sumHR vs Offrd: the closest match on price, the furthest apart on terms
sumHR Startup is ₹49 per user a month and Offrd is ₹50 per active employee a month, so at 20 people the two bills are within twenty rupees of each other. What separates them is everything around the number: sumHR bills annually and prices GPS and recruitment as add ons, Offrd bills monthly with both included.
Last updated 24 August 2026. sumHR figures read from sumhr.com/pricing-signup, March 2026, rechecked August 2026.
Why the headline prices tell you almost nothing
sumHR is the closest thing to a peer that Offrd has in the Indian market. Both sell to small companies, both price per person rather than per block, and both leave out the enterprise ballast that makes an HRMS quote balloon. If you set the two rate cards side by side you would struggle to pick a winner.
Then you read the billing line. All three sumHR paid plans, Startup at ₹49, Basic at ₹69 and Advanced at ₹119 per user a month, are listed as billed annually. There is no monthly option on the pricing page. So the ₹980 a month a 20 person team sees is really a ₹11,760 commitment taken in one decision, before you have generated a single document.
A free option does exist on sumHR, but it is conditional on a Jupiter salary account, which is a banking product rather than a software tier. That is a legitimate arrangement and plenty of companies will be happy with it. It is not a free trial in the sense most buyers mean when they ask for one.
Offrd bills monthly on the subscription plan, calculated on active headcount. On the pay per document plan there is no recurring charge at all. You buy credits and spend them when you generate something. Fifty free credits arrive on signup with no card, which is enough for one offer letter, one onboarding and about a dozen payslips.
What does a 20 person team actually pay?
Base plans first, then the add ons that most comparison pages leave out. Both sets of figures exclude GST.
| Line | Offrd subscription | sumHR Startup | sumHR Advanced |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base, 20 people | ₹1,000 a month | ₹980 a month, billed annually | ₹2,380 a month, billed annually |
| GPS clock in and geofencing | Included | ₹25 per user, so ₹500 more | ₹25 per user, so ₹500 more |
| Offer letter generation | Included, from day one | Not in this plan | Advanced only, marked Coming Soon in March 2026 |
| Applicant tracking | Not sold. Pre-Hire screens and stops at a shortlist | ₹999 per user per month add on | ₹999 per user per month add on |
| Billing cycle | Monthly, cancel any time | Annual | Annual |
| Running total with GPS | ₹1,000 a month | ₹1,480 a month, committed for a year | ₹2,880 a month, committed for a year |
sumHR plan rates and add on prices read from sumhr.com/pricing-signup. Offrd rates at offrd.co/pricing_plans. The pay per document route is often cheaper than the Offrd subscription for a team that hires in bursts: one offer letter and one onboarding is 25 credits, 20 payslips is 40, so a typical hiring month lands around ₹520 to ₹650. Model it against your own headcount in the HR software cost comparison.
Where the two products genuinely differ
Documents. sumHR is an HRMS with a document capability. Offrd is a document platform with HR around it, and at this size that ordering matters more than the feature checklist suggests.
Written appointment letters became compulsory under the Labour Codes that took effect on 21 November 2025. Payslips were never optional. A settlement at exit has to reconcile against what the payslips said. Offrd generates offer letters with confidentiality and compensation annexures, probation confirmations, increment letters, bond letters, experience letters, relieving letters and a full and final settlement with 19 standard deduction heads and 13 exit specific payouts, all drawing on one salary structure. The offer letter generator is the piece most buyers test first.
The policy generator is the second real gap. A questionnaire walks you through POSH, leave, maternity, conduct and intellectual property and produces the policy document at the end. An Indian employer with 10 or more employees carries POSH obligations, and most tools at this price store a policy you wrote elsewhere rather than building one.
Attendance is the third. On sumHR, GPS clock in and geofencing are a ₹25 per user add on. On Offrd the bundled Atndnz app covers QR check in at office entrances, GPS for field staff at a 500 metre radius, geofencing, biometric device sync, named shifts with grace periods, break splits, holiday calendars and a roster with CSV import, inside the subscription. Detail on the attendance management page.
Where sumHR has the advantage
Breadth. sumHR carries employee self service, timesheets, an ATS if you buy it, and a wider set of HRMS modules than Offrd offers. If your requirement list runs past documents, payroll and attendance, sumHR covers more of it in one place.
Per user pricing without a seat block is also genuinely good, and rarer than it should be in this market. Several vendors at similar rates sell only in blocks of 50, so a small team pays for empty seats. sumHR does not do that, and neither does Offrd.
And if annual billing suits your finance team, the commitment is a discount rather than a penalty. Plenty of companies prefer one invoice a year to twelve. The question is only whether you want that decision made before you have used the product.
Which one should you pick?
- You will not sign an annual commitment before testing the product
- Offer letters, payslips and exit paperwork are the actual pain
- You want GPS and geofencing without a per user add on
- Hiring is irregular, so pay per document beats any monthly rate
- You want a POSH or leave policy built rather than stored
- Setup has to happen this afternoon, not next week
- Your requirement list runs well past documents and attendance
- Annual billing suits your finance process and buys a discount
- You want employee self service and timesheets in the base product
- An in platform ATS is worth ₹999 per user to you
- A Jupiter salary account is something you would open anyway
- You prefer one broader vendor to a document specialist
Still shortlisting? The twelve vendor study of HR automation software for Indian small businesses puts both of these beside greytHR, Keka, Zoho People, Kredily, factoHR and others, with every price read on the same day.
Looking for a sumHR alternative?
A sumHR alternative is rarely about the rate. sumHR Startup is ₹49 per user a month and Offrd is ₹50 per active employee, twenty rupees apart at 20 people. What sends people looking is the terms: sumHR bills annually and prices GPS attendance and recruitment as add ons. Offrd bills monthly, includes both, and lets you leave at the end of any month. If you would rather not subscribe at all, it is ₹99 a document.
That makes Offrd a close substitute on cost and a different animal on commitment. If annual billing suits your cash flow and the add ons are not on your list, sumHR is a sound choice. If you want to try before you commit a year, Offrd gives 50 free credits on signup with no card. The comparison hub lists every Offrd comparison guide, by vendor and by question.
Questions people ask before switching
- How much does sumHR cost per user?
- sumHR lists three paid plans: Startup at ₹49, Basic at ₹69 and Advanced at ₹119 per user per month, all billed annually. There is no seat block, so a 20 person team on Startup is about ₹980 a month, paid as a yearly commitment.
- Does sumHR bill monthly?
- No. All three paid plans are listed as billed annually on sumhr.com. A free option exists but is conditional on a Jupiter salary account, which is a banking product rather than a software tier. Offrd bills monthly on subscription, and the pay per document plan carries no recurring charge at all.
- Is GPS and geo fencing included in sumHR's plans?
- No. GPS clock in and geo fencing are listed as an add on at ₹25 per user per month, billed annually, separate from all three base plans. On Offrd, QR check in, GPS at a 500 metre radius, geofencing and biometric sync are part of the subscription with nothing to add.
- What does the sumHR applicant tracking module cost?
- The ATS is priced separately at ₹999 per user per month. For a small team that add on can cost more than the base plan. Offrd does not sell an ATS at all. Pre-Hire screens resumes before the interview and stops at a ranked shortlist.
- Does sumHR generate offer letters?
- Offer letter tracking and automation is listed under the Advanced plan at ₹119 per user per month, and was marked Coming Soon when the pricing page was read in March 2026. Confirm with sumHR whether it has shipped. On Offrd, offer letter generation with statutory annexures works on every plan from the first day.
- What does Offrd cost for a 20 person company?
- ₹1,000 a month on subscription with every feature included and no minimum headcount. On the pay per document plan the same team hiring one person a month usually spends 520 to ₹650, because an offer letter is 10 credits, an onboarding is 15 and a payslip is 2 per employee.
- Which one handles Indian statutory calculation better?
- Both calculate EPF, ESI, professional tax and gratuity. The difference is where the logic sits. On Offrd the statutory engine runs at document level, so a PIN code resolves the professional tax state, the salary structure balances to total CTC, and the settlement letter draws from the same salary heads as the payslip. Neither product files returns for you.
- Can I try either without a card?
- Offrd gives 50 free credits on signup with no card, which covers one offer letter, one onboarding and about a dozen payslips. sumHR's free option requires a Jupiter salary account. For a straight software trial without a banking relationship, Offrd is the simpler test.
- Is Offrd a sumHR alternative without annual billing?
- Yes. Offrd bills monthly at ₹50 per active employee with GPS attendance included, or ₹99 a document with no subscription, and you can stop at the end of any month. sumHR Startup is ₹49 per user a month billed annually, with GPS attendance and recruitment sold as add ons. On price the two are almost level at 20 people. On commitment they are far apart.
No annual commitment to find out
₹50 per active employee a month billed monthly, or pay per document from ₹99. Fifty free credits on signup, no card, enough to run a real hire end to end before you decide anything.
Disclosure: this page is published by Offrd and recommends Offrd. sumHR plan names, rates, add on prices and the Coming Soon marker were read from sumhr.com/pricing-signup and may have changed since. We have not had independent platform access to sumHR. All figures exclude GST. Verify current pricing and plan contents with sumHR directly before deciding. Statutory rates follow EPFO and ESIC rules and the Labour Codes notified by the Ministry of Labour and Employment. Questions to service@offrd.co.