Award for the Umantis HR-Suite Flex: Core Challenger in the Fosway 9-Grid™ Cloud HR (Sept. 2025). More on added value, trends and roadmap.
We are very pleased: Umantis HR-Suite Flex has been rated as a Core Challenger in the Fosway 9-Grid™ for Cloud HR (September 2025). The rating underlines our focus on rapid practical benefits, end-to-end HR processes and a strong fit for our customers.
Why the award counts
The Fosway 9-Grid™ compares providers in the EMEA market in terms of performance, potential, market presence, total cost of ownership (TCO) and trajectory - and provides companies with a compact, independent guide when selecting cloud HR solutions. A classification as a Core Challenger indicates broad coverage, strong fit and time-to-value with an attractive TCO.
What sets Abacus Umantis apart today
- Fast amortization & fit: Modularly configurable, short implementation times - suitable for SMEs and more complex organizations.
- End-to-end people flows: Recruiting → Onboarding → Core HR → Performance & Development - seamless instead of tool breaks.
- Frontline-ready experience: mobile self-services, time/shift reference and clear communication for operational workforces.
- EU compliance by design: governance functions, audit trails, GDPR-compliant - scalable and audit-proof.
- Open integrations: APIs & standard connectors for payroll and analytics - ecosystem-enabled.
In the context of market trends
Fosway sees cloud HR in 2025 being characterized by steady growth, AI-driven process intelligence, closer collaboration with payroll/WFM and better networked skills/jobs/tasks - while at the same time making auditability very important (EU regulation from 2026). This is precisely where we are continuing to invest: HR-native AI, job/skill-based planning and end-to-end employee journeys for all employee groups. (Summary based on the current report.)
Roadmap - what's next
- Manager & HR Copilots: Context-sensitive support in everyday life - people stay in the loop.
- Networking skills, jobs & tasks: Sound data for planning & budget.
- Audit-ready by default: functions for the explainability of AI and verification with a view to 2026.
- More "flow": Less friction in Recruit-to-Pay - from receipt of application to the first invoice.
