SignHR vs Qandle
Two Indian HRMS platforms for growing teams. The first difference you meet is whether you can see the price.
Why teams choose SignHR
- Pricing published openly — you can size the decision in a minute, not a meeting
- Attendance, leave and payroll inputs on one record
- Built-in Agentic HR assistant
- Free HR calculators published for anyone to use
Where Qandle is strong
- Modular product where you can switch on only the areas you need
- Free trial available without committing to a contract
- Established Indian HR and payroll coverage
Feature comparison
Feature-by-feature
| Feature | SignHR | Qandle |
|---|---|---|
| Published pricing | Per employee | Not published — demo only |
| 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.
Qandle
- All plans
- Not published
- The pricing page offers only a free demo or a free trial — no figures.
Read the fine print: Qandle's pricing page offers a demo or a free trial, not a price. When you take the quote, demand the per-employee rate, the minimum headcount, whether implementation is billed separately, and what the price does at renewal — a quote missing those four cannot be compared against a published rate.
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 Qandle 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 Qandle and re-upload per employee. There is no direct connector between the two products.
- Payroll history
- Does not transfer. Keep your Qandle payslip archive — SignHR computes payroll inputs going forward rather than restating past runs.
Who should pick which
Pick SignHR if
Indian SMB buyers who want a published per-employee price before a conversation, and who want attendance, shifts and leave to feed payroll inputs cleanly.
Pick Qandle if
Teams that want a modular product they can switch on only where they need it, value a free trial before committing to a contract, and are happy to book a demo to get a price. Qandle's established Indian HR and payroll coverage is a real reason to pick it.
Questions
We cannot tell you, because Qandle does not publish prices — its pricing page offers only a free demo or a free trial. SignHR publishes a per-employee rate. The comparison worth running is your quoted Qandle price against our published one, including the per-employee rate, minimum headcount, whether implementation is billed separately, and the renewal price.
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 Qandle and a re-upload per employee, and payroll history stays where it is. Talk to us before you plan the cutover.
Qandle is a modular product you can turn on only for the areas you need, and it offers a free trial without committing to a contract. If you are still narrowing down which HR areas you actually want, that flexibility is a genuine reason to pick Qandle.
SignHR computes payroll inputs — PF, ESI, professional tax and TDS are handled as first-class statutory work — and hands off to your payroll engine for disbursement. Qandle runs a full payroll engine. If you need the system itself to pay people, that difference matters.
Our take
Should you switch to SignHR?
Qandle is a capable Indian HRMS, but you cannot compare it on price without booking a call — and for most SMB buyers, price is the first filter. If you want a number before a conversation, that is the difference.
Still weighing several options? See every Qandle alternative — including the ones we do not sell.