TL;DR
Choose Worklayer if you want AI agents that handle HR work on their own, within permissions you control, for one published price with unlimited AI. Choose HRworks if you need payroll data handed straight to DATEV or ADDISON and prefer monthly contracts.
Worklayer and HRworks
Worklayer
€10 per employee/month, all included
An HR platform run by AI agents. You build agents that handle onboarding, leave, expenses and payroll preparation on a schedule or when something happens, within the permissions you set, and every run is on record.
HRworks
Price on request
A German HR suite for mid-sized companies, used by more than 400,000 people for over 25 years. It covers HR administration, time tracking, travel expenses and payroll preparation, with interfaces to DATEV and ADDISON.
Key differences
| Feature | Worklayer | HRworks |
|---|---|---|
| AI agents that act on their own | Included | Not offered |
| Agent permissions and run history | Included | Not offered |
| AI assistant for employees | Included | AI help with requests |
| AI usage | Unlimited | Selected features |
| Time off and attendance | Included | Included |
| Expenses | Included | Included |
| Documents | Included | Included |
| Preliminary payroll | Included | Included |
| DATEV and ADDISON export | Not offered | Included |
| Recruiting | Not offered | Available |
| Integrations | Slack, Google, Microsoft 365 and more | DATEV, ADDISON and more |
Setup
Worklayer is self-serve: sign up, import your people from a spreadsheet while AI maps the columns, and add leave policies from templates for 13 countries. You can be up and running the same day. HRworks starts with a request form or a call: you ask for a test account and a quote, and its team takes you through the setup.
Verdict: Worklayer is quicker to start. You set it up yourself in a day, with no setup fee and no sales call.
Pricing
Worklayer costs €10 per employee per month, billed annually, with every module, every integration and unlimited AI included. HRworks doesn't publish prices: you request a quote, and it bills monthly for at least 20 users, with no minimum contract term. Setup is billed by consulting hours, and a paid training is required before you start.
| Cost | Worklayer | HRworks |
|---|---|---|
| Price per employee | €10 a month, all included | On request |
| Minimum | 3 employees | 20 users |
| AI usage | Unlimited | Selected features |
| Billing | Annual | Monthly, no minimum term |
| Setup fee | None | Paid, billed by consulting hours |
Verdict: With Worklayer you know the full price before you talk to anyone, and you only pay for the people you have.
Why teams choose Worklayer
Worklayer's agents do the HR work themselves, on a schedule or the moment something happens, where HRworks uses AI to help people fill in forms. Each agent starts with no permissions: admins grant what it may do, and a run that needs more stops and asks. Every run is on record, step by step. And it all comes at one published price, €10 per employee, with every module, unlimited AI and no minimum beyond three people.
Moving from HRworks
- 1.
Start for free
Sign up yourself, with no call and no demo. Nothing is charged for 14 days.
- 2.
Import your whole team in minutes
Export your employee list from HRworks and upload it in a couple of minutes. AI maps the columns for you. No setup fee, no switching costs.
- 3.
Switch at the end of the month
HRworks has no minimum contract term, so you can move over with one month's notice, to the end of any month.
Questions
Worklayer is €10 per employee per month with every module and unlimited AI, billed from three employees. HRworks doesn't publish prices: it quotes each company and bills at least 20 users.
No. HRworks uses AI to write job ads, fill in requests from text or voice and read receipts. In Worklayer, agents run whole HR workflows on their own, within the permissions an admin has granted.
No. Agents only act within the permissions an admin has granted. When a run needs more, it stops and asks an admin.
Yes, three. HRworks bills at least 20 users.
Yes. Export your employee data from HRworks and bring it in with Worklayer's AI import.
Yes, for all AI inside Worklayer: no credits and no caps, subject to fair use.