One HR workspace for leave, attendance, payroll, and reviews
Replace five tools and three spreadsheets with one workspace. Set up in minutes — hosted by us or on your own infrastructure.
No payment before your workspace is ready
- Self-hostable — run it on your own infrastructure
- Self-serve for every employee — no admin bottleneck
- Granular role-based permissions + full audit log
- Hardware biometric attendance built in
One platform
Everything HR, without the busywork
6 of 10 connected modules, spotlighted here — they work together so records, requests, and reporting stay in sync automatically.
People
A single source of truth for every employee record, document, and org change.
- Employee profiles + documents
- Work history + org structure
- Bulk import
Leave
Self-serve time-off with approval flows, balances, and shared team calendars.
- Multi-step approval chains
- Balance carry-over rules
- Team calendar view
Attendance
Shifts, overtime, and change requests — without a separate timekeeping tool.
- Shift scheduling
- Overtime + change requests
- Bulk timesheet upload
Payroll
Run accurate payroll with components, payslips, and reporting built in.
- Custom pay components
- Payslip delivery
- Bulk processing + reports
Performance
Goals, reviews, check-ins, feedback, and recognition in one connected place.
- Goal alignment + reviews
- Recognition + leaderboards
- Check-ins + 1:1s
Biometric
Hardware fingerprint and face devices wired straight into attendance — no manual upload.
- Encrypted device pairing
- Badge → employee mapping
- Live event sync + logs
How it works
Up and running in three steps
- Step 1
Set up your company
Create your workspace, switch on the modules you need, and import your team.
- Step 2
Invite your people
Employees and managers get role-based access to exactly what they need — nothing more.
- Step 3
Run HR on autopilot
Leave, attendance, payroll, and performance — managed from one calm dashboard.
Compare
How OpenHR stacks up
Honest comparison — we only mark a competitor "no" when the capability is publicly absent. Anything we can't verify reads as "limited" or "likely".
| Capability | OpenHR | Personio | BambooHR | Rippling | Gusto |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self-hostableRun the platform on your own infrastructure. | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Hardware biometric attendance built inNative integration with fingerprint / face devices — no third-party connector. | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Single connected workspace (no add-on per module)Modules share data, not a partnership integration. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-tenant by design (no shared rows) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| AES-256 encryption for sensitive credentials | Yes | Likely | Likely | Likely | Likely |
| Granular RBAC (30+ permissions) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Module-level audit log surfaced to admin | Yes | Limited | Limited | Yes | Limited |
| Transparent module-based pricingPick modules, see what you pay — no per-seat-times-feature multipliers. | Yes | No | No | No | Partial |
Sources: each competitor's public pricing and feature pages, current at the time of writing. If a fact is out of date, please open an issue — we update on report, not on spec.
Built for the data HR systems actually hold
Security isn't a premium tier
The four fundamentals below are non-negotiable — present on every plan, enforced in code.
Multi-tenant by design
Every row is company-scoped — data access is filtered by company ID at the query layer.
Granular RBAC
30+ permissions enforced at the server-action layer, not just the UI.
Audit-logged changes
Sensitive employee changes recorded with actor, before, and after.
AES-256-GCM at rest
Biometric device credentials encrypted before they touch the database.
FAQ
Questions, answered
What is OpenHR?
OpenHR is a multi-tenant HR management system that brings people, leave, attendance, payroll, and performance together in one modern workspace.
Who is it for?
HR and people teams at growing companies who want one connected system instead of a stack of disconnected spreadsheets and tools.
Is my data isolated from other companies?
Yes. Every record is scoped to your company, access is governed by granular role-based permissions, and sensitive changes are audit-logged.
How do I get started?
Request access with the plan and deployment you need. During private beta, the team verifies your requirements, provisions the workspace and first administrator, then helps you configure modules and invite the team.
Give HR the workspace it deserves
One workspace for leave, attendance, payroll, and reviews — set up in minutes, on infrastructure you control.
Private beta · Provisioned with the OpenHR team