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Sage Group plc · HR software
Modular HR in rand: pay for core HR and leave, then add only the modules you use.
Sage HR is the cloud HR product Sage sells to South African businesses. Core HR and leave management cost R28 per employee a month, and you add Performance, Shift Scheduling and Timesheets at R14 each, Expenses at R10, and Recruitment at a flat R1 850 a month. A calculator on the pricing page works out the final price from the modules and headcount you choose, and a 30 day trial needs no credit card and ends on its own.
Core HR and leave
R28 per employee
A month, the base of every plan
Performance, Shifts, Timesheets
R14 per employee
Each, a month
Expenses
R10 per employee
A month
Recruitment
R1 850 a month
A flat price for the whole company
All four per employee modules
R66 per employee
Core, Timesheets, Performance and Expenses together
Ten employees, core only
R280 a month
R28 times ten
Free trial
30 days
No credit card, ends automatically
Modules
6
Core plus five optional
Figures marked as a vendor's own are that vendor's claims about itself and are not tested here.
Every plan Sage HR lists, in rand, with a button to Sage Group plc's own pricing page.
Plan
R28
per employee a month
Included as standard.
Add on
R14
per employee a month
Module. A fast way for employees to track overtime.
Add on
R14
per employee a month
Module. Goals, one to ones and 360 feedback.
Add on
R10
per employee a month
Module. Submit and manage expenses from the mobile app.
Add on
R1 850
a month
Module. A flat monthly price for job ads, an applicant pipeline and interview scheduling.
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Sage HR lists 5 priced plans: Core HR and leave management at R28 /employee, Timesheets at R14 /employee, Performance at R14 /employee, Expenses at R10 /employee, Recruitment at R1 850. Every figure is shown in rand.
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.
A calculator on the Sage page adds the modules you pick to your headcount. Shift Scheduling is also R14 per employee a month. The Sage HR mobile app is free with a monthly subscription.
Read from sage.com/en-za/sage-business-cloud/hr/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 | Core HR and leave management |
|---|---|
| 1 | R28 |
| 5 | R140 |
| 10 | R280 |
| 15 | R420 |
| 20 | R560 |
| 25 | R700 |
| 30 | R840 |
| 40 | R1 120 |
| 50 | R1 400 |
Added to the plan price. A bill with several extras can be a multiple of the headline.
Pick a plan, your team size and any extras. It adds Sage HR'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
R280
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 | R28 |
| 5 | R140 |
| 10 | R280 |
| 15 | R420 |
| 20 | R560 |
| 25 | R700 |
| 30 | R840 |
| 40 | R1 120 |
| 50 | R1 400 |
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From R28 /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.
A founding year says how long a company has existed. It says nothing about how good the product is.
3 official videos from Sage HR 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.
Automating and streamlining HR tasks
Overview, 1:01, published 27 May 2022. From the Sage HR channel on YouTube.
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Sage describes Sage HR as an all in one HR solution for growing businesses, best suited to small and medium businesses for work on site or on the go. Core HR and leave management digitalise absence management and the HR essentials. Everything else is an optional module you add as you grow.
Each module is described in a few lines on Sage's page, which is enough to see where the product stops.
Sage's HR app is free to use with a Sage HR monthly subscription. Employees can request time off, view payslips and IRP5 tax certificates, see a shared team calendar, ask colleagues for feedback and claim expenses in several currencies. Managers and HR can accept or decline time off with instant notification, publish payslips and IRP5 certificates and share feedback.
Core HR and leave is R28 per employee a month. A ten person business on core only pays R280 a month. Add Timesheets, Performance and Expenses and the per employee price is R66, so ten people are R660 a month. Recruitment is R1 850 a month for the whole company however many people you hire, which only pays for itself in a business that hires often.
Sage says there are no hidden fees and no long term contracts, and you can change modules at any time. The calculator on this page adds the modules for you.
Sage HR is sold and supported by Sage South Africa, with its own South African pricing page, and the mobile app shows payslips and IRP5 certificates. Leave rules are the heart of South African HR, and Sage's payroll pages describe leave managed under the Basic Conditions of Employment Act. The HR pricing page itself does not detail how leave is configured, so ask Sage South Africa to show you how family responsibility and maternity leave are set up in the trial.
Customers Sage quotes include South African employers such as Newscafe and Marimba Jam.
Payroll is not part of Sage HR, so you connect it to Sage Payroll or another payroll product. The price depends on a calculator rather than a table, which makes quick comparison harder.
Against BambooHR, Sage HR is priced in rand and sold locally, while BambooHR limits its payroll and benefits add ons to US employees. Read the full comparison for the plan detail.
Strengths
Limits
Best for
Think twice if
In short
A sensible, locally supported HR product for a business that wants to start small. Use the trial with your real employee data, add up your modules with the calculator, and ask how South African leave types are configured.
Start where the vendor sells it, and keep this page open beside you for the limits.
From R28 /employee /mo
Core HR and leave is R280 a month for ten employees. With Timesheets, Performance and Expenses added it is R660 a month. Recruitment, if you add it, is a flat R1 850 on top.
Sage says the app is free to use if you have a Sage HR monthly subscription.
No. You buy Core HR and leave management, and add modules as you need them. Sage says you can change modules at any time.
No. The 30 day trial needs no payment details and ends automatically, so there is nothing to cancel. You can use demo data or your own employee information.
Sage HR starts at R28 /employee per employee a month. It lists 5 priced plans, from R28 /employee to R1 850.
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: Sage HR offers a free trial.
Sold by Sage South Africa with a South African pricing page in rand, a 30 day trial and local support.
On this register the closest are BambooHR, LabourNet, PeopleHR, Personio. Each has its own page, and the compare tool sets any two side by side.
South African guides that help you weigh Sage HR: what the rules ask, what to test and what to put in writing.
Leave under the BCEA comes first
Many HR products are built in Britain, America or Europe. What a South African employer should check: leave under the BCEA, how HR meets payroll, the personal information it holds and what it costs for each employee.
Read the guideMinimum annual leave under the BCEA
21 days
The Basic Conditions of Employment Act sets minimum leave. HR software that accrues it wrongly will quietly misstate what you owe.
Read the guideSoftware Register
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Your customers' and employees' details sit in the software you choose. The law makes you responsible for them, and the vendor is acting for you. Here are the questions to put to a vendor before you hand over the data.
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