# Qandle review (2026): is it worth ₹79 a month, billed yearly? > HR and payroll suite with per-employee pricing, India-focused Checked Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. 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. - **Category:** Payroll - **Made by:** Qandle - **Website:** https://www.qandle.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you have under 30 staff, because the ₹3,000 monthly minimum applies. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## 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). - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** Free trial offered; its length is not stated on the pricing page. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Regular | ₹79 per employee / month, billed annually (₹99 billed monthly) | Entry plan; the vendor states a minimum of ₹3,000 a month. | | Plus | ₹99 per 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 | ₹129 per 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 https://www.qandle.com/transparent-pricing.html on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Qandle before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Annual billing lowers the monthly rate** (Annual discount): 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. Source: https://www.qandle.com/transparent-pricing.html ## 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. ## Good for - Indian employers with enough staff to clear the minimum charge - HR teams that want leave, attendance and payroll in one system - Companies that want to pay per employee ## 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. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. 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. - **Value for money: C.** ₹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. - **Free plan and trial: C.** A free trial is offered; the pricing page does not give its length or say whether a card is needed. - **Features: C.** Payroll with PF, ESI and professional tax, attendance, leave, records, recruitment and performance, though which tiers include what is not clear from the listing. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You set up employees, policies and statutory rules before it runs. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only on the listing, with no desktop app or integrations list. These are ToolGPA's own grades. 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. ## Where it stands among payroll services - 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. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/payroll ## Keep it, 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. - You could make: Employee records, time off, applicant tracking and expense tracking: 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: It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team. - You could not: What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: roles and permissions. 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, Applicant tracking, Expense tracking ## Alternatives - [greytHR](https://toolgpa.com/tools/greythr): HR and payroll software for businesses in India. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/greythr-vs-qandle) - [Darwinbox](https://toolgpa.com/tools/darwinbox): Enterprise HCM suite with multi-country payroll. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/darwinbox-vs-qandle) - [Talenox](https://toolgpa.com/tools/talenox): Multi-country HR, payroll, leave and claims for small teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/qandle-vs-talenox) - [PayrollHero](https://toolgpa.com/tools/payroll-hero): Time clock, scheduling and HR records, with payroll in two countries. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/payroll-hero-vs-qandle) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.qandle.com/transparent-pricing.html - https://www.qandle.com/js/pricing/custom-neww_dd.js - https://www.qandle.com/ - https://www.qandle.com/hr-payroll-software.html Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/qandle Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).