Timelabs alternatives: attendance and payroll software compared
Timelabs sells a cloud HRMS with 17+ modules from hire to retire, published at ₹3,250 a month for 50 employees on its Pulse plan. It says it can go live in 45 days, and it offers a perpetual on-premise or cloud plan for organisations of 500+ employees.
Buyers compare Timelabs alternatives when they want a free plan, a named customer base to check references against, enterprise HCM depth, or another on-premise vendor to evaluate alongside it.
Alternatives are grouped by requirement, with modules from each vendor's own site.
The closest alternatives to Timelabs are HRStop (₹60/mo), Keka HR (₹6,999/mo), sumHR (₹49 per user/month · Startup plan, billed annually), Qandle (₹2,450/mo) and Asanify (₹2,000/mo). Kredily is the top-ranked option with a free plan. Published prices in this list start at ₹40/month.
Why businesses compare Timelabs with other HRMS platforms
References
We couldn't find a customer list or case-study page on Timelabs' site. Other vendors publish named customers you can call.
Free plans
Timelabs offers a 7-day trial, not a free plan.
On-premise shortlist
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Enterprise HCM
Large groups compare full HCM suites.
Timelabs 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.
Timelabs' on-premise perpetual plan is unusual in this market. If that is why you're looking, compare it directly with the other vendors that state an on-premise option.
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.
Timelabs alternatives — FAQs
What is the best alternative to Timelabs in 2027?+
The closest matches to Timelabs on App Advisor are HRStop (₹60/mo), Keka HR (₹6,999/mo), sumHR (₹49 per user/month · Startup plan, billed annually). They are ranked by how closely their category, pricing model, platforms and target business size match Timelabs, then by rating. The best choice depends on your team size and budget.
Is there a free alternative to Timelabs?+
Yes. 1 of the 20 alternatives listed have a free plan or are free: Kredily (Free plan). Free plans usually cap users, records or transactions, so check the limits against your monthly volume.
What is the cheapest alternative to Timelabs?+
Among alternatives that publish a price, Nitso HRMS starts lowest at ₹40/mo. Kredily also has a free plan. Prices are read from each vendor's website and exclude GST.
Is there an Indian alternative to Timelabs?+
Yes. 20 alternatives are built in India, including HRStop (₹60/mo), Keka HR (₹6,999/mo), sumHR (₹49 per user/month · Startup plan, billed annually). Indian products usually handle GST, TDS and UPI natively and bill in rupees.
Timelabs vs HRStop: which is better?+
HRStop is the closest match to Timelabs in our catalogue. Compare them side by side before you book a demo.
How were these Timelabs alternatives chosen?+
Every product listed sits in hrms software or a category Timelabs also covers, and Timelabs (Cutting Edge)'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
HROne — Basic is ₹4,950/month for 50 users, then ₹99 per user · HROne alternatives
sumHR — ₹49 per user/month, billed annually · sumHR alternatives
Zimyo — Basic is ₹80 per user/month, minimum 50 users · Zimyo alternatives
