Qandle review (2026): is it worth ₹79 a month, billed yearly?
HR and payroll suite with per-employee pricing, India-focused
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Qandle report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for Indian payroll priced per employee
Qandle prices HR and payroll per employee, from ₹79 a month on annual billing, with a ₹3,000 a month minimum. The module list per tier was not readable and the trial length is not stated.
Who Qandle is for
- Fits if you are an Indian company that wants per-head pricing
- Works for firms of about 40 or more who clear the minimum
Who Qandle is not for
- Skip it if you have under 30 staff, because the ₹3,000 monthly minimum applies
- Watch out: monthly billing costs ₹99, ₹124 or ₹160 against ₹79, ₹99 and ₹129 yearly
- Watch out: the page shows prices by visitor country, with a separate US set of $5 per employee plus a $38 base
- Not for you if you pay staff outside India, as the compliance is for India
- Too light for over 1,000 staff, where Enterprise is quoted
Why Qandle gets a 2.0
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for money₹79 per employee a month billed annually, but the ₹3,000 monthly minimum means a small firm pays about $35, mid-range for payroll tools.
- CFree plan and trialA free trial is offered; the pricing page does not give its length or say whether a card is needed.
- CFeaturesPayroll with PF, ESI and professional tax, attendance, leave, records, recruitment and performance, though which tiers include what is not clear from the listing.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. You set up employees, policies and statutory rules before it runs.
- CPlatforms and integrationsWeb only on the listing, with no desktop app or integrations list.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Qandle'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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Qandle's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 26 of the 61 other payroll services we grade, and level with 8.
Its paid plans start at about $0.83 a month for each person, against a middle price of $29 for the category: 2 of the 32 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 2 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 62 payroll services we grade, cut by the letter each got. Qandle’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 3 of 61, level with 43
- CFree plan and trialAbove 47 of 61, level with 13
- CFeaturesAbove 1 of 61, level with 28
- CEase of useAbove 1 of 61, level with 46
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 0 of 61, level with 27
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 33 payroll services. 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 Qandle, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Qandle 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 $9.98 a year.
What you could make
- Employee records, time off, applicant tracking and expense tracking: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- Payroll taxes worked out and filed with the government for you.
- Clocking in from a phone, checked against where and when.
- It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team.
- What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: roles and permissions.
What this rests on. Qandle’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 Qandle?
Qandle is a cloud HR platform with leave, attendance, employee records, payroll, recruitment, performance and expense modules. Its payroll page describes automatic PF, ESI and professional tax calculation for India. Plans are priced per employee per month, with a minimum monthly charge.
Worth knowing
- The pricing page shows prices by visitor country; the rupee figures here are its India set, and a US set exists at $5 per employee plus a $38 company base.
- A minimum of ₹3,000 a month applies, per the India price note.
- Which modules each tier includes is shown only in a tick table that did not read as text.
- Payroll compliance described on the site is for India.
Key features
- Payroll and statutory compliance
- Payroll processing with automatic PF, ESI and professional tax calculation under Indian rules, per the payroll page.
- Attendance and leave
- Biometric, GPS and web check-ins, automated shift scheduling and leave management feed the payroll run.
- Employee records
- Centralized employee profiles with document storage and role-based permissions.
- Recruitment and performance
- An applicant tracking module, OKRs and performance management sit in the higher modules on the pricing page.
- Add-on apps
- Shift planning, field-force tracking and timesheets are add-ons priced per employee per month.
Qandle pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, Qandle is a paid product with a free trial, starting at ₹79 per employee / month, billed annually (₹99 billed monthly).
- Starts at
- ₹79 per employee / month, billed annually (₹99 billed monthly)
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- Free trial offered; its length is not stated on the pricing page
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Regular | ₹79per employee / month, billed annually (₹99 billed monthly) | Entry plan; the vendor states a minimum of ₹3,000 a month. |
| Plus | ₹99per employee / month, billed annually (₹124 billed monthly) | Marked Most Popular on the page; same ₹3,000 a month minimum. Module list is on the pricing page. |
| Premium | ₹129per employee / month, billed annually (₹160 billed monthly) | Top published tier; same ₹3,000 a month minimum. An Enterprise tier is quoted for over 1,000 employees. |
Read from qandle.com on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Qandle before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountAnnual billing lowers the monthly rate
The pricing page toggles between monthly and yearly billing; for India the yearly rates are ₹79, ₹99 and ₹129 per employee a month against ₹99, ₹124 and ₹160 monthly.
Stated on qandle.com
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Common questions
Does Qandle have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Qandle is listed for Web.
Does Qandle have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Qandle is listed for Web.
Is Qandle open source?
Qandle 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.