A 2026 buyer guide to the attendance management software Indian startups actually shortlist. We rank ten tools on breadth, setup, mobile and value, and lead with 247HRM, where face and geo attendance need no extra hardware and feed leave and payroll on one record.
What a growing Indian startup gets when attendance lives in one suite with leave and payroll, instead of a standalone tracker.
Capture attendance without hardware, cover remote and in-office staff, link leave and payroll, give people a mobile app, and stay affordable as you scale. These are the five tests we ranked the market on.
Face recognition and geo-fencing run on the phones your team already carries, so a new startup is not forced to install biometric devices or sign a hardware contract.
Geo-verified mobile check-in covers field, hybrid and remote staff, while office teams mark by face or biometric, all on the same record.
Attendance feeds leave balances and payroll directly, so loss of pay, overtime and worked days never have to be reconciled in a spreadsheet.
Employees check in, apply for leave and view balances from Android or iOS, so adoption does not depend on people being at a desk.
Pricing that suits a small team, and the same platform that carries you from ten people to five thousand without re-implementing.
Click through to see how 247HRM handles mobile check-in, face and geo capture, the link to leave, and the carry into payroll, all from one employee record.
Employees mark attendance from the 247HRM app on Android or iOS, in office or in the field. Each mark carries time and location, so a small team without a reception desk or a biometric machine still gets clean, verifiable attendance from day one.
Attendance is captured by face recognition, geo-fencing or biometric methods, with no proprietary device to buy and no vendor lock-in. Marks fall inside the location boundary you define, so a startup gets verifiable attendance without spending on hardware it may outgrow.
Approved leave shows up on the attendance sheet and leave balances update from the same record. There is no second tracker to reconcile, so a day marked as leave is a day deducted from balance and never double-counted against pay.
Worked days, loss of pay and overtime flow from attendance into the payroll run, so a startup processes salaries without re-keying timesheets. The same employee record runs PF, ESI, PT and TDS, so attendance is never an island from pay.
Most attendance tools stop at marking time. 247HRM captures attendance by face, geo or biometric with no extra hardware, then carries it into leave and payroll on one employee record. The same platform scales from a ten-person team to five thousand, and that breadth is why it leads our list for Indian startups.
When a startup buys a standalone tracker tied to hardware, attendance, leave and payroll end up in three places. The same day is entered again and again, mistakes reach the payslip, and the tool is outgrown in a year. Here is the difference 247HRM makes.
What founders report when attendance sits apart from leave and payroll.
Attendance, leave and payroll on one platform.
Three connections do the work: check-in in, leave in, payroll out.
Mobile check-in and approved leave feed a single attendance record. As part of Complete HRMS, attendance shares one employee record with leave and payroll, so worked days, balances and salary never drift apart as the startup grows.
Employees check in, apply for leave and view balances from the app, while managers approve on the go. The captured days carry straight into payroll, so a lean team runs HR without a dedicated administrator.
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Verified themes from growing teams running attendance, leave and payroll on 247HRM.
We started with face check-in on phones and never bought a biometric device. Attendance, leave and salary all sit in one place, which is exactly what a small team needs.
Half our team is in the field, so geo check-in mattered. The hours flow into payroll automatically, so loss of pay is no longer a month-end argument.
We picked it at 40 people and it carried us past 300 without changing systems. Not having to migrate later was the real saving.
How we ranked: each tool is scored on breadth, ease of setup, mobile experience and value for a growing Indian startup, using publicly available information. Ratings shown are indicative of public review averages, not official scores.
| Rank | Software | Best for | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ✓ 247HRM | All-in-one pick: face/geo attendance with no hardware, leave + payroll on one record, mobile, affordable, scales 10 to 5,000+ | ✓ ~4.8/5 |
| 2 | greytHR | Established HR & payroll with attendance, popular with SMBs | ~4.4/5 |
| 3 | Keka | Modern HR suite with strong UX for funded startups | ~4.4/5 |
| 4 | Zoho People | Teams already inside the Zoho ecosystem | ~4.4/5 |
| 5 | Truein | Face-based attendance for contractual and field staff | ~4.6/5 |
| 6 | Spintly | Wireless access control plus attendance for offices | ~4.5/5 |
| 7 | Pocket HRMS | Compact HR & payroll for small Indian businesses | ~4.3/5 |
| 8 | Kredily | Free-tier HR and attendance for very early teams | ~4.2/5 |
| 9 | sumHR | Simple attendance and leave for small teams | ~4.3/5 |
| 10 | factoHR | Attendance and payroll with mobile and a hardware option | ~4.5/5 |
References used to assemble and order this 2026 buyer guide:
Quick reference for the terms used across attendance, leave and payroll when evaluating tools.
A product specialist sets up face and geo check-in for your team and walks you through a full cycle, from attendance to leave to payroll.