Shiftbase vs Personio

The main difference

Shiftbase and Personio solve a different problem. Shiftbase is software for work rosters and time tracking: scheduling shifts, swapping them, clocking in and out and keeping an eye on the wage costs of your roster. Personio is an HR platform: personnel files, leave, time tracking, onboarding and offboarding, recruitment and performance reviews. What Personio calls workforce planning is about the staffing of your organisation: which roles and vacancies you need and what they cost. That is something different from a work roster.

Choose Shiftbase if

• you work with shifts, as in hospitality, retail or care, and make a roster every week;
• employees need to clock in and out and you want to see the wage costs per day;
• you want to start small: Shiftbase is free for up to 15 employees; Basic costs €30 per month for 6 employees and €4 per additional employee, Premium €72 for 12 employees and €5 per additional employee (prices October 2026).

Choose Personio if

• you want your HR administration in order: files, documents, leave and onboarding and offboarding in one system;
• you also want to arrange recruitment, performance reviews or employee surveys;
• your organisation is growing and you want to automate your HR processes. Personio does not state prices on its own site; you request a demo.

What to look out for with both

Often it is not a choice between the two: many organisations with shifts use a rostering package alongside an HR package. For that, Shiftbase has integrations with payroll, HR and point-of-sale software and its own HR add-on for contracts; check whether the integration with your HR package is included. For payroll, both prepare the data and connect to a payroll package. You can try Shiftbase free for 14 days; annual billing is 10% cheaper.