HR Partner review (2026): is it worth $86 a month, billed yearly?
HR records, leave, onboarding and recruiting for teams of 20 to 500
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HR Partner report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 12, 2026
Best for small firms wanting HR records and leave tracking
HR Partner covers employee records, leave, onboarding checklists and, on dearer plans, recruitment, reviews and timesheets, with the price set by headcount. The smallest size shown is 25 employees at $86 a month. Applicant tracking, performance reviews and timesheets need Premium, and extra admin users cost more.
Who HR Partner is for
- Fits if you run a firm of 25 or so and want records and leave in one place
- Works for small teams that want recruitment and reviews on a Premium plan
Who HR Partner is not for
- Skip it if you have under 25 people and expect a lower price, as that is the smallest size shown
- Tight if you want recruitment, reviews or timesheets, which need Premium at $108
- Watch out: Core has up to 5 admin users, and extra admins cost a fee
- Watch out: yearly billing is 11 times the monthly price, a saving of about one month
Why HR Partner gets a 2.4
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for money$86 a month for up to 25 employees on Core, about $3.40 each, and $946 a year if you pay yearly. Premium is $108 and VIP $155 for 25 employees.
- CFree plan and trial14-day free trial with no card needed, and no free plan.
- BFeaturesRecords, leave and accruals, onboarding, recruitment, reviews and goals, expenses and e-signatures. The listing names no gap in the core HR work.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. Records, leave policies and checklists need setting up, with three implementation sessions on Core.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, with 7 integrations on record.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from HR Partner's own pages on 12 November 2026. Its pricing page fills in the figures by script, so we could not re-read them. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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HR Partner's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 50 of the 63 other HR software we grade, and level with 9.
It stands best on features (B, above 41 of 63) and worst on ease of use (C, above 1).
Its paid plans start at $86 a month, against a middle price of $5.36 for the category: 35 of the 36 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 1 tool scores higher and costs less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 64 HR software we grade, cut by the letter each got. HR Partner’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 5 of 63, level with 50
- CFree plan and trialAbove 40 of 63, level with 18
- BFeaturesAbove 41 of 63, level with 22
- CEase of useAbove 1 of 63, level with 61
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 22 of 63, level with 41
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 38 HR software. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep HR Partner, or make your own?
Keep it
The plain part of HR Partner you could make: employee records, time off, applicant tracking, goals and expense tracking. What surrounds it you could not. The 3 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.4 is higher than 50 of the 63 other HR software we grade. It costs $1,032 a year.
What you could make
- Employee records, time off, applicant tracking, goals and expense tracking: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- Clocking in from a phone, checked against where and when.
- It plugs into other products, Xero, Slack and Merge among them.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. HR Partner’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 HR Partner?
HR Partner is an HRIS for companies of about 20 to 500 employees. Core covers employee records, a self-service portal, leave and onboarding checklists; Premium adds applicant tracking, performance reviews, timesheets and e-signatures. Price depends on headcount, with a 14-day trial and no long-term contract.
Worth knowing
- Price is set by employee count; the figures here are for 25 employees, the smallest size in the page's price table, and rise with headcount.
- Yearly billing works out to 11 times the monthly price, so the saving is about one month.
- Applicant tracking, performance reviews and timesheets need Premium; Core has up to 5 admin users and extra admin users cost a fee.
- Prices can be shown in USD, GBP, AUD or EUR on the pricing page.
Key features
- Employee records
- Contact details, position and salary history, training records, skills matrix, assets, dependents, file attachments and an org chart.
- Leave and PTO
- Requests, approvals, configurable policies, custom working-day schedules, balances and a leave calendar.
- Onboarding checklists
- Unlimited checklists with reminders, admin tasks, verification and optional e-signatures.
- Recruitment
- On Premium and above: an applicant tracking system with a job portal, application forms, stage pipeline and selection panels.
- Performance reviews and goals
- Custom review forms, reminders, individual goals and team goal templates, on Premium and above.
- Expense claims and e-signatures
- Online expense claims with approvals and reports, plus electronic signatures, appear in the plan comparison.
HR Partner pricing
As of Nov 12, 2026, HR Partner is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $86 per month for up to 25 employees, billed monthly ($946 billed yearly).
- Starts at
- $86 per month for up to 25 employees, billed monthly ($946 billed yearly)
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- 14-day free trial, no credit card required
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Core | $86per month for 25 employees, billed monthly ($946 billed yearly) | Employee records, self-service portal, leave and accruals, onboarding checklists, up to 5 admin users. Price rises with headcount: $360 a month at 100 employees. |
| Premium | $108per month for 25 employees, billed monthly ($1,188 billed yearly) | Core plus applicant tracking, performance reviews and goals, timesheets and clock-in, e-signatures, 10 admin users. $450 a month at 100 employees. |
| VIP | $155per month for 25 employees, billed monthly ($1,705 billed yearly) | Premium plus priority support, a dedicated account manager, a custom domain, unlimited admin users and 5 implementation sessions. $648 a month at 100 employees. |
Read from hrpartner.io on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with HR Partner before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountYearly billing at 11 times the monthly price
The pricing page toggle shows a yearly price equal to 11 months of the monthly price, for example $946 against $86 a month for Core at 25 employees.
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Common questions
Does HR Partner have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. HR Partner is listed for Web.
Does HR Partner have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. HR Partner is listed for Web.
Is HR Partner open source?
HR Partner is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 12, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026.