# TalentHR review (2026): is the free plan enough? > HR records, time off, hiring and reviews for small teams Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. TalentHR is cloud HR software that covers employee records, time off, onboarding, applicant tracking, performance reviews and people analytics. It has a free plan for up to 10 users and two per-user paid plans, plus iOS and Android apps for employees and managers. - **Category:** HR Software - **Made by:** TalentHR - **Website:** https://www.talenthr.io - **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android - **Who should skip it:** Tight if you are 11 to 14 people, because the free plan stops at 10 and paid plans start at 15 users. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, TalentHR has a free plan, and paid plans start at $2 per user / month, billed annually ($2.40 billed monthly). - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Free plan for up to 10 users with the employee database, time off tracking, file storage, reports, onboarding and applicant tracking. - **Free trial:** 14-day free trial of Premium features for new users. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | Up to 10 users, with core HR records, time off, reports, onboarding lists and applicant tracking. | | Essential | $2 per user / month, billed annually ($2.40 billed monthly) | Adds asset management, Safe voice and custom fields. Minimum of 15 users, in steps of 5. | | Premium | $4 per user / month, billed annually ($4.80 billed monthly) | Adds performance management, goals, time tracking, surveys and document signing. Minimum of 15 users. | Read from https://www.talenthr.io/pricing/ on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with TalentHR before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **20% off with annual billing** (Annual discount): The pricing page toggle shows annual billing saving 20% against monthly: Essential $2.00 vs $2.40 and Premium $4.00 vs $4.80 per user a month. Source: https://www.talenthr.io/pricing/ ## Key features - **Employee records and files:** A central employee database with file storage that tracks document expiry dates, plus custom fields on paid plans. - **Time off tracking:** Employees request leave and managers approve it, with accruals and calendar sync to Google and Outlook. - **Hiring and onboarding:** Applicant tracking with a careers page and AI job description writing, plus onboarding and offboarding task lists. - **Performance and engagement:** Goal setting, 360-degree reviews and employee surveys, which the pricing page places on Premium. - **People analytics:** Reports on headcount, gender ratios, departments and salary distribution, with custom report exports. - **AI HR assistant:** An assistant for TalentHR and company questions, plus CV summaries and candidate suitability scoring. ## Good for - Teams of up to 10 people that need a free HR system - Small and mid-sized companies that want HR records and time off in one tool - Companies with field staff who use the mobile app ## Worth knowing - Paid plans need at least 15 users and change in steps of 5, so a team of 11 to 14 has no paid option. - Performance management, goals, time tracking, surveys and document signing are Premium features. - The free plan stops at 10 users, and the AI HR assistant is marked as a beta feature on the pricing page. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.6 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. TalentHR is free for up to 10 users and covers HR records, time off, onboarding and applicant tracking. Paid plans start at $2 a user but need at least 15 users, so a team of 11 to 14 has no paid option. - **Value for money: B.** $2 a user a month on yearly billing for Essential and $4 for Premium, both inside the cheapest quarter. Paid plans need 15 users, so the floor is $30 a month. - **Free plan and trial: B.** Free for up to 10 users with the employee database, time off, reports, onboarding lists and applicant tracking. A 14-day trial of Premium features is offered on top. - **Features: C.** HR records, time off, hiring, reviews and an AI assistant. Performance, goals, time tracking, surveys and document signing are Premium only, and the AI assistant is marked beta. - **Ease of use: C.** No rating is on record, but the listing shows accounts to set up and records to load before use. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, iOS and Android, with Google Workspace, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Zapier and others listed. No desktop app. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from TalentHR'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 - TalentHR's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 60 of the 63 other HR software we grade, and level with 3. - It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 59 of 63) and worst on features (C, above 1). - Its paid plans start at $2 a month for each person, against a middle price of $5.36 for the category: 4 of the 36 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/hr-software ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** The plain part of TalentHR you could make: employee records, time off, applicant tracking, time tracking and surveys. What surrounds it you could not. The 4 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.6 is higher than 60 of the 63 other HR software we grade. It costs $24 a year. - You could make: Employee records, time off, applicant tracking, time tracking and surveys: an app builder makes these well. - 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: It plugs into other products, TalentLMS, Google Workspace and Google Calendar among them. - 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. ## Works with TalentLMS, Google Workspace, Google Calendar, Outlook, WordPress, Zapier, Slack, Microsoft Teams **Tags:** Employee records, Time off, Applicant tracking, Time tracking, Surveys, AI features ## Alternatives - [BambooHR](https://toolgpa.com/tools/bamboohr): HR records, hiring, time off and reviews, with US payroll as an add-on. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bamboohr-vs-talenthr) - [Factorial](https://toolgpa.com/tools/factorial): HR, time, shifts, expenses and IT for small firms, quoted by module. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/factorial-vs-talenthr) - [Zoho People](https://toolgpa.com/tools/zoho-people): Low-cost HR records, attendance, shifts and reviews from Zoho. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/talenthr-vs-zoho-people) - [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-talenthr) - [CharlieHR](https://toolgpa.com/tools/charliehr): HR software for UK small businesses, priced by team-size bracket. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/charliehr-vs-talenthr) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://www.talenthr.io/pricing/ - https://www.talenthr.io - https://www.talenthr.io/platform/mobile-app/ - https://www.talenthr.io/integrations/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/talenthr Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).