Essential
Around ₹48/employee/month
Billed annually
Attendance and leave
HR & Payroll
Zoho People pricing, features & alternatives
Zoho's HR software for attendance, leave, timesheets and performance, priced per employee and popular with Indian SMBs already using Zoho Payroll.
Researched by Shubham
- Price checked
- Verified on vendor site
- Confidence: High
Choose it if
Indian SMBs on Zoho that want attendance, leave and performance in one HR app
Skip it if
You want payroll, statutory compliance and HR in a single product from one subscription
Starting price
Around ₹48 per employee/month (Essential, per a Zoho partner)
Free trial; confirm free plan limits with Zoho
Zoho People overview
Decision checklist
- Buying consideration: These are approximate per-employee prices from a Zoho partner's March 2026 guide, not from Zoho's own page. Confirm current rates and any minimum employee count with Zoho before budgeting. GST is extra.
- Operational fit: Cloud, with iOS and Android apps; support: Email and phone support through Zoho, plus Indian implementation partners.
- Evidence context: Verified on vendor site, with facts checked 29 Oct 2026.
Zoho People Overview
Zoho People is the HR management app in the Zoho suite. It keeps employee records and handles attendance, leave, shifts, timesheets and performance reviews, with a self-service portal and mobile app for staff.
It doesn’t run payroll itself. Indian companies usually pair it with Zoho Payroll, which reads attendance and leave data from People.
Who Uses Zoho People and Why
It fits companies with roughly 20 to 500 employees that have outgrown spreadsheets for leave and attendance but don’t want an enterprise HRMS. HR teams in IT services, education and professional services are common users, along with businesses already standardised on Zoho CRM or Zoho Books.
How Teams Use Zoho People Day to Day
Employees clock in from the web, mobile app or biometric devices, apply for leave and submit timesheets. Managers approve from the same app. HR sets leave policies, shifts and holiday calendars once, and the reports for attendance and leave balances update on their own. Higher tiers add performance cycles, OKRs and learning modules.
Zoho People vs Indian HRMS Apps
Compared with greytHR or Keka, Zoho People is lighter on Indian statutory payroll, since that sits in Zoho Payroll. It is stronger when you want HR data connected to other Zoho apps. Compare both on a full monthly bill for your headcount, not just the per-employee rate.
Is Zoho People Right for You?
Run a two-week trial with your real leave policies and one month of attendance data. If managers approve requests from the mobile app without help, adoption is usually smooth across the rest of the company.
Zoho People pricing
Official pricing page (opens in a new tab)Starting price: Around ₹48 per employee/month (Essential, per a Zoho partner). Model: Per employee per month, billed annually.
Worked exampleA 50-person company on Essential pays about ₹2,400 a month before GST, per the partner's estimate.
Professional
Around ₹80/employee/month
Billed annually
Adds performance and workflows
Premium
Around ₹120/employee/month
Billed annually
Adds learning and advanced analytics
These are approximate per-employee prices from a Zoho partner's March 2026 guide, not from Zoho's own page. Confirm current rates and any minimum employee count with Zoho before budgeting. GST is extra.
Key features
- Employee database
- Attendance with mobile and biometric check-in
- Leave management
- Shift scheduling
- Timesheets
- Performance reviews and OKRs
- Employee self-service
- Learning management (higher tiers)
- HR analytics
- Zoho Payroll integration
Zoho People pros and cons
Strengths
- Low per-employee pricing
- Connects to Zoho Payroll, CRM and Books
- Mobile attendance for distributed teams
Limitations
- No payroll inside the product
- Performance and learning only on higher tiers
- Prices here come from a partner, not Zoho's page
Biggest limitation: Payroll is a separate product, so the full HR stack costs more than the People price alone
Zoho People at a glance
- Pricing model
- Per employee per month, billed annually
- Free access
- Free trial; confirm free plan limits with Zoho
- Support
- Email and phone support through Zoho, plus Indian implementation partners
- India readiness
- Good: INR pricing, Indian holiday calendars and a direct link to Zoho Payroll
- Deployment
- Cloud, with iOS and Android apps
- Use cases
- Attendance tracking, Employee self-service, Leave management, Performance reviews
- Industries
- Education, IT services, Professional services, SMBs
Zoho People alternatives
Closest alternative: greytHR. Here is how the shortlist compares on price and fit.
| Compare |  Zoho People |
greytHR |  Keka HR |
Zoho Payroll |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best for | Indian SMBs on Zoho that want attendance, leave and performance in one HR app | Indian companies of 20–500 employees that want compliant payroll with leave and attendance | Indian growth companies wanting an integrated HR, payroll and performance platform | Indian small and mid-sized employers wanting payroll, compliance and employee self-service |
| Starting price | Around ₹48 per employee/month (Essential, per a Zoho partner) | ₹2,495/month (up to 50 employees) | Contact sales | Free for up to 10 employees; Standard ₹1,000/organisation/month billed annually |
| Free plan / trial | Free trial; confirm free plan limits with Zoho | 7-day free trial | Free trial, then pricing from Keka sales | Yes |
| Biggest limitation | Payroll is a separate product, so the full HR stack costs more than the People price alone | Performance management, expense management and GPS tracking are add-ons unless you buy Premium | Public pricing amounts were not reliably displayed on the checked page | Designed primarily for India rather than multi-country payroll |
Prices are taken from each vendor's own pricing page on the dates shown. Taxes and add-ons may apply; confirm before you buy.
Zoho People FAQs
How much does Zoho People cost in India?
A Zoho partner lists about ₹48, ₹80 and ₹120 per employee a month for Essential, Professional and Premium; confirm with Zoho.
Does Zoho People include payroll?
No. Payroll is Zoho Payroll, which connects to People.
Does Zoho People have a mobile app?
Yes, for iOS and Android, including attendance check-in.
Is there a free trial?
Yes. Zoho offers a free trial.
Is Zoho People good for small businesses?
It suits SMBs, especially those already using other Zoho apps.
Sources and how we checked
We read pricing and plan limits from Zoho People's own pages (listed above) on the dates above. Where a vendor does not publish a price we can verify, we say so rather than estimate. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.
Profile updated · facts checked 29 Oct 2026
Zoho PeopleAround ₹48 per employee/month (Essential, per a Zoho partner)
