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Leapsome

Berlin-based HR platform for onboarding, performance and learning with the Leapy AI assistant for policies and onboarding steps.

★★★★★(0) Profile checked on 23 September 2026

What is Leapsome?

Leapsome is a Berlin-founded HR platform, with a second base in New York, built around onboarding, performance management and learning for midmarket companies. It sits inside the employee experience category rather than functioning as a core system of record, and typically complements a company's existing HRIS.

The AI layer centers on Leapy, a chat-based copilot reachable from an "Ask AI" button throughout the platform, which explains policies in plain language and answers employee questions instead of requiring a ticket to HR. As of April 2026, Leapy's reach expanded across Leapsome's connected data layer to cover absences, payroll, meetings, documents, goals, reviews, surveys and learning in one interface. Leapsome also lists more specialized agents on its own site: a PeopleOps Partner that helps build onboarding programs and suggests next steps; a Development Coach that prepares managers for one-to-ones and reviews; and a Data Analyst that compiles talent metrics into board-ready summaries.

Before adopting Leapsome, an HR team should ask exactly where the AI models and underlying data are hosted, since the company points to Germany and EU AI Act alignment without publishing full technical detail, and should set up a human-reviewed source of truth for the policies Leapy answers from, so outdated wording does not get repeated confidently to staff. The platform lists ISO 27001 and SOC 2 certification. Leapsome positions itself as global with confirmed strength in Germany and the United States, and fits midmarket companies specifically rather than very small businesses or the largest enterprises.

What the AI does

  • AI assistant Leapy explains policies in plain language and answers employee questions
  • AI supports building onboarding programs and suggests next steps
  • AI-assisted automation launches onboarding flows in just a few clicks

Where it fits best

🇩🇪 Germany🇺🇸 United States Available internationally

Founded in Berlin in 2016, with dual headquarters in Berlin and New York, and AI hosting in Germany according to the vendor, aligned with the EU AI Act.

Using it in Germany and the EU

  • Works councilSoftware that can evaluate behaviour or performance usually requires co-determination in Germany (§ 87 (1) no. 6 BetrVG).
  • Data hostingDE (according to the vendor). Ask for a data processing agreement (Art. 28 GDPR).
  • EU AI ActCheck whether the AI prepares decisions about people. If not, the high-risk rules usually do not apply.
General information with sources, not legal advice.

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Questions

Does Leapsome have a free plan?

No public free plan or free trial is listed; Leapsome quotes pricing on request.

What does Leapsome's AI assistant Leapy actually do?

Leapy is a chat-based copilot that answers policy and HR questions in plain language and, since April 2026, spans absences, payroll, meetings, documents, goals, reviews, surveys and learning across the platform.

Is Leapsome built for large enterprises?

No. Leapsome is positioned for midmarket companies, with confirmed strength in Germany and the United States rather than at very small or very large organizations specifically.

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