RootHR vs Sense HR

RootHR combines HR administration, workforce operations, and UKVI compliance in a cloud platform for UK employers. Its HR features include employee records, onboarding, attendance, leave, rota planning, recruitment, performance management, and document management. Compliance tools cover Right to Work checks, eVisa monitoring, sponsor licence management, expiry alerts, and compliance dashboards. The mobile app gives employees access to a directory, attendance, documents, and compliance alerts, and supports leave approval. The platform also lists employee self-service, role-based permissions, and an audit log. Root HR describes the service as secure and cloud-based and links to a Cyber Essentials certificate. All plans include standard support; Business Plus lists 24/7 priority support and a dedicated account manager. Enterprise includes a dedicated server environment and mobile app, with custom workflows and integrations but no named third-party services. Root HR says it serves UK businesses across sectors including healthcare, care homes, hospitality, retail, construction, and professional services. It advertises free onboarding, no setup fees, and UK-based support. The listed Business Starter annual price is £120 billed yearly, with a £14/month option, for up to 15 employees; prices exclude VAT.

Sense HR combines HR administration, recruitment, and time tracking for entire workforces, including staff without desks or company laptops. Core tools cover employee records, documents and e-signatures, holidays and absence, and onboarding, alongside more than 100 workflows and automations. Its applicant-tracking system supports vacancy publishing, application tracking, candidate screening and ranking, shortlists, and hiring. Staff can clock in through the mobile app, Sense Clock hardware, or biometric methods, while managers check timesheets before payroll. The iOS and Android employee app is included on every plan and supports clock-in, leave requests, payslips, onboarding, and document signing. Sense HR lists more than 50 connectors, three native payroll integrations, and an open API with webhooks; named connections include Sage Payroll, Xero, Brightpay, Microsoft 365, Slack, Google Calendar, Microsoft Teams, and Hireful. The maker says it holds ISO 27001:2022 certification, hosts live data in Microsoft Azure UK South, and keeps geo-redundant UK backups. Pricing starts at £2/user/mo, with a 14-day trial requiring no card.