European alternatives to Lattice
Lattice built its name on performance management and employee engagement, but EU buyers increasingly ask the same question: does this US-based platform actually belong in our HR stack given where our data lives?
Lattice's core pitch is around performance cycles, OKRs, 1:1s, and engagement surveys — the 'people management' layer on top of your HRIS. That's genuinely useful software, and a lot of companies love it. The friction for EU teams tends to be less about features and more about trust: US company, US data, US ownership, and a 2023 controversy around tracking that made European privacy teams nervous even if the specific feature was later paused.
There's also a scope question. Lattice is not a full HRIS — you still need something else for payroll, headcount records, and core HR admin. That means you're paying for Lattice on top of another system, and the integration quality between them varies. EU companies doing a stack rationalisation often ask whether they can get 'good enough' performance and engagement features inside a single EU-owned platform instead.
Pricing is a factor too, especially post-Series growth when Lattice moved upmarket. SMEs that were early adopters sometimes find themselves either overpaying relative to usage or pushed toward feature tiers they don't need.
Where each alternative is built, owned and hosted
| Product | Built in | Data location | EU-owned | Self-hostable | Open source | Best for | Pricing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFASDutch companies requiring compliant payroll and HR management with strict GDPR adherence | nl | EU | ✓ | – | – | SME+Enterprise | Freemium |
| AFAS SoftwareOrganizations seeking unified ERP/HRM platform spanning financials, payroll, HR, CRM, and workflows. | nl | EU | ✓ | – | – | SME+Enterprise | Contact |
| Breathe HRUK SMEs (1-250 employees) seeking unified HR administration and compliance | gb | Unknown | – | – | – | SME | Paid |
| CatalystOneNordic enterprises managing complex HR operations across multiple regions and locations | no | Nordic | ✓ | – | – | Enterprise | Contact |
| Cezanne HRUK and European mid-market to enterprise organizations needing comprehensive HR and payroll management. | gb | EU | ✓ | – | – | SME+Enterprise | Paid |
| FactorialEuropean companies automating HR and payroll workflows at any scale | es | Mixed | ✓ | – | – | SME+Enterprise | Freemium |
| Flex HRMNordic companies automating multi-country HR, payroll, and employee lifecycle management | se | EU | ✓ | – | – | SME+Enterprise | Contact |
| HR Offboarding· by the founder | se | EU | ✓ | – | – | — | Paid |
| HR2dayOrganizations seeking unified HR/payroll platform with built-in employee offboarding workflows | nl | EU | ✓ | – | – | SME+Enterprise | Contact |
| KelioMid-to-large organizations needing integrated HR, time tracking, and workforce management | fr | EU | ✓ | – | – | SME+Enterprise | Contact |
| KenjoSmall and medium-sized companies managing deskless or shift-based workforces | de | Unknown | ✓ | – | – | SME | Freemium |
| LeapsomeMid to large organizations automating HR operations and talent management at scale | de | Mixed | ✓ | – | – | SME+Enterprise | Freemium |
| NmbrsHR teams and payroll providers automating employee administration at scale | nl | EU | ✓ | – | – | SME+Enterprise | Freemium |
| Paychex EuropeEuropean organizations needing integrated HR, payroll, and workforce management from one platform. | dk | EU | ✓ | – | – | SME+Enterprise | Contact |
| PersonioEuropean SMBs and mid-market firms needing multi-country payroll and compliance | de | EU | ✓ | – | – | SME+Enterprise | Contact |
| Rexx SystemsMid-market and enterprise HR teams modernizing talent and offboarding workflows with modular, compliance-first software | de | EU | ✓ | ✓ | – | SME+Enterprise | Contact |
| SD WorxMid-market and enterprise employers managing payroll and HR across multiple European countries | be | EU | ✓ | – | – | SME+Enterprise | Contact |
| Sesame HRSmall to large companies needing integrated, mobile-first HR management across multiple geographies | es | Unknown | ✓ | – | – | SME+Enterprise | Paid |
| SympaMid-market and enterprise organizations managing complex, multi-country HR operations in Europe | fi | EU | ✓ | – | – | SME+Enterprise | Freemium |
| Youforce (Visma Raet)Mid-to-large organizations in Netherlands and EU needing integrated HR, payroll, and employee lifecycle management | nl | Unknown | ✓ | – | – | SME+Enterprise | Contact |
| ZeltUK small businesses consolidating HR, payroll, and IT operations | gb | EU | ✓ | – | – | SME | Freemium |
AFAS
nlDutch-built ERP and payroll software with native GDPR compliance and Dutch law expertise.
- Data: EU
- GDPR-native
- EU-owned
AFAS Software
nlCloud-based ERP and HR suite with data sovereignty, unifying business processes for 14,000+ European organizations.
- Data: EU
- EU-owned
Breathe HR
gbCloud-based all-in-one HR platform for UK SMEs combining leave, attendance, performance, recruitment, and compliance in one system.
- GDPR-native
CatalystOne
noNordic HCM platform for strategic HR in medium to large organizations
- Data: Nordic
- GDPR-native
- EU-owned
Cezanne HR
gbCloud HR and payroll software that keeps people connected, wherever they work.
- Data: EU
- GDPR-native
- EU-owned
Factorial
esCloud HR and payroll automation platform built in Barcelona.
- Data: Mixed
- GDPR-native
- EU-owned
Flex HRM
seCloud-based Nordic HR platform combining staffing, payroll, and employee lifecycle management
- Data: EU
- GDPR-native
- EU-owned
HR Offboarding
seStructured employee offboarding for Swedish employers.
- Data: EU
- GDPR-native
- EU-owned
HR2day
nlDutch HR and payroll platform combining enterprise-grade features with personalized customer partnerships.
- Data: EU
- GDPR-native
- EU-owned
Kelio
frIntegrated French HRIS platform combining HR, time tracking, payroll, and access control in one cloud solution.
- Data: EU
- GDPR-native
- EU-owned
Kenjo
deUnified workforce management platform for SMEs with deskless teams
- GDPR-native
- EU-owned
Leapsome
deAI-powered HRIS and talent platform unifying performance, development, and people data.
- Data: Mixed
- GDPR-native
- EU-owned
Nmbrs
nlEU-based cloud HR and payroll software serving 100,000+ companies across Scandinavia and Europe.
- Data: EU
- GDPR-native
- EU-owned
Paychex Europe
dkIntegrated HR, payroll, and workforce management platform built in Denmark for European compliance and scale.
- Data: EU
- GDPR-native
- EU-owned
Personio
deThe European all-in-one HR and payroll platform for growing companies.
- Data: EU
- GDPR-native
- EU-owned
Rexx Systems
deInnovative HR software that scales from SME to enterprise with EU data sovereignty
- Data: EU
- GDPR-native
- EU-owned
- Self-hostable
SD Worx
beEurope's leading integrated HR, payroll, and time management platform serving employers across 30 countries
- Data: EU
- GDPR-native
- EU-owned
Sesame HR
esCloud-based, all-in-one HR platform with global presence and enterprise-grade security.
- EU-owned
Sympa
fiComprehensive HRIS platform simplifying HR for global organizations
- Data: EU
- GDPR-native
- EU-owned
Youforce (Visma Raet)
nlDutch-built HR and payroll platform with integrated employee lifecycle management for organizations across Europe
- GDPR-native
- EU-owned
Zelt
gbAll-in-one UK HR platform consolidating payroll, people operations, and IT management.
- Data: EU
- GDPR-native
- EU-owned
Our honest take
If performance management and engagement surveys are the core of what you used Lattice for, Leapsome is the most direct European comparison — German-built, EU data, and it covers performance cycles, feedback, engagement surveys, and goal tracking in a way that competes feature-for-feature. Eletive is worth considering if exit surveys and attrition analytics are your priority; it's science-backed, EU-hosted, and integrates cleanly with major HRIS platforms. For companies wanting to fold performance features into a broader HRIS rather than run a separate tool, Personio, Sympa, or CatalystOne each include performance modules alongside core HR.
HR Offboarding isn't in this conversation for most of Lattice's use cases — Lattice is about the ongoing employee relationship, not the end of it. Where HR Offboarding becomes relevant is the offboarding step specifically: structured checklists, task assignment, deadline tracking when someone leaves. If your Lattice setup is fine but your offboarding process still relies on a shared spreadsheet or managers remembering what to do, that's the gap HR Offboarding fills, and it's EU-hosted. It won't cover what Lattice does day-to-day, and that's worth being clear about.
What we compare
- Where the data is stored
- Who owns the company
- GDPR-native by design
- Self-hosting option
- Open source
- Pricing model