absence.io Reviews 548

TrustScore 4 out of 5

4.2

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Reviewers had a great experience with this company. Customers consistently praise the user experience, highlighting its ease of use, intuitiveness, and straightforward design. Many people find the tool minimalistic and super user-friendly, making tasks like vacation planning very convenient. The interface is often described as smooth and efficient, with everything working quickly and obviously. However, some people mentioned occasional UX issues that can slow down daily usage, such as difficulties with attaching documents after filling an absence or problems with dragging and dropping vacation dates. A few other people also felt that the login process could be time-consuming.

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

I'm overall satisified with the service but there are some UX issues which can slow down the daily usage. I know that "some issues" is not a help but I'm currently too tired to give you details but d... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Does what it says on the tin. What would make it better would be able to create a list of people to notify rather than having to add them for each and every absence.

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Company details

  1. Software Vendor
  2. Recruitment Service
  3. Software Company

About absence.io

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English

absence.io has been a trusted partner for digital HR solutions for over 10 years – proudly developed by our small and dedicated team based in Munich and Berlin.

Our intuitive software combines four essential features in one platform:
  • Leave management
  • Time tracking
  • Digital personnel files
  • Expense and travel reimbursement

We help companies of all sizes simplify and streamline their HR processes – from vacation planning to working hours and document management – all in one secure system.

Our platform is fully GDPR-compliant, hosted exclusively on servers located in Germany, and meets the highest security standards. Accessible via web and mobile app, absence.io gives employees and managers easy access anytime, from anywhere.

With a focus on ease of use, legal compliance, and continuous development, absence.io is HR software – made in Germany.

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Deutsch

absence.io ist seit über 10 Jahren der zuverlässige Partner für digitale HR-Lösungen – entwickelt von einem engagierten Team in München und Berlin.

Unsere benutzerfreundliche Software vereint vier zentrale Funktionen in einer Plattform:
  • Abwesenheitsverwaltung
  • Zeiterfassung
  • digitale Personalakte
  • Spesen- und Reisekostenabrechnung.


Wir unterstützen Unternehmen jeder Größe dabei, HR-Prozesse effizient, transparent und rechtskonform zu gestalten. Ob Urlaubsplanung, Arbeitszeiterfassung oder digitale Dokumentenverwaltung – mit absence.io behalten HR-Teams stets den Überblick.

Unsere Lösung ist komplett DSGVO-konform, erfüllt die höchsten Sicherheitsstandards und wird auf Servern in Deutschland gehostet. Dank Web-Anwendung und mobiler App haben Mitarbeitende jederzeit und von überall Zugriff.

absence.io steht für einfache Bedienung, rechtliche Sicherheit und kontinuierliche Weiterentwicklung – made in Germany.

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4.2

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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

The website is extremely slow

The website is extremely slow. Very frustrating.

December 4, 2022
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Reply from absence.io

Hello Liav,

thank you for your feedback!
We are sorry to hear that - we are always trying to provide a good experience.
Sometimes the personal settings or the wifi connection can cause longer loading times. Are you the only one in your company account within your business account?
Feel free to send us a message to support@absence.io.

best wishes,
your absence.io

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Slow and inflexible

The app is very slow - even for a rather small organization like ours (<70 people).
Calendar integration is inflexible - this app is more a burden than a real help, it might still be slightly better than the classical shared Excel file.

There's no planning mode or status - you have to use comments to signify that something is FYI for your team mates or not final.
The filtering is a mess; you can't even create stored filters so that you can reload.
Email notifications for 'approvers' are also terrible - you can confirm or deny from the email, but you can't jump into the app to see the request in context (e.g. overlaps with other absences).

December 3, 2022
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Reply from absence.io

Hello Chris,

thank you for your honest feedback!
We are very sorry to hear that you do not like our software too much.
The slow loading times can be caused by settings on the machine you are using or the wifi connection - as it should be quite fast for an account with less than 70 users.

And we are sorry that you do not like our calendar integrations - we do provide different ones that work fine for the rest of our customers. If you would like to get more information about integrations, please send us a message to support@absence.io.

As we are a absence management and time tracking tool we currently do not provide typical shift planning. The label function should help with that for companies that need to divide some sort of shifts.
And as the emails should provide all infos needed to approve/decline an absence it should make things easier for you to do it directly in the email. If you prefer to do that in the tool you can always check directly in absence or try for example our slack integration.

We hope that helps you a bit - feel free to contact us at support@absence.io anytime for more feedback or help with the setup.

best wishes,
your absence.io team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great tool

Great tool, makes booking leave easy.

December 2, 2022
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Reply from absence.io

Hello Jacqueline,

thank you so much for the good feedback!

best wishes,
your absence.io team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very fast response

Very fast response. Less than 1 hour to solve my issues.
A feature which allows Absence support to enter the admin panel was very useful.

November 29, 2022
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Reply from absence.io

Hello Ken,

thank you for the amazing feedback!

best,
your absence.io team

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Very bad ux hardly works

Very bad ux hardly works. However on the Computer it is fine.

November 30, 2022
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Reply from absence.io

Hello,

thank you for the feedback! We are really sorry to hear that you do not like our tool so far. We would love to get some more feedback about that to improve the ux for all our users. Feel free to contact us at support@absence.io.

Best wishes,
your absence.io team

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Not user friendly

November 28, 2022
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Reply from absence.io

Hello,

thank you for your feedback! But we are very sorry to hear that. We would love to get some more feeback on that, as we are always trying to improve our usability - feel free to contact us at support@absence.io.

best,
your absence.io team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very good user experience overall.

Very good user experience overall.
One flaw, though:
in the company calendar days on the edge of the selection are not shown entirely, despite that zooming in my browzer is <= 100%

November 26, 2022
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Reply from absence.io

Hello Valeriy,

thank you for the feedback!
As all our customers use different sizes of screens we are trying to show the best results possible in the team calendar.

best,
your absence.io team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

User Friendly Nice UI

User Friendly , Modern UI
SSO , great for managing holidays across our company.

November 16, 2022
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Reply from absence.io

Hello John,

thank you for the feedback! We are happy to hear that you like our tool and UI!

best wishes,
your absence.io team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent

Very easy to use app

November 15, 2022
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Reply from absence.io

Hello Tracey,

thank you for the great feedback!

best,
your absence.io team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

AML Manager

fast and efficient

November 14, 2022
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Reply from absence.io

Hello Lashawn,

thank you for your feedback!

best wishes,
your absence.io team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The app is practical to use

The app is practical to use, uncomplicated and automatically send the notifications to the selected co-workers.

November 14, 2022
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Reply from absence.io

Hello Susan,

thank you for your feedback! We are glad to hear that you like our notifications and the product.

best wishes,
your absence.io team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Keeping it simple

November 11, 2022
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Reply from absence.io

Hello Ana,

thank you for the feedback - because that is exactly what we are trying to do!

best,
your absence.io team

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