Where most Indian startups are doing HR right now

It works well enough until someone asks for a compliant offer letter, a payslip that adds up, or an exit that does not drag on for three months.

The Google Doc offer letter

A template someone found online. CTC edited in two places but not the third. The candidate signs a document with the wrong number in it. It happens more than anyone will admit.

The Excel payslip

A spreadsheet copied each month. The formula breaks in column G. Someone spends Saturday morning fixing payslips that should have taken ten minutes.

The WhatsApp exit

Employee puts in notice over chat. Relieving letter takes six weeks. Full and final takes three months because nobody computed the gratuity. The employee follows up repeatedly.

The no-policy company

Nobody wrote down the leave policy. Nobody signed an NDA at onboarding. Nobody can find the employment contract when they need it.

What Offrd covers from day one

Every piece of the employee lifecycle that involves a document, a calculation, or a compliance obligation. No separate tool needed for any of these.

Hire

Offer letters and onboarding

AI-assisted offer letters, joining letters, employment contracts. Collect documents and digital signatures before day one. Candidate pipeline managed from one place.

Confirm

Probation and increment letters

Probation confirmation and increment letters generated from compliant templates. Customise, download as PDF, saved to the employee profile automatically.

Pay

Payslip generation

Enter salary components once. Payslips generated with PF, ESI, TDS, HRA, and all deductions computed. Saved per employee, downloadable anytime.

Track

Attendance and leave

QR check-ins, geo-fencing, real-time GPS for field staff, shift management, leave tracking, and automated reports. No hardware required to start.

Document

Policies and notices

Policy generator with AI drafting. Show-cause notices, warning letters, NDA templates. The documents most startups put off until they need them urgently.

Exit

Full and final settlement

Salary dues, gratuity, and leave encashment computed, not just documented. Relieving letters and F&F statements generated from the same screen.

How Offrd sits against the alternatives

We have published a full comparison for each tool below. These are the single most relevant things to know before you decide.

Keka HR
Monthly floor on their Foundation plan is cited by third-party sources at around ₹9,999, plus a confirmed setup fee. Offrd's subscription plan is ₹50 per active employee, all features, no minimum, no setup fee.
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greytHR
Strong compliance engine. Runs on a 7-day trial then paid model with no permanent free tier. Offrd gives you five offer letters free every month, no card required, no expiry.
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Zoho People
All paid plans carry a 5-user minimum. A 3-person team pays for 5 seats. Attendance and geo-fencing are not on the base plan. On Offrd there is no seat floor and geo-fencing is included from day one.
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sumHR
All paid plans are billed annually. Geo-fencing is a paid add-on at ₹25 per user per month on top of the base plan. Offer letter automation was marked Coming Soon on their Advanced plan as of March 2026.
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HROne
Published Basic plan starts at ₹4,950 per month for up to 50 users. For a 15-person team that works out to ₹330 per employee per month. Offrd's subscription plan is ₹50 per active employee.
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Competitor pricing sourced from publicly available pricing pages, visited March 2026. Figures may change. Verify directly with each vendor before any decision.

Two plans. No annual lock-in on either.

No setup fee. No seat floor. Switch between plans anytime. If five offer letters a month is all you need, the free tier handles that permanently.

Credit-Based
₹99
to get started, pay per document
  • Offer letters, payslips, HR letters billed per use
  • No monthly subscription required
  • Good for irregular hiring cycles
  • Attendance included regardless
  • All document types available from day one
Start with Credits
Subscription
₹50
per active employee per month, everything included
  • All features, no plan upgrades ever
  • Geo-fencing and GPS tracking included
  • AI drafting across all HR documents
  • No minimum headcount
  • Pay only for employees active that month
Start Subscription

Five offer letters free every month. No credit card. Generate your first one now.

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Questions people ask before they sign up

Straightforward answers. If something is not covered here, the FAQ at offrd.co goes deeper.

Offrd is built for Indian startups and businesses up to 500 employees. It works from your first hire through to a 200-person company without changing tools or plans.
Yes, within payslip generation and full and final settlement. All statutory deductions are computed and included in payslips. For monthly challan filing and Form 16 generation you would use Offrd alongside your CA or a dedicated filing tool.
Salary dues for the last working month, gratuity based on tenure, and leave encashment. It also generates the relieving letter, experience letter, and F&F statement, all from one place. No spreadsheets involved.
You buy credits and spend them when you need documents. If hiring is irregular, you are not paying a subscription during quiet months. Attendance is included on all plans regardless of credits used.
If you need statutory payroll filing, a full ATS, performance management, OKRs, or enterprise integrations with Tally or SAP. Keka and greytHR are the right tools. Offrd is built for the stage before you need all of that.

HR that works from day one.

No implementation call. No credit card to try it. Your first five offer letters are free. If that is all you need this month, that is perfectly fine.