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Best AI for HR & Personnel
From onboarding to absenteeism: HR processes the most sensitive data in the company. AI helps with query handling, documents and policy, if set up with care.
Professional tool with the strongest GDPR profile
NmbrsGDPR: Strong
NmbrsGDPR: Strong- Provider based in the Netherlands
- Data in the EU according to the provider
- Publishes certification/GDPR safeguards
General model: the default choice
ClaudeGDPR: Strong
ClaudeGDPR: Strong- Editorial score 9.0 of 10
- Elo 1506
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Watch out in this field
Personnel files contain special category personal data; AI decisions about employees quickly fall under the EU AI Act (high risk). Always keep HR in control and record what the AI is allowed to see.
All 36 options
Professional tools with the strongest published GDPR safeguards first, then general assistants by suitability.
36options, 24 field-specific
7free to try
20professional tools from NL or EU
20GDPR strong or good
Strong · 5Good · 11Limited · 7Unknown · 1
#SolutionQualityQuality from blind duels on LMArena: users choose between two anonymous answers. A difference of about 20 points is noticeable, a few points is noise. How we measurePriceGDPROur summary of what the provider itself publishes about your data. For a professional tool: whether the data is held in the EU, whether there is a certification or GDPR guarantee, and whether the provider is based in the Netherlands or the EU. For a general model: EU hosting, no training on your data and self-hosting. From Strong to Unknown; Caution only applies to a model with a documented problem. How we measure
1Nmbrs professional toolNmbrs (Amsterdam, NL), part of Visma · NetherlandsDutch payroll and HRM platform from Visma that integrates payroll, personnel administration, leave and expense claims. Widely used in the temp-staffing sector as back-office payroll alongside staffing software such as Easyflex.own modeltiered subscriptions for busin…Strong2
Easygenerator professional toolEasygenerator B.V. (Rotterdam, NL) · NetherlandsRotterdam-based authoring tool that lets subject experts create their own e-learnings. EasyAI turns documents and presentations into a course with test questions, produces training videos and lets staff practise conversations.on 
Pro $125/user/monthStrong3
Lepaya professional toolLepaya (Amsterdam, NL) · NetherlandsAmsterdam-based soft skills training company that combines classroom training with an app featuring an AI coach and AI role-plays so skills can keep being practised after the training.on on requestStrong4
Studytube professional toolStudytube B.V. (Amsterdam, NL) · NetherlandsDutch learning platform (LMS and LXP) with a library of 17,000+ training courses. AI maps skills per role, suggests learning paths and helps you create your own courses.own modelon requestStrong5
Rakoo professional toolRakoo B.V. (Nijmegen, Netherlands) · NetherlandsDutch online academy (LMS and LXP) with its own authoring tool. The Smart Assistant helps write and translate e-learnings and creates assessment questions. With the Rakoo Scenarios add-on, employees practise conversations with AI, such as sales, customer service and feedback conversations.own modelon request (Scenarios add-on €1…Strong6
Daisy (HR2day) professional toolHR2day (Amstelveen, Netherlands) · NetherlandsAI assistant in HR2day that answers HR questions for employees 24/7 and directly handles leave, expense claims and data changes.own modelon requestGood7
Appical.AI professional toolAppical (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · NetherlandsOnboarding app with an AI content assistant that helps HR write and rewrite engaging onboarding content for new employees.own modelfrom €399 per monthGood8
XpertSuite professional toolOtherside at Work ('s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands) · NetherlandsAbsence management software for employers, occupational health services and case managers. Includes XS Assistant (AI support for preparing, conducting and reporting consultations), XS Summarize-It (AI summaries) and AI detection of absence trends.own modelon requestGood9
Learned professional toolLearned (Rotterdam, Netherlands) · NetherlandsAI-driven performance management platform that helps HR with job profiles, skills matrices, evaluations and review cycles.own modelfrom €7.20 per employee/month…Good10
LegalFly professional toolLegalFly BV (Ghent, BE) · EUEuropean legal AI platform with which legal and HR teams review, draft and analyse contracts and policies in anonymised form.on on requestGood11
Winningtemp professional toolWinningtemp (Gothenburg, Sweden) · EUEmployee listening platform that uses AI to detect early signs of stress, turnover and looming absence within teams.own modelon requestGood12
Factorial One professional toolFactorial (Barcelona, Spain) · EUHR platform for small and medium-sized businesses with an AI agent that answers HR questions in plain language and generates documents and reports.own modelon requestGood13
Talentech Onboarding (Talmundo) professional toolTalentech (Oslo, Norway) · EUOnboarding platform with a digital chatbot that answers new employees' questions during pre-boarding and onboarding.own modelon requestGood14
BlueVi professional toolBlueVi B.V. (NL; merger of Visma Verzuim and Reliforce) · NetherlandsDutch absence management software for employers, occupational health services and case managers, formed by the merger of Visma Verzuim and Reliforce (December 2025). The occupational physician can switch on an AI Assistant that turns the consultation into a report, via a connection with Bedrijfsarts.ai.own modelon requestGood15
360Learning professional tool360Learning (Paris, FR) · EUFrench learning platform where subject experts build courses themselves with AI; an AI Companion answers staff questions and suggests courses.on on requestGood16
CoachHub AIMY professional toolCoachHub GmbH (Berlin, DE) · EUDigital coaching platform from Berlin. AIMY is the AI coach with interactive video avatars that help employees practise conversations and leadership situations, alongside coaching by people.on on requestGood17
Leena AI professional toolLeena AI (New York, United States)Agentic AI assistant (Harrison) that automates employee questions, HR tickets and onboarding for large organisations.own modelon requestLimited18
Moveworks professional toolMoveworks / ServiceNow (Mountain View, United States)An AI assistant for employee support that automatically answers HR and IT questions from staff and handles tasks end to end.own modelon requestLimited19
FacilityApps professional toolFacilityApps (Purmerend, Netherlands) · NetherlandsSoftware suite for cleaning companies and facility service providers: costing, scheduling, time tracking, quality control (DKS/VSR-KMS) and work orders in one system, used by over 460 cleaning organisations. The AI layer suggests work allocation, cover for sickness absence and travel time optimisation, and summarises inspections and reports.own modelon request (price calculator on d…Limited20
Mapiq professional toolMapiq (Delft, Netherlands) · NetherlandsWorkplace platform for hybrid offices: desk and meeting room booking, visitor management and analytics on space use. With AI scenario planning you can work out what a growing or shrinking headcount means for your office needs; an AI assistant handles routine employee questions.own modelon request (pricing page behind d…Limited21
YAROOMS (Yarvis AI) professional toolYAROOMS (Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Europe) · EUWorkplace platform for hybrid offices, with desk and meeting room booking, hybrid work schedules, visitor management and space analytics. The Yarvis AI assistant works in Microsoft Teams and email: staff ask in plain language for a room or desk, and Yarvis arranges the booking.own modelStarter $99/month (up to 20 user…Limited22
deskbird professional tooldeskbird AG (Pfäffikon, Switzerland) · free to tryWorkplace platform for hybrid teams: desk, meeting room and parking space booking, visitor management and, more recently, facility tickets. Workplace analytics show how floors and zones are actually used; via the 'agentic workplace' you can connect deskbird to Microsoft Copilot and other AI assistants.own modelon requestLimited23
Verzuim4 professional toolVerzuim4 B.V. (Rhenoy, NL) · NetherlandsDutch AI software that analyses absence data on four key figures (notification frequency, absence duration, zero absence and absence percentage) and turns them into insights and recommendations per department, for employers, occupational health services, advisers and insurers.own modelReporting & Analysis €350/month per…Limited24
Bob AI (HiBob) professional toolHiBob (New York/London)AI in the Bob HR platform that answers employees' policy questions, summarises reviews, and generates HR content and insights.own modelon requestUnknown25Claude generalAnthropicFamily of language models from Anthropic that excels at long documents, careful reasoning, coding and reliable, safe output.1506Elo$20 / monthStrong26ChatGPT generalOpenAIOpenAI's versatile, agentic flagship with a very large context window and a broad ecosystem of integrations.1485Elo$8 / monthStrong27
Copilot generalMicrosoftMicrosoft's AI layer that combines GPT and Claude models with your own organisational data and the Microsoft 365 apps.1485Elofrom €10 / monthCaution28
Gemini generalGoogleGoogle DeepMind's natively multimodal model family, deeply integrated into Workspace, with a very large context window.1527Elo€4.99 / monthStrong29
Qwen generalAlibaba Cloud · free to tryChinese model family from Alibaba Cloud with a free chat app, a large open-weight catalogue and the proprietary flagship Qwen3.8-Max with 1 million tokens of context.1484Eloon requestCaution30
GLM (Z.ai) generalZ.ai (Zhipu AI) · free to tryChinese AI lab (Zhipu, international Z.ai) with the open-weight GLM family under MIT licence, particularly strong at programming and agent tasks at low prices.1483Elo$18 / monthCaution31
Kimi generalMoonshot AI · free to tryChinese AI lab (Moonshot AI) with the open-weight Kimi K2 family and an assistant that focuses strongly on agents, deep research and long documents.1487Elo$19 / monthCaution32
Grok generalxAIThe model from xAI, integrated into X, distinguished by real-time access to live X posts and web data.1471Elo$10 / monthCaution33Le Chat (Mistral) generalMistral AIFrench/European AI lab with open-weight and commercial models and the Le Chat assistant, with EU data residency as its core proposition.1426Elo$14.99 / monthStrong34
DeepSeek generalDeepSeek · free to tryOpen-weight (MIT) Chinese language model with a 1M context window and a built-in reasoning mode, at very low API costs.1475Eloon requestCaution35
Perplexity generalPerplexity AI · free to tryUS AI search engine that delivers answers with source citations via its own Sonar models and external frontier models, with separate Enterprise agreements on data use.–Elo$20 / monthUnknown36
Llama generalMeta · free to tryMeta's natively multimodal, open-weight Mixture-of-Experts family (Scout and Maverick), free to download and self-host.–Eloon requestCaution
Nmbrs professional toolNmbrs (Amsterdam, NL), part of Visma · NetherlandsDutch payroll and HRM platform from Visma that integrates payroll, personnel administration, leave and expense claims. Widely used in the temp-staffing sector as back-office payroll alongside staffing software such as Easyflex.own modeltiered subscriptions for busin…Strong2Easygenerator professional toolEasygenerator B.V. (Rotterdam, NL) · NetherlandsRotterdam-based authoring tool that lets subject experts create their own e-learnings. EasyAI turns documents and presentations into a course with test questions, produces training videos and lets staff practise conversations.on Pro $125/user/monthStrong3Lepaya professional toolLepaya (Amsterdam, NL) · NetherlandsAmsterdam-based soft skills training company that combines classroom training with an app featuring an AI coach and AI role-plays so skills can keep being practised after the training.on on requestStrong4Studytube professional toolStudytube B.V. (Amsterdam, NL) · NetherlandsDutch learning platform (LMS and LXP) with a library of 17,000+ training courses. AI maps skills per role, suggests learning paths and helps you create your own courses.own modelon requestStrong5Rakoo professional toolRakoo B.V. (Nijmegen, Netherlands) · NetherlandsDutch online academy (LMS and LXP) with its own authoring tool. The Smart Assistant helps write and translate e-learnings and creates assessment questions. With the Rakoo Scenarios add-on, employees practise conversations with AI, such as sales, customer service and feedback conversations.own modelon request (Scenarios add-on €1…Strong6Daisy (HR2day) professional toolHR2day (Amstelveen, Netherlands) · NetherlandsAI assistant in HR2day that answers HR questions for employees 24/7 and directly handles leave, expense claims and data changes.own modelon requestGood7Appical.AI professional toolAppical (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · NetherlandsOnboarding app with an AI content assistant that helps HR write and rewrite engaging onboarding content for new employees.own modelfrom €399 per monthGood8XpertSuite professional toolOtherside at Work ('s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands) · NetherlandsAbsence management software for employers, occupational health services and case managers. Includes XS Assistant (AI support for preparing, conducting and reporting consultations), XS Summarize-It (AI summaries) and AI detection of absence trends.own modelon requestGood9Learned professional toolLearned (Rotterdam, Netherlands) · NetherlandsAI-driven performance management platform that helps HR with job profiles, skills matrices, evaluations and review cycles.own modelfrom €7.20 per employee/month…Good10LegalFly professional toolLegalFly BV (Ghent, BE) · EUEuropean legal AI platform with which legal and HR teams review, draft and analyse contracts and policies in anonymised form.on on requestGood11Winningtemp professional toolWinningtemp (Gothenburg, Sweden) · EUEmployee listening platform that uses AI to detect early signs of stress, turnover and looming absence within teams.own modelon requestGood12Factorial One professional toolFactorial (Barcelona, Spain) · EUHR platform for small and medium-sized businesses with an AI agent that answers HR questions in plain language and generates documents and reports.own modelon requestGood13Talentech Onboarding (Talmundo) professional toolTalentech (Oslo, Norway) · EUOnboarding platform with a digital chatbot that answers new employees' questions during pre-boarding and onboarding.own modelon requestGood14BlueVi professional toolBlueVi B.V. (NL; merger of Visma Verzuim and Reliforce) · NetherlandsDutch absence management software for employers, occupational health services and case managers, formed by the merger of Visma Verzuim and Reliforce (December 2025). The occupational physician can switch on an AI Assistant that turns the consultation into a report, via a connection with Bedrijfsarts.ai.own modelon requestGood15360Learning professional tool360Learning (Paris, FR) · EUFrench learning platform where subject experts build courses themselves with AI; an AI Companion answers staff questions and suggests courses.on on requestGood16CoachHub AIMY professional toolCoachHub GmbH (Berlin, DE) · EUDigital coaching platform from Berlin. AIMY is the AI coach with interactive video avatars that help employees practise conversations and leadership situations, alongside coaching by people.on on requestGood17Leena AI professional toolLeena AI (New York, United States)Agentic AI assistant (Harrison) that automates employee questions, HR tickets and onboarding for large organisations.own modelon requestLimited18Moveworks professional toolMoveworks / ServiceNow (Mountain View, United States)An AI assistant for employee support that automatically answers HR and IT questions from staff and handles tasks end to end.own modelon requestLimited19FacilityApps professional toolFacilityApps (Purmerend, Netherlands) · NetherlandsSoftware suite for cleaning companies and facility service providers: costing, scheduling, time tracking, quality control (DKS/VSR-KMS) and work orders in one system, used by over 460 cleaning organisations. The AI layer suggests work allocation, cover for sickness absence and travel time optimisation, and summarises inspections and reports.own modelon request (price calculator on d…Limited20Mapiq professional toolMapiq (Delft, Netherlands) · NetherlandsWorkplace platform for hybrid offices: desk and meeting room booking, visitor management and analytics on space use. With AI scenario planning you can work out what a growing or shrinking headcount means for your office needs; an AI assistant handles routine employee questions.own modelon request (pricing page behind d…Limited21YAROOMS (Yarvis AI) professional toolYAROOMS (Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Europe) · EUWorkplace platform for hybrid offices, with desk and meeting room booking, hybrid work schedules, visitor management and space analytics. The Yarvis AI assistant works in Microsoft Teams and email: staff ask in plain language for a room or desk, and Yarvis arranges the booking.own modelStarter $99/month (up to 20 user…Limited22deskbird professional tooldeskbird AG (Pfäffikon, Switzerland) · free to tryWorkplace platform for hybrid teams: desk, meeting room and parking space booking, visitor management and, more recently, facility tickets. Workplace analytics show how floors and zones are actually used; via the 'agentic workplace' you can connect deskbird to Microsoft Copilot and other AI assistants.own modelon requestLimited23Verzuim4 professional toolVerzuim4 B.V. (Rhenoy, NL) · NetherlandsDutch AI software that analyses absence data on four key figures (notification frequency, absence duration, zero absence and absence percentage) and turns them into insights and recommendations per department, for employers, occupational health services, advisers and insurers.own modelReporting & Analysis €350/month per…Limited24Bob AI (HiBob) professional toolHiBob (New York/London)AI in the Bob HR platform that answers employees' policy questions, summarises reviews, and generates HR content and insights.own modelon requestUnknown25Claude generalAnthropicFamily of language models from Anthropic that excels at long documents, careful reasoning, coding and reliable, safe output.1506Elo$20 / monthStrong26ChatGPT generalOpenAIOpenAI's versatile, agentic flagship with a very large context window and a broad ecosystem of integrations.1485Elo$8 / monthStrong27Copilot generalMicrosoftMicrosoft's AI layer that combines GPT and Claude models with your own organisational data and the Microsoft 365 apps.1485Elofrom €10 / monthCaution28Gemini generalGoogleGoogle DeepMind's natively multimodal model family, deeply integrated into Workspace, with a very large context window.1527Elo€4.99 / monthStrong29Qwen generalAlibaba Cloud · free to tryChinese model family from Alibaba Cloud with a free chat app, a large open-weight catalogue and the proprietary flagship Qwen3.8-Max with 1 million tokens of context.1484Eloon requestCaution30GLM (Z.ai) generalZ.ai (Zhipu AI) · free to tryChinese AI lab (Zhipu, international Z.ai) with the open-weight GLM family under MIT licence, particularly strong at programming and agent tasks at low prices.1483Elo$18 / monthCaution31Kimi generalMoonshot AI · free to tryChinese AI lab (Moonshot AI) with the open-weight Kimi K2 family and an assistant that focuses strongly on agents, deep research and long documents.1487Elo$19 / monthCaution32Grok generalxAIThe model from xAI, integrated into X, distinguished by real-time access to live X posts and web data.1471Elo$10 / monthCaution33Le Chat (Mistral) generalMistral AIFrench/European AI lab with open-weight and commercial models and the Le Chat assistant, with EU data residency as its core proposition.1426Elo$14.99 / monthStrong34DeepSeek generalDeepSeek · free to tryOpen-weight (MIT) Chinese language model with a 1M context window and a built-in reasoning mode, at very low API costs.1475Eloon requestCaution35Perplexity generalPerplexity AI · free to tryUS AI search engine that delivers answers with source citations via its own Sonar models and external frontier models, with separate Enterprise agreements on data use.–Elo$20 / monthUnknown36Llama generalMeta · free to tryMeta's natively multimodal, open-weight Mixture-of-Experts family (Scout and Maverick), free to download and self-host.–Eloon requestCautionNo options with these filters. 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- Try it this weekStart free with deskbird on non-confidential work. In an hour you'll see what AI can do for HR & personnel.
- Sort the basics (GDPR)Choose the business variant, sign a data processing agreement and turn off training on your data. See the GDPR check per option.
- Go deeper with field softwareBook a demo with Nmbrs: built for HR & personnel management, with the strongest published safeguards.
Where AI does the most in this field
The core tasks we track for this profession. Tools in the list above can be compared on these tasks.
- 1Answering staff questions (self-service)
- 2Drafting contracts, letters and policies
- 3Organising onboarding and training
- 4Supporting sickness and leave processes
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What is the best AI for HR & personnel?
It depends on your requirements. Field-specific solutions such as Nmbrs are built for HR & personnel administration; general assistants such as Claude are more widely usable and cheaper to get started with. At the top of this page are our picks.
What is the difference between a 'field-specific tool' and a 'general assistant'?
A general assistant (such as ChatGPT or Claude) is a clever all-rounder you chat with yourself. A field-specific tool is a ready-made product for HR & personnel, often built on top of such an assistant, with its own specialist knowledge, integrations and GDPR commitments. The 'Quality' column shows which model a tool runs on.
May I use confidential data?
Personnel files contain special category personal data; AI decisions about employees quickly fall under the EU AI Act (high risk). Always keep HR in control and record what the AI is allowed to see.
What does the GDPR profile mean?
Our summary of what the provider publishes about data protection: EU hosting, no training on your data, certifications and provenance. 'Strong' = several safeguards published; 'Unknown' = the provider shares little, so ask them. It is a tool, not legal advice.