SignHR vs Kredily
Kredily is the cheapest credible way to start. The comparison worth running is what each costs once you need the paid half.
Why teams choose SignHR
- Biometric device ingestion across ESSL, Hikvision and ZKTeco, plus face and geofenced punches
- Shift scheduling and rostering, which a lightweight HR product does not attempt
- No feature paywall between core HR and the statutory work — it is one plan
- Built-in Agentic HR assistant
Where Kredily is strong
- Genuinely free forever on core HR, with no employee ceiling — nothing else in the Indian market matches that
- Paid tiers bracket at twenty-five employees, so the first step up is small
- Handles salary disbursement and compliance forms in the paid tiers
Feature comparison
Feature-by-feature
| Feature | SignHR | Kredily |
|---|---|---|
| Published pricing | Per employee | Free core; ₹1,249–₹1,749/mo up to 25, then ₹50–₹70/employee |
| Free plan | Unlimited employees, core HR only | |
| Core HR | ||
| Time & Attendance | ||
| Biometric device ingestion | ESSL, Hikvision, ZKTeco | Not advertised |
| Face / selfie attendance | Not advertised | |
| Shift Management | Not advertised | |
| Leave Management | ||
| Onboarding | ||
| Payroll | Payroll-ready (compute inputs) | Full payroll engine (paid tiers) |
| Salary disbursement | Bank payouts (paid tiers) | |
| Agentic HR (AI Assistant) | ||
| Approval Workflows | Paid tiers | |
| Geo Tracking | Not advertised | |
| Asset Management | Not advertised | |
| Recruitment | Not advertised | |
| Mobile App | ||
| Self-service Portal | ||
| Reports & Analytics | ||
| 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.
Kredily
- Free
- ₹0 forever
- Unlimited employees, core HR only.
- Payroll OS
- ₹1,249/month
- Up to 25 employees; then ₹50 per employee beyond that.
- Professional
- ₹1,749/month
- Up to 25 employees; then ₹70 per employee beyond that.
- Enterprise
- Quoted
- No published figure — you request a quote.
Read the fine print: The free plan is core HR only — bank payouts, compliance forms and automation all sit in the paid tiers.
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 Kredily 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 Kredily and re-upload per employee. There is no direct connector between the two products.
- Payroll history
- Does not transfer. Keep your Kredily payslip archive — SignHR computes payroll inputs going forward rather than restating past runs.
Who should pick which
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.
Questions
Kredily is free forever on core HR, and nothing else in the Indian market matches that. But the useful half sits in the paid tiers — bank payouts, compliance forms, automation — which bracket at twenty-five employees before per-head pricing kicks in. Price the paid tier at your real headcount before assuming free stays free.
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 Kredily and a re-upload per employee, and payroll history stays where it is. Talk to us before you plan the cutover.
It handles salary disbursement — bank payouts — and compliance forms inside its paid tiers. If you want the system to move the money and file compliance itself, that is a real reason to stay.
Our take
Should you switch to SignHR?
If you are starting from spreadsheets and need to stop paying for anything, Kredily's free plan is the honest recommendation and we will not pretend otherwise. The comparison changes when attendance becomes the problem — shifts, biometric devices, geofences — because that is where Kredily is light and where SignHR is built. Price Kredily's paid tier at your real headcount before assuming free stays free.
Still weighing several options? See every Kredily alternative — including the ones we do not sell.