People analytics for HR teams without the £k-a-month tool.
People analytics tools like Visier, ChartHop, and Lattice's analytics layer cost £k+/month — overkill for most SMB and growth-stage HR teams. DataHub Pro reads any HRIS export (BambooHR, HiBob, Personio, Workday, Excel) and produces headcount trends, attrition forecasting, comp-band analysis, and retention cohorts — for from $14.99/mo. UK/EU hosted, signed DPA, suitable for sensitive employee data.
Updated 7 May 2026
Why HR analytics is the most under-served data function
HR analytics is in a uniquely hard spot: the source data (employee records, comp, performance) is sensitive — so general-purpose BI tools require careful permissioning. The dedicated people analytics platforms (Visier, ChartHop, Tableau-based HR analytics packs) cost £k+/month, beyond most SMB and growth-stage budgets. So most HR teams default to ad-hoc Excel work, which:
- Slows down strategic conversations (board-level attrition discussions need a defensible forecast, not a hand-drawn chart)
- Can't easily produce confidence-band forecasts for headcount planning
- Doesn't support cohort retention analysis (joiners by year, retention curves)
- Requires manual rebuild every quarter
What HR analytics should be
Drop in a fresh HRIS export. Get headcount trend, attrition forecast, comp-band distribution, retention cohort, manager-effectiveness signals. Branded report for the leadership team. UK/EU hosted with signed DPA. Total time: minutes.
How HR teams use DataHub Pro
The platform handles employee-shaped data with the same primitives as any other tabular data — but with extra attention to data residency and confidentiality.
HRIS export ingest
Drop in BambooHR, HiBob, Personio, Workday, or hand-maintained Excel. Auto-detects employee ID, hire date, role, level, department, location, salary, status. Multi-source: combine HRIS + ATS + performance review CSVs.
Headcount trend + Holt-Winters forecast
Monthly headcount trend by department / level / location; 12-month forecast with 80%/95% confidence bands. What-if sensitivity for hiring rate, attrition rate, role mix.
Attrition cohort retention
Employees grouped by hire month / quarter; retention curves show what % stayed at month 6, 12, 24, 36. Compare cohorts to spot if recent hires are retaining better or worse than earlier.
Comp band analysis
Distribution of compensation by role / level / location; Pareto chart of total comp spend. Identify outliers (over-paid / under-paid relative to band) for review.
Anomaly flags on operational HR metrics
Rolling z-score on attrition rate, hiring velocity, time-to-hire, etc. Flags weeks where a metric is out of distribution — usually the earliest signal worth investigating.
Editable HR / leadership PPTX
Auto Report bundles headcount + attrition + comp + retention into an editable Word / PowerPoint deck for the quarterly people review. Branded with your company logo.
What HR / People teams actually do with this
- Quarterly headcount forecast — drop in current HRIS export; get 12-month forecast with confidence bands for the budget review.
- Cohort retention analysis — recent hires retaining differently than 2-year-ago hires? Often correlates with onboarding or manager changes.
- Comp band review — find under-paid star performers and over-paid underperformers; data for the comp review cycle.
- DEI tracking — diversity metrics over time, by department / level. Trend is the metric that matters; absolute numbers without trend lie.
- Attrition early warning — anomaly detection on monthly attrition by department; early signal of manager / culture issues.
- Board people-update — branded PPTX with headcount, attrition, retention, comp, DEI summary in a consistent quarterly format.
Who on a People team uses DataHub Pro
Head of People / CPO at growth-stage
Quarterly people review for the board, monthly headcount forecast, ad-hoc analyses on attrition / comp / DEI.
People Operations / HRBP
Cohort retention analysis, comp band review, time-to-hire tracking. Replaces the part-time HR-data person you'd otherwise need.
Talent acquisition leadership
Hiring velocity, source-of-hire ROI, time-to-hire by role. Combine ATS export with HRIS data for full-funnel hiring analytics.
Founders / CFOs at small companies
You don't have a dedicated HR analytics function. DataHub Pro is the cheapest viable people-analytics layer.
When DataHub Pro isn't the right shape for HR analytics
If you're a 5,000+ employee enterprise with formal people-analytics function, full DEI compliance reporting requirements, and integrated org-design modelling — Visier and ChartHop are designed for that. DataHub Pro fits SMB and growth-stage HR teams (10-1,000 employees) doing quarterly cadence on standard HR analytics. UK/EU data residency by default with signed DPA — appropriate for GDPR-compliant people analytics.
FAQs
Is it safe to use on sensitive employee data?
Yes. UK/EU data residency by default. Signed Data Processing Agreement (DPA) available. No model training on customer data. Workspace-level access controls. Audit log of every action. Suitable for GDPR-compliant people analytics including comp data, performance reviews, DEI tracking.
Does it integrate with BambooHR / HiBob / Workday directly?
Today: each HRIS exports CSV — drop in. Direct connectors are roadmap. Most HR teams we work with prefer export-based for two reasons: snapshot files are auditable; you control which data leaves the HRIS.
Can it forecast headcount with confidence bands?
Yes — Holt-Winters with seasonal smoothing on monthly headcount; produces 12-month forecast with 80%/95% confidence bands. What-if sensitivity for hiring rate, attrition rate, role-mix shifts.
Does it support multi-country / multi-currency comp analysis?
Yes — multi-currency comp with FX conversion to a reporting currency. Useful for international teams (UK + US + EU) where comp is paid in different currencies.
Can I run cohort retention by hire date?
Yes — cohort by hire month / quarter; retention curves show what % stayed at month 6, 12, 24, 36. Compare cohorts side-by-side. Useful for identifying onboarding or manager-effectiveness changes.
How does this compare to Visier or ChartHop?
Visier and ChartHop are deep, full-featured people analytics platforms — designed for enterprise HR with dedicated analytics function. DataHub Pro is broader (any spreadsheet workflow) and dramatically cheaper. For SMB and growth-stage HR teams under 1,000 employees, DataHub Pro covers 80% of the analytics need at 5% of the cost.
Can it track DEI metrics over time?
Yes — diversity metrics by gender, ethnicity, level, department, location. Time-series trends are the right unit of measurement. Snapshots without trend lie. Anomaly detection flags meaningful shifts.
Does it support performance review data?
Yes — combine HRIS + performance review CSV; analyse correlations between performance scores and tenure / role / manager. Sensitive — workspace-level access control limits who in your team can see this.
Can it produce DEI compliance reports?
Yes — pre-built DEI report templates produce headcount / hiring / attrition / promotion data sliced by demographic categories, in formats suitable for UK gender pay gap reporting and US EEO-1 (with manual final review).
Is there a free tier I can test on real HR data?
Yes. Free tier handles real HRIS exports up to 50 MB / 100,000 rows. UK/EU data residency by default even on the free tier. No credit card. Most HR teams upgrade once they're running it for the quarterly people review.
What HR & people teams use DataHub Pro for
Six people analytics workflows that replace hours of spreadsheet work with minutes of insight.
Headcount & attrition tracking
Upload headcount snapshots month by month. Get attrition rate, tenure distribution, new hire vs leaver trend — automatically segmented by department or location.
Attrition risk forecasting
Holt-Winters model applied to turnover history projects 12-month attrition with confidence bands. Know before the exit interview who's at risk of leaving.
Payroll variance analysis
Compare payroll period-over-period, flag anomalies, detect unexpected movements by cost centre or grade band. Every flag traceable to source rows.
Engagement & survey analytics
Drop in eNPS or engagement survey exports. Get sentiment trend, department heatmap, driver analysis and an executive narrative — ready for the leadership meeting.
Diversity & inclusion metrics
Analyse representation, pay equity and progression rates from your HRIS export. Cohort retention analysis shows where attrition concentrates by demographic.
Board & exec people reports
Auto-generates people report with KPI summary, key findings, trend charts and recommendations — editable DOCX/PPTX, branded for your organisation.
Run your next people review in 30 minutes.
Drop in your HRIS export. Get headcount forecast, attrition cohorts, comp distribution, and a branded board deck. Free tier — no credit card.
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