NepalHRM vs greytHR
greytHR publishes rupee prices and says 34,000+ companies run on it. Here is what its pricing, payroll and home pages list as of 5 November 2026, a 40-person team costed on both in Nepali rupees, and the cases where greytHR is the better pick.
- Free up to 10 employees
- Free onboarding support
NepalHRM at a glance
Published price
Startup Program free up to 10 employees. Essential NPR 60 and Business NPR 99 per employee a month, billed from the first; 13% VAT on top
40 staff, one year
Business, payroll with attendance: NPR 47,520 billed monthly or NPR 39,600 paid yearly. Essential, attendance alone: NPR 24,000 paid yearly
What the entry plan bundles
Essential: biometric attendance, geo-fenced clock-in, shifts, overtime and loans. Business adds payroll, recruitment, performance, training and documents
Statutory payroll
Built for Nepal: SSF, CIT, PF and TDS on every run, the eTDS file in the IRD format for you to upload, and a Tax Deduction Certificate per employee with the deposit vouchers
Payroll on Business and Enterprise plans
What a Nepali buyer is actually checking for
- eTDS
- Generated in the IRD format
- BS + AD
- Bikram Sambat fiscal year
- NPR 0
- Records and leave for up to 10 employees
- NPR 99
- Payroll per active employee, from the first
NepalHRM vs greytHR
Short answer: greytHR is a mature Indian payroll product with its prices in print, and NepalHRM is the one built for Nepal's filings. greytHR's Essential plan costs ₹2,495 a month and covers up to 50 employees, Growth adds attendance at ₹4,495, and every employee above 50 adds ₹45 or ₹85 a month. Its payroll page lists PF with ECR generation, ESI challans, Professional Tax by state, Form 24Q with FVU validation and digitally signed Form 16. NepalHRM bills per employee in NPR from the first, puts attendance in Essential (NPR 60) and payroll in Business (NPR 99), and files the Nepali set instead: SSF, CIT, PF, TDS and the IRD's eTDS file. Every greytHR cell below names the greythr.com page it came from, read on 5 November 2026.
| Capability | greytHR | NepalHRM |
|---|---|---|
| Published price | Essential ₹2,495 a month including 50 employees, then ₹45 per employee; Growth ₹4,495 a month including 50, then ₹85; Premium at a custom price (pricing page, read 5 Nov 2026) | Startup Program free up to 10 employees. Essential NPR 60 and Business NPR 99 per employee a month, billed from the first; 13% VAT on top |
| 40 staff, one year | Essential ₹29,940 (₹2,495 × 12), about NPR 47,904; Growth, which adds attendance, ₹53,940, about NPR 86,304. Converted at Nepal Rastra Bank's NPR 160 per ₹100 on 5 Nov 2026; tax not stated | Business, payroll with attendance: NPR 47,520 billed monthly or NPR 39,600 paid yearly. Essential, attendance alone: NPR 24,000 paid yearly |
| What the entry plan bundles | Essential: complete payroll processing, unlimited leave types, employee self-onboarding and exit, and helpdesk. Attendance, shifts, overtime and geo-fencing start in Growth (pricing page) | Essential: biometric attendance, geo-fenced clock-in, shifts, overtime and loans. Business adds payroll, recruitment, performance, training and documents |
| Statutory payroll | Built for India: PF with ECR generation, ESI computations and challans, Professional Tax by state, TDS with India's electronic returns, Form 24Q with FVU validation, digitally signed Form 16 and 12BA, bonus and the Labour Welfare Fund (payroll page) | Built for Nepal: SSF, CIT, PF and TDS on every run, the eTDS file in the IRD format for you to upload, and a Tax Deduction Certificate per employee with the deposit vouchers |
| Priced add-ons | Performance ₹35 to ₹45, timesheets ₹35, expenses ₹35, GPS live tracking ₹140 and the alumni portal ₹20 per user a month; Recruit ₹2,500 per recruiter a month (pricing page) | No per-module charges: Business carries recruitment, performance, training, helpdesk, assets and expense claims at one per-employee rate. Ongoing GPS field tracking is on Enterprise |
| Trial and contract | 7-day free trial with no billing; monthly or a 12-month annual subscription; no cancellation fee or lock-in, though unused annual credit is not refunded (pricing page FAQ) | 30-day trial of every feature with no card; monthly, or yearly charged for 10 months |
| Calendar | Bikram Sambat dates are not mentioned on the pricing, payroll or home pages read (5 Nov 2026) | Bikram Sambat and AD across payroll, leave and reports, Shrawan to Ashad |
| Several companies | SSO, multi-company and API are add-ons on Essential and included in Premium (pricing page) | Multi-company and multi-entity on Enterprise, at a custom rate |
| Certificates and scale | ISO/IEC 27001 and GDPR readiness on the pricing page; 34,000+ companies, 3.5 million+ employees and 30+ countries on the home page (5 Nov 2026) | No ISO/IEC 27001 certificate. Launched in 2026 in Kathmandu, with a much shorter customer list |
| Go-live | Two to four weeks with a dedicated implementation team (home page) | Self-serve sign-up; free onboarding imports employees, salary structures and leave balances, and most teams close their first payroll within the first cycle |
| Company and language | Greytip Software Pvt. Ltd., Koramangala, Bengaluru (home page footer). A Nepali interface is not mentioned on the pages read | Built by Yoddha Lab in Kathmandu. Web app in English or Nepali on every plan |
greytHR details were read on 5 November 2026 on greythr.com: the pricing page, the payroll software page and the home page. Rupee amounts are converted at Nepal Rastra Bank's buying rate of NPR 160 per ₹100 published that day, for comparison only. greytHR does not state on its pricing page whether prices include GST; NepalHRM prices exclude 13% VAT. Plans change, so confirm current prices and features with each vendor before you decide.
Built for Nepal, End to End
Four things NepalHRM puts in writing that a buyer usually has to ask a salesperson for.
Billed per head, in NPR
NepalHRM bills each employee rather than a block of 50, and in Nepali rupees, so nothing is converted. Business at NPR 99 comes to NPR 39,600 a year for 40 staff paid yearly, before VAT.
Attendance in the lower tier
Essential at NPR 60 already reads ZKTeco, Hikvision and Sintech (Realand) devices and covers geo-fenced clock-in, shifts and overtime, so attendance does not wait for a dearer plan.
Nepal's filings, not India's
The run deducts SSF and CIT where an Indian engine deducts ESI and Professional Tax, and it closes with the IRD's eTDS file and a Tax Deduction Certificate per employee instead of Form 24Q and Form 16.
Arrears without reopening
A backdated raise is paid as an arrears line on the next run while paid months stay locked, and the Tax Planner shows the CIT contribution that brings each employee's TDS lowest before the run closes.
Switching HR Software Is Where the Pain Actually Is
Feature lists are the easy part of the decision. What decides whether a switch goes well is the migration itself, and almost none of it is about which platform has more modules.
- Moving mid-year means recalculating tax that has already been deducted
- Leave and CIT opening balances get rebuilt by hand in a spreadsheet
- Employee data leaves the old system in one shape and the new one expects another
- The old system stays open for months because nobody trusts the new numbers yet
Move at the Fiscal-Year Changeover
Ashad to Shrawan is the cleanest moment to switch. You start the new year with clean opening balances and skip the mid-year tax recalculation entirely.
What you get on the way in
- Free onboarding support imports employees and configures Nepal tax defaults
- One click reinstalls the Nepal tax slabs, so the first run starts from correct rates
- Most teams complete their first payroll run within their first cycle
- A 30-day free trial of every feature, so you can run a payroll before you pay
From Sign-Up to Your First Payroll Run
The same four steps whichever system you are leaving. Free onboarding support runs alongside all of them.
- Day 1
Set up the company
Sign up, add your company details, and reinstall Nepal tax defaults so the slabs, PF and SSF rates start from the current IRD figures.
- Week 1
Bring your people across
Free onboarding support helps import employees, salary structures and leave balances from whatever you are running today.
- First cycle
Run one period in parallel
Process a full payroll period alongside your current system and reconcile the two before you switch the old one off.
- Ongoing
Close the year in one place
The eTDS file in IRD format, payslips on the mobile app, and bank transfer files for NIC Asia, Nabil, Global IME, NBL and more.
Simple, Transparent Pricing
No Hidden Fees
The Startup Program is free forever for up to 10 employees, for records and leave. Essential (NPR 60) adds attendance and Business (NPR 99) adds payroll, billed per active employee from the first, with no minimum commitment and no per-module charges.
- All core HR modules
- Nepal payroll compliance
- PF, SSF, CIT & eTDS
- Biometric integration
- Free onboarding support
- Regular feature updates
- Multi-company on Enterprise
- BS + AD calendar
Free trial available, no card required · No software setup fee · Cancel anytime
What You Are Actually Switching To
Every module runs on the same employee record, so attendance, leave and payroll never need reconciling against each other.
Nepal payroll
PF, CIT, SSF and the eTDS file in IRD format, on Bikram Sambat periods.
Biometric attendance
ZKTeco and Hikvision devices, plus GPS punch from the mobile app.
Leave management
Policies, accruals and multi-level approvals on the Nepali calendar.
Recruitment
Jobs, candidate pipeline and interview scheduling in the same system.
Transparent NPR pricing
Every plan and what it includes, published in Nepali rupees.
Free for small teams
Up to 10 employees run the Startup Program free for life: employee records, leave and the mobile app, with free onboarding.
Switching for the new fiscal year? Read the fiscal-year switching guide for the order the migration should happen in.
Your Team Gets It on Every Device
Employees check in, apply for leave, submit claims and download payslips from the app. Managers approve from the same place, which is usually what decides whether an HR system still gets used after month one.
NepalHRM vs greytHR, Answered
The questions buyers ask before they move, answered without a sales call.
Four cases, going by what greytHR publishes. First, you also run payroll in India: its payroll page covers PF with ECR generation, ESI challans, Professional Tax by state, Form 24Q with FVU validation, digitally signed Form 16 and 12BA, and the Labour Welfare Fund. Second, your security review asks for a certificate: greytHR's pricing page lists ISO/IEC 27001, and NepalHRM holds no such certificate. Third, you want a vendor with scale behind it: its home page states 34,000+ companies, 3.5 million+ employees and 30+ countries, and its payroll page describes a customer with 85,000 employees. Fourth, you need payroll and leave for close to 50 people and can pay in rupees: ₹2,495 a month covers up to 50 on Essential, about NPR 47,904 a year, against NPR 49,500 for 50 on NepalHRM Business paid yearly.
greytHR's pricing page, read on 5 November 2026, lists Essential at ₹2,495 a month and Growth at ₹4,495 a month, each including 50 employees, with ₹45 or ₹85 a month for every employee above 50, and Premium at a custom price with all modules included. Add-ons are priced per user a month: performance ₹35 to ₹45, timesheets and expenses ₹35 each, GPS live tracking ₹140 and the alumni portal ₹20, plus Recruit at ₹2,500 per recruiter. An annual subscription runs 12 months on the same plan and headcount, with no cancellation fee or lock-in. Its home page adds that NAVOS, an assistant that grants leave, pulls reports and updates records from typed requests, is included on all paid plans. The pricing page does not say whether GST is included.
For one year, before tax. greytHR Essential, payroll and leave: ₹2,495 × 12 = ₹29,940, which is NPR 47,904 at Nepal Rastra Bank's buying rate of NPR 160 per ₹100 on 5 November 2026. greytHR Growth, which adds attendance: ₹4,495 × 12 = ₹53,940, or NPR 86,304. NepalHRM Business, with payroll and attendance: 40 × NPR 99 = NPR 3,960 a month, so NPR 47,520 over twelve monthly bills or NPR 39,600 paid yearly; with 13% VAT the yearly bill is NPR 44,748. NepalHRM Essential, attendance without payroll: NPR 24,000 paid yearly.
It depends on headcount. greytHR's base price is the same for 5 employees or 50, so its cost per person falls as you approach 50, while NepalHRM bills every employee. At 20 employees, greytHR Essential is ₹29,940 a year (NPR 47,904) and NepalHRM Business paid yearly is NPR 19,800. At 50, they are NPR 47,904 and NPR 49,500. A team of 10 or fewer that needs only records, leave and the mobile app pays nothing on NepalHRM's Startup Program, which has no payroll.
The greytHR pages read on 5 November 2026 describe Indian statutory payroll and do not mention Nepal, the Social Security Fund, the Citizen Investment Trust or the IRD. The TDS returns on its payroll page are India's, built through Form 24Q with FVU validation, not the file Nepal's IRD takes. NepalHRM deducts SSF, CIT, PF and TDS on every run, generates Nepal's eTDS file in the IRD format, and prints each employee's Tax Deduction Certificate with the deposit vouchers.
greytHR's pricing page puts advanced attendance, shifts and geo-fencing in Growth and lists GeoMark+ and Visage as add-ons; the pages read name no biometric device brand. NepalHRM validates ZKTeco, Hikvision and Sintech (Realand) devices from Essential. Older ZKTeco units connect through an edge agent on an office computer, and a phone check-in made with no signal keeps its original time and syncs within 24 hours.
Looking at Other Options Too
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Start the New Fiscal Year on NepalHRM
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