The Personio Alternative With Flat-Rate Pricing and No Per-Employee Fees

Personio uses a per-employee pricing model, which means your monthly cost increases every time you hire someone new. For a company with 100 employees, Personio typically costs between $800 and $1,500 per month depending on the modules selected. Treegarden takes a fundamentally different approach with flat-rate pricing: $299 per month for Startup, $499 per month for Growth, and $899 per month for Scale. Every plan includes unlimited users, unlimited employees in the HR module, and the full ATS platform. There are no per-head surcharges, no module add-on fees, and no surprise invoices when your headcount grows.

No, we do not offer a hands-on demo. Instead, we provide hands-on personalized demos where our team walks you through the entire platform using your actual recruiting and HR workflow. This approach is far more valuable than a self-guided trial because you get to see exactly how Treegarden handles your specific use cases — from candidate pipeline management and interview scheduling to employee onboarding and leave tracking. During the demo, we can configure the system to match your processes, demonstrate integrations with your existing tools, and answer every question in real time.

Yes, Treegarden's ATS is a dedicated, purpose-built applicant tracking system, while Personio's recruiting module is one part of a broader HR platform. Treegarden offers a visual Kanban pipeline with drag-and-drop candidate management, AI-powered candidate scoring and ranking, multi-posting to 15+ job boards with a single click, structured interview scorecards with collaborative evaluation, automated email sequences for candidate nurturing, and advanced search across your entire candidate database. Personio's ATS covers the basics well but lacks the depth of pipeline customization, AI features, and job board integrations that dedicated ATS platforms provide.

Absolutely. Every Treegarden plan includes both the full ATS and the HR module at no additional cost. On the recruiting side, you get job posting and multi-board distribution, candidate pipeline management with Kanban boards, interview scheduling with calendar integration, collaborative evaluation with scorecards and notes, offer letter management, and reporting dashboards. On the HR side, you get employee onboarding workflows, digital document management, organizational charts, time-off and leave tracking, employee self-service portals, and employee record management. The key advantage over Personio is that Treegarden's ATS is significantly more capable while the HR module covers the same core functionality.

Most migrations from Personio to Treegarden are completed within two weeks. Our dedicated migration team handles the entire process end to end. We export your employee records, candidate database, historical application data, and document library from Personio. We then configure Treegarden to match your existing workflows — hiring pipeline stages, approval chains, email templates, and job board connections. All data is imported and validated before we run parallel systems during a brief overlap period. Your team receives hands-on training sessions tailored to their specific roles, whether they are recruiters, hiring managers, or HR administrators.