# Kenjo — Talent Management

Kenjo by Kenjo GmbH holds a panel rating of 2/5 from 6 AI judges (category median 2/5), as of 2026-10-15. Provenance: EU-Made; sovereignty: not determined.

- Vendor: Kenjo GmbH (https://www.kenjo.io)
- Category: [Talent Management](https://whats-best.ai/software/talent-management.md)
- Provenance (editorial classification): EU-Made
- Canonical page: https://whats-best.ai/software/talent-management/kenjo
- Alternatives: https://whats-best.ai/software/talent-management/kenjo/alternatives ([markdown](https://whats-best.ai/software/talent-management/kenjo/alternatives.md))
- Data as of: 2026-10-20 · evaluated 2026-10-15 · oldest source captured 2026-10-13

**AI-generated.** Every score, rationale and verdict here is written by a panel of AI judges from public evidence — an analysis, not a hands-on test. Every fact quotes the vendor page it was read from. No score can be bought. How scores are made: https://whats-best.ai/methodology

## At a glance

- Vendor: Kenjo GmbH
- Headquarters: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 13 Oct 2026
- Data hosting: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 13 Oct 2026
- Free plan: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 13 Oct 2026
- Starting price: “Starter Profitiere von einer digitalen Lösung für allgemeine Personalaufgaben und erledige die tägliche Verwaltungsarbeit mit einem einzigen...” (vendor’s words) [S2]

## The panel's verdict

Kenjo is strongest where its documentation is thickest: the 360-degree review cycle. Performance review scores sit at 6, on self, manager, peer and bottom-up reviews, peer nomination with limits, custom and expert templates, a mandatory overall rating on potential and performance, and permission rules granular enough for a works agreement — codetermination and privacy scored 4. Pricing transparency is weakest, at 1 to 2: the plan pages say which functions sit in Starter, Growth and Connect, but we found no price figure, pricing basis, minimum term or VAT treatment, and the DATEV one-time fee is named without an amount. Goals and OKRs scored 2 to 3 — a named module, and we found no public information linking it to the year-end review. Sovereignty scores range from 2 to 4, split over how far the privacy policy carries: it states that all processing and storage occur within the EEA, particularly Germany, but that text addresses the vendor's own site, while contracting entity, hosting, subprocessors and where the AI features process stay unconfirmed. Integrations scored 4 to 6; learning and development 4.

**Speaks for it:**
- A documented 360-degree review cycle — self, manager, peer and bottom-up reviews with peer nomination limits, custom and expert templates, and a mandatory overall rating on potential and performance, scoring 6.
- Permission rules granular enough for a works agreement — create, edit and delete reviews, view feedback for all or selected employees, and filter-bound Results and Compare tabs — with codetermination and privacy at 4.
- A broad, named integration catalogue — payroll including DATEV, ADP and SD Worx, Microsoft Entra ID and Google Workspace directory sync, Slack, Teams and BI tools — with a documented API, integrations and portability at 4 to 6.
- Plan pages that state which functions sit in Starter, Growth and Connect — 360° reviews from the entry plan, APIs and training administration at the top — with a 14-day free trial offered.

**Held against it:**
- We found no price figure, pricing basis, minimum term or VAT treatment on the captured pricing pages, and the DATEV one-time fee is named without an amount — pricing transparency at 1 to 2.
- Goals and OKRs appear as a named module with meeting templates in the entry plan, and we found no public information on goal alignment, check-ins or any link to the year-end review — goals and feedback at 2 to 3.
- Contracting entity, ownership, product hosting and subprocessors are unconfirmed on the captured pages, and the AI product expert and Early Access Motor agents are announced with no provider, location or off-switch — sovereignty at 2 to 4.
- We found no public information on calibration across teams, rating distributions, employee sign-off or kept review history, which keeps the review cycle well-run but short of auditable.
- We found no public information on SCIM provisioning, webhooks, published API limits or a bulk export of the review, goal and feedback history, and the API sits only in the top plan.

**Best for:**
- You are an SME without a talent team and want to run a full review cycle in-house — templates, an expert question library, automated emails and visible deadlines.
- You need documented permission granularity — who may view feedback and results under which filter rules — as drafting material for a works agreement.
- You run payroll on DATEV or ADP and manage identity through Microsoft Entra ID or Google Workspace, and are prepared to take the top plan for the documented API.

**Avoid if:**
- You must compute an annual invoice before signing — ask the vendor: the public pages we read do not show it
- Your year-end reviews must draw on goal and check-in history — the goals-and-OKR module appears by name, and we found no public information on check-ins, alignment or any link to the review.
- You must show a works council where the AI features process and which subprocessors sit behind the product — the captured pages leave these unconfirmed.
- You need APIs, training administration or bulk actions below the top tier — the pages place all of them in the Connect plan.

## Scores by judge and criterion

Scores out of 5, each judge scoring independently against the published rubric (v1). "n/r" = not rated: the vendor publishes no price.

| Criterion | The Head of HR | The Managing Director | The People Analyst | The Works Council Member | The HR IT Integrator | The Skeptic |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Performance reviews & calibration | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 |
| Goals, OKRs & continuous feedback | 1.5/5 | 1/5 | 1/5 | 1.5/5 | 1/5 | 1.5/5 |
| Learning, skills & succession | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 |
| Works council, visibility & AI disclosure | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 |
| HRIS sync, integrations & data portability | 3/5 | 2.5/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 2/5 | 2.5/5 |
| European sovereignty | 2/5 | 1.5/5 | 1.5/5 | 1/5 | 1.5/5 | 1.5/5 |
| Pricing transparency | 1/5 | 1/5 | 1/5 | 1/5 | 1/5 | 0.5/5 |
| **Weighted verdict** | **2/5** | **2/5** | **2/5** | **2/5** | **2/5** | **2/5** |

### The judges

- **The Head of HR** (v1.0): Runs the annual review cycle for four hundred people and has to defend every rating in it. Wants criteria fixed before the cycle starts, calibration across departments, reminders that chase managers so HR does not have to, and a review history the employee can see and sign.
- **The Managing Director** (v1.0): Runs a sixty-person company without a talent team and wants goals everyone can see, regular one-to-ones that actually happen, and a yearly conversation that is prepared rather than improvised. Has no patience for a suite that needs a consultant before the first review goes out.
- **The People Analyst** (v1.0): Owns the skills model, the succession bench and the training budget. Wants skills profiles with gaps against role requirements, learning tied to those gaps rather than to a course catalogue, talent reviews per key role, and data that can be exported and analysed outside the tool.
- **The Works Council Member** (v1.0): Has to sign the works agreement before any of this goes live. Asks who can read a manager's private note, how small a team may be before survey results stop being anonymous, how long ratings are kept, and whether any AI feature summarises or scores colleagues without a human deciding.
- **The HR IT Integrator** (v1.0): Connects the tool to the HR system and the identity provider and will be asked for the data when the contract ends. Wants org chart and manager relations synced from the HRIS, SSO and SCIM, a documented API, and a full export of reviews and goals rather than one PDF per person.
- **The Skeptic** (v1.0): Has heard "high-performance culture", "bias-free reviews" and "AI-powered growth" from every vendor. Reads for the anonymity threshold behind the anonymous survey, what the AI review summary was built from, whether the "skills engine" is more than a tag list, and whether five years of reviews leave with the customer.

## European sovereignty — proven facts

Built only from facts on the vendor's own pages; a dimension we could not prove is left open, never scored as zero. Headline: not determined.

| Dimension | Finding | Points | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legal entity | Not determined | — | — |
| Ownership | Not determined | — | — |
| Data residency | Not determined | — | — |
| Subprocessors | Not determined | — | — |

## Key facts

Each fact is the vendor's own statement, cited to the source page it was read from ([S*n*] → Sources).

**Compliance**
- Anthropic no training: no [S4]
- Dp agreements: yes [S4]
- GDPR lawful bases: DSGVO · BDSG · yes [S4]
- No profiling: no · no [S4]
- Third country transfer: SCC · BCR · adequacy · yes [S4]
- Usa transfer scc: yes · SCC · USA [S4]

**Data**
- Application retention: 6 [S4]
- Retention general: 10 · 3 [S4]
- Supabase retention: yes · 12 [S4]
- Talentpool retention: 2 [S4]
- Transcript retention: yes · 12 [S4]

**Hosting**
- Supabase data location: Deutschland · yes [S4]

**Integrations**
- Access management: Datafox · GFOS · EasySecure [S13]
- API available: Kenjo API is offered as an integration [S13]
- API documentation: yes [S14]
- Business intelligence: Microsoft Power BI · Google Looker · Tableau · Qlik [S13]
- Calculator API: APIs und Integrationen im Connect-Plan [S2]
- Calendars: Microsoft Outlook Calendar · Apple Calendar · Google Calendar [S13]
- Digital signatures: Signaturit [S13]
- Erp: Moco · SAP Business ByDesign by All4Cloud · Visma [S13]
- Expense management: Pleo [S13]
- Identity management: Microsoft Entra ID (Active Directory) · Google Workspace Directory Sync [S13]
- Payroll: DATEV · Paychex · SD Worx · deel · Hübner & Hübner · ADP · Legalitas [S13]
- Recruiting ats: JOIN · Softgarden · Recruitee · Greenhouse · Workable [S13]
- Request custom: Users can book a call to suggest an integration [S13]
- Team communications: Slack · Microsoft Teams [S13]
- Timetracking: AskDANTE · GoTime Cloud · ZEP · Productive [S13]

**Legal**
- Address: 12043 · Berlin · Donaustraße 44 [S3]
- Commercial register: Amtsgericht Charlottenburg · HRB B 183681B [S3]
- Controller: Berlin · Kenjo GmbH · Deutschland [S4]
- Entity name: Kenjo GmbH [S3]
- Madrid address: Madrid · Calle del Príncipe de Vergara, 132, 28002 [S10]
- Tax number: 29/377/30115 [S3]
- VAT id: DE311075739 [S3]
- Zurich address: Zürich · Pfingstweidstrasse 60 [S10]

**Pricing**
- Annual discount: 10 [S2]
- Connect demo only: demo booking · no [S2]
- Datev integration fee: 600 · Growth [S2]
- Example calculator result: Starter · 400 · 240 · 2160 [S2]
- Free trial: 14 [S2]
- Free trial: 14 · free trial [S13]
- Free trial: 14 · yes [S6]
- Free trial days: 14 [S4]
- Growth price: EUR · 10 [S2]
- Onboarding fee: one-time onboarding · EUR · 400 [S2]
- Recruiting addon monthly: EUR · 249 [S2]
- Recruitment plus addon monthly: EUR · 399 [S2]
- Starter price: EUR · 6 [S2]
- Trial: yes · 14 [S14]
- Trial days: yes · 14 [S5]

**Product**
- Admin status visibility: yes [S9]
- AI assistant: AI product expert chatbot [S3]
- AI assistant: yes [S4]
- AI product expert: yes [S1]
- AI product expert: yes [S5]
- Anonymity: anonymous feedback can be enabled for direct reports and peer reviews [S7]
- Automated email: yes [S8]
- Automatic provider assignment: yes [S7]
- Autosave: yes [S9]
- Citb funding: UK training funding for small/micro employers [S10]
- Comments per question: yes [S9]
- Communication modules: Updates · Mitarbeiterverzeichnis · Hinweisgebersystem [S5]
- Comparison reviewer side: yes [S9]
- Connect features: Alle Growth-Funktionen plus: Schulungsverwaltung, Bulk-Aktionen, APIs und Integrationen, Warnmeldungen bei Nichteinhaltung des Arbeitsrechts, Zeiterfassungsautomatisierung, Schichtvorlagen und Verfügbarkeiten, Direkte Unterstützung und Imp… [S2]
- Continuous feedback: yes [S5]
- Continuous feedback: Regular/continuous feedback on employee performance [S6]
- Custom categories and questions: yes [S5]
- Customizable competencies: Customizable minimum requirements and competencies [S6]
- Datev integration: Einmalige Gebühr für Import/Implementierung der DATEV-Lohnabrechnungs-Integration; Lohndaten-Übertragung zwischen Kenjo und DATEV [S2]
- Deadline display: yes [S8]
- Demo booking: yes · 30 [S6]
- Demos: yes · 30 [S5]
- Draft saving: yes [S7]
- Feedback process tracking: yes [S5]
- Feedback tracking: Tracking of adherence to feedback process [S6]
- Feedback types: self-assessment · peer review · manager review · direct report [S9]
- Final submission lock: no [S9]
- Growth features: Alle Starter-Funktionen plus: Digitale Signatur, Benutzerdefinierte Workflows, Zuweisung - Onboarding/Offboarding, Verwaltung verschiedener Bürostandorte, BI-Dashboards, Benutzerdefinierte Profile und Berechtigungen, Zeiterfassungsterminal… [S2]
- HR reports: yes [S5]
- Integration categories: Time Tracking · Payroll · Access Management · ERP · Calendars · Digital Signature · Recruiting & ATS · Team Communication · Business Intelligence (BI) · Expense Management · Kenjo API [S13]
- Integration purpose: Connect external software tools to Kenjo to manage employee data in one place [S13]
- Module list: digitale Personalakte · vorbereitende Lohnabrechnung · Onboarding/Offboarding · Zeiterfassung · Performance Management · digitale Unterschrift · Urlaubsverwaltung · Organigramm · Workflows [S5]
- Modules: HR, employee profile, payroll, onboarding/off-boarding, attendance, performance management, e-signatures, time off, org chart, workflows, operations, shift planning, kiosk app, communications [S10]
- Modules: HR, employee profile, payroll, onboarding/off-boarding, attendance, performance management, e-signatures, time off, org chart, workflows [S14]
- Modules communications: updates · mitarbeiterverzeichnis · hinweisgebersystem [S3]
- Modules footer: HR, digitale Personalakte, vorbereitende Lohnabrechnung, Onboarding/Off-boarding, Zeiterfassung, Performance Management, digitale Unterschrift, Urlaubsverwaltung, Organigramm, Workflows, Operations, Schichtplanung, Zeiterfassungs-Terminal,… [S4]
- Modules HR: digitale personalakte · vorbereitende lohnabrechnung · onboarding/off-boarding · zeiterfassung · performance management · digitale unterschrift · urlaubsverwaltung · organigramm · workflows [S3]
- Modules HR: Modules: HR, employee profile, payroll, onboarding/off-boarding, attendance, performance management, e-signatures, time off, org chart, workflows [S6]
- Modules operations: schichtplanung · zeiterfassungs-terminal [S3]
- Modules operations: Modules: operations, shift planning, kiosk app, communications, updates, directory, whistleblowing [S6]
- Modules other: Reports and analytics, digital HR, employee surveys, goals & OKR, recruitment [S10]
- Modules other: Solutions: reports and analytics, digital HR, employee surveys, goals & OKR, recruitment [S6]
- New addons announcement: Prüfberichte · Motor (KI-Agenten, Early Access) [S1]
- Nomination editable: yes [S8]
- Notifications: yes · yes [S9]
- Onboarding service: Mitarbeitender aus deutschsprachigem Kundensupport hilft bei der Einrichtung der Software [S2]
- Operations modules: Schichtplanung · Zeiterfassungs-Terminal [S5]
- Org chart visualization: yes [S5]
- Other solutions: hr-analytics · digital hr · mitarbeiterbefragungen · ziele und okrs · recruiting [S3]
- Overall rating: potential · performance level · yes [S9]
- Participant filtering: participants selectable via search and attribute filters (location, team, manager) [S7]
- Peer nomination: yes [S7]
- Peer nomination: Employees can nominate peers for feedback during a peer-review process [S8]
- Peer nomination limit: yes [S7]
- Peer pool: Peers selectable from all active company employees except yourself [S8]
- Performance create permission: create performance reviews · yes [S11]
- Performance delete permission: delete existing performance reviews · yes [S11]
- Performance edit permission: edit existing performance reviews · yes [S11]
- Performance module: Performance Review module includes a To-dos tab and Write, Read, Nominate tabs [S8]
- Performance review: Performance management software for employee performance reviews [S6]
- Performance review templates: yes [S5]
- Permission filter rules: yes · ]Employee is a subordinate · Company equals Addas [S11]
- Product tour: yes [S1]
- Promotion appraisal: Objective appraisal system for promotions [S6]
- Promotion assessment support: yes [S5]
- Pulse custom permissions: Custom permissions can be configured for the Pulse module [S12]
- Pulse permission options: access and comment on all Pulse feed comments · access to Pulse Insights [S12]
- Pulse permissions settings path: Einstellungen > Profile und Berechtigungen [S12]
- Question catalog: yes [S5]
- Question formats: yes [S5]
- Question formats: Multiple question formats for appraisals [S6]
- Question library: Library of predefined expert-created questions [S6]
- Recruitment plus jobboards: 100 [S2]
- Review templates: Custom review templates plus expert-created template library [S6]
- Review types: self-assessments, manager feedback, direct report feedback, peer reviews [S7]
- Review types dropdown: Direct Report · Manager · Peer Review · Self assessment [S9]
- Reviews page access dependency: view feedback permission · yes [S11]
- Solutions: HR-Analytics · Digital HR · Mitarbeiterbefragungen · Ziele und OKRs · Recruiting [S5]
- Starter features: Abrechnungsmanagement, Urlaubsverwaltung, 360° Performance Reviews, Digitales Dokumentenmanagement, Berichte, Zeiterfassung, Recruiting und ATS (Add-on), Standard-Workflows, Schichtplanung, Meeting Vorlagen [S2]
- Status indicators: not started · started · finished [S9]
- Summary counts: yes [S7]
- Talent matrix: Talent matrix to visually map internal talent [S6]
- Task filters: All tasks · complete · incomplete [S9]
- Trial: 14 · yes [S3]
- Trial: 14 days free trial [S10]
- View all feedback permission: view feedback for all employees · yes [S11]
- View results compare all permission: view Results and Compare tabs for all employees · yes [S11]
- View results compare filtered permission: view Results and Compare tabs for employees matching criteria · yes [S11]
- View selected feedback permission: view feedback for selected employees · yes [S11]

**Support**
- API email: support@kenjo.io [S14]
- Growth phone: Growth · yes [S2]
- Help center: yes [S5]
- Help center: yes [S6]

## Questions

### Is Kenjo European?

Yes. whats-best.ai classifies Kenjo as EU-Made.

### Where does Kenjo store data?

Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 13 Oct 2026.

### Does Kenjo have a free plan?

Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 13 Oct 2026.

### What are the best alternatives to Kenjo?

As of 15 Oct 2026, the panel rates [Culture Amp (3/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/talent-management/culture-amp), [Small Improvements (3/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/talent-management/small-improvements) and [Leapsome (2.5/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/talent-management/leapsome) highest among the other 15 Talent Management products evaluated. Ratings that look equal are rounded to half stars; the order uses the unrounded rating, then the name. The highest-rated European alternative is [Small Improvements](https://whats-best.ai/software/talent-management/small-improvements) (EU-Made). Ratings are the AI panel’s opinion, formed from public evidence: [how scores are made](https://whats-best.ai/methodology#ordering). The full list, with European products first: [Kenjo alternatives](https://whats-best.ai/software/talent-management/kenjo/alternatives).

## What this page leaves out

- 20 product facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 15 legal facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 5 subprocessors facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 2 support facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 1 compliance fact could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and was left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 1 hosting fact could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and was left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 1 pricing fact could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and was left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 2 sovereignty dimensions could not be confirmed on the vendor’s own pages and are shown as unknown.
- 6 of the readings below were written against an earlier fact sheet — a fact has been corrected, added or pulled since. Until the panel next runs on this product you are reading the older judgement.

## Sources

- [S1] Vendor homepage: https://www.kenjo.io/de (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S2] Pricing page: https://www.kenjo.io/de/preise (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S3] Imprint: https://www.kenjo.io/de/legal/impressum (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S4] Privacy policy: https://www.kenjo.io/de/legal/datenschutz (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S5] Performance management: https://www.kenjo.io/de/produkt/performance-management (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S6] Performance reviews & calibration — found from sitemap: https://www.kenjo.io/product/performance-review (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S7] Performance reviews & calibration — found from sitemap: https://help.kenjo.io/en/articles/597777-create-a-performance-review-part-1-review-details-and-participants (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S8] Goals, OKRs & continuous feedback — found from sitemap: https://help.kenjo.io/en/articles/597780-nominate-peers-for-peer-feedback (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S9] Goals, OKRs & continuous feedback — found from sitemap: https://help.kenjo.io/en/articles/597779-for-employees-write-a-feedback (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S10] Learning, skills & succession — found from sitemap: https://www.kenjo.io/guides/learning-and-development (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S11] Works council, visibility & AI disclosure — found from sitemap: https://help.kenjo.io/en/articles/597775-set-performance-review-permissions (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S12] Works council, visibility & AI disclosure — found from sitemap: https://help.kenjo.io/de/articles/597761-benutzerdefinierte-berechtigungen-fur-pulse-erstellen (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S13] HRIS sync, integrations & data portability — found from sitemap: https://www.kenjo.io/integration (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S14] HRIS sync, integrations & data portability — found from sitemap: https://www.kenjo.io/legal/api (checked 2026-10-13)

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