# Zelt review (2026): is it worth it? > UK all-in-one HR, payroll, device and app management Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Zelt is a UK-focused HR platform that puts the employee record, time off, payroll, benefits, performance, hiring and scheduling in one system. It also covers company devices and the apps staff use. Plans start with a Core tier and add modules, with a minimum of 20 seats. - **Category:** HR Software - **Made by:** Zelt - **Website:** https://zelt.app - **Runs on:** Web, iOS - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you have fewer than 20 people, as every module has a 20-seat minimum. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing Zelt's current pricing could not be confirmed from its own site. ## Key features - **Employee records and time off:** The People module holds the employee and document databases, onboarding and offboarding, contract signing, a team calendar and custom approval rules. - **Payroll, expenses and benefits:** The Money module covers payroll, expenses, contractors, benefits and payments, with payroll tied to the same people data as the HR records. - **Attendance and shift planning:** Clock in and out, geo-fencing, overtime rules, pay multipliers and shift planning sit in the Attendance module. - **Hiring:** The Talent module lists automatic job board posting, custom application forms, candidate scoring, an anonymous hiring mode and custom hiring stages. - **Reviews, surveys and goals:** The Growth module includes performance reviews with 360 feedback, engagement surveys with heatmaps, and goal tracking. - **Devices and app access:** The Tech module keeps an asset register, handles device lock and wipe, and manages access to company apps when people join or leave. ## Good for - UK companies that want HR and payroll in one system - Teams of 20 or more people, the stated seat minimum - Businesses that also manage laptops and app access ## Worth knowing - The pricing page publishes no price table; only its page title says plans start from £5 per month. - Every module has a 20-seat minimum on both Core and Pro. - Core caps items such as absence policies, onboarding workflows and active jobs at 1 to 3; Pro is unlimited. - Audit trails, API access and data residency control are Pro features, and Pro is sold through sales. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.6 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Zelt covers HR records, payroll, attendance, hiring and device management for UK companies. The pricing page shows no price table, every module has a 20-seat minimum, and Pro is sold through sales. - **Value for money: C.** The pricing page publishes no table; only its title says plans start from £5 a month. With a 20-seat minimum, the floor is higher than that. - **Free plan and trial: F.** No free plan and no trial on record in the listing, and a money-back guarantee would not count as one. - **Features: C.** Records, time off, payroll, expenses, attendance, hiring, reviews and device management. Core caps things like absence policies, onboarding workflows and active jobs at 1 to 3. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. An all-in-one system takes time to configure. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web and an iPhone app, with only Xero listed as an integration. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Zelt'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 - Zelt's GPA of 1.6 is higher than 1 of the 63 other HR software we grade, and level with 11. - It stands best on value for money (C, above 5 of 63) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0). The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/hr-software ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Zelt 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. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 51 of the 63 other HR software grade higher. - You could make: Employee records, time off, applicant tracking and surveys: 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. Something home-made would be a web page. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Xero **Tags:** Employee records, Time off, Payroll, Applicant tracking, Time clock, Surveys ## Alternatives - [Personio](https://toolgpa.com/tools/personio): European HR platform for records, absences, time and recruiting. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/personio-vs-zelt) - [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-zelt) - [HiBob](https://toolgpa.com/tools/hibob): HR platform for mid-sized global firms, with US and UK payroll. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/hibob-vs-zelt) - [Cezanne HR](https://toolgpa.com/tools/cezanne-hr): Modular HR system for mid-sized organisations, quoted by headcount. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/cezanne-hr-vs-zelt) - [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-zelt) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://zelt.app/pricing/ - https://zelt.app - https://zelt.app/about/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/zelt Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).