HR, payroll and workforce management software

Payroll and HR suites for American employers 9 companies

These suites hold every employee's record and pay them correctly every pay day, with American taxes and benefits worked out. Several of their largest engineering centres are in India.

Suites for large and mid-sized employers

Payroll and HR in one system.

UKGUKG, with one of its largest centres in Noida, sells HR, payroll and Kronos, the established software for scheduling shifts and tracking hours.Delhi NCR · Pune · BengaluruHiring now

RipplingRippling, with a large centre in Bengaluru, starts from the employee record and uses it to run payroll, laptops, app access and company spending.BengaluruHiring now

WorkdayWorkday, with engineers in Chennai and Pune, keeps the employee and finance records of most of the 500 largest American companies.ChennaiHired recently

PaylocityPaylocity, with engineers in Bengaluru, sells payroll and HR software directly to mid-sized American employers.Bengaluru

PaychexPaychex is the second-largest payroll company in America.Bengaluru

DayforceDayforce sells payroll and HR software that works out pay continuously, not only on pay day.

NetchexNetchex sells payroll and HR software to mid-sized American employers.

Payroll platforms sold through partners

Platforms that other firms resell to employers.

isolvedisolved, with engineers in Hyderabad, sells its payroll and HR platform through firms that run payroll for employers.HyderabadHiring now

PrismHRPrismHR, with engineers in Delhi, sells payroll software to firms that act as the legal employer for many small businesses.

The tech, explainedHuman resources information system (HRIS) and payroll

Shift scheduling software 2 companies

Hospitals, shops and factories must plan who works each shift. This software forecasts how busy each hour will be and builds the schedule.

Legion TechnologiesLegion, which hires in Bengaluru and Pune, predicts how busy each hour will be, then builds the schedule and the labour budget for retailers.Bengaluru · PuneHired recently

AAtoss SoftwareAtoss, a German shift-scheduling company, has engineers in Bengaluru.

The tech, explainedWorkforce management (WFM)

HR and payroll software for Indian employers 6 companies

These companies sell payroll, attendance and leave software built for Indian rules, such as PF, ESI and professional tax.

Keka HRKeka, founded in Hyderabad, is the largest Indian HR suite on this page. It sells payroll, attendance, leave and hiring software to mid-sized Indian companies.Hyderabad · BengaluruHired recently

greytHRgreytHR, from Bengaluru, has run the payroll of small and mid-sized Indian companies since before the cloud.Bengaluru

peopleHumpeopleHum, which hires in Bengaluru and Mumbai, sells an HR suite with performance and hiring tools at the front.

PagarBookPagarBook, in Bengaluru, is a phone app for attendance and pay at small shops and contractors.

TalentMicroTalentMicro presents itself as an HR-software company.

CCitytech SoftwareCitytech, in Kolkata, sells Paylite, an HR and payroll system, though most of its work is custom software for clients.

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What's changing

The employee record is running more of the company.

Once a company has one record per employee, the same record can decide which laptop they get, which apps they can open and what they may spend. HR suites are growing outward from that record.

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Companies: ingrid's company map. Hiring signals: postings feed of 5 Nov 2026.