| Price from | $9/mo | $1.25/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 6 | 11 |
| Spec score · HR Software | 8.2 (#47) | 9.4 (#2) |
| Employee records | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Integrations | Hively lists ChatGPT, Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex as AI workspace integrations, and says they can read permitted data and prepare changes for confirmation in Hively. | Listed integrations include Zoho Payroll, Zoho Analytics, Recruit, Projects, CRM, Books, Expense, Microsoft Teams, Slack, Google Workspace, QuickBooks, Xero, Adobe Sign, DocuSign, Zapier and Zoho Flow. |
| Onboarding | Hively says most teams are up and running within 24–48 hours and offers CSV imports with migration help at no extra cost. | Yes |
| Performance management | Yes | Yes |
| Security | Hively says each workspace has its own database, storage, and session cookie, uses TLS in transit, and applies role-based access controls. | Zoho states that People uses AES-256 encryption at rest, multi-factor authentication, access controls, activity logs and replicated backups. |
| Time-off management | Yes | Yes |
| Time tracking | Yes | Yes |
| What it does | Hively is an AI-first HR platform where teams ask Buzz by voice or text, review a proposed action, and confirm before it changes HR records or workflows. | Zoho People is a cloud HR system covering employee records, hiring through offboarding, attendance, leave, performance, documents and analytics. |
