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PeopleHR · HR software
A UK built HR product with clear per employee tiers, shown here in rand.
PeopleHR lists four HR tiers per employee a month: Starter at about R66, Core at about R121, Pro at about R177 and Elite+ at about R210, converted from pounds, with a 14 day free trial and no card. Its payroll plans are written around the British tax authority, and its pricing page does not mention South Africa.
Starter
About R66
Per employee a month
Core
About R121
Per employee a month
Pro
About R177
Per employee a month
Elite+
About R210
Per employee a month
Ten employees on Core
About R1 215
A month
Free trial
14 days
No credit card
Figures marked as a vendor's own are that vendor's claims about itself and are not tested here.
Every plan PeopleHR lists, in rand, with a button to its own pricing page.
Plan
R66
per employee a month
HR essentials, absence tracking and a mobile app.
Plan
R120
per employee a month
Adds onboarding, expenses and e signatures.
Plan
R175
per employee a month
Adds performance management and timesheets.
Plan
R208
per employee a month
Adds automated workflows and advanced analytics.
Each button opens the vendor's own page in a new tab, where you buy or sign up. Prices are the vendor's, shown in rand.
PeopleHR lists 4 priced plans: Starter at R66 /employee, Core at R120 /employee, Pro at R175 /employee, Elite+ at R208 /employee. Every figure is shown in rand, converted from the vendor's own price at the day's reference rate.
The vendor does not say whether VAT is in these figures, so ask before you set them beside a price that does. South African VAT is 15 percent.
Add ons such as employee benefits and premium analytics are about R33 per employee a month each.
Read from peoplehr.com/en-gb/pricing on 11 October 2026.
A plan priced per user or per employee shows the price of one. Both VAT footings are shown where the vendor states its basis.
1 employee
5 employees
10 employees
25 employees
50 employees
The price per head multiplied by the size of the team. Volume discounts, minimum seats and add ons are not included.
The price per head multiplied by the size of the team. Volume discounts, minimum seats and add ons are not included.
| Employees | Starter | Core | Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R66 | R120 | R175 |
| 5 | R328 | R601 | R874 |
| 10 | R656 | R1 202 | R1 749 |
| 15 | R984 | R1 803 | R2 623 |
| 20 | R1 311 | R2 404 | R3 497 |
| 25 | R1 639 | R3 005 | R4 372 |
| 30 | R1 967 | R3 607 | R5 246 |
| 40 | R2 623 | R4 809 | R6 995 |
| 50 | R3 279 | R6 011 | R8 743 |
Added to the plan price. A bill with several extras can be a multiple of the headline.
All prices are in rand. Where a vendor lists in dollars, pounds or euros we convert at R16.53 per US dollar, R21.86 per pound and R18.53 per euro (European Central Bank reference rates, via Frankfurter, 9 OCT 2026).
Amounts written out in the text of this review are at the reference rate of 2 October 2026. The charts and the calculator use the rates above, so a figure can differ by a rand or two.
Pick a plan, your team size and any extras. It adds PeopleHR's own prices in rand and shows the month and the year, with VAT in and out where the vendor states its basis.
Your bill
R655.74
a month, as the vendor lists it
The vendor does not say whether VAT is in its price, so none is added or taken out.
The plan and extras you chose, at each team size. A plan is left out at a size the vendor does not sell it for.
| Employees | Your bill a month |
|---|---|
| 1 | R66 |
| 5 | R328 |
| 10 | R656 |
| 15 | R984 |
| 20 | R1 311 |
| 25 | R1 639 |
| 30 | R1 967 |
| 40 | R2 623 |
| 50 | R3 279 |
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From R66 /employee /mo
Starting prices of the priced products in the same category, cheapest first. This is a price sort, not a ranking: the cheapest product is not the best one, and some are priced per user, some per month and some excluding VAT.
Bar lengths use a square root scale, so a very high price does not flatten the rest. The figures are exact.
The middle starting price of the paid products here is R66.
Price on request, so not charted: LabourNet, Personio.
Positions use a square root scale, so a very high price does not flatten the rest. The figures are exact.
A dot is one plan. Free plans and plans on request have no price to place. A per user price is the price of one user.
An official video from Access PeopleHR on YouTube. Software Register did not make or edit them. They are the vendor's own account of the product, so read them beside the prices and limits on this page.
Common questions to answer before you get started
Overview, 5:27, published 3 September 2025. From the Access PeopleHR channel on YouTube.
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PeopleHR sells HR software in tiers and an optional UK payroll. The cheapest HR tier covers HR essentials, digitised employee records, document management, absence tracking, a mobile app, an AI HR assistant, a dashboard and a learning library. Each tier above it adds more: onboarding, expenses and e signatures on Core, performance management and timesheets on Pro, and automated workflows and advanced analytics on Elite+.
The currency, the UK payroll and the absence of South African detail are the limits. For most South African employers, a rand priced product such as Sage HR is the more natural fit.
Strengths
Limits
Best for
Think twice if
In short
Good value for HR records and absence if you are happy to run payroll elsewhere. Take the 14 day trial and check that leave and reporting match what you need.
Start where the vendor sells it, and keep this page open beside you for the limits.
From R66 /employee /mo
PeopleHR's payroll plans are written around the British tax authority, and its pricing page does not mention South Africa. Use it for HR records, absence and onboarding, and run payroll in a South African product.
PeopleHR starts at R66 /employee per employee a month. It lists 4 priced plans, from R66 /employee to R208 /employee.
The vendor's page does not say whether VAT is included, so we show the plain figure and do not guess. Ask before you compare it with a price that states its basis.
Yes: PeopleHR offers a free trial.
HR records, absence and onboarding for any location. PeopleHR's payroll plans are built for the United Kingdom.
On this register the closest are BambooHR, LabourNet, Personio, Sage HR. Each has its own page, and the compare tool sets any two side by side.
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