Overview

The free analyzer gives employers a way to examine pay patterns without sending workforce data to Cleira: processing happens locally in the browser, and Cleira says data is not transmitted to or stored on its servers. It calculates mean and median gaps, quartiles, bonus participation, category-level flags for gaps of 5%, and plain-language guidance. That makes it useful for an initial review, but not a substitute for the more involved analysis and reporting in Professional.

Cleira says its directive-baseline analysis works across EU member states, while official file-ready formats are rolling out country by country. Employers should also treat its output as a prompt for further review: the terms say results are informational and are neither legal advice nor certified compliance.

Key features

Free accepts English-language CSV files, and a few thousand rows work comfortably. That is a practical scale for a first pass, but the stated language and row guidance may constrain organizations with larger or differently formatted datasets.

Professional adds regression-based analysis that controls for role, seniority, age, and location, plus identification of employee-level special cases. For employers that need to move from headline comparisons to a more adjusted view, this is a meaningful step up. Configurable rulesets and data correction with reruns also support refinement when initial inputs need attention.

Branded PDF and Excel reports, Excel upload and download, and multi-year tracking make Professional more useful for recurring analysis and internal reporting. Paid accounts use dedicated isolated databases on EU-hosted, GDPR-compliant infrastructure, with role-based access, an audit trail, and configurable data retention. Professional includes email support.

Enterprise adds multi-entity reporting, HR-system integrations with Workday, SAP, and Helios, and governance features including SSO/Azure AD through SAML, bulk user management, and scoped role-based access for divisions. A dedicated customer success manager and 99.9% uptime SLA suit organizations that need a more managed service, though the plan's custom pricing makes it harder to assess cost upfront.

Pricing

Free: Free. It includes complete in-browser analysis, mean and median gaps, quartiles and bonus participation, per-category 5% flags, and guidance. Its local processing and no-cost access make it a sensible first step, but it does not include Professional's adjusted regression, employee-level detection, reports, or multi-year tracking.

Professional: 3000.00 EUR per year, billed €3k / year, from. It is for a single EU legal entity with 100–1,000 employees and includes adjusted regression, employee-level detection, PDF and Excel reports, multi-year tracking, and an isolated database. The stated employee limit is 1,000; larger or multi-entity organizations should consider Enterprise.

Enterprise: custom pricing, billed Contact us. It includes multi-entity reporting, HR integrations, SSO, governance, a dedicated customer success manager, and a 99.9% uptime SLA. This tier fits groups and advisory firms needing broader access and integrations, but requires a pricing conversation.

Platforms

Cleira runs on the web. The free analyzer accepts English-language CSV files; Excel upload and download are included with Professional.

Who it's for

Cleira is a reasonable fit for EU employers that want to start with a browser-based baseline and, if needed, progress to adjusted analysis and recurring reports for one legal entity. Its Enterprise tier is aimed at groups and advisory firms that need multi-entity reporting, integrations, and centralized controls. It is not the right choice for organizations seeking a guarantee of legal compliance or ready-made official filing formats across every EU country.

Pros and cons

Pro: Free analysis processes locally in the browser, so workforce data is not transmitted to or stored on Cleira's servers.
Pro: Professional adds adjusted regression, employee-level special-case detection, and branded reports, giving employers a fuller workflow than headline gap calculations alone.
Pro: Enterprise offers named HR integrations, SSO, scoped divisional access, and a 99.9% uptime SLA for organizations with broader governance needs.
Con: The free analyzer is limited to English-language CSV input, with a few thousand rows described as comfortable.
Con: Official file-ready formats are rolling out country by country, so baseline analysis across EU states does not mean filing formats are ready everywhere.
Con: Results are informational, not legal advice or certified compliance, so Cleira cannot stand alone as an assurance of compliance.
Con: Professional's 1,000-employee limit and single-entity scope leave larger or multi-entity organizations needing Enterprise, whose price is custom.

Alternatives

For a wider comparison of tools, see Pay Equity Software.

Choose Paygaps.de instead if you want a paid web service with a free trial and published monthly and annual Starter pricing for up to 250 employees and two user accounts.

Salary.com CompXL is another paid web option, with pricing requiring a personalized demo.

Trusaic PayParity is a paid web alternative designed for global enterprises, with pricing by inquiry.

Affirmity Employment Law Navigator is a paid web alternative with pricing by request.

Syndio is a paid web platform whose pricing is available by demo request; Essentials is the foundation for Decisions, while Predict is marked as coming in 2027.

Equitabl offers pay-gap analytics through web and API, priced per employee per week, with a $0 implementation fee and system support; its Skill analytics plan is also available.

PayGapCheck is a paid web alternative with one-time purchase plans, including a Starter option with a 12-month rollover and no subscription.

Evenpay is a paid web alternative with a Core plan and a separately priced SSO add-on.

Verdict

Choose Cleira if you are an EU employer that wants a free, locally processed baseline and a clear route to adjusted analysis and reporting for a single legal entity. The main reason to choose it is that progression from a no-cost first look to paid reporting is explicit; the main reason to look elsewhere is if you need certified compliance or country-ready filing formats everywhere.

	AxiomIA Pay Equity	Cleira
Free plan		Yes
Paid from		€250/mo
Platforms	Web	Web
Statistical analysis	advanced	advanced
Adjustment modeling	Yes
HRIS connectors	Yes	Yes
Audit reporting	Yes	Yes
Export formats	pdf
Free plan		Yes
Employee limit		1,000 employees

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