Absence

Absence sells cloud-based absence-management software, not physical goods. Subscription tiers run from €2–€6 per employee per month, placing it in the mid-range SaaS bracket. Sales are online-only through absence.io and major software marketplaces such as Microsoft AppSource and Slack App Directory. The platform’s one-click sick-leave requests, automatic doctor-certificate chasing, and real-time HR calendar earned it “Best HR Software 2022” from the European Software Testing Awards. Native integrations with Google Workspace, MS Teams, and payroll suites let companies replace spreadsheets without new infrastructure. Primary buyers are 20–500-employee European tech, creative, and non-profit organizations that operate under strict German, Austrian, or Swiss labor-compliance rules and want transparent, paperless HR. Users value the brand’s privacy-first hosting in Frankfurt data centers and German-language support. Absence competes with horizontal HRIS and workforce-management suites, but differentiates by offering a lightweight, regulation-ready leave module that deploys in under ten minutes and costs a fraction of full-suite licenses.