HollyHR vs PeopleHR

At published entry prices, yes. HollyHR Free is £0 for up to 10 active employees counted for billing. Standard is £2 per active employee counted for billing per month before tax. Billing follows current active employment; profiles mapped as volunteers under the organisation's published engagement policy are excluded. PeopleHR starts at £3 per employee per month for Starter, with Core at £5.50, Pro at £8 and Elite+ at £9.50 before applicable tax and extras. The higher PeopleHR tiers include substantially more software.

PeopleHR publishes a 14-day trial with no credit card required, but not an ongoing free plan. HollyHR Free is ongoing for up to 10 active employees and has no trial clock or card requirement.

PeopleHR's current comparison guidance says customers can choose a monthly rolling contract or longer commitments such as 12 months. That does not prove the terms of every order. Check the commitment, renewal, notice and pricing provisions in the document you are actually asked to sign.

No. They overlap on people records, leave, absence and documents. PeopleHR includes native mobile, an AI assistant and Learning Lite on Starter; onboarding, e-signatures and expenses on Core; performance and timesheets on Pro; and automated workflows on Elite+. HollyHR's current product is intentionally narrower, and Plus is not yet available to buy.

PeopleHR has the broader established surface, including a REST API that can read and maintain data, a sandboxed utility and named integration categories. HollyHR includes API and MCP reads on every plan, governed writes on Standard, and signed events for documented public API-origin changes. Compare the exact records, permissions and event coverage your workflow needs.

PeopleHR advertises a discounted rate for charities and non-profits but does not publish the amount. HollyHR publishes a 50% discount on Standard for eligible charities and approved non-profits. This reduces Standard from £2 per active employee counted for billing per month to £1 per active employee counted for billing per month before tax. Billing follows current active employment; profiles mapped as volunteers under the organisation's published engagement policy are excluded. Ask each supplier to confirm eligibility and the final quote.

You can move the records HollyHR supports, but there is no one-click PeopleHR migration. Inspect your PeopleHR export, test a small HollyHR import and reconcile leave balances, permissions, documents and custom records. Mobile workflows, e-signatures, expenses, performance, time, automation, payroll and integration data need a separate retention or replacement plan.