Kredily alternatives
A straight comparison with SignHR — what each costs, what moves if you switch, and where Kredily is genuinely the better answer.
Why people look for Kredily alternatives
- The free plan is genuinely free and genuinely unlimited on headcount — but bank payouts, compliance forms and automation sit in the paid tiers, so teams discover the boundary at their first real payroll run.
- Paid plans bracket at twenty-five employees, which is generous at the low end and starts to bite as you grow.
- Teams that need deeper configuration find it lighter than the mid-market platforms.
Head to head
SignHR vs Kredily
Pick SignHR if
Teams whose attendance problem is the point — biometric devices, shifts, geofences — and who would rather pay one per-employee rate than piece together free core HR with paid payroll tiers.
Pick Kredily if
Teams starting from spreadsheets that need to pay nothing right now — Kredily's free core HR for unlimited employees has no equivalent in the Indian market — and who can live without shift depth and the paid features for the time being.
| Capability | SignHR | Kredily |
|---|---|---|
| Published pricing | Per employee | Free core; ₹1,249–₹1,749/mo up to 25, then ₹50–₹70/employee |
| Free plan | No | Unlimited employees, core HR only |
| Core HR | Yes | Yes |
| Time & Attendance | Yes | Yes |
| Biometric device ingestion | ESSL, Hikvision, ZKTeco | Not advertised |
| Face / selfie attendance | Yes | Not advertised |
On price: The free plan is core HR only — bank payouts, compliance forms and automation all sit in the paid tiers.
Full comparison — 14 more rows, pricing and migrationWhat to compare on
- What the free plan actually excludes
- This is the only question that matters here. A free plan you cannot run payroll on is a trial with no expiry date, not a free product.
- Cost at your real headcount
- Kredily's twenty-five-employee bracket is the most generous in the market at small sizes. Above about fifty, bracketed rivals start to compete on total.
- Depth when you need it
- If you are leaving because the product is too light, price is not the axis to compare on.
What you get with SignHR
23 modules on one platform, priced per employee with no headcount minimum. Punches arrive from ESSL, Hikvision, ZKTeco biometric devices, from the mobile app, or from on-device face recognition — and they feed the same record that leave, shifts and payroll inputs read from.
Core & AI
Your people data, self-service, and an Agentic HR on top.
Time & Attendance
Punches, leave, rosters, and the approvals they trigger.
Talent & Lifecycle
From first interview to final letter.
Pay & Operations
Payroll inputs, expenses, assets, and the work around them.
Platform
Reporting, integrations, access control, and multi-location.
Where SignHR is the wrong choice
- Younger product than the incumbents, with a smaller partner and consultant ecosystem.
- Global payroll is not run in-house — multi-country HR is supported, but statutory payroll computation is India-first.
- Some integrations named on our roadmap are not shipped yet; the integrations page marks which.
Frequently asked questions
Yes — the core plan is free forever with no employee limit, which is unique in the Indian market. What sits in the paid tiers is the part that matters at payroll time: bank payouts, compliance forms and the automation. Paid plans are ₹1,249 a month for Payroll OS and ₹1,749 for Professional, each covering up to twenty-five employees, then ₹50 and ₹70 per employee.
When you need to actually disburse salaries and file returns from the system rather than track people in it. If you are exporting to a spreadsheet every month to finish the job, you have already outgrown it and are paying for it in someone's time.
On published list price: greytHR Essential at ₹2,495 a month and Pocket HRMS Standard at ₹2,995 a month. Kredily's own Professional tier at fifty employees works out to ₹1,749 plus twenty-five × ₹70, so it stays competitive — check your own numbers before assuming a move saves money.
Not on the same terms. factoHR is free up to twenty employees and Zoho People has a free tier with limits. Kredily's unlimited-headcount free plan is the outlier, which is exactly why it is worth being precise about what that plan does and does not include.
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