Pricing
Transparent pricing per employee
Transparent pricing per employee. When billed annually, the price is reduced. No hidden costs, no setup fees.
Plans
Three plans, one workflow
Small team or larger organisation: all plans deliver the same audit-proof data foundation. What scales is the feature set, locations and support.
Starter
Small teams of up to 25 employees
- Time tracking (web + NFC terminal)
- Real-time working-hours-act traffic light
- Absences with approval workflow
- Leave balance and holiday logic (16 German states)
- Basic reporting (PDF)
- Email support
- 1 location
Professional
Mid-market with DATEV and shifts
- Everything in Starter
- Shift planning (5 shift types)
- Payroll with automatic surcharges
- DATEV-Lodas export (UTF-8 with BOM)
- KPI dashboard and Excel reports
- Blackout periods and minimum staffing
- Up to 5 locations
- Priority support
Enterprise
Pharma, GMP and companies with high traceability requirements
- Everything in Professional
- SHA-256 hash-chain audit trail
- Multi-tenant setup with holiday logic for 16 German states
- Pseudonymisation of personal fields based on a defined rule set
- Six roles and permissions incl. audit access
- Unlimited locations
- Dedicated contact + SLA
Pricing FAQ
Answers about billing
The essentials about plans, scaling and contract terms.
How is billing handled?
Per active employee per month, invoiced monthly or annually. Inactive (archived) employees are not billed.What happens when the team grows?
Billing adjusts when new active employees are added. A plan change is only required if user numbers, locations or required features exceed the current plan.Is there a free trial period?
Yes, you can try lumen.hr for 30 days, no credit card required. For a guided start we additionally set up a sandbox tenant on request.What if I have more than 5 locations?
If you need more than 5 locations, the Enterprise plan is intended for that. The transition is handled together with you and existing data is preserved.Are there discounts for non-profits or educational institutions?
Yes. Through our discount programmes there are reductions for startups (founded less than 3 years ago and up to 20 employees), pilot customers (the first 5 per product) and non-profits and educational institutions (on proof). When billed annually, the discount shown there is applied additionally.
Included in all plans
Four foundations you don’t book separately
Hosting in Germany
Application and database run on Hetzner servers in Nuremberg and Falkenstein.
Privacy features
Pseudonymisation of personal fields based on a defined rule set. Data Processing Agreement (DPA) available.
DATEV export
LODAS CSV in UTF-8 format with BOM, prepared for handover to payroll accounting.
Flexible billing
Monthly or annual billing, depending on the chosen plan.
Demo
Not sure which plan fits?
In a short demo we will jointly check which plan matches your team, your locations and your requirements.