Sunday People vs Zoho People: one simple plan or a tiered suite

A low-cost, per-employee HR app from Zoho with a free tier for tiny teams, where payroll is a separate Zoho product.

Prices and features last checked 23 October 2026

Choose Sunday People if

You want leave, attendance and payroll running this week
You want one plain price per person, payroll included
You don't want a setup fee, a minimum or tiers

Choose Zoho People if

Small teams already using Zoho apps who want cheap core HR, leave and attendance and are fine buying payroll separately.

Pricing at a glance

Before GST. Zoho People's own pages show more than one price, so treat their figures as approximate.

Sunday People

Price per employee: ₹79 a month, billed annually (₹89 monthly)
Free plan: Up to 10 employees, every feature
Payroll: Included in the one plan
25 employees: ₹1,975 a month
Setup fee: None
Minimum: None
Plans: One plan with every feature

Zoho People

Price per employee: About ₹48 per employee a month (Essential HR)
Free plan: Up to 5 users
Payroll: Separate product (Zoho Payroll)
25 employees: about ₹2,400 a month
Setup fee: None found
Minimum: 5 users on paid plans
Plans: 5 plans

Monthly price at 10, 25, 50 and 100 employees

Monthly price for each team size, before GST
Team size	Sunday People	Zoho People
10 employees	Free	about ₹960Professional
25 employees	₹1,975₹2,225 if billed monthly	about ₹2,400Professional
50 employees	₹3,950₹4,450 if billed monthly	about ₹4,800Professional
100 employees	₹7,900₹8,900 if billed monthly	about ₹9,600Professional

Per month, before GST. Sunday billed annually. Professional at Rs 96 per employee per month, annual billing, because third parties place attendance and shifts on Professional, not Essential HR.

Feature by feature

Sunday's column describes the product as it is today. Zoho People's column is from public sources.

Core HR: Sunday People and Zoho People
Feature	Sunday People	Zoho People
One inbox for every approval	YesOne Approvals page for leave, attendance corrections, documents, resignations, probation and more, with links from emails straight to the request.	Not confirmed
Roles and permissions	PartlyOwner, admin, HR manager, viewer and employee roles. HR managers and viewers can be limited to departments or clients, and sensitive data needs its own grant, as do performance improvement plans and the 9-box. You can't create new roles.How we protect your data	Not confirmed
Single sign-on (Google, Microsoft, SAML)	Google and Microsoft, no SAMLSign in with a Google or Microsoft work account, or a one-time code sent to your email. Admins can limit Google and Microsoft sign-in to your email domains, turn email codes off, and require two-step verification for admins or everyone. SAML isn't supported.How we protect your data	Not confirmed
Audit log of approvals	YesEvery approval, rejection and cancellation, who did it and when, for admins and owners. Downloadable.How we protect your data	Not confirmed
Employee documents	YesUploads with HR review, plus letters and policies in one place. HR can ask for a new copy of an approved document.	Yes
Letters from templates	YesRelieving, experience, appraisal and other letters as PDFs on your letterhead, in your own wording with placeholders.	Yes
E-signature or QR-verified letters	PartlyEvery letter carries a QR code and document ID anyone can verify. No e-signature.	Add-on
Onboarding checklists	YesNew joiners fill in details, read policies and upload documents from one link. Everyone gets a short getting started checklist and tours of the main pages.	Yes
Probation tracking	YesConfirm or extend probation, with a reminder a week before it ends.	Not confirmed
Resignation and exit	YesEmployees resign in the app; managers accept with a last working day.	Yes
Former employees can still get their documents	YesFormer employees sign in to download their letters and documents.	Not confirmed
Reports and exports	YesAttendance and leave reports to download for a person or everyone as PDF or Excel, and monthly exports for payroll.	Yes
Asset management	YesAn asset bank of owned, leased and client provided equipment, assigned to people who confirm they have it, with lease and warranty alerts.	Not confirmed
Client placements and billing rates	YesPlace people at clients with their own holidays and leave policy. Owners and admins can keep a billing rate for each placement.	Not confirmed
Import from your old HR tool over its API	YesConnect Zoho People, Keka, greytHR, Darwinbox (beta), BambooHR, HiBob, Personio or Freshteam with an API key and pull employees. Past payroll from Keka and greytHR, and salaries from Keka, too.	Not confirmed

Leave and attendance: Sunday People and Zoho People
Feature	Sunday People	Zoho People
Leave policies with accrual and carry forward	YesMonthly accrual, carry forward with caps, probation and notice period rules, and loss of pay.	Yes
Sandwich rule	YesCount weekends, holidays or both between leave days.	Yes
Leave encashment	YesPer leave type: automatic or on request, monthly to yearly, with caps and a minimum balance to keep.	Not confirmed
Holiday calendars	YesSeveral calendars, for different offices or teams.	Yes
Notice and backdating rules per leave type	YesEach leave type can ask for notice (for example casual leave a week ahead) and limit how far back people can apply.	Not confirmed
Check in and out from a phone	YesFrom the iPhone or Android app, or the web app in any phone browser.	Yes
Selfie check-in with face match	YesOptional selfie at check-in and check-out, always taken live and matched against the profile photo. Admins can turn it off.	Yes
Shifts	YesShifts with timings and weekly offs, assigned to people or departments.	Professional plan
Late, half day and short day rules	YesGrace period, late marks, half and short days, with loss of pay rules per shift.	Not confirmed
Attendance corrections with approval	YesEmployees request a correction; their manager or HR approves it from Approvals or the email.	Not confirmed

Payroll and compliance: Sunday People and Zoho People
Feature	Sunday People	Zoho People
Payroll	YesMonthly payroll for India in the same plan: salary structures, loss of pay from attendance and leave, review and approval, payslips, arrears, bonuses and reimbursements.	Add-on
Statutory compliance (PF, ESI, PT, TDS)	YesPF, ESI, professional tax and labour welfare fund for every state, TDS under the old and new regimes, and the Labour Codes 50% wage rule. Makes the PF ECR, ESI, PT and LWF files and Form 138 (24Q) and Form 130 (Form 16) data; you file them on each portal.	Add-on
Salary bank transfer files	YesA generic NEFT/RTGS file, or your bank's own format: map a sample file once for SBI, HDFC, ICICI, Axis, Kotak and other banks.	Not confirmed
Full and final settlement	YesLast salary, leave encashment, gratuity, notice pay, bonuses, reimbursements and recoveries, paid on their own date.	Not confirmed

Performance: Sunday People and Zoho People
Feature	Sunday People	Zoho People
Performance reviews	YesAppraisal cycles with self reviews, peer feedback, manager reviews and calibration, potential and a 9-box, and promotions approved into dated title and level changes. Increments from ratings, by CTC, job level or salary band, become salary revisions in payroll. Also 1:1s, kudos, private feedback, development plans, performance improvement plans, a skill matrix, job levels and salary bands.	Premium plan
OKRs	YesCompany, team and personal objectives with key results and weekly check-ins.	Not confirmed
Recurring check-ins, including from client managers	YesA short review of each person every week, month or quarter by their manager, peers, and their manager at a client, who answers from an emailed link without an account.	Not confirmed

Expenses: Sunday People and Zoho People
Feature	Sunday People	Zoho People
Expenses and reimbursements	YesClaims with receipts and advances, approved by managers, and paid with the next payroll or by finance. Unspent advances are recovered from pay.	Add-on

Devices and location: Sunday People and Zoho People
Feature	Sunday People	Zoho People
Geofencing or GPS location	YesDraw a circle around each office. A check-in inside one counts as in office, and anywhere else as remote (work from home), never as an absence. Field tracking for the staff you choose: a live map, routes with stops and distance, between check-in and check-out only, after each person accepts a notice in the app. Field tracking needs the latest Android app for now and is coming to iPhone in a later update. Included in the plan.	Yes
Fingerprint and face machines	YesZKTeco, eSSL and other machines that support ADMS push send each punch straight into attendance.	Not confirmed

Apps and other Sunday products: Sunday People and Zoho People
Feature	Sunday People	Zoho People
Android and iPhone apps	YesThe Android app is on Google Play and the iPhone app is on the App Store.	Yes
Check-in and check-out reminders on the phone	YesThe iPhone and Android apps remind people at the start and end of each shift. Everyone also gets email reminders.	Not confirmed
Timesheets and project time	Add-onSunday Timesheets, free up to 10 users, then ₹25 per user with People.	Professional plan
Recruitment (ATS)	Separate productSunday ATS is a separate Sunday product. New hires flow into People when they join.	Add-on

Pricing: Sunday People and Zoho People
Feature	Sunday People	Zoho People
Free plan	YesFree for up to 10 employees, with every feature.	Yes
Prices published on the website	Yes₹79 per active employee per month billed annually.	Yes

"Not confirmed" means we couldn't verify it from public sources, not that it's missing. A plan name means the feature is on that plan or higher.

Where each one is stronger

Where Zoho People is stronger

Based on what we could confirm, nothing stands out.

Where Sunday People is stronger

Price for small teams. ₹1,975 a month for 25 people, against about ₹2,400 for Zoho People.
One plan, everything in it. No tiers to compare, no features held back for a bigger plan, no setup fee and no minimum.
Former employees never take a seat. When someone leaves, their seat goes to your next hire, and they can still sign in for their letters and documents at no cost.
Shifts. Shifts with timings and weekly offs, assigned to people or departments. Zoho People: on Professional plan.
Payroll. Monthly payroll for India in the same plan: salary structures, loss of pay from attendance and leave, review and approval, payslips, arrears, bonuses and reimbursements. Zoho People: paid add-on.
Statutory compliance (PF, ESI, PT, TDS). PF, ESI, professional tax and labour welfare fund for every state, TDS under the old and new regimes, and the Labour Codes 50% wage rule. Makes the PF ECR, ESI, PT and LWF files and Form 138 (24Q) and Form 130 (Form 16) data; you file them on each portal. Zoho People: paid add-on.
Performance reviews. Appraisal cycles with self reviews, peer feedback, manager reviews and calibration, potential and a 9-box, and promotions approved into dated title and level changes. Increments from ratings, by CTC, job level or salary band, become salary revisions in payroll. Also 1:1s, kudos, private feedback, development plans, performance improvement plans, a skill matrix, job levels and salary bands. Zoho People: on Premium plan.
Expenses and reimbursements. Claims with receipts and advances, approved by managers, and paid with the next payroll or by finance. Unspent advances are recovered from pay. Zoho People: paid add-on.

Switching from Zoho People

You can run both side by side while you move. Nothing about Sunday People needs a long implementation.

Bring your data acrossConnect Zoho People once from Import. Sunday pulls your people, then leave types and balances, the last year of leave and attendance, and holidays.
Set your rulesPick a leave policy, add your holiday calendars and shifts, and choose who approves what. Most teams finish in an afternoon.
Invite the teamEveryone signs in with Google, Microsoft or a one-time code sent to their work email. New joiners get an onboarding link for their details and documents.
Turn on payrollTurn on payroll in Settings and set up your salary structures. Past months from Zoho Payroll come in from its Salary Register export. Or keep your current provider and hand it monthly attendance, leave and loss of pay exports.

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Sources

Last checked 23 October 2026.

Caveats

Zoho shows India prices by region, so the figures here are the most widely reported ones (₹48, ₹96, ₹144 and ₹192 per employee a month, billed annually). Some sources report higher figures.
Sources disagree on which plan unlocks attendance, shifts, onboarding and face recognition. The table uses Professional for attendance and shifts.
E-signature needs a Zoho Sign (paid edition), DocuSign or Adobe Sign integration.
Payroll is Zoho Payroll, a separate product with its own pricing.
Recruitment (Zoho Recruit) and expenses (Zoho Expense) are separate Zoho products.

Competitor prices and features come from public sources, mainly vendor websites and pricing pages plus some third-party listings, as checked on 23 October 2026. They exclude GST, may differ by plan, region and billing cycle, and can change at any time, so check each vendor's site for current pricing. Where a vendor's own pages disagree, we show the price as approximate. Product names belong to their owners. Sunday prices also exclude GST.

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Sunday People vs Zoho People: one simple plan or a tiered suite

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Pricing at a glance

Sunday People

Zoho People

Monthly price at 10, 25, 50 and 100 employees

Feature by feature

Core HR15 features, 10 different

Leave and attendance10 features, 5 different

Payroll and compliance4 features, 4 different

Performance3 features, 3 different

Expenses1 feature, 1 different

Devices and location2 features, 1 different

Apps and other Sunday products4 features, 3 different

Pricing2 features, the same