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People Ops Buyer research desk · UK · 75-person employer · GBP · Updated

Compare PeopleHR Core for onboarding and e-signatures, Pro for performance reviews and timesheets, or Elite+ for configurable workflows, custom reports and single sign-on. Get a quote for the first edition that covers your requirements.

Best fit
Onboarding and e-signatures in Core; performance reviews and timesheets in Pro
Cost scope · GBP
Price the edition that includes the required performance, workflow and access features.
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Assessment for UK · 75-person employer · GBP.

In this assessment
  1. When to choose PeopleHR
  2. What belongs in your quote
  3. Three things to settle before buying

When to choose PeopleHR

PeopleHR separates Starter, Core, Pro and Elite+. Core adds onboarding and e-signatures; Pro adds performance management and timesheets; Elite+ lists configurable workflows, a custom report builder and single sign-on. Price the edition that includes your required features.

Ask for the first edition that includes your required onboarding, review and reporting features. If manager reviews are essential, a Starter-based comparison is misleading. Its managed-payroll service is a separate purchase; agree which payroll tasks the supplier will perform.

Compare the full edition price with alternatives covering the same performance, reporting and access requirements. Ask the salesperson to operate those requirements in the quoted edition, not a fully enabled demonstration account.

What belongs in your quote

Price the edition that includes the required performance, workflow and access features.

Include the required modules, add-ons and any separately charged setup in the total.

Compare the full shortlist and its cost assumptions

Three things to settle before buying

  1. Demonstrate a starter, a leave correction and the handoff to retained payroll in the quoted edition.
  2. Price today’s workforce and the next likely headcount band, with necessary add-ons.
  3. Specify the data import, policy setup, training and responsibility for corrections.

Which alternatives belong on your shortlist?

  • Breathe

    Employee records, leave, documents and routine HR reports for a fixed headcount band

    Trade-off: compare the total after required add-ons and your next headcount band

  • Charlie

    Employee records, onboarding, leave and regular performance reviews

    Trade-off: at 75 people, core costs £148 more per month than Breathe, before VAT; compare the onboarding and review features you need.

  • Sense HR Elite

    Custom employee fields and screens, Report Writer, payroll connections and access roles

    Trade-off: requires someone on your team to maintain the custom fields, reports and access settings

See the full shortlist and ranking method

Sources and research scope

English-language UK buying research checked 1 October 2026. These are editorial recommendations. Public scope and pricing were researched; product reliability, implementation effort and support performance were not tested. No commercial partner supplied this ranking. Recommendations are desk research, not hands-on testing. Pricing/plan pages revisited 5 October 2026 for this UK HR software release; original source qualifications remain.

  1. PeopleHR edition comparisonCore, Pro and Elite+ boundaries; payroll services separate.