SignHR vs HROne
Two Indian HRMS platforms aimed at the same buyer. Here is where they actually differ.
Why teams choose SignHR
- Priced per employee, so a team of twelve pays for twelve
- Attendance, leave and payroll inputs share one record — no re-import after a correction
- Built-in Agentic HR assistant employees can ask questions of
- Free HR calculators published openly for anyone to use
Where HROne is strong
- Longer track record and a larger installed base in Indian SMBs
- Published pricing, so you can size the decision without a sales call
- Broader module catalogue across recruitment and performance
Feature comparison
Feature-by-feature
| Feature | SignHR | HROne |
|---|---|---|
| Published pricing | Per employee | ₹4,950/mo per 50 users |
| 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.
HROne
- Basic
- ₹4,950/month
- Covers 50 users; additional users ₹99 each.
- Professional
- ₹6,500/month
- Covers 50 users; additional users ₹130 each.
- Enterprise
- Quoted
- No published figure — you request a quote.
Read the fine print: HROne's pricing table and its own FAQ quote different per-user figures — confirm which applies before you sign.
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 HROne 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.
- Documents
- Bulk-download from HROne and re-upload per employee. There is no direct connector between the two products.
- Payroll history
- Does not transfer. Keep your HROne payslip archive — SignHR computes payroll inputs going forward rather than restating past runs.
Who should pick which
Pick SignHR if
Teams below HROne's fifty-user blocks who would rather pay for the headcount they actually have, and whose attendance, shifts and leave need to feed payroll inputs without month-end reconciliation.
Pick HROne if
Companies at or around fifty users who want a full payroll engine with established statutory handling, a broader module catalogue across recruitment and performance, and the backing of a long-running Indian provider. If you are paying for the block anyway, HROne's block price is competitive.
Questions
At fewer than fifty employees, generally yes — HROne sells blocks of fifty users, so a team of twelve pays for twelve seats on SignHR but a full block on HROne. The published per-user figures also disagree between HROne's pricing table and its own FAQ, so confirm which rate applies before you compare.
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 HROne and a re-upload per employee, and payroll history stays where it is. Talk to us before you plan the cutover.
HROne runs a full payroll engine and has a longer track record in Indian SMBs, plus a broader module catalogue across recruitment and performance. If you want the system to file and disburse, that is a real reason to stay.
Our take
Should you switch to SignHR?
HROne's fifty-user blocks suit a team already at or above fifty. Below that you are buying seats you do not use, and per-employee pricing costs less for the same coverage.
Still weighing several options? See every HROne alternative — including the ones we do not sell.