Payroll Software Pricing Plans for Every Budget

Custom pricing plans that cater to your organization’s payroll requirements.

Pricing Plans

Pick the Perfect Plan for You

Standard

₹ 2995per month, billed annuallyFor 50 employees (₹ 60 per additional employee)
  • Digitize your HR processes with:
  • Complete Leave Management
  • Geo-Tagging
  • Flexible Attendance Management
  • smHRt® Payroll Processing
  • Intuitive Self-Service Portal
  • smHRt® Feature Suite
  • Automated Taxes & Compliance
  • Seamless HRIS
  • Agile Data Wizard

Professional

₹ 4495per month, billed annuallyFor 50 employees (₹ 90 per additional employee)
  • Everything in Standard, plus:
  • Geo-Fencing
  • Custom Payslip Designer
  • Confirmation Module
  • Employee Transfer
  • Asset Management
  • Employee Exit

Premium

Call for Pricing Contact for Customised QuoteMinimum Subscription- 100+ Employees
  • Everything in Professional, plus:
  • Payroll JV Integration
  • Automated Shift Assignment
  • Break Shifts
  • Advanced Report Designer
  • Custom Integrations
  • Attendance Fraud Detection
  • API Webhooks
  • Strategic HR Analytics
  • Complete Audit Trail
  • Custom SMTP

Key Features that make Pocket HRMS Unique

AI-Based smHRt Payroll

Leverages futuristic automation and initiates accurate, error-free payroll processing, reducing manual effort and enhancing overall efficiency.

Payroll JV Integration

Leverage smart, integrated payroll journal vouchers to simplify financial entries and confirm faster, error-free salary disbursement processes.

SmHRt WhatsApp payslip delivery

Share payslips on time via WhatsApp, providing enhanced salary transparency and improved employee communication experience.

Custom Salary Structure

Option to process payroll with a custom salary structure, tax process, proof-wise, on the basis of performance, pending leaves, regularization, and on-duty.

Payroll Maker Checker

Access advanced payroll data checkers with priority levels, ensuring approvals are in place before final payroll posting.

Advanced Payroll Calculator

Offers advanced and precise CTC configuration capabilities with an efficient calculation framework, ensuring transparent salary planning.

In-Depth Payslip Configuration

Receive customizable payslips on time, offering complete visibility into earnings, deductions, and statutory components.

Compliance Dashboard

Receive an exhaustive colour-coded calendar with state-wise compliance highlights for reviewing the statutory deadlines along with submission.

Flexible Loan Management

Experience simplified employee loan management through seamless tracking, automated deductions, and flexible repayment structures within the payroll system.

smHRt Payroll Software That’s Easy on Your Pocket

Pocket HRMS offers AI automation at unbeatable prices!

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49% lower cost

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50% lower cost

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15% lower cost

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What Affects Payroll Software Pricing?

Before choosing a payroll solution, it helps to understand the factors that drive the cost up or down. Here are the six key variables that influence payroll software price in India,

 

1. Number of Employees

Most payroll platforms use a single employee pricing model. The more employees a company add, the higher the cost the company has to pay. Pocket HRMS charges ₹60/employee (Standard) or ₹90/employee (Professional) beyond the base 50.

 

2. Features & Modules

Basic payroll is cheaper; advanced features like geo-fencing, fraud detection, custom payslip designers, shift management, and API integrations are more expensive. Companies have to pay big amounts to integrate them.

 

3. India Compliance Depth

Platforms that auto-manage PF, ESIC, TDS, Professional Tax, Labour Codes, LWF, and Form 16 generation are premium features that save HR teams hours of manual work every payroll cycle.

 

4. Cloud vs. On-Premise

Cloud payroll software (SaaS) is billed monthly or annually with no setup cost. On-premise solutions require a one-time licence fee plus server and maintenance costs, typically resulting in a higher total cost of ownership.

 

5. Required Integrations

If the company needs payroll to connect with accounting software, biometric devices, ERP systems, or custom APIs, expect add-on costs. Payroll software premium includes custom integrations and API webhooks out of the box.

 

6. Annual vs Monthly Billing

Annual billing almost always works out cheaper than month-to-month; many companies require monthly instead. Companies’ pricing is shown on this page, with a monthly effect on annual pricing.

FAQs

Payroll Pricing FAQs

Payroll software costs between ₹1,000 and ₹5,000 in India, depending on the features, company size, and software vendor. Popular options like Pocket HRMS offers the ‘Standard Plan’ at ₹2,995 per month for 50 employees.

Pricing depends on employee count, features (compliance, automation), deployment type (cloud or on-premise), integrations, and support services.

Yes, Pocket HRMS is scalable and supports businesses from 50 employees to large enterprises with customizable modules and integrations.

The starting price of Pocket HRMS is ₹2,995 per month for up to 50 employees, under the Standard Plan. Additional employees can be added to the system by paying ₹60 per month for each employee.

Yes, payroll software can include bonuses, incentives, reimbursements, and variable pay in salary calculations.

The average cost of payroll software for small businesses in India can range between ₹50 and ₹150 per employee per month, depending on the number of employees, the features chosen, and more. Pocket HRMS offers its Standard plan aimed at small businesses for as low as ₹60 per employee per month, for up to 50 employees.

Yes, advanced payroll software like Pocket HRMS allows businesses to customize reports and payslips based on their requirements.

Pocket HRMS offers AI-driven payroll processing, automated compliance, and a powerful formula builder to handle complex salary structures efficiently.

Yes, Pocket HRMS provides a free payroll software demo where you can have a live demo of its excellent features with an option to resolve all your queries with our expert.

Yes, the system automatically manages compliance, including tax calculations and statutory filings, ensuring error-free payroll processing.

Yes, payroll software is ideal for SMEs as it reduces manual work, minimizes errors, and ensures timely salary processing.

Yes, most payroll solutions offer scalable pricing that increases as employee count and feature requirements grow.

Compare cost per employee, included features, scalability, and support. Always try demos or free trials before finalizing.

Features Standard Professional Premium
Leave
Multi-Leave Calendar with intuitive display
Comp-off calculations
User defined Leave Credit process
Robust multiple leave configurations
Custom validations
AI Attendance
Automated Multi Shift Management
Roster Management
Flexiwork & Flexitime Ready
Multi location custom policies
Selfie Attendance with AI Face Recognition
Mixed mode attendance
Custom attendance rules
Overtime with customization
Biometric Integration
Geo Tagging
Geo Fencing
Auto shift assign on basis of punch
Break Shift
Fraud Detection
Payroll
Multiple salary configurations
Reports and dashboards
Loan and Advance Module
Downloadable Payslips
Formula Builder
Customizable pay structure
Statutory Compliance
Payslip Lock
Payroll JV Integration
Payslip designer
Self Service
Basic Self Onboarding
Tax Projection
Organizational Chart or hierarchy
Documents
AI Chatbot Oriented
Receive notifications
Engage all employees simultaneously
Visualized Dashboards
Requests and Approvals
Configurable Workflow Management
Tax & Compliance
Old & New Tax Regime Compatible
Tax Calculator for employees
eTDS Generation
Controlled tax processing
HRIS
Employee Profiles
Document Management
MIS Reports
Centralized Employee Master
Documents storage facility
Bulk data interaction
User defined field in Employee Master
Visual HR Analytics
Interactive Dashboards
Self-employee doc management
Policy Management with employee acknowledgment
Super Data Wizard
Custom Reports
Pivot Fields
Custom Report Designer
smHRt® Feature Suite
smHRty IDentify
smHRt searcHR
smHRty chatbot
Mobile App
Payslip & Form 16 Download
Apply & Approve Leaves
Selfie Punch – In/Out
Confirmation
Transfer
Asset Management
Exit
Self Exit Workflow
Full and Final subject to department No Due Clearance
Enterprise Exclusive Features
API Webhooks
Custom Integration
Strategic HR Analytics
Audit Trail
Custom SMTP Default SMTP Default SMTP

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