Employee database software for modern teams

Find the people data you need quickly, with records your teams can trust.

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Modern, fast growing, global businesses love Bob

One home for all your employee data

Bob keeps profiles, roles, documents, and change history secure and current. From payroll to performance, everything you run reads from the same record.

Everything you need from an employee database platform

Centralized data

Keep every record in one searchable database

Search by name, team, location, or any custom field you’ve built, then open the document you need without leaving the profile.

  • Build custom fields for whatever your business tracks
  • Search across profiles, documents, and change history
  • Import and update in bulk without opening each record
  • File documents and e-signatures on the profile
  • Build custom fields for whatever your business tracks
  • Search across profiles, documents, and change history
  • Import and update in bulk without opening each record
  • File documents and e-signatures on the profile

Security & privacy

Maintain compliance in a secure HR platform

Decide who sees each field, by role.

  • Set role-based permissions down to the field
  • Encrypt data at rest with AES-256, plus a second layer on salary data
  • Log every field change with its author
  • Build on a platform certified to ISO 27001, ISO 27018, and SOC 2 Type II
  • Set role-based permissions down to the field
  • Encrypt data at rest with AES-256, plus a second layer on salary data
  • Log every field change with its author
  • Build on a platform certified to ISO 27001, ISO 27018, and SOC 2 Type II

People analytics

Turn live people data into clarity

Get answers without waiting for reports.

  • Slice headcount by any field on the record
  • See how the org looked on any past date
  • Build reports on live records with no export step
  • Catch missing or stale fields before they skew a report
  • Slice headcount by any field on the record
  • See how the org looked on any past date
  • Build reports on live records with no export step
  • Catch missing or stale fields before they skew a report

Self-service

Give people self-service access to their own records

People change their own details, and approvals keep the record clean.

  • Hand address and bank changes to the person who owns them
  • Route changes for approval before they land on the record
  • Prompt people to confirm their details are still current
  • Give managers a way to fix team data without an HR ticket
  • Hand address and bank changes to the person who owns them
  • Route changes for approval before they land on the record
  • Prompt people to confirm their details are still current
  • Give managers a way to fix team data without an HR ticket

Workflow automation

Streamline workflows with automation and AI

Let routine record-keeping run itself, and ask Bob AI when you need an answer.

  • Open and close records automatically as people join and leave
  • Push one change to payroll, reporting, and the org chart
  • Ask Bob Companion instead of building a filter
  • Sync other systems through integrations that write back
  • Open and close records automatically as people join and leave
  • Push one change to payroll, reporting, and the org chart
  • Ask Bob Companion instead of building a filter
  • Sync other systems through integrations that write back

Spreadsheets and silos slow you down. HiBob keeps everything in one place.

Why choose HiBob’s employee database software

BEFORE BOB

Records are scattered across systems

  • The same person has a different job title in each system
  • Finding a document means asking someone who might know
  • Access is hard to control and harder to prove

AFTER BOB

One trusted place for people data

  • A job title changes once, and changes everywhere
  • Documents and history sit on the profile, one search away
  • Permissions you set, and a log that proves it

Loved by users. Proven by experts.

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Frequently asked questions

Employee database software is a digital hub centralizing all people data. It helps HR leaders boost their productivity by refining and modernizing HR data management, simplifying everything from time tracking to expense handling. Employee database software also helps enrich the employee experience and build a more efficient and engaged workforce.

The right employee database software automates routine HR tasks, saving time and preventing bottlenecks. Employee database software helps HR leaders keep data safe by controlling who has access while enabling people to understand the company’s structure and have more control. And using its self-service features, your people can do more while reducing HR’s workload and minimizing errors.

Communications through HiBob’s user interface and APIs are certified to ISO 27001, ISO 27018, and SOC 2 Type II to keep data safe over public networks. Role-based permissions control who can see and edit each field, audit trails record every change, and the platform is built to support GDPR, SOC 2, and ISO 27001 requirements.

HiBob gives you a centralized, secure home for workforce data, with in-depth analytics, agile workforce planning, and HR automation built on top of it. Because HR and Finance work from the same live records, headcount and cost decisions start from one set of numbers rather than reconciled exports. Bob AI works inside everyday tasks, surfacing insights and handling routine work, so your team spends less time maintaining the database and more time using it.

Employee database software is a specialized tool designed to manage employee data, whereas a spreadsheet is just a general data storage tool. Employee databases store and manage information far more efficiently and safely, and act as a single source of truth, helping you improve data accuracy, increase efficiency, simplify collaboration, and safeguard your information.

Every business has different needs. Start by identifying your company’s specific requirements. That includes what type of data you need to store, how much data you have, and who should have access to it. Other things to consider are a user-friendly interface, data security, full customization and integration, and a responsive customer support team.

Yes. HiBob connects to payroll providers, finance systems, and collaboration tools like Slack and NetSuite through the HiBob Marketplace, and offers an open API for anything custom. Data syncs both ways, so your employee database stays the source of truth rather than one more system to reconcile.

Look for one record per person that every other system reads from, role-based permissions down to the field level, audit trails, self-service so people maintain their own details, and reporting that works without exports. Integrations matter just as much: a database that can’t talk to payroll and finance quietly becomes another silo.

Stop hunting for the right version, and trust the answer when you find it.