SignHR vs factoHR
Both are Indian HRMS platforms with published pricing. The difference is what happens as you grow.
Why teams choose SignHR
- Per-employee pricing with no bracket to cross, so cost rises smoothly with headcount
- One record across attendance, leave and payroll inputs
- Built-in Agentic HR assistant
- No tier gate on the features a small team actually needs
Where factoHR is strong
- A genuinely free plan for up to twenty employees
- Published pricing in both rupees and dollars
- Long-standing Indian payroll and statutory track record
Feature comparison
Feature-by-feature
| Feature | SignHR | factoHR |
|---|---|---|
| Published pricing | Per employee | Free to 20, then ₹4,999/mo per 50 |
| Free tier | Up to 20 employees | |
| Core HR | ||
| Time & Attendance | ||
| Leave Management | ||
| Onboarding | ||
| Payroll | Payroll-ready (compute inputs) | Full payroll engine |
| Agentic HR (AI Assistant) | Not advertised | |
| Approval Workflows | ||
| Geo Tracking | ||
| Asset Management | ||
| Task & Project Management | Not advertised | |
| Checklists | Not advertised | |
| Performance Reviews | ||
| Recruitment | ||
| Mobile App | ||
| Self-service Portal | ||
| Reports & Analytics | ||
| Security & RBAC | ||
| Free HR Calculators | 15 tools | Not published |
What each one costs
SignHR
- Core HR
- Published per employee, per month
- No headcount minimum, no setup fee, no lock-in. Modules are added on top.
- Agentic HR
- Flat monthly add-on
- Priced per company rather than per seat, so it does not scale with hiring.
factoHR
- Free
- Free forever
- Up to 20 employees. The free tier covers core HR for very small teams.
- Core
- ₹4,999/month
- Up to 50 employees, then ₹69 per additional employee. Billed quarterly.
- Premium
- ₹5,999/month
- Up to 50 employees, then ₹89 per additional employee. Billed quarterly.
- Ultimate
- ₹6,999/month
- Up to 50 employees, then ₹119 per additional employee. Billed quarterly.
Read the fine print: factoHR is free to 20 employees, but the first paid plan is priced for 50 — so a 21-person team crosses the free tier and pays for 50 seats. Selfie punch, face recognition, timesheets and recruitment are add-ons on top, and all paid plans are billed quarterly.
What moves if you switch
- Employee records
- SignHR has no bulk employee import today — people are added one at a time, so budget for that rather than assuming a CSV load. Export your directory from factoHR first so you have the data to work from, and talk to us before you plan the cutover.
- Leave balances
- Export current balances and post them as opening adjustments against each employee's ledger. Accrual history itself does not transfer.
- Attendance history
- This one does transfer. SignHR has an attendance import with a downloadable template, so historic punches can be loaded for reporting continuity — most teams bring in the current financial year and archive the rest.
- Payroll history
- Does not transfer. Keep your factoHR payslip archive — SignHR computes payroll inputs going forward rather than restating past runs.
Who should pick which
Pick SignHR if
Teams past twenty employees — where factoHR's free plan stops applying — or teams that expect to grow, want a per-employee price that tracks headcount without a 50-seat bracket, and do not want punch, face recognition, timesheets and recruitment priced as add-ons.
Pick factoHR if
Very small teams under twenty employees who want core HR handled for free, forever. factoHR's free tier genuinely covers a small team at no cost, and its payroll engine has a long-standing Indian statutory track record. If you are under twenty people and staying there, SignHR would be money you do not need to spend.
Questions
Under twenty employees, no — factoHR's free plan is genuinely free and hard to argue with. Past twenty, the first paid tier is ₹4,999/month priced for up to 50 employees, so a 21-person team pays for 50 seats, and selfie punch, face recognition, timesheets and recruitment are add-ons on top. SignHR's per-employee rate simply follows headcount.
The free plan stops applying and the first paid plan — Core at ₹4,999/month — is priced for up to 50 employees, so you pay for 50 seats even with 21 people. With SignHR, the price rises per employee instead of stepping to a 50-seat block.
Partly, and the honest answer matters here. Leave balances and attendance history do transfer — balances as opening ledger adjustments, punches through SignHR's attendance import and its template. Employee records do not: SignHR has no bulk employee import today, so people are added one at a time. Documents are a bulk download from factoHR and a re-upload per employee, and payroll history stays where it is. Talk to us before you plan the cutover.
factoHR's free tier up to 20 employees is a real offer for very small teams, its pricing is published in both rupees and dollars, and its payroll and statutory engine has decades of Indian compliance behind it. Those are genuine strengths.
Our take
Should you switch to SignHR?
Under twenty employees factoHR's free plan is hard to argue with. Past that, its tiers bracket at fifty and step up in price three times, where per-employee pricing simply follows headcount.
Still weighing several options? See every factoHR alternative — including the ones we do not sell.