Custom pricing plans that cater to your organization’s payroll requirements.
Pricing Plans
Leverages futuristic automation and initiates accurate, error-free payroll processing, reducing manual effort and enhancing overall efficiency.
Leverage smart, integrated payroll journal vouchers to simplify financial entries and confirm faster, error-free salary disbursement processes.
Share payslips on time via WhatsApp, providing enhanced salary transparency and improved employee communication experience.
Option to process payroll with a custom salary structure, tax process, proof-wise, on the basis of performance, pending leaves, regularization, and on-duty.
Access advanced payroll data checkers with priority levels, ensuring approvals are in place before final payroll posting.
Offers advanced and precise CTC configuration capabilities with an efficient calculation framework, ensuring transparent salary planning.
Receive customizable payslips on time, offering complete visibility into earnings, deductions, and statutory components.
Receive an exhaustive colour-coded calendar with state-wise compliance highlights for reviewing the statutory deadlines along with submission.
Experience simplified employee loan management through seamless tracking, automated deductions, and flexible repayment structures within the payroll system.
Pocket HRMS offers AI automation at unbeatable prices!

than Keka

than HROne

than GreytHR
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,
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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 | |