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Sage HR

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HR & people · United Kingdom
Founded 2016 · sage.hr ↗

Sage Group plc's HR cloud product (formerly CakeHR from Riga, acquired 2019); UK-public parent, modular SMB HR.

In short

Sage HR, in the HR & people category, is a European service with Ireland as its hosting location and at most minor, transient US exposure under the CLOUD Act.

Assessment notes

Sage HR (originally CakeHR, founded Riga LV 2016) was acquired by Sage Group plc (UK FTSE 100, no US parent) in 2019 and is now part of Sage Business Cloud; ISO 27001 inherited from parent, UK jurisdiction = ownership_signal: other, no material US-PE involvement = cloud_act_exposure: minor; one of the cleanest non-Nordic non-DACH HR options for SMB buyers willing to accept UK jurisdiction.

CLOUD ACT
OWNERSHIP
SUB-PROCS
0 none disclosed
Verified signals
Jurisdiction
  • EU / adequacy hosting
  • EU / adequacy operator
  • No US CLOUD Act exposure
Transparency
  • Public DPA
  • Sub-processors disclosed
  • Open-source clients
  • Third-party certification
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OVERVIEW

About Sage HR

Sage HR is the HR product within Sage Business Cloud, originally launched as CakeHR in Riga, Latvia in 2016 by Latvian founders, acquired by Sage Group plc (Newcastle UK, FTSE 100, LSE: SGE) in 2019, and rebranded. The product covers core HR, leave, performance, recruitment, expenses, timesheets, and shift scheduling, with modular pricing from ~£5/user/mo. The parent Sage Group is one of Europe's largest software companies with no US parent and no US-PE control, placing Sage HR in a relatively clean UK-jurisdiction bucket (ownership_signal: other, post-Brexit UK), with ISO 27001 certification inherited from the group. For SMB buyers who consider UK jurisdiction acceptable, Sage HR is a strong procurement-grade choice.

SUB-PROCESSORS

Sub-processor map · none disclosed

Source ↗
Vendor discloses zero sub-processors. All data processing happens in-house.
CERTIFICATIONS

Frameworks & certifications

ISO/IEC 27001
ACTIVE
FEATURES

Capability matrix

Payroll No
Time tracking Yes
Employee records Yes
Time-off / leave Yes
Recruiting (ATS) Yes
Onboarding Yes
Performance reviews Yes
Org chart Yes
INTEGRATION & ACCESS
REST API Yes
SSO (SAML / OIDC) Yes
COMPLIANCE & GOVERNANCE
Audit log Yes
Self-host / on-prem option No
PRICING

Pricing & tiers

PAID
from €7/mo
View pricing page ↗
PUBLIC DOCUMENTS

Public documents

  • Data Processing Addendum (DPA)
    www.sage.com/en-gb…
    Open ↗
  • Sub-processors list
    support.sage.hr/en…
    Open ↗
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