# INDPayroll > INDPayroll is payroll software for Indian startups and growing teams. It automates PF (EPF), ESI, TDS and Professional Tax calculations, refreshes the rules monthly as the government changes them, and is free forever for your first 10 employees. ## Key facts - Free plan: ₹0 forever, up to 10 employees, no credit card required. Not a trial. - Essentials plan: ₹52/employee/month billed annually, or ₹62/employee/month billed monthly. Up to 200 employees. - Ultimate plan: ₹75/employee/month billed annually, or ₹89/employee/month billed monthly. Unlimited employees. - Annual billing is roughly 16% cheaper per employee than monthly. Prices exclude GST. - Built specifically for Indian statutory compliance: EPF, ESI, TDS (old and new regime compared per employee), Professional Tax, LWF, Form 16, PF forms 3A/6A/12A, government-ready ECR and ESI export, gratuity, full and final settlement. - Six ways to capture attendance: web check-in, mobile, geo-tagged, face and fingerprint recognition, bulk import, and sync from existing biometric punch machines (ZKTeco, ESSL, Hikvision) as an add-on. - Average payroll run: 15 minutes, against roughly 3 days by hand. Most teams run their first payroll within 10 minutes of signing up. - Data is hosted in India. ISO 27001 certified, 256-bit TLS encryption. - Rated 4.8/5 on SoftwareSuggest. Used by 1,000+ Indian businesses. ## Who it is for Indian startups and growing teams, typically 10 to 200 employees - SaaS and tech, D2C and e-commerce, agencies and studios, manufacturing, field and on-site teams, retail and hospitality. Chartered accountancy firms and payroll consultants running payroll for multiple client companies are served by a separate CA & Payroll Consultant Program, priced by practice size rather than per employee. ## How it differs from HR suites (Zoho Payroll, greytHR, Keka, Razorpay Payroll, PagarBook, FactoHR) INDPayroll is payroll-and-compliance-first rather than a full HRMS. Two concrete differences: - Pricing is published on the site rather than gated behind a sales demo. greytHR starts at ₹2,495/month and Keka at ₹9,999/month as a flat platform fee regardless of headcount; Razorpay Payroll and Zoho Payroll do not publish a starting price. - The Free plan carries no monthly platform minimum. A 10-person company pays ₹0. ## Common questions - Is it really free? Yes - ₹0 forever for the first 10 employees, no card, no trial expiry. - Do I need to register for PF under 20 employees? EPF registration is mandatory at 20+ employees; below that it is voluntary. - What about ESI? Mandatory at 10+ employees in most states, with the exact threshold notified per state. - Can I import existing payroll data? Yes, on Essentials and Ultimate. - Is on-premise deployment available? No - INDPayroll is cloud-only. - Does it support SSO/SAML? Yes, as an Ultimate add-on (Google, Microsoft, Okta). ## Product - [Homepage](https://www.indpayroll.com/): What INDPayroll is and who it is for. - [Pricing](https://www.indpayroll.com/pricing): Plans, per-employee rates and the free tier, published without a demo. - [Product overview](https://www.indpayroll.com/product): Every module, one page. - [Payroll software](https://www.indpayroll.com/product/payroll-software): Salary processing, PF, ESI, TDS and payslips. - [Attendance management](https://www.indpayroll.com/product/attendance-management-software): Six capture methods, synced into payroll. - [PF & ESI compliance](https://www.indpayroll.com/product/pf-esi-compliance): Automated statutory calculation and filing. - [Leave management](https://www.indpayroll.com/product/leave-management-system): Balances, holidays and approvals. - [Expense management](https://www.indpayroll.com/product/expense-management): Receipt capture and reimbursement. - [Reports and payslips](https://www.indpayroll.com/product/payslip-reports-generator): Payroll register, cost trends and exports. ## Compliance guides - [Compliance hub](https://www.indpayroll.com/compliance): Every statutory obligation in one index. - [EPF compliance guide](https://www.indpayroll.com/compliance/epf-compliance-guide): Registration, contributions, ECR filing and penalties. - [ESI compliance guide](https://www.indpayroll.com/compliance/esi-compliance-guide): Coverage thresholds, contributions and benefits. - [Registration and filing](https://www.indpayroll.com/compliance/registration-filing): How to register for PF, ESI, PT and TAN. - [Labour codes explained](https://www.indpayroll.com/compliance/labor-law-updates): The four Labour Codes and what changes. ## Documentation - [Setup guides](https://www.indpayroll.com/help/user-manual): 48 step-by-step articles across 13 categories. - [Help centre](https://www.indpayroll.com/help): Answers to common operational questions. ## Developers - [Payroll Engine API](https://www.indpayroll.com/docs/api): REST API for running Indian payroll from inside another product - employees, payroll runs, payslips, statutory files. - [API quickstart](https://www.indpayroll.com/docs/api/quickstart): From an API key to a calculated payslip in six calls. - [API authentication](https://www.indpayroll.com/docs/api/authentication): Bearer keys, HMAC request signing, scopes and sandbox mode. - [API reference](https://www.indpayroll.com/docs/api/reference): All 171 endpoints across 14 groups, generated from the OpenAPI description. - [API webhooks](https://www.indpayroll.com/docs/api/webhooks): The eight events, signature verification and retry behaviour. ## Free tools - [Free payroll tools](https://www.indpayroll.com/free-tools): 14 calculators, no sign-up required. - [CTC calculator](https://www.indpayroll.com/free-tools/ctc-calculator): Break a CTC into its components. - [PF calculator](https://www.indpayroll.com/free-tools/pf-calculator): Employee and employer share against the wage ceiling. - [ESI calculator](https://www.indpayroll.com/free-tools/esi-calculator): Contribution amounts by gross wage. - [TDS calculator](https://www.indpayroll.com/free-tools/tds-calculator): Monthly TDS under both regimes. - [Gratuity calculator](https://www.indpayroll.com/free-tools/gratuity-calculator): Payable gratuity on exit. - [EPFO penalty calculator](https://www.indpayroll.com/free-tools/epfo-penalty-calculator): Interest and damages on a late deposit. ## Comparisons - [All alternatives](https://www.indpayroll.com/alternatives): How INDPayroll compares on price and scope. - [vs greytHR](https://www.indpayroll.com/alternatives/greythr): Flat platform fee against per-employee pricing. - [vs Keka](https://www.indpayroll.com/alternatives/keka): HR suite breadth against payroll depth. - [vs Zoho Payroll](https://www.indpayroll.com/alternatives/zoho-payroll): Published pricing against demo-gated pricing. ## Company - [About us](https://www.indpayroll.com/about-us): The team behind INDPayroll. - [Contact](https://www.indpayroll.com/contact): Talk to a payroll specialist. - [Partners](https://www.indpayroll.com/partners): The INDPayroll Partner Program and the directory of credited partners. - [Blog](https://www.indpayroll.com/blog): Writing on Indian payroll and compliance. ## Machine-readable - [llms-full.txt](https://www.indpayroll.com/llms-full.txt): The whole documentation corpus as one file, for long-context ingestion. - [skill.md](https://www.indpayroll.com/skill.md): Operating guidance for agents working with INDPayroll. - [openapi.json](https://www.indpayroll.com/openapi.json): OpenAPI 3.1 description of the public form endpoints. - [Payroll Engine OpenAPI](https://www.indpayroll.com/openapi/payroll-engine/openapi.yaml): OpenAPI 3.1 description of the payroll engine API - a split spec, entry point first. - [sitemap.xml](https://www.indpayroll.com/sitemap.xml): Every indexable page, blog posts included. - [MCP server](https://www.indpayroll.com/.well-known/mcp.json): Tool manifest for the INDPayroll MCP endpoint at /mcp. ## Notes for agents - Every page is server-rendered; no JavaScript is required to read any content. - Append `.md` to any page URL, or send `Accept: text/markdown`, to get that page as markdown. - Unknown paths return HTTP 404 with a list of section indexes to recover through. - Prices exclude GST and are per employee per month unless stated otherwise. - Statutory figures reflect Indian law and are refreshed monthly. Check the effective date in the compliance guides before relying on a figure.