CozyHR

CozyHR brings employee records, attendance, payroll and administrative controls together, with tools for HR, payroll, managers, employees, finance and integration admins. It will suit employers that want these workflows in one system, especially those handling India-focused payroll compliance. The main trade-off is that payroll features are concentrated in the higher-priced Growth tier.

Overview

CozyHR combines day-to-day employee administration with attendance controls and payroll workflows. Its role-specific workspaces give different teams a defined place in the system, while REST APIs and webhooks offer a route to connect it with other software. That breadth is useful for employers consolidating HR operations, but may be more than a team needs if it is shopping for only one focused function.

Plans scale by employee count, and each tier includes the full module set. Capacity and access to specific features therefore matter more than module availability alone: a team should compare its headcount and payroll requirements before choosing a tier.

Key features

Employee operations and attendance

Core HR covers employee records, documents, onboarding, exits and organization structure. Attendance adds biometric synchronization, shifts, rosters, geo/IP controls and monthly locks. These controls suit employers with varied schedules or tighter attendance rules; Starter includes leave and attendance, while biometric devices and sync logs begin with Growth.

Payroll, compliance and automation

CozyHR supports payroll previews, payslips, bank files and reimbursements, alongside India-focused PF, ESI, PT, TDS and Form 16 support. Growth is the tier to consider when payroll is central: it includes payroll previews and payslips, statutory ledgers and workflow approvals. Starter’s lower entry price comes with a narrower stated feature set, so it may not suit employers that need those payroll tools.

Cozy AI can answer questions in plain language, run reports, summarize requests, and create or update records after confirmation. The confirm-before-write step is a useful control when automation can change employee records. Integrations include Google and Microsoft sign-on, SAML, SCIM, Slack, Teams, WhatsApp, SMS, calendars, Jira, Salesforce, HubSpot and QuickBooks. REST APIs, webhooks and API keys cover employee, attendance and recruitment endpoints, giving integration teams a way to build beyond the named connections.

Security features listed for the pricing page include two-factor authentication, SSO, SCIM, role-aware workspaces and audit trails.

Pricing

All tiers include the full module set, and pricing scales with employee count. The listed monthly prices are billed free during early access, then at the stated limited-time offer price; teams should budget for the post-early-access amount rather than treat the current billing as a permanent free plan.

Starter — ₹4,999 a month. Billed free during early access, then ₹4,999/mo as a limited-time offer. It supports up to 75 employees and includes employee master, leave and attendance, employee self-service and basic reports. This is the fit for smaller employers whose needs stop short of Growth’s payroll features.

Growth — ₹12,999 a month. Billed free during early access, then ₹12,999/mo as a limited-time offer. Its cap is 500 employees, and it adds payroll previews and payslips, PF, ESI, PT and TDS ledgers, biometric devices and sync logs, and workflow approvals on top of Starter. It is the more suitable tier for teams that need payroll and statutory workflows, though the price jump is substantial.

Enterprise — custom pricing. For large teams, it offers custom pricing and onboarding, unlimited employees, everything in Growth, multi-entity legal setup, a developer console and webhooks, advanced RBAC and audit logs, and a custom report builder. It fits organizations that have outgrown the employee caps or need those enterprise controls, with cost determined through a custom arrangement.

Starter’s 75-employee ceiling is a meaningful constraint, while Growth raises it to 500. Enterprise removes the stated employee limit. No free-plan cap or trial length is given, so neither should be used to estimate a long-term budget.

Platforms

CozyHR runs on web and offers an API, alongside an Android employee self-service app for attendance, leave, payslips, documents, performance, reimbursements and requests. The app requires an account provided by the employee’s employer or organization, so it is not a standalone HR service for individuals.

Who it's for

CozyHR is best suited to employers that need employee administration and attendance alongside India-focused payroll compliance, and that can match their headcount to its tier limits. It also makes sense for teams with integration needs or multiple operational roles to support. A small employer that needs payroll previews or statutory ledgers should weigh Growth’s price against Starter; an organization over 500 employees should look to Enterprise. Teams seeking only one narrow HR function may not need this breadth.

Pros and cons

Pros: Employee records, attendance and India-focused payroll support sit in one system, reducing the need to divide those core workflows across separate products.

Pros: APIs, webhooks and a broad set of named integrations give integration teams several ways to connect CozyHR to other tools.

Pros: The Android employee app covers common self-service tasks, including attendance, leave and payslips.

Cons: Payroll previews, payslips and statutory ledgers are tied to Growth, making Starter a poor fit for teams that need those capabilities.

Cons: Starter is capped at 75 employees and Growth at 500, so growing teams may need to move to custom-priced Enterprise.

Cons: Early-access billing ends at a limited-time offer price, so the eventual budget should not rely on the temporary free billing.

Alternatives

For a narrower job-architecture need, start with the Job Architecture Software list. JobFrame is the more focused alternative for job profiles and family matrices, with a free plan and a one-time job-mapping price of $0.25 per employee row; choose it when that work, rather than broad HR operations, is the priority.

Leapsome is worth considering for compensation work: its Compensation plan is €3.00 per employee per month and includes compensation reviews, budget management and pay gap analytics. SAP SuccessFactors HCM is another paid option, with a base package priced on request and a one-to-five-year contract term with auto-renewal.

Engagedly may suit teams prioritizing performance reviews, goals and OKRs; its Performance Suite is listed at $5–$8 per user per month, billed annually, with a $7,500 yearly minimum. ServiceNow HR Service Delivery is an alternative to consider for HR service delivery. Workday Human Capital Management is another paid HR platform, with pricing available by contacting sales.

15Five is a more focused option for meeting support: Kona Meeting Assistant costs $24.00 per employee per year, billed annually. BenefitConnect is another paid alternative.

Verdict

Choose CozyHR if your organization wants employee administration, attendance and India-focused payroll workflows in one system, and its employee caps align with your size. Its combination of payroll compliance support, role-specific workspaces and integration options is the strongest reason to shortlist it. Look elsewhere if you need payroll features at the lower tier, cannot budget for Growth after early access, or require capacity beyond 500 employees without moving to custom pricing.