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CharlieHR

🇬🇧 GB · from £5/month (first 6 months, 1–4 team members), then £20/month/mo

4.7/5· 233 reviews across 4 portals

UK HR software for small businesses with EU-hosted data

EU hostedGDPRISO 27001Cyber Essentials
CharlieHR is a UK-based HR platform for small businesses with 11-50 employees. It automates onboarding, time-off management and performance reviews, integrates with UK payroll providers and stores data on AWS servers in Ireland. GDPR-compliant with ISO 27001 and Cyber Essentials certifications.

Replaces

CharlieHR is sought as a European alternative to:

Features

Onboarding

  • One-click collection of new hire information
  • Automated profile creation for new starters

Time Off Management

  • Automated leave requests and approvals
  • Sync with Google Calendar, Outlook, iCal
  • Slack integration for leave notifications
  • Custom leave types and public holiday sync
  • Annual leave reports and absence tracking
  • Smart notifications and leave overlap alerts
  • Pro-rata calculations for part-time workers
  • Automatic holiday rollover and expiry settings for TOIL

Performance Management

  • Performance review workflows
  • Team growth tracking

Employee Engagement

  • Team sentiment analysis
  • Engagement tools and surveys

Perks and Benefits

  • Perks and benefits administration
  • Employee discount programs

Docs & Employee Data

  • Secure storage of HR records
  • Employee data organization

Pricing

Core (Charlie)
£5/month (first 6 months, 1–4 team members), then £20/month per team / month
  • 7-day free trial, no credit card required
  • Pricing scales with team size (e.g., 5–9 members: £45/month, 15–29: £105/month, 250+: £735/month)
  • Limited-time offer for small teams
Charlie Recruit (Add-on)
From £55/month per month
  • Automates manual hiring tasks
  • Improves recruitment decisions
  • Requires a Charlie subscription
Charlie Advice (Add-on)
From £179/month per month
  • Expert HR guidance
  • Legal compliance support
  • Requires a Charlie subscription

Pricing varies by team size; add-ons billed separately. Limited-time offer for 1–4 team members.

EU Trust Profile

2 of 9 criteria verified with evidence, last checked 2026-08-15. Every ✓ links to its source.

  • Data Processing Agreement (DPA)

    The Data Processing Addendum is available for download on the vendor's data protection page.

    Evidence →
  • Trust center / security pagenot verified
  • EU data residencyWithin the EUnot verified
  • Public sub-processor listnot verified
  • ISO 27001ISO 27001:2022
    Evidence →
  • SOC 2not verified
  • BSI C5not verified
  • TISAXnot verified
  • Local-language supportnot verified

✓ verified: publicly documented at the linked source on the check date. ✗ not offered: the vendor documents that they do not provide it. – not verified: we found no public evidence either way — not a finding against the vendor. The vendor's own information prevails.

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Reviews

Recurring themes, synthesized from public reviews across portals.

What users value

  • Simple and intuitive interface for non-HR specialists
  • Centralizes leave, holiday, and sick leave tracking effectively
  • Streamlined onboarding workflows for new hires
  • Slack integration for absence notifications
  • Responsive and helpful customer support
  • Ideal for small businesses and first-time HR software users
  • Clear visibility of employee incentives and time-off balances

Where users see room to improve

  • · Basic reporting tools lacking depth for advanced HR needs
  • · Limited integration options compared to larger platforms
  • · No native payroll functionality

Ratings across portals

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Feature, pricing and integration details are based on web research (as of 2026-08-15), without guarantee, errors are possible. The vendor's website prevails.