Recent insights & articles.
Product update - September 2026
Collective closure with the cost visible up front, multiple contracts on one timeline, a locked new hire and an HR chat that schedules routines. What Peepel shipped in September 2026.
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HR in Excel or HR software (2026): when is it time to switch?
Excel works for HR up to about 30 employees. From 50 FTE, separate spreadsheets for leave, scheduling, contracts, assets and expenses cost more time and risk than one connected HR platform.
Peepel vs. BambooHR.
BambooHR runs its own payroll for US employees only and has localized payroll integrations in the UK, Australia and New Zealand. For Belgium and the Netherlands, that connection does not exist. The full comparison with Peepel (€9.50 per employee per month).
Best HRIS for Belgian SMEs (2026): 13 systems compared by company size
13 HRIS systems compared by company size, with public pricing and the Belgian payroll connection as the deciding criterion. 87% of employers already work with a social secretariat.
Product update - August 2026
Phased return to work, collective closure with the cost visible up front, and people who come back without being rebuilt from scratch. What Peepel shipped in August 2026.
Best onboarding software for Belgian and Dutch SMEs (2026): 14 tools compared
14 onboarding tools compared for Belgium and the Netherlands, by company size. The connection with your social secretariat determines your choice.
Automating offboarding (2026): deadlines, documents and access
Dimona OUT by the next working day, C4 on the last working day, mailbox closed on day one: an employee's departure comes with hard deadlines. Here's how to let them run themselves.
HR system migration (2026): how a switch to Peepel actually works.
Peepel is operational within one day and goes live on the 1st of a payroll month. Here's what moves, who does what, and what typically goes wrong.
What is Dimona? Declaration, deadlines and fines (2026)
Dimona is the mandatory Belgian social security declaration you must file before a new employee's first working day. Filing late costs at least EUR 3,674.09 per employee in 2026.
Digitising HR processes (2026): the complete guide
Digitising HR is the first step in a longer journey. Digitising makes your data accessible, yet the real win comes from execution. Here's how to approach it.
Automating onboarding (2026): from checklist to execution
Automating onboarding means more than ticking off a digital checklist. Only 12% of employees strongly agree their organisation does a great job onboarding (Gallup). Here's how agentic HR actually executes it.
Automating payroll (2026): a 5-minute run with an exception-based agent
How do you automate payroll in Belgium? With continuously validated data and an agent that only shows you the exceptions, a payroll run goes from half a day to about 5 minutes.
Best workforce planning software (2026)
10 workforce planning tools compared on price (€2.40-7.50), AI scheduling, Dimona, CAO rules and EU hosting, and how to use them alongside your HR system. For Belgian and Dutch SMEs.
Peepel vs. Officient.
Officient (now Exact Officient) is a Belgian-built HR platform that centralises HR administration; Peepel is an agentic execution engine that performs that HR work for you. Both are made for Belgian SMEs - the difference is whether HR work gets organised or executed.
Staff scheduling software in 2026: what to look for, and why it shouldn't live outside your HR system.
Staff scheduling software builds work rosters from availability, hours and rules. In 2026 the smarter move is scheduling that runs directly on your HR data, with everything connected at the source.
How do I automate payroll in my small business? A step-by-step guide for Belgian SMEs.
Automating payroll means hours worked, time off and contract changes flow into your social secretariat without errors, turning a payroll run into a simple approval and freeing up your evening. One manufacturing client saves around 3 working days a month this way.
The evolution of HR software: from filing cabinet to agentic HR (2026).
HR software evolved from paper files to the HRIS, to workflow suites, to agentic HR. One thread: from organising work to executing it. With numbers from Gartner, Deloitte, SHRM, McKinsey and Bersin.
Best Employee Onboarding Software for European Companies.
Onboarding software is either a record with a checklist or an execution layer that runs the flow. Peepel runs HR onboarding end-to-end, Rippling executes IT and devices, Deel handles hires across borders.
Best Leave Management Software for European Companies.
Leave software is either a system of record that tracks who's off or an execution layer that pushes approved days straight into payroll. Peepel does both. Timetastic and Vacation Tracker are the cheap records, Calamari handles EU rules, Factorial and Personio bundle payroll.
HR automation (2026): what to automate, in what order and what it returns
HR automation is software that performs HR work. Which 7 processes come first, in what order, how compliance checks run themselves, and what manual work costs ($291 per payroll error).
Agentic HR vs. Traditional HRIS: Which Do You Need?
A traditional HRIS organises HR work for you to complete; an agentic HR platform organises and executes that work for you. The two models side by side, a concrete example, where each one wins, and how to choose.
What is Agentic HR? The definition, explained.
Agentic HR is HR software where AI agents autonomously execute HR work. What makes software agentic, how an AI agent differs from an AI feature, and how mature the technology really is.
Peepel vs. Factorial.
Factorial is a broad all-in-one HRIS. Peepel is an agentic execution engine that performs HR work end-to-end. Here's how to choose.
Best AI HR software for European SMEs (2026)
Most HRIS comparisons argue features. The more useful question for European SMEs in 2026 is architectural: does the platform record HR work, augment it, or execute it? We compare Peepel, Deel, HiBob, Personio and Shapes.
Peepel vs. Deel.
Deel is the global standard for cross-border employment and contractor compliance. Peepel is an HR execution engine built for Belgian and Dutch SMEs. Different problems, different platforms - here's how to choose.
Peepel vs. HiBob.
HiBob is among the most polished HRIS platforms on the market - a system of record with AI added on top. Peepel was designed from the ground up as an execution engine. For European SMEs in Belgium and the Netherlands, the difference is whether HR work gets organised or removed.
Peepel vs. Personio.
Personio is Europe's established SME HRIS - a reliable system of record built first for Germany. Peepel is an execution engine built ground-up around agentic AI. For Belgian and Dutch SMEs that want HR work removed rather than organised, Peepel closes the payroll loop natively.
Peepel vs. Shapes.
Shapes is one of the most ambitious AI-native HRIS platforms in the market; Peepel is an agentic execution engine built for Belgian and Dutch SMEs. Not better - a different level: Shapes augments HR work, Peepel removes it.