# People HR review (2026): is it worth £4 a month? > Cloud HR software for UK businesses, from the Access Group Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. People HR is a cloud HR system covering employee records, absence tracking, documents, onboarding, appraisals and timesheets, with a mobile app. It is priced in pounds per employee per month on four tiers, with payroll sold as a separate product. - **Category:** HR Software - **Made by:** The Access Group - **Website:** https://www.peoplehr.com/en-gb - **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android - **Who should skip it:** Pricey if you need performance reviews or timesheets: that is Pro at £9.25 a person. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, People HR is a paid product with a free trial, starting at £4 per employee / month (Starter). - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** Free 14-day trial on the Starter and Core packages. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Starter | £4 per employee / month | Employee records, document management, absence tracking, mobile app, AI HR assistant, dashboard and learning library. | | Core | £6.25 per employee / month | Everything in Starter plus onboarding, expenses, e-signatures, employee communication, a reward and recognition platform and essential analytics. | | Pro | £9.25 per employee / month | Everything in Core plus performance management, timesheets and a survey builder. Contact the vendor to start. | | Elite+ | £11 per employee / month | Everything in Pro plus customizable automated workflows, advanced analytics and self-service payroll. Contact the vendor to start. | Read from https://www.peoplehr.com/en-gb/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with People HR before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Annual customer discounts** (Annual discount): The pricing page says discounts are available for annual customers but gives no figure. Source: https://www.peoplehr.com/en-gb/pricing ## Key features - **Employee records and documents:** Digital employee records with document management and a personalized dashboard. - **Absence tracking:** Holiday booking and approval without paper forms, plus absence trend reporting. - **Onboarding and e-signatures:** Onboarding flows and electronic signing start on the Core package. - **Performance and timesheets:** Performance management, timesheets and a custom survey builder are added at the Pro package. - **Workflows and analytics:** Automated workflows and advanced analytics are in the Elite+ package. - **Mobile app:** A People app for Android and iOS lets employees use the system away from a desk. ## Good for - UK small and mid-size businesses that want per-employee pricing shown up front - Teams that may later add the vendor's payroll product ## Worth knowing - Prices are in pounds sterling and the pages are the UK edition. - Payroll is a separate product, from £3 per employee per month for the Payroll SaaS Core tier. - The free trial is offered on Starter and Core only; Pro and Elite+ show a contact-us button. - Performance management and timesheets need Pro, and automated workflows need Elite+. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. People HR is UK cloud HR software from the Access Group, starting at £4 an employee a month for records, absence and a mobile app. Onboarding and e-signatures need the next tier, performance and timesheets the one above, and workflows the top one, so the price climbs fast. - **Value for money: C.** £4 an employee a month is close to the category's $5 middle. Each tier up adds £2 to £3 more per person. - **Free plan and trial: C.** 14-day trial on Starter and Core. No free plan, and Pro and Elite+ only show a contact button. - **Features: C.** Records, absence and a mobile app at the start. Onboarding, performance and workflows sit on higher tiers, and payroll is a separate product. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. It is an HR system to set up with your own policies and people, so it is a C. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, iPhone and Android. No integrations are listed, and it is built for the UK edition. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from People HR'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 - People HR's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 41 of the 63 other HR software we grade, and level with 8. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 22 of 63) and worst on features (C, above 1). - Its paid plans start at about $5.36 a month for each person, against a middle price of $5.36 for the category: 18 of the 36 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 2 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/hr-software ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace People HR you would be making connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It costs $64.31 a year. - You could make: Employee records, time off and reports: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. - 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. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Employee records, Time off, AI features, Workflow automation, Reports ## Alternatives - [Breathe](https://toolgpa.com/tools/breathe): UK HR software for small firms, priced per business, not per person. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/breathe-vs-peoplehr) - [BrightHR](https://toolgpa.com/tools/brighthr): HR software with holiday, rota and absence tools and advice lines. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/brighthr-vs-peoplehr) - [CharlieHR](https://toolgpa.com/tools/charliehr): HR software for UK small businesses, priced by team-size bracket. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/charliehr-vs-peoplehr) - [Cezanne HR](https://toolgpa.com/tools/cezanne-hr): Modular HR system for mid-sized organisations, quoted by headcount. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/cezanne-hr-vs-peoplehr) - [Ciphr](https://toolgpa.com/tools/ciphr): UK HR and payroll suite for organisations of 200 to 2,000 staff. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/ciphr-vs-peoplehr) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://www.peoplehr.com/en-gb/pricing Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/peoplehr Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).