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Parmetra
What Parmetra is
Parmetra is a web platform for EU employers and HR and compliance teams handling pay-transparency requirements. It calculates mean and median pay gaps across organizations and work categories, identifies the 5% joint-assessment trigger, and exports snapshots for regulators. Its point-factor engine scores roles by skills, effort, responsibility, and working conditions to group jobs of equal value using 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 two-month response clock tracked in the platform. Optional AI drafting can suggest criterion scores from a position title, but a person decides each score. Parmetra supports all 24 official EU languages. Growth includes Personio HRIS synchronization and salary-history tracking. The privacy policy says workforce data is stored in the EU, with the primary application database in Frankfurt, and encrypted in transit and at rest. Workspaces are invitation-only, and Parmetra describes itself as a compliance tool rather than legal advice. The listed plans start at €179 a month for Starter.
Who it suits
Parmetra is aimed at EU employers and HR or compliance teams managing pay-transparency work. Its invitation-only access means organizations cannot create a workspace through self-service signup.
What it does well
- Calculates mean and median pay gaps.
- Tracks employee request response deadlines.
- Supports all 24 official EU languages.
- Stores workforce data in the EU.
- Optional AI drafts scores for human review.
What to know first
- No self-service signup is available.
- Workspaces are invitation-only.
- The product is not legal advice.
- Starter is listed at €179 a month.
Limits
There is no free plan, and the trial is 14 days. Starter is described for under 100 employees and includes CSV import; Growth is for 100–249 employees and includes Personio synchronization and salary-history tracking. Parmetra says it is not legal advice and recommends verifying requirements under the relevant member state's transposition of the law.
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | annually; €179/month billed monthly · under 100 employees · pay ranges · worker requests · pay-decision checks · job valuation · pay-gap preview · unlimited employees · CSV · 24 EU languages | €149 a month |
| Scale | annually; €2,399/month billed monthly · 1,000+ employees or multi-entity · Enterprise features · group consolidation · national compliance profiles · cross-entity benchmarking · migration support · named contact · annual compliance review | €1,999 a month |
| Growth | annually; €599/month billed monthly · 100–249 employees · Starter features · Article 9 reporting · regression and Blinder-Oaxaca analysis · 5% alerts · scenarios · regulator export · HRIS sync · salary history | €499 a month |
| Enterprise | annually; €1,199/month billed monthly · 250+ employees · Growth features · joint-assessment workflow · immutable audit log · priority support · deadline dashboard · intersectional, seniority and pay-component analysis · remediation modelling | €999 a month |
As parmetra.com lists them, read 15 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Getting started
- Visit https://parmetra.com/en.
- Contact the team to have an invitation-only workspace set up.
- Choose a plan based on the employee-size ranges and listed features.
- Use the 14-day trial if appropriate.
- Import data using CSV on Starter, or use Personio HRIS synchronization on Growth.
Verdict
Parmetra combines pay-gap analysis, role valuation, salary-range publishing, and employee request tracking. Teams should verify their member state's requirements separately and arrange access through the team.
Questions
How much does Parmetra cost?
The pricing note says From €149/mo (annual). Listed plans are Starter at €179 a month billed monthly, Growth at €599 a month billed monthly, Enterprise at €1,199 a month billed monthly, and Scale at €2,399 a month billed monthly.
Is there a free plan or trial?
There is no free plan. A 14-day trial is listed.
What does Parmetra do?
It supports pay-gap reporting, job valuation, compliant salary-range publishing, and employee requests for average pay by sex for their category.
Which platforms and languages does it support?
Parmetra is available on the web and supports all 24 official EU languages for employees and administrators.
Does Parmetra connect to HR systems?
HRIS connectors are listed, and Growth includes Personio HRIS synchronization and salary-history tracking.
Is Parmetra legal advice?
No. Parmetra describes itself as a compliance tool, not legal advice, and tells customers to verify obligations under their member state's transposition of the law.
Facts from Parmetra's own pages
- Access
- Parmetra workspaces are invitation-only and set up by the team; there is no self-service signup. · parmetra.com, 7 Oct 2026
- AI assistance
- Optional AI assistance drafts job-valuation criterion scores from a position title, while a person decides every score. · parmetra.com, 7 Oct 2026
- AI data boundary
- Optional AI drafting sends a position title and the organisation’s criterion scales to a US subprocessor, excluding employee records, pay and gender. · parmetra.com, 15 Oct 2026
- AI data use
- The privacy policy says Parmetra does not use personal data to train AI models and that optional AI drafting receives position titles and criterion details, not employee records, pay, or gender. · parmetra.com, 7 Oct 2026
- AI job valuation
- An optional assistant drafts scores for job-evaluation criteria while a person makes every final decision. · parmetra.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Audit trail
- Changes to employee data, reports and assessments record the actor, action, timestamp and difference. · parmetra.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Company size
- LinkedIn lists Parmetra as having 2–10 employees. · linkedin.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Data location
- The privacy policy states workforce data is stored in the European Union and identifies the primary application database location as Frankfurt, Germany. · parmetra.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Directive reporting dates
- The directive explainer says 250+ employee employers report annually from 7 June 2027, 150–249 report every three years from 2027, and 100–149 from 2031. · parmetra.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Encryption
- Traffic and stored data are encrypted, while HRIS credentials receive AES-256-GCM protection before database storage. · parmetra.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Equal-value job scoring
- The Article 4 engine scores skills, effort, responsibility and working conditions to group jobs of equal value. · parmetra.com, 15 Oct 2026
- EU data residency
- The application and workforce database run in EU regions, with workforce data stored in Frankfurt and stated never to leave the EU. · parmetra.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Founded
- LinkedIn lists Parmetra as founded in 2026. · linkedin.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Free calculator
- A browser calculator accepts CSV or pasted rows, runs locally without uploading data and supports files up to 5 MB. · parmetra.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Full-time-equivalent normalization
- Parmetra normalises salaries to full-time equivalent before calculating the pay gap. · parmetra.com, 15 Oct 2026
- GDPR processing
- Parmetra acts as processor for workforce data, scrubs personal data from error tracking, keeps exports under customer control and deletes organisation data on exit. · parmetra.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Gender-gap reporting
- The Article 9 module calculates mean and median gaps for the organisation and work categories, flags the 5% trigger and exports a regulator-ready snapshot. · parmetra.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Human review safeguard
- Pay-decision checks provide advisory risk signals; no salary decision is applied automatically and an organisation employee records the decision. · parmetra.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Independent company profile description
- LinkedIn says the product isolates salary data by organisation, encrypts it in transit and at rest, and provides an exportable audit trail. · linkedin.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Integration
- The Growth plan includes Personio HRIS synchronization and salary-history tracking. · parmetra.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Listed HRIS connections are Personio, Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, HiBob, BambooHR, Factorial, Deel and Sage HR, with CSV import as an alternative. · parmetra.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Job valuation
- Its point-factor engine scores roles on skills, effort, responsibility, and working conditions to group jobs of equal value using objective, gender-neutral criteria. · parmetra.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Language coverage
- The product provides employee and administrator experiences in all 24 official EU languages. · parmetra.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Languages
- Parmetra supports all 24 official EU languages for employees and administrators. · parmetra.com, 7 Oct 2026
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