PeopleStrong Named Top-Tier Software Vendor by APPS RUN THE WORLD in the APPS TOP 500 Market Report

PeopleStrong Strengths, Domain Expertise, and Key Differentiators

PeopleStrong offers a suite of HR technology solutions spanning Talent Acquisition, Human Capital Management, Talent Management, Collaboration, Intelligence, and Analytics. With strong investments in Machine Learning and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), the company has developed innovative products that push the boundaries of HR tech. A standout among these is Alt Recruit, PeopleStrong’s advanced recruitment platform. Designed for scalability and intelligence, Alt Recruit leverages AI to streamline the entire hiring lifecycle. It integrates with over 50 candidate sourcing channels and handles more than 1 million candidate profiles each year, making it a powerful solution for global organizations.

PeopleStrong Recent Developments

In April 2025, PeopleStrong announced that the Private Equity arm of Goldman Sachs Alternatives has acquired a majority stake in the company. This landmark acquisition underscores PeopleStrong’s growing influence in the global HR technology space and propels its next phase of growth, with a strong focus on AI-driven product innovation.

PeopleStrong Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Activities

In September 2023, PeopleStrong sold its assessment and remote proctoring business, Wheebox, to a non-profit educational research and measurement firm ETS. The deal was led by ETS Strategic Capital, the private equity investment and merger and acquisition execution arm for ETS, its subsidiaries, and its partners. The acquired business will continue to operate independently as a majority-owned subsidiary of ETS.

In March 2022, PeopleStrong's acquisition of PayReview bolsters its standing as the preferred HR Tech choice in the APAC region. PayReview, a scalable salary and compensation tech platform with 100+ enterprise clients, enhances PeopleStrong's capabilities, introducing efficiency and transparency to traditional compensation management. This strategic move empowers enterprises across APAC to implement data-driven talent strategies, ultimately enhancing business profitability.

In December 2019, PeopleStrong acquired Qilo, a SaaS performance management product that enables CXOs to drive business outcomes and create a high-performance culture by aligning people performance to business strategy. PeopleStrong acquired Capabiliti by Qustn Technologies, a learning platform, and Grownout, a Machine learning platform, in 2018. Capabilities mobile-first learning will be integrated with PeopleStrong’s Alt platform and will be offered to PeopleStrong customers globally.

PeopleStrong Customers in ARTW Customer Database

Leveraging a rigorous data-centric research methodology, APPS RUN THE WORLD asks the simple question: Who’s buying PeopleStrong applications and why? And we provide the answers – supported by decades of research – to our clients around the world. Our Customer database has over 100 data fields that detail company usage of PeopleStrong and other enterprise apps by function, customer size, industry, location, implementation status, partner involvement, Line of Business Key Stakeholders and IT decision makers contact details. List of Verified Alt Recruit, Alt Worklife, Alt Payroll, Alt Learning, Alt Performance, Alt Analytics, Jinie, Zippi customers.

PeopleStrong Key Enterprise and Cloud Applications

Alt Recruit, Alt Worklife, Alt Payroll, Alt Learning, Alt Performance, Alt Analytics, Jinie, Zippi

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PeopleStrong Customers - Breakdown by Geo, Size, Vertical and Product

List of Verified PeopleStrong Customers

No. of PeopleStrong Customers: 500

No. of PeopleStrong Enterprise Applications Customers: 500

No. of PeopleStrong Cloud Customers: 500

No. of PeopleStrong Cloud Subscribers: 2 million

PeopleStrong’s comprehensive HR technology suite powers the workforce of over 500 enterprises across Asia. More than 1 million users—from leading organizations such as Aditya Birla Capital, Singlife, True Corp, Amara Raja Group, Chola Finance, Future Group, and Vmart—are embracing the new code of work with PeopleStrong.

PeopleStrong Market Opportunities, M&A and Geo Expansions

In August 2023, PeopleStrong announced the integration of Generative AI across the entire employee lifecycle, becoming the first in the industry to do so. This groundbreaking advancement leverages cutting-edge AI to streamline processes throughout the Talent Life Cycle—from generating OKRs and guiding new joiners with intelligent nudges to producing in-depth reports and delivering actionable insights from enterprise-wide people data.

PeopleStrong introduced Zippi, its secure and intelligent enterprise collaboration platform, alongside India's first HR Chatbot, Jinie. Zippi, accessible via web and mobile interfaces, prioritizes productivity by enhancing workplace communication and engagement. Jinie, as India's pioneering HR Chatbot, elevates the employee experience, contributing to increased engagement and efficiency in HR operations.

PeopleStrong Risks and Challenges

Since the launch of the Taggd brand last year, PeopleStrong has sharpened its focus on the tech space, significantly reducing its reliance on the professional services segment to under 25%.

PeopleStrong Ecosystem, Partners, Resellers and SI

In June 2024, Deloitte India formed a strategic partnership with PeopleStrong to drive Human Capital Management (HCM) transformation for Indian enterprises. This alliance enhances Deloitte India’s consulting and cloud services portfolio, enabling clients to execute complex HR transformations with greater ease and efficiency.

Primarily direct sales with channel programs. Alt one Partners are: Comport Technology Solutions, Sheroes Take Charge, LiquiLoans, Reckrut.com, Talview, Zoliday.com. Channel Partners are: CloudCorner Solutions, Encoding Enhancers, Neovatic, Annotteros. Cloud Partners are: AWS and Azure.

Research Methodology

Data used in research reports are derived from publicly available documents, continuous surveys of applications vendors, customers, resellers, Independent Software Vendors, systems integrators and other verifiable sources.

Vendor shares and market forecast results are based on a combination of existing databases as well as demand side and supply side research conducted throughout the year with validation from vendors, customers, channel partners and documentations such as earnings releases and 10Q and 10K filings, vertical industry studies, regional and country-level statistics from public and private institutions(i.e. colleges, universities, government agencies and trade associations).

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