Sesame HR
Modular HR from Spain built around clock-ins, time off and shifts
Sesame HR report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Oct 18, 2026
Best for teams that must record working hours
Sesame HR is built around clocking in: time tracking, time off and shift planning on even the cheapest plan, with documents, onboarding and e-signatures on every one. It's a good fit where hours have to be on record. But there's a 15-employee minimum, so smaller teams pay for staff they don't have.
Who Sesame HR is for
- Great if you have to keep a record of everyone's working hours
- Handy when your team works rotating shifts
- Good for employers in Spain, Latin America or elsewhere in Europe
Who Sesame HR is not for
- Tight if you have fewer than 15 staff, as you pay for 15 anyway
- Pricey if you need the API or single sign-on, which start on Scale at $7 a head
- Skip it if you'd pay monthly on Essential, as it's $5.25 there against $5.00 on Connect
Why Sesame HR 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 moneyEssential is $3.75 an employee a month on yearly billing, but with a 15-employee minimum, a ten-person company pays at least $56.25 a month, for time tracking, time off and shifts. That's under this category's middle, and smaller firms are sent to sales.
- CFree plan and trialNo free plan, but a 14-day trial with no commitment.
- BFeaturesClock-ins with overtime and remote work, time off, shifts, documents, onboarding, contracts and e-signatures on every plan, then recruiting, surveys and reviews higher up. The whole job, with a lean towards time tracking.
- CEase of useNo App Store rating on record, and setting up shifts, clock-in rules and overtime takes time.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb, iPhone and Android, with an API on Scale or a custom plan. No integrations are on record, and there's no desktop app.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Sesame's own pages on 18 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Sesame HR's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 5 of the 9 other HR software we grade, and level with 3.
It stands best on features (B, above 1 of 9) and worst on ease of use (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $3.75 a month for each person, against a middle price of $9 for the category: 1 of the 6 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 10 HR software we grade, cut by the letter each got. Sesame HR’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 1 of 9, level with 7
- CFree plan and trialAbove 5 of 9, level with 4
- BFeaturesAbove 1 of 9, level with 8
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 9, level with 8
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 0 of 9, level with 9
Keep Sesame HR, or make your own?
Keep it
The plain part of Sesame HR you could make: time off, employee records and applicant tracking. What surrounds it you could not. The 7 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
It costs $45 a year.
What you could make
- Time off, employee records and applicant tracking: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- Clocking in from a phone, checked against where and when.
- A rota the whole staff sees on their phones, with swaps and alerts.
- A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page.
- It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
- What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: roles and permissions.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. Sesame HR’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 Sesame HR?
Sesame HR is an HR platform from Spain built around time and attendance: clock-ins, time off, shifts and task tracking, with recruitment, internal communication, surveys and performance reviews in higher plans. Every plan includes Core, with documents, an org chart, onboarding, contracts and e-signatures. Each module comes in a Business or an Enterprise tier, and prices are per active employee with a 15-employee minimum.
Sesame HR is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $3.75 per employee / month, billed annually ($5.25 billed monthly), 15-employee minimum. See every plan
Good for
- Companies with 15 or more staff that must record working hours
- Teams that plan shifts and need clock-in records
- Employers in Spain, Latin America or elsewhere in Europe
Worth knowing
- Billing is per active employee with a 15-employee minimum; smaller companies are asked to contact sales.
- It has country sites for the US, Mexico, Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, Peru, Brazil, Spain, France, the UK, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands and Portugal.
- The API and single sign-on come only with Scale or a custom plan; prices exclude taxes.
- On monthly billing Essential costs more per employee ($5.25) than Connect ($5.00), as the page shows.
Key features
- Time tracking and clock-ins
- Employees clock in and out from the web or app, with overtime management and remote-work tracking, kept for legal compliance.
- Time off and shifts
- Holiday and leave requests with approvals, and shift planning for teams on rotas, included from the cheapest plan.
- Core HR
- Every plan has a 3 GB document manager, org chart and directory, onboarding and offboarding, contract management, team chat and desk booking.
- Digital signature
- Core includes one signature per employee a month for contracts and documents.
- Recruitment, surveys and performance
- Higher plans add a recruiting pipeline, internal communication, employee surveys and performance reviews.
- Payroll data and Sesame AI
- Gathers absences, advances and incentives for payroll and sends payslips to the app; Enterprise tiers add AI, automations and advanced permissions.
Sesame HR pricing
- Starts at
- $3.75 per employee / month, billed annually ($5.25 billed monthly), 15-employee minimum
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- 14-day free trial, no commitment
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Essential | $3.75per employee / month, billed annually ($5.25 billed monthly) | Core plus time tracking, time off and holidays, and shifts. Minimum 15 employees ($56.25 a month). |
| Connect | $4.25per employee / month, billed annually ($5.00 billed monthly) | Essential plus tasks, recruitment and internal communication. Minimum $63.75 a month. |
| Growth | $6.25per employee / month, billed annually ($6.75 billed monthly) | Enterprise tiers of Core, time tracking and time off, plus culture and performance modules. Minimum $93.75 a month. |
| Scale | $7.00per employee / month, billed annually ($8.00 billed monthly) | Growth with Enterprise internal communication and performance, single sign-on and the API. Minimum $105 a month. |
| Custom plan | Custom | Pick the modules and add-ons you need with an adviser, and pay only for those. |
Read from sesamehr.com on Oct 18, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Sesame HR before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountLower per-employee price with annual billing
The page labels annual billing as saving 20%; the gap varies by plan, from $3.75 against $5.25 on Essential to $6.25 against $6.75 on Growth.
Stated on sesamehr.com
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- Sesame HR vs Breathe
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Common questions
Is Sesame HR free?
No, Sesame HR is a paid product, but you can try it first. 14-day free trial, no commitment.
How much does Sesame HR cost?
Sesame HR lists 5 plans. Essential: $3.75 per employee / month, billed annually ($5.25 billed monthly). Connect: $4.25 per employee / month, billed annually ($5.00 billed monthly). Growth: $6.25 per employee / month, billed annually ($6.75 billed monthly). Scale: $7.00 per employee / month, billed annually ($8.00 billed monthly). Custom plan: custom pricing. Prices were read from sesamehr.com on Oct 18, 2026.
What platforms does Sesame HR work on?
Sesame HR is available on Web, iOS and Android.
Does Sesame HR offer any discounts?
Sesame HR publicly lists the following: Lower per-employee price with annual billing.
Does Sesame HR have a Windows app?
No Windows app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 18, 2026. Sesame HR is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Does Sesame HR have a macOS app?
No macOS app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 18, 2026. Sesame HR is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Is Sesame HR open source?
Sesame HR is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 18, 2026.
Who makes Sesame HR?
Sesame HR is made by Sesame Labs, S.L.
What are the alternatives to Sesame HR?
The closest alternatives to Sesame HR in our directory are Factorial, Zoho People, Personio, BambooHR and Breathe. Each one has a side-by-side comparison with Sesame HR.
How does Sesame HR compare with other HR software?
Sesame HR's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 5 of the 9 other HR software we grade, and level with 3. It stands best on features (B, above 1 of 9) and worst on ease of use (C, above 0).
Is Sesame HR good value for money?
ToolGPA grades Sesame HR C for value for money. Its paid plans start at $3.75 a month for each person, against a middle price of $9 for the category: 1 of the 6 others that charge start lower. On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price.
Could I make my own version of Sesame HR?
The plain part of Sesame HR you could make: time off, employee records and applicant tracking. What surrounds it you could not. The 7 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. It costs $45 a year. What you could not make: Clocking in from a phone, checked against where and when. A rota the whole staff sees on their phones, with swaps and alerts. A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page. It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team. This is a judgement from its listing. We have not built one.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 18, 2026.