The Software Report is pleased to announce the Top 25 HR Software Companies of 2025. As the role of HR continues to expand, software providers are being asked to solve more than just administrative challenges. From managing compliance and payroll to supporting global hiring and workforce development, HR systems now serve as critical infrastructure for organizations navigating shifting labor demands, distributed teams, and evolving employee expectations around flexibility, career development, and purpose-driven culture.
This year’s awardees reflect a wide range of approaches to these challenges. Some deliver tightly integrated platforms that consolidate multiple functions, while others focus on depth within specific domains like talent acquisition, learning, or analytics. What they share is a commitment to usability, adaptability, and delivering real operational value to HR teams and the broader workforce.
Among this year’s honorees, Lattice is recognized for evolving beyond performance management into a broader people strategy platform, adding tools for payroll, succession planning, and employee development. Rippling stands out for its emphasis on operational unification, offering an architecture that ties HR, IT, and finance together for companies managing complexity across systems. Asure Software is known for its focus on small and mid-sized businesses, providing straightforward payroll and HR tools supported by compliance services that reduce friction as companies scale.
This year’s awardees were selected for demonstrating real impact in improving HR operations and supporting workforce needs. Please join us in recognizing the Top 25 HR Software Companies of 2025.
1. Paycom
Since its founding in 1998, Paycom has provided cloud-based human capital management software designed to consolidate payroll, HR, and talent management into a unified system. Headquartered in Oklahoma City, Paycom primarily serves mid-to-large U.S. companies, helping them manage the entire employee lifecycle without the need for multiple vendors.
The company emphasizes employee self-service, with features like pay review and benefits navigation, helping reduce administrative burden and allowing HR teams to focus on strategic initiatives. Paycom’s interface is known for its direct accessibility, providing both managers and employees with visibility into critical workforce data.
2. Paylocity
Paylocity is a cloud-based payroll and human capital management software provider serving mid-sized and large organizations across the U.S. Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois, Paylocity offers an integrated platform that combines payroll, workforce management, benefits, and learning solutions into a centralized system.
Committed to both administrative efficiency and employee engagement, Paylocity’s platform includes mobile access, employee surveys, and built-in communication tools that help businesses connect workforce management with employee experience initiatives. In December 2024, the company introduced generative AI features designed to simplify compliance documentation and workforce reporting.
Earlier in 2024, Paylocity expanded its analytics platform to provide HR teams with enhanced visibility into labor costs and performance trends, allowing organizations to make more informed decisions. Through its scalable architecture and comprehensive feature set, Paylocity continues to grow as a trusted provider for mid-market organizations seeking a user-friendly, all-in-one human capital management solution.
3. Rippling
Rippling is an integrated workforce management platform that combines HR, IT, and finance functions into a single system. Founded in 2016, the company is headquartered in San Francisco and serves organizations looking to centralize payroll, benefits, compliance, and device and app provisioning.
By automating critical workflows such as onboarding, offboarding, and regulatory reporting, Rippling helps reduce manual overhead and improve compliance accuracy. Its platform connects employee data across multiple functions to minimize errors and duplicate entries, supporting companies with both local and international workforces.
In March 2025, Rippling expanded its payroll capabilities with AI-based anomaly detection and compliance tracking. These machine learning-driven features proactively identify irregularities in payroll processing and potential compliance risks before they impact operations.
4. TriNet
TriNet is an HR solutions provider that helps small and medium-sized businesses manage payroll, benefits, compliance, and risk through a combination of expert services and cloud-based technology. Headquartered in Dublin, California, the company employs over 4,300 professionals and serves clients across a range of industries.
TriNet’s platform offers industry-specific HR guidance alongside centralized tools for workforce management, allowing businesses to stay compliant and operationally efficient. In 2025, TriNet expanded its capabilities with the launch of HR Plus, an upgraded solution that integrates advanced technology with broader service offerings to better meet the evolving needs of SMBs.
5. Cornerstone OnDemand
Cornerstone OnDemand is a leading provider of learning and talent management software solutions. Its suite of products include learning management, skills development, performance management, and workforce planning tools, with a client base spanning both enterprise and public sector organizations globally.
Founded in 1999, Cornerstone has built its reputation on learning and development, offering adaptive solutions to help companies reskill and upskill their workforces at scale. In October 2024, Cornerstone announced new AI-powered learning recommendations within its platform, designed to personalize training and development pathways for employees. The company has also invested in career mobility features and workforce planning, which aim to provide organizations with visibility into both current and future talent needs.
In January 2025, the company cemented its commitment to meeting enterprise-level requirements by introducing updated compliance features for regulated industries. With more than two decades in the market, Cornerstone remains a leading vendor in enterprise learning and talent development software.
6. Gusto
Gusto, originally launched as ZenPayroll in 2012, provides cloud-based payroll, benefits, and HR software tailored to SMBs. The company’s platform integrates payroll processing with compliance management, benefits administration, and time tracking, with the goal of simplifying complex employment tasks for organizations without the need for large HR teams.
Gusto is recognized for its accessibility and emphasis on design simplicity, making it approachable for businesses that may not have dedicated HR staff. The platform also supports compliance functions including tax filings and benefits eligibility, that helps companies navigate complex regulatory requirements. Since its founding, Gusto has grown to serve more than 300,000 businesses across a variety of industries.
In 2024, Gusto announced new compliance automation tools designed to refine payroll tax adjustments protocols and reporting obligations. The company also expanded its benefits marketplace, providing small businesses with greater flexibility in offering health and financial wellness options.
7. Instawork
Headquartered in San Francisco, Instawork operates a flexible staffing platform that connects businesses with hourly workers across hospitality, warehousing, logistics, and other related industries. The company’s marketplace model allows businesses to quickly source qualified workers for shifts, while providing vetted, on-demand workers with access to flexible earning opportunities. The company’s app leverages data-driven matching and mobile-first tools to optimize scheduling, payments, and workforce management.
In 2024, Instawork announced a $60 million Series D funding round led by TCV. That same year, the company introduced new workforce reliability metrics, giving businesses more insight into worker performance and attendance history.
8. HiBob
HiBob, headquartered in New York, provides a user-friendly, end-to-end HR platform called Bob, designed to improve workforce management for modern organizations, particularly those in tech. Since its founding in 2015, the company has focused on building a platform that integrates core HR processes into a single system. Its social media–style interface, combined with real-time analytics, makes it a practical and approachable solution that effectively meets organizational needs.
More than 4,000 companies use the platform to improve retention, accelerate hiring, and enhance the overall employee experience. Recently, the company launched Bob Learning, an integrated learning and development module, and acquired Mosaic to bridge HR and finance capabilities for mid-sized businesses. It also introduced a tailored SMB HR solution for UK companies, extending its international reach and broadening its tools for growing organizations.
9. BambooHR
Since its founding in 2008, BambooHR has grown into one of the most widely recognized providers of cloud-based HR software for small and medium-sized businesses. The Lindon, Utah-based company serves organizations across 190 countries and about 50 industries, offering a unified solution for critical HR functions such as hiring, onboarding, compensation, and performance management.
BambooHR’s reporting capabilities and AI-powered Ask BambooHR® feature, which provides immediate answers to employee FAQs, distinguish it from other cloud-based software systems, serving the mid-market HR technology space and supporting more than 34,000 organizations. Recent updates to payroll and performance tools also highlight the company’s commitment to integrating core HR functions into one platform.
10. isolved Talent Acquisition
isolved, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, delivers a comprehensive human capital management platform that supports payroll, benefits, workforce management, and talent solutions. Designed for small- to mid-sized businesses, the isolved People Cloud™ platform enables HR professionals to manage all aspects of employee operations, while the company’s professional services team provides recruitment, job placement, and candidate campaign management.
By unifying disparate HR functions into one platform, isolved helps employers manage everything from recruiting and onboarding to time tracking and compensation. In January 2025, isolved introduced new AI-powered analytics capabilities aimed at improving workforce insights and supporting better decision-making. Its solutions are now used by more than 7 million employees across over 189,000 employers, helping organizations reduce administrative overhead, optimize staffing, and make data-driven HR decisions.
11. iCIMS
iCIMS, headquartered in Holmdel, New Jersey, has been providing talent acquisition software for more than 20 years, helping organizations attract, hire, and retain employees. Its platform covers the full recruiting lifecycle—from sourcing and applicant tracking to onboarding and analytics—and is designed to improve efficiency, reduce manual work, and deliver actionable insights for HR teams.
In 2025, iCIMS introduced a range of AI and automation tools, including a GenAI-powered candidate chatbot, agentic AI tools for domain-specific recruiting tasks, and AI-driven sourcing capabilities. These additions are intended to enhance workflows and support more engaging candidate experiences, while allowing recruiters to focus on higher-value activities.
The platform also integrates with other HR and productivity systems, making it adaptable for organizations of various sizes and hiring strategies. By centralizing workflows, tracking performance metrics, and providing data-driven recommendations, iCIMS helps organizations maintain compliance and data integrity throughout the recruiting process. Its solutions are used across both high-volume and complex enterprise hiring environments, supporting thousands of companies worldwide in making more informed hiring decisions.
12. Nexthink
Nexthink is a digital employee experience (DEX) software company. Headquartered in Prilly, Switzerland, with a secondary office in Boston, Massachusetts, Nexthink supports over 1,200 organizations and more than 20 million employees worldwide. Its software provides IT teams with real-time visibility into devices, applications, and networks, allowing them to identify and resolve technical issues before they affect employees’ work. By analyzing system usage and employee feedback, the platform helps IT teams track performance, diagnose recurring problems, and understand technology adoption across departments.
In 2025, Nexthink partnered with Persistent and Softcat to expand enterprise-level deployments and integrate IT insights into broader business operation applications. These collaborations also support the company’s development of AI-based features for anomaly detection, workflow prioritization, and experience analysis. Through ongoing product expansion updates focused system usage and workforce needs, Nexthink continues to enable IT teams to accurately manage the effects of IT changes across organizations.
13. MHR
For over 40 years, MHR has been delivering HR, payroll, and finance software solutions to organizations across the globe. The company develops AI-enabled platforms that help streamline operations, improve decision-making, and enhance workforce performance. Its suite of products—including iTrent, People First, Talksuite, and MHR Analytics—supports HR, payroll, and finance functions across a wide range of industries, from SMEs to multinational corporations.
Headquartered in Nottingham, UK, MHR offers a range of consultancy services and a platform that integrates HR and payroll processes with analytics, helping organizations assess needs, track employee performance, and operational efficiency. With offices in the UK, United States, Ireland, and Singapore, MHR serves a global client base, providing real-time data to support informed decision-making and employee management.
In 2025, the company partnered with Experian to improve income and employment verification processes for millions of UK workers and launched its People First Learning Platform to support employee development and prepare organizations for future workforce demands. MHR continues to focus on practical, technology-driven solutions for HR and payroll management, helping organizations optimize processes and enhance workforce performance.
14. Workhuman
Workhuman provides cloud-based solutions to improve workplace culture through employee recognition, performance management, and engagement. Headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts, the company serves 7 million employees across 180 countries and supports more than 30 languages. Since 1999, Workhuman has aimed to help organizations foster connection, belonging, and gratitude through tools that focus on peer-to-peer recognition, continuous performance feedback, and employee check-ins.
HR leaders use the Workhuman Cloud® platform to understand employee sentiment and workforce trends. Metrics including recognition frequency and value, message content, and correlations with performance ratings and turnover rates allow organizations to align recognition programs with business goals and address retention challenges. Its AI-powered analytics help teams identify patterns in performance and optimize strategies for workforce development and overall organizational health.
In March 2025, Workhuman launched Workhuman Connect, a hub offering peer collaboration, expert insights, templates, on-demand learning, and early access to Human Intelligence™, Workhuman iQ, and Recognition Advisor.
15. Greenhouse
Established in New York City, Greenhouse provides a comprehensive hiring platform used by over 7,500 companies worldwide. Its software covers the full recruiting process—from sourcing and interview scheduling to candidate evaluation and onboarding—helping organizations define roles, requirements, and candidate attributes before posting jobs. In 2025, the company introduced AI-driven tools to assist with candidate assessment and improve the efficiency of evaluation processes.
Greenhouse leverages analytics and workflow tools to help organizations identify top talent, operationalize candidate management tasks, and reduce time-to-hire. Its structured hiring framework ensures clarity around roles, responsibilities, and evaluation criteria, while its integrations with third-party platforms help streamline processes and enhance the candidate experience.
Through partnerships like its collaboration with CLEAR, which integrated identity verification into Greenhouse Real Talent™ to secure candidate validation and reduce hiring friction, Greenhouse continues to enhance its recruitment capabilities. Companies including HubSpot, Duolingo, Gong, J.D. Power, and Scout24 use Greenhouse to strengthen their hiring strategies through structured processes, analytics and AI-powered tools.
16. Asure Software
Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Asure Software provides Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions to help businesses of all sizes manage payroll, HR, time, and attendance with minimal administrative overhead. The company serves over 100,000 organizations, combining cloud-based software with optional outsourced services to reduce compliance risk and administrative burden.
Asure’s suite of AI-driven solutions—including Asure Payroll & Tax, Asure HR, and Asure Time & Attendance—supports efficient scaling, while its services range from compliance tools to full-service HR support. Certified HR professionals help organizations manage compliance, talent, and operational processes. The cloud subscription model eliminates costly upgrades and complex migrations, allowing companies to focus on workforce operations rather than back-office management. In 2025, Asure launched Luna, the industry’s first AI agent for payroll and HR, introduced a Canadian payroll tax solution, and partnered with AWS to expand AI capabilities.
17. Lattice
Lattice, based in San Francisco with offices in North America and the UK, is a people platform that aims to make work more meaningful for employees and managers by providing HR, talent, and AI tools in a single platform. Lattice integrates HRIS functions with performance management, career development, engagement surveys, and compensation planning, aiming to provide actionable data and reduce administrative burden so HR teams can focus on strategy and employee growth.
Serving more than 5,000 organizations worldwide, including Gusto, Brilliant Earth, Intercom, Webflow, Calm, NPR, and Tide, the company prioritizes continuous improvement and supports managers in developing their teams into high-performing contributors. Employees benefit from structured feedback, development tools, and clear career progression paths, while organizations gain insights to guide retention and operational decisions. The platform connects dispersed teams and operationalizes workflows, helping companies create a culture of accountability and performance.
Recently, Lattice’s Spring 2025 product release introduced Lattice Payroll, Succession Planning, and Performance Improvement Plans, giving clients new tools to manage workforce growth and development.
18. Visier
Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, Visier provides AI-powered people analytics, workforce planning, and compensation management. Its Real-time People Data Platform unifies employee and work data to deliver insights that help leaders optimize productivity and respond to organizational change. The company serves over 65,000 customers across 75 countries, including BASF, Panasonic, and Ford. In 2025, Visier expanded globally with the launch of the Visier AI Lab in Singapore, a partnership with PeopleSpheres in France, and an Open Skills project to support AI-driven workforce transformation.
AI-driven analytics form the core of Visier’s platform, offering predictive insights, compensation guidance, and workforce planning tools. HR teams use these capabilities to monitor performance, anticipate turnover risks, and understand workforce trends, enabling more effective resource allocation and improved organizational outcomes.
19. Oyster HR
Founded in 2020, Oyster HR is a San Francisco–based company that helps organizations hire, pay, and manage employees globally. The company operates as a fully distributed team across more than 60 countries and has raised $286 million in funding to date. Oyster handles contracts, payroll, and localized benefits, allowing companies to manage international employment without establishing local entities.
Oyster’s tools include Global Payroll, Visa Sponsorship, and country-level compliance intelligence, enabling HR teams to coordinate cross-border operations and maintain consistent policies. The company has expanded access to emerging markets, with 40% of customer team members based in these regions, providing first-time benefits, career development, and local salary payments. In 2023, Oyster processed $107 million in payments to employees and contractors in emerging markets.
In 2025, Oyster introduced Oyster AI, a global employment assistant designed to simplify hiring, payroll, and workforce management for distributed teams. The company also completed a $59 million Series D funding round to support growth and infrastructure.
20. Deputy
Deputy, headquartered in Sydney, Australia, is a leading workforce management platform that helps businesses schedule, manage, and engage hourly employees. Its platform combines scheduling, timesheets, task management, communication, payroll, and workforce analytics. These tools help organizations simplify operations, comply with labor regulations, and optimize staffing. More than 1.5 million workers across 385,000 workplaces in over 100 countries use Deputy to manage hourly work efficiently.
With offices worldwide, Deputy has been serving industries including retail, hospitality, healthcare, and professional services since 2008. In 2025, the company added payroll functionality in Australia for shift-based businesses and partnered with Predelo to bring AI solutions to hourly workforces. Forty percent of customer team members are based in emerging markets, providing first-time benefits access, career development, and local salary payments. By offering features that address operational and compliance challenges, Deputy helps organizations manage hourly workforces more effectively across diverse regions and industries.
21. Rival
Rival, formerly SilkRoad Technology, has been providing talent acquisition solutions since 2003. The AI-powered platform helps organizations manage talent acquisition, onboarding, learning, and performance, either as a full suite or as standalone modules that integrate with existing systems.
Rival is designed for flexibility and scalability, allowing organizations to adapt to workforce needs while maintaining operational continuity. Its configurable workflows and embedded intelligence support HR teams in managing processes and workforce planning without disrupting existing practices.
Headquartered in Chicago, Rival serves mid-market and Fortune 100 companies across industries. In 2025, the company launched ROSI, the first conversational AI agent for HR and employees, and introduced AI-powered outbound recruiting that integrates with any applicant tracking system.
22. Viventium
Viventium provides SaaS-based payroll, HR, and compliance solutions for the healthcare industry. The company has supported organizations across all 50 states for more than 30 years and manages payroll for over 420,000 healthcare employees. Its platform addresses common challenges in post-acute care staffing, including scheduling, compliance, and workforce retention, allowing healthcare organizations to focus on quality patient care.
The platform combines cloud-based software with expert guidance to help HR teams manage payroll, HR workflows, and compliance tasks. Viventium’s tools support hiring, onboarding, workforce planning, and employee management while aiming to reduce errors and administrative overhead. The company also provides support throughout the lifecycle of each caregiver, helping organizations maintain consistent operations across multiple locations.
Headquartered in the United States, Viventium serves a range of healthcare providers, from small clinics to large national networks. The company partnered with Hireology to integrate its applicant tracking system directly into its platform, allowing healthcare providers to manage job postings and accelerate the hiring and onboarding process. It also joined CentralReach’s Preferred Partnership Network to provide ABA and therapy providers with integrated HR solutions.
23. Built In
Built In is a national platform connecting tech professionals with career opportunities, industry insights, and professional communities. Founded in Chicago in 2011, Built In began as a social network for local tech talent and developed into a content-driven platform that helps professionals discover companies, learn skills, and advance their careers. With over 5 million monthly users, the platform allows organizations to present their brand, reach technical talent, and engage with a specialized audience.
In May 2025, the company introduced an AI-powered job search experience, including Match Mode and a Job Application Tracker, which helps professionals locate opportunities that align with their skills and interests. Match Mode includes the “Am I a Good Fit?” feature, which uses resume-matching technology to show how well candidates match each role.
Built In also provides professionals with information on company culture, projects, and career paths, that helps connect job seekers with employers. Millions of tech professionals across the U.S. use Built In to follow industry news and explore job opportunities at a variety of organizations.
24. ActivTrak
ActivTrak provides enterprise organizations with AI-powered workforce intelligence to track work activity, assess productivity, and support data-driven decision-making. The platform gathers work activity data and translates it into actionable insights for workforce management, productivity analysis, and planning. It is used by more than 9,500 organizations across a range of industries.
Headquartered in Austin, Texas, the company leverages actionable data so companies can benchmark performance and make informed decisions about workforce strategy. Managers can use the platform to review performance, evaluate workforce investments, and track initiatives that affect both operational and employee outcomes. In 2025, ActivTrak introduced Workforce AI Services to support enterprise workforce analysis and launched ActivTrak Academy, providing training and resources for using workforce data. ActivTrak is backed by Sapphire Ventures and Elsewhere Partners.
25. Criterion HCM
Criterion HCM, headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut, provides cloud-based human capital management software for midmarket organizations in construction, financial services, nonprofits, and higher education. The platform combines HR, payroll, talent engagement, and workforce management tools, offering enterprise-grade capabilities through an intuitive interface. Its built-in AI functionality, CH.Ai, delivers predictive insights, actionable reporting, and adaptable workflows to address organization-specific challenges.
Serving over 500 enterprise customers across more than 10 countries, Criterion maintains 100% uptime and a 95% customer satisfaction rate. Its platform supports HR teams in automating complex processes while allowing a focus on workforce planning and overall organizational performance. Recent initiatives include a strategic partnership with Verified Credentials to simplify background screening, the launch of the next-generation Criterion Go mobile app, and integration with Trackforce to manage workforce and payroll operations for security companies.