Comparison · Updated July 2026

NestHR vs greytHR: Honest Comparison for Indian HR Teams

greytHR is a popular Indian HR and payroll platform — tiered base fee plus per-employee pricing, from ₹2,495/month (Essential, up to 50 employees) with a free tier for up to 25. NestHR is simple flat annual pricing by team size with all 7 modules included, plus PlacementOS for campus and startup hiring.

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TL;DR

When greytHR is right. When NestHR is right.

Pick greytHR if
✓You are a small team (under 25 employees) that wants a free tier to start
✓A tiered base-fee-plus-per-employee model (from ₹2,495/month) fits your budget
✓You don't need campus recruitment or placement-specific hiring tools
✓Established India payroll and statutory compliance experience matters to you
Pick NestHR if
✓You want simple flat annual pricing based on team size, not a tiered base-plus-overage model
✓You need campus recruitment or startup hiring tools, not just general HR
✓You want all modules included at every tier, no feature-gated upgrades
✓You are a startup or college that needs PlacementOS specifically
Full comparison

Feature by feature

FeaturegreytHRNestHR
Pricing model~Tiered base fee (from ₹2,495/month for 50 employees) plus ₹45-100/employee above that, +18% GST✓₹40,000-₹1,00,000/year flat, all modules included
Free tier✓Free for up to 25 employees, limited features×No free tier stated — Starter begins at ₹40,000/year flat
Module access~Tiered — Essential, Growth, Performance, Enterprise unlock more features✓All 7 OS modules included at every tier
Campus / placement hiring×Not offered✓PlacementOS — learns from every selection/rejection signal
Core HR / payroll compliance✓Established, India-specific statutory compliance✓People OS + Performance OS + Expense OS included
Market presence✓Well-established India HR/payroll brand×Newer to market
What greytHR does better than us — honestly.
greytHR's free tier for small teams and its established statutory payroll compliance track record in India are genuinely useful, especially for very small companies just getting started with HR software. If you're under 25 employees and don't need placement tools, greytHR's free tier is hard to beat on price.
The philosophical difference

Tiered HR/payroll vs. HR + placement OS, all-inclusive.

greytHR's assumption: companies grow into more features as they scale, paying more per employee for each added tier. NestHR's assumption: every company should get all 7 modules — including campus hiring — at every tier, priced with flat annual tiers based on team size. If you need placement-specific hiring or want to avoid tier upgrades, NestHR was built for that.

Simple. Flat annual pricing. No hidden modules.

All 7 OS modules included. INR pricing.

No forex tax, no per-seat tricks. See what NestHR includes at every tier.

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