# PeopleForce review (2026): is it worth $2.5 a month? > Modular HR software for small and mid-size companies Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. PeopleForce is an HR platform sold as separate modules: Core HR for records, leave and onboarding, plus Recruit, Perform, Pulse, Time and Desk. Core HR is priced per employee on two tiers, and the other modules are added on request through a sales contact. - **Category:** HR Software - **Made by:** PeopleForce - **Website:** https://peopleforce.io - **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android - **Who should skip it:** Pricey if you have under 50 people: billing starts at 50 employees, $125 a month. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, PeopleForce is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $2.5 per employee / month (Core HR Standard, billing starts at 50 employees). - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** 14-day free trial after a demo call, no card required. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Core HR Standard | $2.5 per employee / month, billing starts at 50 employees | Directory, org chart, leave, onboarding, basic automation, documents and reports. The page shows $125 a month for 1 to 50 employees. | | Core HR Professional | $3 per employee / month, billing starts at 50 employees | Everything in Standard plus advanced automation, request forms, eSignature, API access, webhooks and SAML single sign-on. | Read from https://peopleforce.io/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with PeopleForce before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **20% off with annual billing** (Annual discount): The pricing page offers an Annually -20% option beside monthly billing. Source: https://peopleforce.io/pricing ## Key features - **Employee records and leave:** A directory, org chart and employee profiles with self-service, plus leave policies, requests and approvals on a timeline. - **Onboarding and offboarding:** Pre-boarding, onboarding and offboarding task flows, with document templates and asset tracking in Core HR. - **Recruit module:** An applicant tracking system with a Kanban hiring process, career site, scorecards, interview scheduling and offer letters, sold as an add-on. - **Perform module:** One-on-ones, 180 and 360 degree reviews, OKRs and KPIs in a separate performance product. - **Time and Pulse modules:** Time covers timesheets, clock-in and out and attendance policies; Pulse runs engagement and eNPS surveys. - **Desk module:** A case queue for employee requests and complaints, including an anonymous reporting channel. ## Good for - Companies of 50 or more employees that want to buy HR modules one at a time - Teams that want recruiting, performance and time tracking under one login ## Worth knowing - Only Core HR has a published price; Recruit, Perform, Pulse, Time and Desk are quoted through sales. - Billing starts at 50 employees, so smaller teams pay for 50. - The pricing page shows monthly prices, and an Annually -20% toggle is offered; the annual figures are not shown. - The free trial starts after a demo session, not by self-signup. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. PeopleForce sells HR in pieces: Core HR from $2.50 an employee, with hiring, performance, time, surveys and a help desk as separate modules. Only Core HR has a published price, billing starts at 50 employees, and the trial begins after a demo call. - **Value for money: D.** $125 a month is the floor, because billing starts at 50 employees; one person pays that, and a team of five pays $25 each against a $5 category middle. - **Free plan and trial: C.** 14-day trial with no card, but it starts after a demo call, not by signing up yourself. No free plan. - **Features: C.** Directory, leave, onboarding and reports in Core HR. Recruiting, performance, time and surveys are separate modules with no published price. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. Modules each need switching on and setting up, so it is a C. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, iPhone and Android, with Slack, Google Calendar and eRecruiter listed. No desktop app. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from PeopleForce's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among HR software - PeopleForce's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 30 of the 63 other HR software we grade, and level with 10. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 22 of 63) and worst on value for money (D, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $2.50 a month for each person, against a middle price of $5.36 for the category: 8 of the 36 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/hr-software ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** The plain part of PeopleForce you could make: employee records, time off, applicant tracking and surveys. What surrounds it you could not. The 3 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. It costs $30 a year. - You could make: Employee records, time off, applicant tracking and surveys: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Clocking in from a phone, checked against where and when. - You could not: A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page. - You could not: It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Slack, Google Calendar, eRecruiter **Tags:** Employee records, Time off, Applicant tracking, Time clock, Surveys ## Alternatives - [HiBob](https://toolgpa.com/tools/hibob): HR platform for mid-sized global firms, with US and UK payroll. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/hibob-vs-peopleforce) - [BambooHR](https://toolgpa.com/tools/bamboohr): HR records, hiring, time off and reviews, with US payroll as an add-on. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bamboohr-vs-peopleforce) - [Personio](https://toolgpa.com/tools/personio): European HR platform for records, absences, time and recruiting. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/peopleforce-vs-personio) - [Factorial](https://toolgpa.com/tools/factorial): HR, time, shifts, expenses and IT for small firms, quoted by module. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/factorial-vs-peopleforce) - [Kenjo](https://toolgpa.com/tools/kenjo): HR and workforce management software for small and mid-sized firms. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/kenjo-vs-peopleforce) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://peopleforce.io/pricing - https://peopleforce.io - https://peopleforce.io/integrations Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/peopleforce Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).