HR analytics & reporting software

Gain a complete, real-time view of your workforce with integrated analytics to make better decisions, faster. 

Ask questions of your data in natural language for instant management report numbers, improve insight accuracy, and make workforce decisions with agility and confidence.

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Simplify the way your workforce grows

As organizations grow, workforce data often becomes more difficult to track. Information is spread across multiple systems, making it harder to understand trends, identify risks, and make informed decisions. People First brings your workforce data together, giving managers and HR teams access to the insights they need. 

How People First supports HR analytics

All of your data in one place

Bring together employee data, skills, and learning records to create a complete view of workforce capability. Understand where skills gaps exist, identify emerging workforce risks, and make better decisions about development, retention, and hiring. 

Flexible workforce planning

Without clear visibility into workforce performance, skills, and trends, organizations can struggle to plan effectively for future business needs. Data Explorer in People First enables you to build your own reports using Natural Language Processing (NLP), so you spend less time building reports and more time focusing on human connections and actions.

Extend the power of your data

People First's Bring Your Own BI (BYOBI) empowers you to extend the power of your workforce data into your own data lakes, combine it with data from other platforms, and visualize insights to drive key business decisions.

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Explore our HR analytics platform

Real-time dashboards & visualization

Replace outdated spreadsheets and manual reporting with configurable real-time dashboards, visualizations and reports across HR, payroll, talent, learning and workforce data. People First helps leaders turn complex data into clear insight for faster, more confident decisions.

Data explorer

Get faster access to the numbers leaders need most, with pre-built reports across pay, PTO, turnover and absences. Natural language questions let HR teams and leaders ask about workforce trends in plain English, helping them explore data, spot patterns and get answers without building reports from scratch or relying on specialist data skills.

Predictive workforce planning

Use predictive analytics and proactive alerts to identify workforce risks and opportunities sooner. People First helps HR teams spot potential issues, understand skills gaps and prepare for future talent needs with more confidence.

Absence, turnover & DEI

Monitor absence patterns, employee turnover, retention trends and workforce representation in one connected view. People First makes it easier to understand what is changing, where action is needed and how to support fairer, more informed people decisions.

Compliance & EEOC reporting

Connect compliance, audit and workforce data in one platform. People First helps organizations simplify reporting, support EEOC reporting, improve workforce governance and build greater confidence in audit-ready people data.

Seamless integration with your tech stack

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dayforce
SAP
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AI-powered HR analytics tool generating workforce reports from natural language questions

Smarter HR analytics powered by AI

Integrated AI intelligence turns complex workforce data into clear, actionable insight, faster. Search your data and ask questions in plain language to surface the information that matters, without relying on manual processes or complex reporting. Move from question to answer with greater speed and clarity, helping you make more informed, evidence-based decisions.

Why choose MHR?

40+ years of HR expertise

People First is built on decades of experience supporting real HR teams. Our platform reflects a deep understanding of people management, compliance and workforce challenges, shaped by over 40 years of working alongside organizations of all sizes.

1,400+ organizations trust us

From growing businesses to complex organizations, we support more than 1,400 organizations with their HR, payroll and people management needs. Our software is designed to integrate smoothly into existing systems and scale as requirements evolve.

98% customer retention

Our customers stay with us because we support them long term. With dedicated, US‑based human support, you work with specialists who understand your organization and help you get lasting value from the platform.

FAQs

How can HR analytics and reporting software support your organization?

HR analytics software helps organizations analyze workforce data to understand trends in areas such as performance, engagement, retention and absence. It turns HR data into insight that supports better people decisions.

What types of HR data can be analyzed?

HR analytics software can analyze data across the employee lifecycle, including headcount, turnover, absence, performance, engagement, learning activity, and data used for EEOC reporting. This gives HR teams a more complete view of what is happening across the organization.

Do you need specialist data skills to use HR analytics software?

No. HR analytics software is designed for HR teams, not data scientists. Visual dashboards, built-in reports, natural language questions, and clear metrics make insights accessible without advanced technical or analytical expertise.

How does HR analytics software fit into existing HR systems?

HR analytics software works best when connected to core HR, payroll and people systems. By drawing data from existing systems, it provides a single source of insight without requiring manual data collection or duplicate reporting.

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