factoHR alternatives in India: HR, payroll and attendance software
factoHR is an HR and payroll platform for businesses of 50 to 5,000+ employees. It offers a free plan for up to 20 employees and a Core plan from ₹4,999 a month for 50. Its case studies include Aditya Birla Group, Brakes India, Lupin and L&T Construction.
Because factoHR already covers payroll, attendance and a free tier, buyers usually compare alternatives on price at their headcount, on enterprise HCM depth, or on a particular module like recruitment or performance.
Alternatives are grouped by requirement below, with modules from each vendor's own pages.
The closest alternatives to factoHR are HROne (On request), HRMantra (Price on request · Billed per active employee per month; no public rates), Keka HR (₹6,999/mo), sumHR (₹49 per user/month · Startup plan, billed annually) and Qandle (₹2,450/mo). Kredily is the top-ranked option with a free plan. Published prices in this list start at ₹48/month.
Why businesses compare factoHR with other HRMS platforms
Cost per employee
factoHR's add-on rates are ₹99 to ₹139 per extra employee depending on plan. Compare them against your headcount.
Enterprise HCM
Very large employers compare full HCM suites with multi-country payroll.
Different free limits
factoHR is free up to 20 employees. Other vendors publish different free tiers.
Mid-market depth
Growing companies compare performance, recruitment and engagement modules side by side.
factoHR alternatives by requirement
Need a published price before the first sales call?
Teams that want to budget before talking to sales can start with vendors that print their price on their own pricing page.
factoHR, Pocket HRMS, greytHR and HROne all publish prices, so you can build a like-for-like cost table at your exact headcount before you book a single demo.
Start with payroll. If the statutory side is wrong, nothing else matters — ask the vendor to run a live payroll for a sample employee in your state and show you the PF, ESI and PT calculations.
Next, check how attendance actually reaches the system. Biometric device integration, geo-tagged mobile check-in and shift rostering are three very different problems, and most vendors are strong at one and weak at the others.
Finally, look at what happens at scale. Many Indian HRMS products are priced per employee per month with a floor of fifty or a hundred employees, which makes them expensive for a twenty-person team and cheap for a five-hundred-person one.
factoHR alternatives — FAQs
What is the best alternative to factoHR in 2027?+
The closest matches to factoHR on App Advisor are HROne (On request), HRMantra (Price on request · Billed per active employee per month; no public rates), Keka HR (₹6,999/mo). They are ranked by how closely their category, pricing model, platforms and target business size match factoHR, then by rating. The best choice depends on your team size and budget.
Is there a free alternative to factoHR?+
Yes. 2 of the 20 alternatives listed have a free plan or are free: Kredily (Free plan), Zoho People (₹48/mo). Free plans usually cap users, records or transactions, so check the limits against your monthly volume.
What is the cheapest alternative to factoHR?+
Among alternatives that publish a price, Zoho People starts lowest at ₹48/mo. Kredily also has a free plan. Prices are read from each vendor's website and exclude GST.
Is there an Indian alternative to factoHR?+
Yes. 20 alternatives are built in India, including HROne (On request), HRMantra (Price on request · Billed per active employee per month; no public rates), Keka HR (₹6,999/mo). Indian products usually handle GST, TDS and UPI natively and bill in rupees.
factoHR vs HROne: which is better?+
HROne is the closest match to factoHR in our catalogue. Compare them side by side before you book a demo.
How were these factoHR alternatives chosen?+
Every product listed sits in hrms software or a category factoHR also covers, and factoHR (Version Systems)'s own products are excluded. Prices, free plans and platforms come from each vendor's official website. App Advisor does not sell any of this software.
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greytHR — Essential is ₹2,495/month for 50 employees, ₹45 per extra employee · greytHR alternatives
Pocket HRMS — ₹2,995/month for 50 employees, billed annually · Pocket HRMS alternatives
Timelabs — Pulse plan is ₹3,250/month for 50 employees · Timelabs alternatives
HROne — Basic is ₹4,950/month for 50 users, then ₹99 per user · HROne alternatives
sumHR — ₹49 per user/month, billed annually · sumHR alternatives
