Jisr vs Zoho People (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Jisr if

• Fits if you're a Saudi company with 50 to 3,000 employees
• Works for firms that need GOSI and Nitaqat handled

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you're outside Saudi Arabia, as it's aimed at that market
• Not for you if you want published plan prices
• Watch out: the 3,000 SAR entry offer carries an asterisk and no terms
• Watch out: the page doesn't say if Talent and Spend are priced separately

Pick Zoho People if

• Fits if you already use Zoho apps for hiring, expenses or payroll
• Works for staff who clock in at a kiosk or a biometric device

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you need both attendance and reviews, as that means Enterprise at $8 a user
• Skip it if you want payroll in the same app, as Zoho sells it separately
• Not for you if you're more than 3 people and hoping to stay free
• Pricey if you want recruiting and expenses too, as the People Plus bundle is $9 a user a month
• Watch out: Essential HR at $3 leaves out time off, and firms over 500 users must ask for a quote

Jisr

• No plan prices are published: the pricing page shows three suites (People, Talent, Spend) and a Request Quotation button.
• An entry offer for firms of up to 49 employees is shown as starting from 3,000 SAR per year, labeled a Monshaat exclusive with an asterisk; the page does not spell out the terms.
• The vendor's FAQ says it serves companies of 50 to 3,000 employees across Saudi Arabia, so it is aimed at the Saudi market.
• The Talent and Spend suites are listed as separate tabs from People, and the page does not say whether they are priced separately.

Zoho People

• The free plan stops at 3 users in the US (5 elsewhere) and covers only records, time off and documents.
• Payroll and recruiting are separate Zoho products; the People Plus bundle with Recruit, Expense, Sign and others is $9 per user a month billed annually.
• Workforce and Talent each cover half the toolset: getting both attendance and performance reviews means Enterprise.
• Companies with more than 500 users are asked to request a quote.

Jisr

People suite

HR workflow automation, employee self-service, leave, shift scheduling, HR analytics and payroll calculations with labor law rules.

Compliance links

The homepage names native integrations with GOSI, Nitaqat, Muqeem and WPS.

Talent suite

AI candidate shortlisting, a branded career page, role-based hiring workflows, performance cycles, 360-degree feedback and employee surveys.

Spend suite

AI receipt scanning, policy enforcement, automatic journal entries to accounting, flight and hotel booking, and a bank account connection.

Multiple entities and workflows

Dynamic groups that update access when people join or move, and conditional workflows that route approvals by employee or transaction data.

Zoho People

Employee records and documents

A central employee database with self-service profiles, multi-entity management, onboarding and offboarding flows, exit interviews and document storage.

Attendance and time off

Staff check in on the web, the mobile app, a face-recognition kiosk or a biometric device, with IP and location limits, leave policies and accruals.

Shift rosters and timesheets

Create shifts, rotate them automatically, take shift-change requests, and log time against jobs and clients for approval.

Goals, appraisals and training

The Talent plan adds OKRs, appraisals with feedback, and a learning management system for courses.

Zia AI

Zoho's assistant answers employees' questions, carries out HR tasks and analyzes people data.

HR help desk and surveys

Employees raise cases with HR in a help desk, and HR runs eNPS, pulse and engagement surveys.

Jisr

Pricing could not be confirmed. See jisr.net.

Zoho People

• Free$0

  Up to 3 users, with the employee database, time off and documents.

• Essential HR$3

  per user / month, billed annually ($4 billed monthly)

  AI agent, onboarding and offboarding, documents, benefits and compensation planning, engagement surveys, HR help desk and reports.

• Workforce$5

  per user / month, billed annually ($6 billed monthly)

  Essential HR plus time off, attendance for full-time staff and timesheets with overtime rules.

• Talent$5

  per user / month, billed annually ($6 billed monthly)

  Essential HR plus OKRs, performance evaluations and a learning management system.

• Enterprise$8

  per user / month, billed annually ($10 billed monthly)

  Essential HR, Workforce and Talent together, plus a sandbox and premium support.

Jisr

• Other savings

  Monshaat offer for up to 49 employees

  The pricing page advertises a Monshaat exclusive offer starting from 3,000 SAR per year for companies of up to 49 employees; eligibility terms are not shown on the page.

Zoho People

• Annual discount

  Over 20% off with yearly billing

  Zoho says yearly billing saves more than 20%: Essential HR is $3 a user a month billed yearly against $4 monthly.