Parmetra vs PayGapCheck

Parmetra is a web platform for EU employers and HR and compliance teams managing pay-transparency requirements. It calculates mean and median pay gaps across an organization and within work categories, flags the 5% joint-assessment trigger, and exports snapshots for regulators. Its point-factor engine scores roles on skills, effort, responsibility, and working conditions to group jobs of equal value using objective, gender-neutral criteria. Employers can publish salary ranges on vacancies and record the ban on salary-history questions. Employees can request average pay by sex for their category, with a tracked two-month response clock. Optional AI drafting proposes job-valuation criterion scores from a position title, but a person decides each score. The platform supports all 24 official EU languages. Growth includes Personio HRIS synchronization and salary-history tracking. Parmetra says workforce data is stored in the EU, with its primary application database in Frankfurt, Germany, and encrypted in transit and at rest. Workspaces are invitation-only and set up by the team; there is no self-service signup. Starter costs €179 a month; Growth costs €599 a month; Enterprise costs €1,199 a month; Scale costs €2,399 a month.

PayGapCheck is a web-based salary intelligence platform for European organisations navigating the EU Pay Transparency Directive. Its ReadinessCheck uses about 48 questions across seven axes and does not require salary data. For pay equity analysis, it accepts an anonymised employee compensation XLSX file in a structured template, then produces a report with six analysis modules, AI insights, and an HRIS-ready Excel review file. The report covers company-wide median and mean pay gaps, cohort analysis, quartile distribution, representation ratios, gap typology, and estimated remediation costs. HireGapCheck evaluates internal equity, compression risk, urgency, observed offer range, and EU transparency criteria before an offer. Plans include a one-time SME purchase at €199 as a one-time purchase, billed plus VAT where applicable, with up to 249 employees and 14-day access; other one-time plans cover different organisation sizes and readiness assessment. Reports require no account and are available for 14 calendar days. Raw employee data and generated reports are deleted after 14 days, though anonymised aggregates may be retained. The terms say outputs are observational, not legal determinations.