# sumHR review (2026): is it worth ₹49 a month per user, billed yearly?

> Per-user HR and payroll software for Indian companies

Checked Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA.

sumHR is a cloud HRMS for Indian employers with an employee database, attendance, leave, payroll and expense claims, plus performance, helpdesk and recruitment modules. Plans are priced per user per month, and the vendor also runs payroll outsourcing for India and UAE customers.

- **Category:** Payroll
- **Made by:** sumHR
- **Website:** https://sumhr.com
- **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android
- **Who should skip it:** Watch out: the prices are marked exclusive with Jupiter Salary Accounts, so rates may differ without them.
- **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026

## Pricing

As of Nov 13, 2026, sumHR is a paid product, starting at ₹49 per user / month, billed annually.

- **Pricing model:** Paid
- **Free plan:** None.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Startup | ₹49 per user / month, billed annually | Self-service, onboarding, employee database, attendance and leave, automated payroll and the mobile app. |
| Basic | ₹69 per user / month, billed annually | Adds expense claims, policy center, HR letters, biometric attendance integration and automatic MIS reports. |
| Advanced | ₹119 per user / month, billed annually | Adds helpdesks, OKRs and goals, asset manager and 360-degree reviews. Some items are marked coming soon. |
| Enterprise | Custom | For 250 or more employees or custom configuration and integrations. |

Read from https://sumhr.com/pricing-signup/ on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with sumHR before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Volume discounts above 100 employees** (Other savings): The pricing FAQ says slab-based volume discounts are available when employee count is above 100. Source: https://sumhr.com/pricing-signup/

## Key features

- **Payroll:** Online payroll for India is in every plan, with expense claims added from the Basic plan.
- **Attendance and leave:** Web attendance, GPS clock-in with geo-fencing, biometric device integration and leave tracking.
- **Employee records:** An employee database with self-service, onboarding and exit, HR letters and approval workflows.
- **Payroll outsourcing:** For India and UAE customers the vendor offers end-to-end payroll outsourcing and statutory compliance services such as PF, ESI and TDS.
- **Performance and recruitment:** The Advanced plan covers OKRs and 360-degree reviews; an applicant tracking add-on is priced separately.

## Good for

- Small Indian companies that want a low per-user price
- Teams that need biometric or GPS attendance feeding payroll
- Employers that want payroll outsourced to the vendor

## Worth knowing

- A one-time setup fee based on employee count applies, and biometric integration has its own one-time fee.
- The page marks the prices as exclusive pricing with Jupiter Salary Accounts, so rates may differ without them.
- The recruitment add-on is ₹999 per user a month and GPS clock-in ₹25 per user a month.
- No refund for unused time if you cancel mid-subscription, and there is no minimum commitment.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. sumHR starts at ₹49 per user a month on annual billing and runs payroll, attendance and leave for Indian firms. There is no free plan or trial, a set-up fee applies, and the price depends on its Jupiter Salary Accounts tie-in.

- **Value for money: B.** ₹49 per user a month, about $0.60, well under the payroll cheaper quarter, but a one-time set-up fee and the Jupiter Salary Accounts condition keep this at B.
- **Free plan and trial: F.** No free plan and no trial on record. There is no refund for unused time either.
- **Features: C.** Startup covers self-service, records, attendance, leave, payroll and the app; expenses, HR letters and biometrics are on Basic and helpdesk and reviews on Advanced, some marked coming soon.
- **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. Setup is quoted by headcount and biometric integration is separate.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web plus iOS and Android apps. No desktop app and no integrations list.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from sumHR'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

- sumHR's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 26 of the 61 other payroll services we grade, and level with 8.
- It stands best on value for money (B, above 47 of 61) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0).
- Its paid plans start at about $0.52 a month for each person, against a middle price of $29 for the category: 1 of the 32 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/payroll

## Keep it, or make your own?

**Keep it.** To replace sumHR 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 $6.19 a year.

- You could make: Employee records, time off, expense tracking and applicant 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: 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.

**Tags:** Payroll, Employee records, Time off, Time clock, Expense tracking, Applicant tracking

## Alternatives

- [greytHR](https://toolgpa.com/tools/greythr): HR and payroll software for businesses in India. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/greythr-vs-sumhr)
- [Darwinbox](https://toolgpa.com/tools/darwinbox): Enterprise HCM suite with multi-country payroll. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/darwinbox-vs-sumhr)
- [Talenox](https://toolgpa.com/tools/talenox): Multi-country HR, payroll, leave and claims for small teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/sumhr-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-sumhr)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026:

- https://sumhr.com/pricing-signup/
- https://sumhr.com/
- https://sumhr.com/about-us/

Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/sumhr
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