Buk review (2026): is the free plan enough?
Latin American HR and payroll suite with a free tier for 20 people
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Good · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for free payroll for small Chilean firms
Buk is a Chilean HR platform whose Starter plan is free for up to 20 employees, with records, attendance, payslips and the Previred file. The full platform is quote-only, Starter's payslip calculation is limited, and the payroll is Chile-specific.
Who Buk is for
- Fits if you run a Chilean company with under 20 employees
- Works for firms that need the Previred file
Who Buk is not for
- Skip it if you're outside Chile, as the payroll and tax features are local
- Tight if you pass 20 employees, since Starter stops there
- Watch out: the full platform has no price, only a calculator and a quote form
- Watch out: Starter has self-service support only
Why Buk gets a 2.6
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- BValue for moneyBuk Starter is free for up to 20 employees, which sits inside the cheapest quarter. The Basic and Advanced prices aren't shown.
- BFree plan and trialA free plan one small Chilean company could live on, capped at 20 employees, with self-service support only.
- CFeaturesPayroll, attendance, digital signature, talent, benefits and AI tools. Starter has limited payslip calculation and set document templates.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. Payroll and records take set-up work.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb plus a mobile app. No integrations are listed and no desktop app.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Buk's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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<a href="https://toolgpa.com/tools/buk#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/buk.svg" alt="Buk: 2.6 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where Buk stands among HR software
Buk's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 96 of the 101 other HR software we grade, and level with 5.
It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 95 of 101) and worst on features (C, above 1).
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 102 HR software we grade, cut by the letter each got. Buk’s own letter is outlined.
- BValue for moneyAbove 91 of 101, level with 8
- BFree plan and trialAbove 95 of 101, level with 5
- CFeaturesAbove 1 of 101, level with 71
- CEase of useAbove 1 of 101, level with 98
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 34 of 101, level with 67
Keep Buk, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Buk you would be making payroll taxes worked out and filed with the government for you. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.6 is higher than 96 of the 101 other HR software we grade.
What you could make
- Employee records, time off, applicant tracking, surveys and expense tracking: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- Payroll taxes worked out and filed with the government for you.
- A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
- What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: roles and permissions.
What this rests on. Buk’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Buk?
Buk is an HR platform from Chile, also sold in Colombia, Peru, Mexico and Brazil, that covers payroll, attendance, digital signature and documents, onboarding, performance, recruitment, benefits and some finance tools. Its Chile site offers Buk Starter, a free payroll and records plan for up to 20 employees, and quotes the full platform through sales or a build-your-own-plan calculator.
Worth knowing
- Buk Starter is limited to 20 employees, self-service support and limited payslip calculation.
- The full platform price is not displayed: the pricing page is a build-your-own-plan calculator and a quote button leads to a contact form.
- The Starter page's Basic and Advanced prices are in the page source but hidden from visitors, so they are not recorded here.
- Payroll and tax features such as Previred and DDJJ 1887 are specific to Chile; the site has separate versions for other countries.
Key features
- Payroll
- Payslip calculation, accounting reports, hourly, daily and weekly pay, bonuses, the DDJJ 1887 tax filing and Previred files for Chile.
- Attendance
- Shifts, permissions, vacations and overtime tracking.
- Digital signature and documents
- Document templates, automatic document generation and signatures backed by the Chilean labor directorate (DT).
- Talent modules
- Performance management, recruitment, training, surveys and recognition, listed in the product menu.
- Benefits and finance
- Benefit management and insurance plans, plus expense reports, supplier payments and collections modules.
- AI tools
- Buk AI, plus Buk Studio and agents for building HR flows and delegating tasks.
Buk pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, Buk has a free plan, and paid plans start at Free for up to 20 employees (Buk Starter); full platform quoted on request.
- Starts at
- Free for up to 20 employees (Buk Starter); full platform quoted on request
- Free plan
- Buk Starter: employee records, attendance, bonuses and deductions, payslips, Previred file, payment list, self-service portal, documents, and vacation and permissions, for up to 20 employees.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Buk Starter | $0 | Free payroll and records for up to 20 employees, with self-service support only, limited payslip calculation and predefined document templates. |
| Buk Basic | Custom | Platform, payroll and digital signature for up to 20 employees, adding custom reports, bulk importers and DT-backed signatures; no price is displayed on the page. |
| Buk Advanced | Custom | The same modules with no limit on employees; no price is displayed on the page. |
Read from buk.cl on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Buk before you buy.
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Common questions
Does Buk have a Windows app?
No Windows app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Buk is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Does Buk have a macOS app?
No macOS app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Buk is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Is Buk open source?
Buk is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.