Employee database system for modern people management
No more spreadsheets and cabinets. Core HR is everything you need to organize information about your employees in a transparent and safe way. Digital employee record, HR documents, people directory.

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relaxed employees from 106 countries




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Easily share the organizational structure
An easy way to see who they work with thanks to a central online employee database.
- Perfect employee profile for hybrid, remote, and on-site teams
- Advanced search to find right person to answer your question
- Roles details including title, department, and manager
- Employment details with start date, contract type, place of work
- Use simple, yet powerful reporting feature






All you need to remember with custom fields
Customize your HR data by using custom fields for various purposes, including org structure, benefits, salaries, equipment, accesses, notice period, dietary needs and more.
- Utilize custom lists, multiple-choice, option selection, long text, and dates to build a source of truth about employees
- Easily create your own categories to group your custom fields
- Quickly edit data for a larger number of employees through simple export and import of files with custom fields
- Protect data through access restrictions




Work with me – your collaboration guideline
Create a detailed Manual of me to communicate styles and work patterns within your team, boost collaboration and prevent conflicts.
- Ideal for onboarding, ensuring new hires understand team dynamics and communication quickly
- Supports effective project management by clarifying team preferences
- Optimizes daily communication, identifying preferred contact methods


Celebrate anniversaries and birthdays of your colleges with notifications
Calamari serves as a knowledge base about your employees, where you can gather all important dates, including birthdays and work anniversaries of your team.
- Quick import and easy configuration
- Notifications in messengers you use every day – Slack and MS Teams
- Build a strong culture for remote teams
Manage your documents

A place to keep HR documents & data
Keep all your payslips, contracts, leaves, IDs, evaluations, performance metrics, and more in one HR system.
- Configurable catalogues with access restrictions for admins, managers and employees
- Uploading documents in bulk and with different statuses: completed, to be completed, requested, to acquaint with
- Review the full history of changes and actions on documents and get notifications about changes

Easy-to-use search engine
Use an easy-to-use search engine to avoid going through cabinets and paper folders.
- Search by name, role, tags, data, description, or document type
- Set your own directory structure
- Attach additional information to documents
- Browse documents in the mobile app

Visibility permissions and approvals
Manage access level and visibility of different document catalogues.
- Set up an access level for employees, direct managers and their team managers
- Make sure only authorized people can see important documents
- See the full history of changes of documents

Security and privacy of your data
Decide which roles have access to what types of documents and information.
- Administrative controls to enforce organization-wide protection
- Data encryption in transit and at rest
- In line with European GDPR standards




Get ready for efficiency
Stop being a bottleneck. Try Calamari free for 14 days and regain focus.
“In the 2+ years our company has used Calamari, we have heard nothing but positive feedback from employees and managers.”
– Parker R.VP, People, Mission & Culture at Brightspot
Manage everything from the mobile app
The Core HR module is also available on our mobile applications! By using app, you can add documents quickly by taking photos directly to your folder.
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How to start?
Trial & demo
Try our system for free for 14 days. Book a demo with us, so we can answer all your questions and setup the system together.
Start free trialSetup & import
Configure policies and upload employee HR data. Our Customer Success Team will help you out with the configuration.
Invite & Go
Quickly onboard your employees by sharing an invitation link, and you’re ready to go!
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Simple HR & transparent pricing
Quick onboarding. Free 14-days trial. No credit card required.



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See for yourself how much time you can save by automating time off management, easy time tracking or having one place for all HR documents.
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Need more support with HR?
Time Off
Easily manage absences and holidays, automate PTO calculations, and use flexible multi-level approval processes. See your employees' availability at a glance with shared calendars.

Time & Attendance
Let employees clock in & clock out using iBeacons, QR codes, and other useful clocking methods. This easy-to-use tool offers timesheets, manual time entry, approval flows, and more.
