Zoho People partner in the USA · Los Angeles, CA
Your whole team at a glance: who’s in, who’s out, who starts Monday and whose review is due.
We’re certified Zoho People consultants, a team led from Glendale in the Los Angeles area. We set up Zoho People around your real HR policies: leave rules by state, shifts and check-ins, onboarding checklists and review cycles. We move your records and balances from BambooHR, Gusto or spreadsheets, connect payroll, and train your managers and staff. After go-live, we’re still the people you call.
Advanced PartnerCertified Zoho People consultants
01Six things it does better
Zoho People covers the HR basics every tool has, records, time off and documents, and then goes further for teams that work in shifts, on job sites or across states. Attendance controls, rosters, billable timesheets, reviews, training and an HR help desk come in the same app, priced per employee from $3 a month.
From the Zoho People app on iPhone or Android, employees check leave balances, request time off with a doctor’s note attached, check in, update goals and ask HR a question. Managers approve time off and timesheets in one tap.
Set IP and location restrictions so people check in from approved sites or networks. Biometric time clocks plug in, and face capture uses AI (now also called SI, super intelligence) to verify the photo.
Build shifts by department, role or location, rotate them automatically, set allowances per shift, and notify staff on web and mobile when a swap or schedule change happens.
Log time against clients and jobs with a timer, mark it billable or not, route timesheets to the right manager on a schedule, then send approved hours to Zoho Books or QuickBooks.
Pre-onboarding starts before the joining date: offer, policies and tax forms signed remotely, and a day-one checklist ready. Hired candidates come straight across from Zoho Recruit.
SMART goals and KRAs, feedback from peers and managers, custom appraisal templates, a learning system with courses, tests and live sessions, and an HR help desk with categories, SLAs and a knowledge base. Performance and learning come with the Talent plan.
$3per employee a month to start, billed yearly. Free for up to 3 employees.BambooHR: quote-based, about $10 to startSee every plan →
02From offer letter to annual review
Zoho People follows each employee from offer to annual review on one record, so nothing gets re-typed between hiring, HR and the manager. Here’s a sample first year for Jordan, a field technician at a 60-person US company with sites in Arizona and Texas.
Week 0Offer signed
Jordan signs his offer. One click converts him from candidate to new hire, and his profile, start date and documents carry over.
Candidate converted · new hire created
Day 1Onboarding
Policies and tax forms were signed the week before. Jordan opens the app to a day-one checklist, and his crew lead already knows he’s coming.
PoliciesTax formsSafety videoMeet the crew
Month 2First PTO request
He sees his balance before he sends the request. His manager gets it with the team calendar beside it and approves in one tap.
Balance2.5 daysRequested2 daysAfter0.5 days
Week 10Shift swap
A coworker needs Friday off and Jordan takes it. The swap goes to the supervisor, the roster updates, and both get a notification on the web and the app.
Fri closeSam → Jordan⇄Tue openJordan → Sam
Day 90Check-in
It lands on his manager’s list with three KRAs and feedback from his crew lead. A short form, a real conversation, done.
Month 12Annual review
The appraisal pulls in his goals, feedback and courses from the year. The raise conversation has facts behind it, and nobody had to dig through email.
Appraisal complete · 3 of 3 goals met
Sample data. Names, dates and numbers are made up to show how the pieces connect.
03Built around how you employ people
A clinic tracks nursing licenses. A restaurant group lives on shift rosters. A remote software team cares about goals and one-on-ones. Pick the one closest to you and see the Zoho People customization we’d start with: the employee journey and the custom fields we’d add on day one.
Fields we’d add: License number · License state · Expiry date · CPR/BLS renewal
Fields we’d add: Location · Role (FOH/BOH) · Card expiry · Tipped or not
Fields we’d add: Trade · OSHA card · Equipment certs · Home site
Fields we’d add: Store · District · Availability · Seasonal or year-round
Fields we’d add: Practice area · Billable target · Mentor · CPE hours
Fields we’d add: Work state · Time zone · Equipment list · Manager
Your setup looks different? Tell us how your team works and we’ll sketch it on a discovery call.
04Try it yourself
Zoho People handles rosters, shift rotation and swap notifications. When we set it up, we add the checks your managers care about, like enough closers every night and a 40-hour cap, so problems show up before the schedule goes out. Click a cell to switch between Morning, Evening and Off, then publish.
| Team | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DDanaShift lead | 45 h | |||||
| MMarcusSales associate | 32 h | |||||
| PPriyaSales associate | 32 h | |||||
| LLuisStock & receiving | 35 h | |||||
| KKimCashier | 25 h | |||||
| Coverage |
05Zoho People pricing in the US
Zoho People is priced per employee, per month. In the US there are four paid plans, from $3 per employee (Essential HR, billed yearly) to $8 (Enterprise), plus a free plan for up to 3 employees. Pick your headcount and what HR needs most below, and the advisor shows the plan that covers it.
06License cost calculator
Move the slider to your number of employees and pick a plan. If you know what you pay per employee today, add it to compare. Every rate here is Zoho’s published US per-employee price in USD, before tax. Payroll is a separate app, so it isn’t in this number.
07Zoho People vs the alternatives
Zoho People starts at $3 per employee per month in the US. BambooHR starts around $10. Gusto bundles payroll, so it charges a monthly base fee plus a per-person fee. Rippling and Paycor mostly quote by headcount, and we’d rather say that than guess a number.
| HR software | Cheapest paid plan | Mid plan | Top plan | Worth knowing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoho People | $3Essential HR | $5Workforce or Talent | $8Enterprise | Free for up to 3 employees. Payroll is separate, in Zoho Payroll |
| BambooHR | $10Core | $17Pro | $25Elite | Per employee above 25 people. Smaller teams pay a flat $250, $425 or $650 a month. Payroll is extra |
| Gusto | $49 + $6Simple, base + per person | $80 + $12Plus | $180 + $22Premium | Payroll is included. Multi-state payroll needs Plus or higher |
| Rippling | From $8Platform only | Quote | Quote | Each HR, IT or finance module is priced on top of the platform |
| Paycor | Quote | Quote | Quote | Sold through sales by headcount and modules |
Same 50 people, same year: Zoho People’s top plan costs $5,400 less than BambooHR Pro.
A fair note on Gusto: its price includes running payroll, and Zoho People’s doesn’t. If you need payroll too, add Zoho Payroll to the Zoho side. Rippling and Paycor aren’t in the chart because they quote by headcount.
Where another tool can make sense: if you have under 15 people and payroll is the only thing you need, Gusto is simple and well known. If you want HR, laptops and app access managed from one console, Rippling was built for that. If your team already loves BambooHR and the price works, staying can be the right call. If your headcount and HR setup point to one of these, you’ll hear it from us on the first call.
List prices in USD per employee per month, billed yearly. Gusto adds a monthly base fee. Rippling and Paycor quote by headcount. BambooHR, Gusto and Rippling can all change their per-employee rates, so we re-check them against your headcount the week you decide.
08Where your data lands
Pick what you use today to see how it maps. The hard part of a Zoho People migration is rarely the employee list. It’s leave balances, accrual rules and document history, and that’s where we spend the time. We plan the cutover between pay periods so balances match on both sides.
See the full BambooHR migration plan →
| In BambooHR | In Zoho People |
|---|---|
| Employee records | Employee profiles |
| Custom fields & tables | Custom fields & forms |
| Time off policies | Leave types & accrual rules |
| Onboarding & offboarding lists | Onboarding & offboarding workflows |
| Time tracking | Attendance & timesheets |
| Performance & goals | Performance, goals & 360 reviews |
| Files & e-signatures | Document manager & Zoho Sign |
| BambooHR Payroll | Zoho Payroll |
Moving from Gusto? See every Zoho migration →
| In Gusto | In Zoho People |
|---|---|
| Team members | Employee profiles |
| Departments | Departments & reporting lines |
| PTO policies | Leave types & accrual rules |
| Time tracking | Attendance, shifts & timesheets |
| Hiring & onboarding | Zoho Recruit & onboarding workflows |
| Documents | Document manager |
| Performance reviews | Performance & review cycles |
| Payroll runs | Zoho Payroll, or Gusto kept and synced |
Moving from Rippling? See every Zoho migration →
| In Rippling | In Zoho People |
|---|---|
| Employee records | Employee profiles |
| Custom fields | Custom fields & forms |
| Workflow Studio | Workflows & custom functions |
| Time & attendance | Attendance & shift scheduling |
| Time off | Leave types & accrual rules |
| Performance reviews | Performance & 360 reviews |
| Learning management | Zoho People LMS |
| Payroll | Zoho Payroll |
Moving from ADP Workforce Now? See every Zoho migration →
| In ADP Workforce Now | In Zoho People |
|---|---|
| Employee records | Employee profiles |
| Org structure | Departments, locations & reporting lines |
| Time & attendance | Attendance, shifts & timesheets |
| Leave balances | Leave balances & accrual rules |
| Performance | Performance & goals |
| Learning | Zoho People LMS |
| Reports | HR reports & Zoho Analytics |
| Payroll | Zoho Payroll, or ADP kept and synced |
Moving from Spreadsheets? See every Zoho migration →
| In Spreadsheets | In Zoho People |
|---|---|
| Employee list | Employee profiles |
| Columns | Fields |
| PTO tracker tab | Leave balances & accruals |
| Timesheet tab | Timesheets |
| Org chart drawing | Live org chart |
| Shared drive folders | Employee documents |
| “Ask HR” emails | Employee self-service & HR cases |
09Connects to what you use
HR data is only useful if payroll, finance and IT get it too. These are the Zoho People integrations we set up most for US companies: Zoho Payroll or the payroll you already run, Zoho Recruit, Zoho Books and QuickBooks for billable time, Google Workspace, Microsoft Teams and Slack. If your sales team runs on Zoho CRM, the same login covers both. Hover or tap a tile to see what moves.
Zoho People
Zoho PayrollAttendance, leave and overtime reports ready for each pay run. We connect them to Zoho Payroll or your current provider.Zoho RecruitA hired candidate becomes a new hire in Zoho People, ready for onboarding.
Zoho BooksApproved timesheets are pushed across for billing and payments.
Zoho ExpenseEmployees and managers stay in sync for expense requests and approvals.
Zoho SignOffer letters, policies and handbook sign-offs signed and filed online.
Zoho CliqHR alerts and quick actions inside team chat.
QuickBooksBillable hours from timesheets turn into invoices.
Custom APIsZoho Flow, Zoho Catalyst or AWS for anything bespoke.10What a project with us looks like
Each project is scoped on its own and priced in a signed BRD. Most HR rollouts we run follow one of these four. If you’re already on Zoho People, we usually start by fixing leave rules and approvals that never quite worked. After go-live, our Zoho People consultants stay on for support and training as your policies change.
Quick start
Fixed price, agreed in a signed BRD
Time & attendance
Fixed price, agreed in a signed BRD
Migration + payroll
Fixed price, agreed in a signed BRD
HR + AI / SI
Fixed price, agreed in a signed BRD
Hiring and paying people too? Zoho People can sit in the middle of a bigger HR setup, taking new hires from Zoho Recruit and handing approved hours and leave to Zoho Payroll. We plan all four HR apps as one project, and the bundle page shows how.
See the HR & Payroll bundle11Questions HR teams ask us
Plain answers on pricing, payroll, migration and setup. If yours isn’t here, bring it to a free discovery call along with your leave policy or handbook.
Zoho People is Zoho’s HR software. It keeps employee records, onboarding, time off, attendance, shifts, timesheets, performance reviews, training and HR cases in one place, with a self-service app so employees can check balances and request leave on their own.
In the US, Zoho People costs $3 per employee per month for Essential HR, $5 for Workforce, $5 for Talent and $8 for Enterprise, billed yearly in USD before tax. Monthly billing is $4, $6, $6 and $10. There is also a free plan for up to 3 employees. Setting up Zoho People with us is its own fixed price, written into a signed BRD before we import a single employee record.
For most small and mid-size US teams, Zoho People costs much less. Its top plan is $8 per employee per month billed yearly, while BambooHR starts around $10 and its Pro plan is about $17, with a flat monthly minimum for teams of 25 or fewer. Zoho People is also stronger for shift and hourly teams. BambooHR is a fine choice if your team already likes it and the price works, and we’ll tell you that honestly.
Yes. We run Zoho People migrations from BambooHR, Gusto, Rippling, ADP Workforce Now and spreadsheets. We map every field and leave policy, run a test load you check, move records, balances and documents, and time the cutover between pay periods so balances match.
No. Zoho People handles HR, time off, attendance and timesheets, and payroll runs in a payroll app. In the US that can be Zoho Payroll or the provider you already use, like Gusto or ADP. We connect attendance, leave and approved hours to it so nobody types them twice. Want hiring, HR, payroll and expense claims planned together? That is exactly what our Zoho HR & Payroll bundle is for.
It depends on your headcount, locations, leave policies, data migration and integrations. The signed BRD lists every leave policy, shift pattern and data import, and the delivery schedule dates each one through to the day staff get the self-service app.
Zoho People connects with Zoho Payroll, Zoho Recruit, Zoho Expense, Zoho Sign, Zoho Cliq and Zoho Analytics out of the box, plus Google Workspace, Microsoft 365 and biometric time clocks. For anything else we use Zoho Flow, APIs or a custom integration.
Yes. Zoho People for small business starts with a free plan for up to 3 employees, and Essential HR costs $3 per employee per month billed yearly. There is no flat monthly minimum, so a 10-person team pays for 10 people, and you can add attendance or performance later.
Yes. The Zoho People app for iPhone and Android lets employees check leave balances, request time off with documents attached, check in and out, log time, update goals and ask HR a question. Managers approve time off and timesheets from the same app.
Yes. Attendance can be limited to approved locations or IP addresses, so staff can only check in from the right site or network. Zoho People also works with biometric attendance systems and can verify a face photo taken in the web or mobile app.
Yes. You can build shifts and rosters by department, role or location, rotate shifts automatically, set breaks and shift allowances, and notify staff about swaps and changes on the web and in the app. Shift scheduling comes with the Workforce plan.
Yes, on the Talent and Enterprise plans. Performance covers SMART goals and KRAs, skill mapping, peer and manager feedback and custom appraisal cycles. The learning system runs courses, tests and live sessions through Zoho Meeting.
Yes. Leave types, accrual rates, carry-over limits and eligibility can be set per location or employee group, so a California office and a Texas site can follow different policies. We configure the rules you give us, and your HR or legal advisor confirms what each state requires.
Yes. After go-live our Zoho People consultants provide ongoing support, admin help, new workflows and training for HR, managers and new staff, online or on-site in Southern California.
Yes. Zoho People has a free plan for up to 3 employees, covering employee records, time off and documents. It suits a very small team getting organized, and you can move to Essential HR at $3 per employee per month, billed yearly, as you grow.
SI stands for super intelligence. In September 2026 a US executive order asked federal agencies to use “super intelligence” or “SI” in place of “artificial intelligence” in official communications. Most businesses still say AI, so we use both terms.
12How a Zoho People project starts
You’ll know what you’re getting and what it costs, in writing, before setup begins. A small team moving off spreadsheets can often be scoped from the first call. A larger move, like BambooHR plus payroll across several states, may need a paid scoping and BRD phase, and we’ll quote that up front.
Zoho People rollouts run online for HR teams across the US, Canada and Latin America; we come on-site in Southern California when managers want hands-on training. Prefer to write first? Use our contact page.
From kick-off to go-live, the rest of the process is on one page. See how we work →
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