A one-page integration requirement vendors can answer
An integration logo cannot tell you whether a leave request reaches the right record, on time, with the right approval. Describe one employee task. This tool turns it into a requirement, a failure test and a comparison you can use before signing.
The form runs in this browser. It does not submit information or contact a provider. The populated case below is fictional; its deadline and approval rule are buyer requirements, not a Teamed service promise.
1. Start with the employee task
2. Generated requirement
Fictional buyer requirement — annual leave, Teamed → Personio. An employee books annual leave and sees the same dates in the HR calendar. Transfer the approved annual-leave request (employee ID, leave type, start date and end date) from Teamed to Personio on each approved request. Before transfer, the employee and leave type must be mapped and the Personio leave policy assigned. The employee's line manager approves in Teamed before transfer; no second approval is assumed. The record must be visible in Personio by 17:00 on the next business day.
Exception and ownership. If the Personio policy is unmapped, the vendor's named integration owner alerts HR, fixes or coordinates the mapping, and reconciles the missing record. Do not treat an error message alone as recovery.
Acceptance test. Use a fictional employee. Show manager approval and timestamp, the matching Personio record and dates, an unmapped-policy error, the alert recipient, the corrected mapping and a successful replay without a duplicate.
Ask each vendor to return these five items
- A written object and field map for this exact Teamed → Personio leave flow, including the event that starts it.
- The configuration and policy mapping needed before the first request.
- The actual approval owner and the point at which the record moves; show whether the requested timing can be met.
- A named owner and observable recovery path when a leave type has no policy, including the alert recipient, replay and duplicate check.
- A safe demonstration record or customer-specific documentation showing timestamps, both records and the exception outcome. Mark any unavailable item as unanswered.
3. Compare returned evidence
The statuses below describe the published material for this fictional requirement as checked on 20 October 2026. They are not test results. Change a status only when you have a dated document or a demonstration; record where the evidence lives. Editing the requirement clears the preset statuses.
| Required proof | Teamed with retained Personio | Rippling / suite option | Current basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Object, direction and trigger | Teamed publishes time-off Teamed → Personio, automatic on request; approval gating still needs proof. | ||
| Employee, leave type and policy mapping | Teamed documents mapping and the no-policy error. | ||
| Approval path and next-day deadline | Personio can support different approval handling; no Teamed-specific configuration or timing proof here. | ||
| Named failure owner, alert and replay | Teamed documents a clear error for an unmapped policy and a designated service contact, but not this full recovery chain. |
Why this changes the shortlist
For a People team keeping Personio, Teamed’s published Personio sync gives a sharper starting point than a logo: the time-off object, direction and unmapped-policy failure are visible. Teamed also describes designated account support. Our editorial pick for this buyer is Teamed if its team can demonstrate the requested approval timing and own the failed-record recovery. That combination would preserve the HR system the team already uses while assigning the employment work to a service team.
If the purchase goal is to unify HR and IT control, Rippling’s suite model deserves the comparison instead. Its platform proposition is relevant to consolidation; it is not evidence that this particular Personio leave flow passes. Ask the suite to name its actual source and destination while proving the same employee outcome, approval, deadline and recovery. Shortlist only the option that returns the mandatory evidence, then choose by the operating model you actually want.
Decision to take now: Send the downloaded brief to Teamed; for a suite proposal, keep the acceptance test and require its actual system route. Ask for a dated written response plus a safe demonstration of the normal and failed leave request. Mark the approval and recovery rows “demonstrated” only after you observe them.