, pipeline and talent pool
- Onboarding and offboarding checklists with an onboarding assistant
- Configurable workflows (Growth)
Payroll and tax advisor
- Payroll preparation: record salary, one-off payments, garnishments, wage types and supplements
- Monthly overview with changes against the previous month
- Seamless export for DATEV as a DATEV-compatible CSV
- Dedicated login for your tax advisor, no shared password
- Direct DATEV integration (beta)
- Optional: full payroll service by the clever.hr payroll team, bookable on top of your plan
Performance
- Performance management, goal setting, feedback cycles and check-ins, ad-hoc feedback (beta, Growth)
Compliance and security
- Whistleblower reporting channel under the German HinSchG (Growth)
- Roles and permissions, two-factor authentication
- Change log in all plans, Audit Hub (beta, Growth)
- Field-level encryption of sensitive data, configurable retention and deletion periods
AI and integrations
- MCP server for AI assistants such as Claude or ChatGPT (opt-in)
- Personal API access after activation
- CSV import, export as CSV or Excel
Features at a Glance
Recruiting & ATS
- Career site
- Pipeline/Kanban
Core HR
- Employee records
- Org chart
- Workflows
- Document management
- Employee self-service
- Roles & permissions
- Multi-entity
Time Tracking
- Clock in/out
- Timesheets
Leave
- Approvals
- Calendars/absence
Onboarding
- Onboarding checklists
Offboarding
- Offboarding checklists
Data & API
- Data export
- API
Administration
- Audit trail
- Custom fields
Security & IT
- MFA
- RBAC
- Audit logs
- Data residency region
Compliance
- GDPR
- DPA available
Performance
- Goals/OKRs
Pricing Model
Per employee
Free: €0 for up to 10 employees, no credit card needed. Starter: €2.00 per employee per month billed annually, €2.50 billed monthly. Growth: €5.00 per employee per month billed annually, €6.25 billed monthly. Annual billing saves 20%. From the 11th person, all people are billed. Enterprise on request. Free data migration in the Growth plan with annual billing. Optional: full payroll service by the clever.hr payroll team, on top of the plan, tiered per employee per month at €8.50 (1 to 20), €6.50 (21 to 50), €5.00 (from 51), billed annually in advance. All prices net, for businesses only.
Implementation
Create your account online and start without a credit card. Guided onboarding as one-time setup support in Starter and Growth. Data migration via CSV import or by our team, free in the Growth plan with annual billing. We activate the recruiting module for you during guided onboarding. An online handbook explains every feature step by step.
Support
Email · in-app issue reporting · online handbook · scheduled call
Time zones: Germany (CET/CEST), support in German
Starter: email support. Growth: priority support, your requests are handled first. Report issues directly from the app, with context and without a separate ticket.
Integrations
DATEV (CSV-Export)
Lohn & SteuerbüroDATEV-Direktanbindung (Beta)
Lohn & SteuerbüroClaude (MCP)
KI-AssistentenChatGPT (MCP)
KI-AssistentenCodex (MCP)
KI-AssistentenCSV / Excel
DatenimportPersonio (Migration auf Basis des Personio-Datenexports)
Datenübernahme