Zoho People alternative
HR and payroll in one platform — not two separate subscriptions.
Peymatrix is one unified platform — HR, payroll, compliance, and AI — built for India and UAE. No separate payroll product. No sync configuration. No split bills.
What Peymatrix includes
HR + Payroll — Unified in One Platform
HR and payroll in a single database — no sync required
Attendance auto-feeds into payroll run (no export/import)
Leave encashment auto-calculated in payroll
Investment declaration feeds live TDS computation
Full & Final settlement within the same platform
One subscription covers everything — no separate payroll product
India Payroll & Compliance
EPF / PF calculation (statutory)
EPF ECR 2.0 export — basic salary wage base per EPFO spec
ESI calculation with contribution period locking (ESI Act §2(9))
TDS computation (old & new tax regime)
Form 16 Part A — quarterly TDS breakdown (CBDT Rule 31)
NSDL Form 24Q export — BSR code enforced before file generation
Professional Tax — state-wise, semi-annual states supported, editable admin master
Proof of Investment (POI) workflow — employee upload, HR/Finance review, auto-sync to TDS
Conditional Pay Rules — rules-based component amounts via expression DSL
Sales Commission engine — tiered plans, accelerators, per-record approval
Loan management + dedicated Salary Advance flow with running balance
Arrears & salary revision history
UAE Payroll & Compliance
WPS SIF v2 file generation
WPS blocked when any employee is missing Emirates ID
End of Service Gratuity — UAE Labour Law
GPSSA pension return for UAE nationals
NAFIS quarterly Emiratization return — Federal Decree-Law 6/2023
Multi-currency payroll (AED)
India + UAE managed in one account
Core HR & Employee Management
Employee database, profiles & documents
Onboarding workflows
Employee Groups — flexible cohorts for policy targeting
Attribute Change Request workflow — profile changes routed to HR for approval
Letter Templates — rich-text editor with variables, page layout, version history
Document management with e-sign
Document Series — auto-numbering for payslips, offer letters, separation letters
Org chart & hierarchy
Offboarding & exit management
Asset management with cost-center tagging
Succession planning
Finance & GL Integration
Cost Centers master with budgets + per-cost-center spend dashboard
Auto-tagging — payslips, asset assignments, loans, expenses inherit employee's cost center
Chart of Accounts + Salary Component → GL Account mapping
QuickBooks, Zoho Books, Tally integrations — push journals on payroll publish
Tenant Email Config — bring your own SMTP for payslip/notification delivery from your domain
Attendance & Leave
Attendance tracking (web & mobile)
Biometric device sync
Geo-fencing attendance
Shift & roster management — visual weekly roster builder
Attendance regularisation workflow (employee → manager review)
Configurable pay cycles + cutoff day separate from payroll run day
Leave policy engine — carry-forward & encashment
Leave Opening Balance + notice-period restrictions
Holiday calendar (India + UAE)
Performance, L&D & Engagement
OKR / Goal management
Performance review cycles (360°)
Continuous feedback
Learning & development (LMS)
Employee surveys & pulse checks
Helpdesk / HR ticketing
Employee Self-Service
Download payslips, Form 16, Form 12BA
Apply leave, on-duty, comp-off, attendance regularisation
Submit expense claims with receipt upload
Reimbursement Statement — declared FBP vs claimed with available balance
Apply for Salary Advance (interest-free, repayment schedule)
Submit Proof of Investment documents
Profile change requests routed to HR for approval
Manage signed-in devices and revoke other sessions
Help Center — searchable guides + AI assistant + helpdesk
AI & Automation
AI Decision Engine — purpose-built for HR and payroll workflows
AI payroll anomaly detection before payroll run
AI HR chatbot — natural language queries about team data
Drag-and-drop report builder
Analytics dashboards
Multi-step workflow automation
Pricing & Access
Free up to 10 employees; paid plans from ₹2,999/mo + ₹70/employee — one subscription
Transparent hybrid pricing — platform fee + per-employee, published openly
14-day free trial, no credit card required
Mobile app (iOS & Android)
API access
The problem with HR + payroll as separate tools
Two products, two bills, one headache
Two subscriptions, two contracts, two renewal dates. Peymatrix is one subscription that covers everything — HR, payroll, compliance, performance, L&D, and AI.
Data sync between products breaks things
When HR and payroll data live in separate systems, syncing is always a weak point. Leave balances, attendance, and salary revisions need to flow between products — that transfer is a common source of payroll errors. In Peymatrix, everything is one database.
UAE payroll means yet another product
Zoho's UAE payroll lives in a separate Zoho Payroll subscription, and GPSSA pension returns and NAFIS Emiratization filings sit outside its HRMS. In Peymatrix, India and UAE payroll — WPS, gratuity, GPSSA, NAFIS — run in the same account.
AI built specifically for HR and payroll
Peymatrix's AI Decision Engine is built for HR workflows — payroll anomaly detection, approval automation, and natural-language team queries. Not a generic assistant retrofitted into an HR tool.
GPSSA and NAFIS compliance
UAE employers with UAE national employees must file GPSSA pension returns and quarterly NAFIS Emiratization reports. Peymatrix generates both automatically.
Succession planning included
Identify and develop future leaders within the same platform you use for daily HR — no additional tool or add-on required.
One platform for all of HR — not a stack
India and UAE compliance. No separate payroll product. No sync configuration. 14-day free trial.