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Windmill vs. Personio

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricWindmill

by Windmill

Personio

by Personio

Overall rating4.64.4
Review count301,090
Ease of use9.59.1
Ease of setup9.68.6
Quality of support9.88.8
Meets requirements9.48.7
NPS76.66666764.933837
Small Business33.3%27.1%
Mid-Market66.7%63.8%
Enterprise0.0%9.1%
Total page views4182,185
Total LLM citations1,44638,340

Windmill

Windmill is the first performance review system people actually like. Powered by AI, it synthesizes all your 1:1 conversations, project work, and feedback throughout the year into reviews that write themselves. Employees respond to quick prompts in Slack instead of staring at blank forms trying to remember six months back. Managers walk in with the full story. HR finally has a process that doesn't need constant nudging. Companies using Windmill cut down time by 83% per cycle time and report 93% employee satisfaction with the process.

Pros

  • 1:1 Management
  • Ease of Use
  • Regular Updates
  • Automation Features
  • Progress Tracking
  • Time Efficiency

Personio

Personio is Europe's leading HR and payroll platform, used by more than 16,000 companies employing 1.6 million people. Founded in Munich in 2015, Personio has 6 offices in Europe with more than 1,500 employees. Organisations from 25-5,000 employees across Europe run every part of their employee lifecycle on Personio, from recruitment and onboarding to performance development to payroll, saving them time to focus on their people.

Pros

  • Ease of Use
  • Intuitive
  • Features
  • Comprehensive Features
  • User Interface
  • HR Management