What is a good Hire2Retire alternative in Europe?

If you want HR-driven provisioning to Entra ID and Active Directory with your data in the EU, European HR systems such as AFAS, Visma and HR2Day, and segregation of duties in the Flow plan, Joinly is built for exactly that.

Where is Joinly hosted?

In Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Every sub-processor is based in the EU, and Joinly is ISO 27001-certified. The details are on the trust centre.

What does Joinly cost?

€1.35 per identity per month on Core and €1.85 on Flow, with a monthly minimum. The full calculator is on the pricing page.

Can I migrate from Hire2Retire to Joinly?

Yes. Joinly imports your existing directory first and matches accounts to employees on employee ID or UPN, so nobody gets a second account. A dry run with an Excel export shows what would change before anything is written.

Does Joinly support segregation of duties?

Yes. You define which access may not be combined, and Joinly holds a conflicting assignment until it is resolved, with the decision in the audit log.

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Joinly vs Hire2Retire

Hire2Retire by RoboMQ and Joinly solve the same problem: an event in the HR system becomes a change in Active Directory and Entra ID. They differ in where your data lives, which HR systems they start from, what governance comes with it and what it costs.

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Where you notice the difference

On the points that come up in every comparison.

With Hire2Retire

Data processed on AWS in the United States, and by its Indian subsidiary
Mostly North American HR systems: ADP, Workday, UKG, Paylocity, BambooHR
Governance positioned as light IGA: access requests and certifications
Priced in dollars per active employee, plus a one-time setup fee

With Joinly

Hosted in Amsterdam, with EU-based sub-processors only
AFAS, Visma, HR2Day, Nmbrs, Loket and SD Worx, alongside Workday
Segregation of duties, approvals and access reviews in the Flow plan
From €1.35 per identity per month, in euros

Where they overlap

Both read the HR system as the source of truth and turn a hire, a change and a termination into directory actions: create the account, put it in the right groups, update it when the role changes, disable it when the person leaves. Both map HR attributes to directory attributes, both handle Active Directory and Entra ID, and both are configured without code.

Side by side

	Hire2Retire	Joinly
Where data is processed	AWS in the United States, with processing also by its Indian subsidiary	Amsterdam, inside the EU, with EU-based sub-processors only
HR systems	27 HR and ATS systems by its own count, mostly North American (ADP, Workday, UKG, Paylocity, BambooHR)	European and global HR systems: AFAS, Visma (Youforce, YouServe), HR2Day, Nmbrs, Loket, SD Worx, Personio, Workday and more
Targets	Active Directory, Entra ID, Okta and Google Workspace	Entra ID, Active Directory on premises, hybrid Exchange, SharePoint, Teams and business applications
Access model	RBAC and birthright access	Roles on HR fields with the reason per assignment
Governance	Access requests and certifications, positioned as light IGA	Segregation of duties, access requests with approval, access reviews in the Flow plan, and an audit log per change in every plan
Certifications	SOC 2 Type 2	ISO 27001, audited annually
Price	$5 per active employee per month, plus a setup fee	€1.35 (Core) or €1.85 (Flow) per identity per month, with a monthly minimum

Your data stays in the EU

Joinly is hosted in Amsterdam. Every sub-processor is based in the EU, Joinly acts as your processor under a data processing agreement, and the platform is ISO 27001-certified. For an organisation under GDPR and NIS2, that keeps the question of where employee data goes short.

Built for European HR systems

Joinly connects the HR systems European organisations run: AFAS, with a connector certified by AFAS, Visma Youforce and YouServe, HR2Day, Nmbrs, Loket and SD Worx, alongside Workday and the other global systems. Two contracts for one person, a rehire, a change that takes effect next month: the connector handles the way these systems model employment.

Governance in the Flow plan

Segregation of duties holds conflicting access until it is resolved. Access requests go to the owner of the access, and nobody approves their own. Access reviews let managers and owners confirm what is still needed. Every change lands in the audit log with its source. It all comes with the Flow plan, and the audit log with every plan.

Hosted in the EU

All of Joinly's data and resources are hosted in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Joinly is ISO 27001-certified, acts as your processor under a DPA, and every sub-processor is based in the EU.

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Questions about Hire2Retire

What is a good Hire2Retire alternative in Europe?
If you want HR-driven provisioning to Entra ID and Active Directory with your data in the EU, European HR systems such as AFAS, Visma and HR2Day, and segregation of duties in the Flow plan, Joinly is built for exactly that.
Where is Joinly hosted?
In Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Every sub-processor is based in the EU, and Joinly is ISO 27001-certified. The details are on the trust centre.
What does Joinly cost?
€1.35 per identity per month on Core and €1.85 on Flow, with a monthly minimum. The full calculator is on the pricing page.
Can I migrate from Hire2Retire to Joinly?
Yes. Joinly imports your existing directory first and matches accounts to employees on employee ID or UPN, so nobody gets a second account. A dry run with an Excel export shows what would change before anything is written.
Does Joinly support segregation of duties?
Yes. You define which access may not be combined, and Joinly holds a conflicting assignment until it is resolved, with the decision in the audit log.

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