# greytHR review (2026): is it worth ₹2,495 a month? > HR and payroll software for businesses in India Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. greytHR is a cloud HRMS and payroll product for Indian businesses. It calculates PF, ESI, professional tax, LWF and TDS across states, and adds attendance, leave, onboarding and employee self-service. Plans are priced in rupees per month with a base that includes 50 employees. - **Category:** Payroll - **Made by:** greytHR - **Website:** https://www.greythr.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you pay staff outside India, as the vendor describes it as software for Indian businesses. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, greytHR is a paid product with a free trial, starting at ₹2,495 per month, including 50 employees. - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** 7-day free trial with full features, no billing for the first 7 days. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Essential | ₹2,495 per month, plus ₹45 per employee above 50 | Payroll, leave management and core HR for up to 50 employees at the base price, with the NAVOS AI assistant. | | Growth | ₹4,495 per month, plus ₹85 per employee above 50 | Essential plus attendance, shift management, overtime, geo-fencing and a confirmation workflow. | | Premium | Custom | All modules included; the page says it saves about 30% against Growth plus add-ons. Contact sales. | Read from https://www.greythr.com/pricing/ on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with greytHR before buying. ## Key features - **Indian statutory payroll:** Computes PF, ESI, professional tax, LWF and TDS across all 28 states, with direct filing to government portals. - **Attendance and leave:** Punches from biometric devices, GPS, GeoMark+ or Visage face recognition feed one leave and attendance engine and then payroll. - **Employee self-service:** Employees see payslips, leave balances, claims, Form 16 and tax declarations in the greytHR portal and app. - **NAVOS AI assistant:** Typed commands grant leave, pull reports and update records within a user's permissions; included on paid plans. - **Add-on modules:** Performance management, time sheets, expense management, recruitment and GPS tracking are sold as add-ons on lower plans. ## Good for - Indian companies replacing spreadsheets for payroll and compliance - Growing teams that want one HR and payroll login ## Worth knowing - Prices are in Indian rupees and the page does not say whether GST is included. - Attendance and shift management start at the Growth plan; performance management, expense and recruitment tools cost extra on lower plans. - The vendor describes it as software for Indian businesses. - Annual subscriptions are offered, but remaining credit is not refunded if you stop during the term. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. greytHR is Indian payroll and HR software from INR 2,495 a month for up to 50 employees, with a 7-day trial. It is built for Indian businesses, prices are in rupees, and some modules cost extra on lower plans. - **Value for money: C.** Essential is INR 2,495 a month including 50 employees, about $29, in the middle of payroll tools. Each extra employee is INR 45. - **Free plan and trial: C.** A 7-day trial with full features and no billing for the first 7 days. There is no free plan. - **Features: B.** Indian statutory payroll, attendance and leave, employee self-service, an AI assistant and add-on modules. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. Payroll rules, leave policies and employees are set up by you. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only on the listing, with no integrations named. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from greytHR's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among payroll services - greytHR's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 17 of the 40 other payroll services we grade, and level with 7. - It stands best on features (B, above 17 of 40) and worst on platforms and integrations (C, above 0). - Its paid plans start at about $26.28 a month, against a middle price of $29 for the category: 10 of the 24 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 3 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/payroll ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace greytHR 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 costs $315.31 a year. - You could make: Employee records and time off: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Payroll taxes worked out and filed with the government for you. - You could not: Clocking in from a phone, checked against where and when. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. - You could not: What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: roles and permissions. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Payroll, Employee records, Time off, Time clock, AI features ## Alternatives - [Darwinbox](https://toolgpa.com/tools/darwinbox): Enterprise HCM suite with multi-country payroll. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/darwinbox-vs-greythr) - [Rippling](https://toolgpa.com/tools/rippling): HR, IT and finance platform with US and global payroll, by quote. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/greythr-vs-rippling) - [Employment Hero](https://toolgpa.com/tools/employment-hero): Payroll, HR and hiring for Australia, NZ, the UK and Asia. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/employment-hero-vs-greythr) - [Payfit](https://toolgpa.com/tools/payfit): Managed UK payroll and HR with an AI assistant. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/greythr-vs-payfit) - [Workday](https://toolgpa.com/tools/workday): Enterprise HR and payroll platform sold through sales. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/greythr-vs-workday) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://www.greythr.com/pricing/ - https://www.greythr.com/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/greythr Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).