HR and payroll software for UK organisations

One suite. Every connection.
AI that sees it all.
Work that actually gets done.

Ciphr dashboard
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1,000+

UK organisations

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2m+

Employees managed

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£2bn+

Payroll processed annually

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40+

Years, UK-built

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Ciphr connects HR, payroll, recruitment, learning and benefits in one fully integrated suite

So your data is whole, your systems talk to each other, and your AI has the full picture to actually do something useful with it.

Capterra rating
CIPP Software Product of the Year 2025
HR and payroll systems

THE PROBLEM WE SOLVE

Most HR and payroll systems weren’t built to work together. Here’s what that costs.

When your HR system, payroll software, recruitment platform and learning tools don’t connect, data is entered multiple times, errors creep in and reports take hours to build. HR teams spend more time managing admin than doing work that makes a difference.

That’s not a people problem. It’s a systems problem. And it’s costing more than most organisations realise.

And when your data is fragmented, your AI is too - giving you half an answer, or the wrong one, because it can only see half the picture.

"They have an effective module for everything we need in one package — which just works much better than having six different systems as we did previously."

Nick M, head of people, Amnesty International

Review via Capterra

THE SUITE

One integrated HR and payroll platform. Six connected solutions.

Not six systems talking awkwardly to each other. One suite, one provider, one source of truth - and AI that can see all of it.

Absence AI

Employee records, absence, performance and self-service. Cloud-based, UK-built.

  • Cloud HR software with purpose-built AI functionality
  • Secure UK-based software with built-in compliance tools
  • Enhanced compliance designed around UK legislation
  • Employee self-service
  • Absence and holiday management
  • Performance and talent management
Pay review with AI

Real-time engine. CIPP Product of the Year 2025. Built by payroll professionals, for payroll professionals.

  • Award-winning cloud payroll software
  • UK-based expert support
  • Built-in compliance as standard
  • Flexible reporting and finance exports
  • Direct HMRC integration
  • Real-time payroll calculations

ATS that flows directly into HR and onboarding. Hire to start - no handoff.

  • Built to work seamlessly with Ciphr HR
  • Detailed analytics and reporting
  • GDPR-friendly dashboard
  • Streamlines hiring, from vacancy to offer

LMS connected to HR development plans and payroll incentives.

  • Leading LMS designed to build capability
  • Gamification, visual learning and learning journeys
  • Pairs perfectly with Ciphr HR
  • Accessible anytime, anywhere via the cloud

Flex benefits with live take-home pay impact. Integrated with HR and payroll.

  • A flexible platform that gets benefits noticed and used
  • Pairs with Ciphr HR and payroll for better rewards with less effort
  • Built-in communications tools to help send the right message, every time
  • Tailored benefits to suit a multigenerational workforce

People dashboards built on connected data. One version of the truth.

  • Features built-in AI functionality
  • Designed for deep analysis
  • Out-of-the-box dashboards
  • Easily create custom reports and export to Excel
  • Protect sensitive data: analytics follows the same employee visibility as HR
The only HR AI with the full picture

CIPHR AI

The only HR AI with the full picture.

Most AI assistants give you half an answer - because they can only see half your data. Ciphr AI sits across the full suite, which means it can see everything, answer properly, and start doing the work.

 

Ask about flight risk: crosses absence, performance and tenure automatically. No report. No ticket. An answer.

Flag payroll anomalies: already knows what changed in HR this month. Catches exceptions before you run.

Handle a holiday request: books it, notifies the manager, updates the record, adjusts the payslip. Done.

From chatbot to colleague. AI that runs your HR - not just answers questions about it.

Clean payroll, every time

PAYROLL SPOTLIGHT

Run clean payroll. Every time.

Ciphr payroll connects directly to your HR data in real time - so what changes in HR is reflected in payroll without anyone re-keying it. Whether your payroll team sits in HR or in finance, you stay in control.

  • CIPP Software Product of the Year 2025
  • Real-time sync, under payroll’s control. Pause during critical periods. Resume when ready. Full audit trail. No surprises
  • UK payroll compliance built in. Preset rules and validations aligned with UK legislation
  • AI anomaly detection. Flags unexpected changes before you run. Payslip explainers handle employee queries

This is what done looks like

THE FRIDAY FEELING

This is what done looks like.

The payroll that ran first time. The board meeting with actual data. The new starter who was set up before they arrived. And now - the answer you needed in thirty seconds, not thirty minutes.

"Ciphr HR has taken away some of my admin tasks and freed up my time to focus on proactive, not just reactive, tasks."

HR manager, manufacturing sector

"I asked Ciphr AI why absence was spiking on Friday mornings. It cross-referenced absence data, shift patterns and tenure automatically. I had the answer - with the data behind it - in under a minute."

HR director, professional services

"A really good solution for a mid-size UK business — a lot of providers were either for sub-100 companies or 1,000+ organisations."

System admin, financial services

Ready to connect everything?

Ready to connect everything?

See how Ciphr’s all-in-one HR platform works for organisations like yours. One suite. One provider. One conversation.

 

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