--- title: "HR and payroll for 100 staff: ₹8,745 to ₹9,900 a month; Keka prints no price" summary: "What payroll alone and payroll with attendance list at for a 100-person Indian company, and why the Labour Codes favour one system, as of September 2026." url: https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/benefits-unifying-hr-operations-hrms format: Note desk: "SaaS & business software" published: 2026-06-23 facts_checked: 2026-09-30 author: TechBag (The TechBag Journal) tags: ["HRMS","payroll","attendance","greytHR","HROne","Keka","Zoho Payroll","Labour Codes","DPDP","GST"] cover: https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/covers/benefits-unifying-hr-operations-hrms.png --- # HR and payroll for 100 staff: ₹8,745 to ₹9,900 a month; Keka prints no price *What payroll alone and payroll with attendance list at for a 100-person Indian company, and why the Labour Codes favour one system, as of September 2026.* Note · SaaS & business software · By TechBag · Published 2026-06-23 · Facts checked 2026-09-30 · Canonical: https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/benefits-unifying-hr-operations-hrms For a 100-person Indian company, an HRMS that runs payroll and attendance in one system lists at ₹8,745 a month on greytHR Growth and ₹9,900 on HROne Basic. Payroll without attendance costs about half: ₹4,745 on greytHR Essential, ₹4,000 on Zoho Payroll Standard. Keka, the other name an Indian buyer shortlists, prints plan names and no prices.[1][2][3][4] Our 2024 version of this post listed seven benefits of putting HR on one platform. The question a buyer actually has is narrower: is the step from a payroll tool to a unified HRMS worth what it costs, which at greytHR is ₹40 an employee a month? We priced it from the vendors’ own pages. ₹40 an employee a month: the step from payroll to a unified HRMS at greytHR ₹4,745 on Essential against ₹8,745 on Growth for 100 staff, before GST. ## The unified tier costs about twice the payroll tier **Figure: Putting attendance in the payroll system roughly doubles the monthly list price for 100 staff** *Monthly list price for 100 employees, entry payroll plan against the first plan with attendance, INR before GST, September 2026* Zoho Payroll Standard payroll only, annual billing ₹4,000 greytHR Essential payroll and leave ₹4,745 greytHR Growth adds attendance ₹8,745 HROne Basic core HR, attendance, payroll ₹9,900 | | Value (₹) | | --- | --- | | Zoho Payroll Standard | 4,000 | | greytHR Essential | 4,745 | | greytHR Growth | 8,745 | | HROne Basic | 9,900 | Source: greytHR, HROne and Zoho Payroll India pricing pages; TechBag arithmetic · as of 30 September 2026 · Keka shows no prices and is not charted TechBag countHow we computed it Each plan’s base fee plus its per-employee charge for the employees above those included: greytHR Essential ₹2,495 for 50 plus ₹45 each above, Growth ₹4,495 plus ₹85; HROne Basic ₹4,950 for 50 plus ₹99; Zoho Payroll Standard ₹1,000 for 25 plus ₹40 on annual billing (₹1,250 plus ₹50 monthly). Zoho Payroll is also free for up to ten employees.[1][2][3] ## Why the Labour Codes make the case India’s four Labour Codes took effect on 21 November 2025. The new definition of wages excludes items such as house rent allowance, conveyance, overtime and statutory bonus, but if those excluded payments exceed 50% of total remuneration, the excess is deemed to be wages.[5] That test runs on each employee’s actual pay, and overtime, which comes from attendance, is one of the items in it. Our view This is the honest reason to unify. When attendance sits in a separate tool, overtime and loss-of-pay days are re-keyed into payroll every month, and the 50% test is only as right as the copy. At ₹40 an employee a month, one system is cheaper than one wrong computation repeated across a payroll. A 15-person firm with fixed hours and no overtime can reasonably stay on payroll alone. ## What it costs in India, and the rules that bite Every price above is in rupees. Zoho states its prices exclude GST; greytHR and HROne do not say, so budget 18% on top. HROne’s page also quotes ₹85 a user in its FAQ against ₹99 on the plan card; ask which applies. Performance management is extra almost everywhere: an add-on on greytHR Growth and Enterprise-only on HROne.[2][3] Beyond the Labour Codes, an HRMS is the largest store of personal data most companies hold. Employment is a legitimate use under section 7 of the DPDP Act, 2023,[6] and the DPDP Rules, notified on 13 November 2025, bring their security and breach-notice duties into force on 13 May 2027.[7] Ask where each vendor hosts the data before signing. If your books are in TallyPrime, its payroll runs inside the [same licence](https://www.thetechbag.com/tally/tally-payroll-business), which is a third option. How we did this Figures as of 30 September 2026 Prices are list prices from the vendors’ pricing pages, none of which carries a date; billing basis is stated where the page states it. “First plan with attendance” follows each page’s own feature list. The 100-employee totals are our arithmetic, before GST and discounts. Zoho People, which would pair with Zoho Payroll for attendance, is not charted because its India pricing page could not be read for this rewrite. Keka’s page lists Foundation, Strength and Growth with payroll and attendance from Foundation, and no prices. HROne, the product the 2024 post named, is charted at its plan-card price. Spotted an error? Write to us; corrections are published at the foot of the piece. Sources 1. [Zoho, Zoho Payroll India pricing (Free to 10 employees; Standard ₹1,000 a month for 25 on annual billing, ₹40 per extra employee; GST extra)](https://www.zoho.com/in/payroll/pricing/) — undated page 2. [greytHR, pricing (Essential ₹2,495 a month for 50 employees, ₹45 each above; Growth ₹4,495, ₹85 each above)](https://www.greythr.com/pricing/) — undated page 3. [HROne, pricing (Basic ₹4,950 a month for 50 users, ₹99 per additional user; FAQ quotes ₹85)](https://hrone.cloud/pricing/) — undated page 4. [Keka, pricing (Foundation, Strength and Growth plan names; no prices shown)](https://www.keka.com/pricing) — undated page 5. [AZB & Partners, India Implements New Labour Codes: An Overview Into The Changes](https://www.azbpartners.com/?p=87824) — 24 November 2025 6. [Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, section 7(i) (employment as a legitimate use)](https://www.meity.gov.in/data-protection-framework) — 11 August 2023 7. [Legismith Partners, DPDP Rules 2025 commencement timeline](https://legismith.com/dpdp-rules-2025-timeline/) — Rules notified 13 November 2025 **Disclosure.** TechBag is a software reseller: it earns a margin when a reader buys through it, including from vendors named here. The analysis is TechBag’s own; no vendor paid for or saw this piece before publication. Facts are labelled reported, TechBag count or our view. Go deeper on TechBag - [Identity governance guide](https://www.thetechbag.com/browse/identity-access/identity-governance) — the HR record as the source of every joiner and leaver - [Keka HR](https://www.thetechbag.com/keka/keka-hr) — the India-built HRMS whose plans we could not price - [TallyPrime Payroll & Business](https://www.thetechbag.com/tally/tally-payroll-business) — payroll inside the books, on a perpetual licence