NepalHRM
Pricing Sheet · Effective 22 September 2026 · Valid until updated

Simple pricing. Built for Nepal.

Pay per active employee in NPR, from the first employee. The Startup Program is free for teams of up to 10. Essential covers attendance & workforce management, Business unlocks the complete HR suite with Nepal payroll, and Enterprise adds multi-company support. No per-module fees, and volume rates drop automatically as you grow. Specialty features like the Desktop Activity Tracker and HR AI Assistant are licensed separately by agreement.

TL;DR

1. Startup Program: free forever for up to 10 employees. Employee records, leave and the mobile app, no card.

2. Essential: NPR 60 / employee / month from the first employee, for attendance & workforce management (drops to NPR 56 above 50, NPR 54 above 100).

3. Business: NPR 99 / employee / month from the first employee, for the complete HR suite with Nepal payroll (drops to NPR 89 above 100, NPR 79 above 200).

4. Enterprise — custom for multi-company groups and 350+ teams, with a dedicated success manager and 99.9% SLA.

5. 1-month free trial on Essential & Business, annual billing gets 2 months free, and prices exclude 13% VAT.

Startup Program

For teams of up to 10 employees
Freeforever · no card
Sample: a 7-person startup pays NPR 0/month for records, leave and the mobile app.
  • Employee directory & org chart
  • Leave requests & approvals
  • Employee mobile app (iOS + Android)
  • Roles, permissions & audit log
  • Up to 10 employees
  • Kathmandu-based support

Essential

For 1–150 employees going digital on attendance
NPR 60per active employee / month
Sample: 5 employees = NPR 300/month. 25 employees = NPR 1,500/month. 100 employees = NPR 5,400/month.
  • Employees, attendance & leave management
  • Unlimited biometric devices
  • Geo-fenced clock-in
  • Shifts, overtime & attendance policy
  • Salary advances & loans
  • Basic reports (view-only)
  • User roles, permissions & audit log
  • Volume discount above 50 & 100 employees
  • 1-month free trial

Enterprise

Multi-company groups & 350+ teams
Customtailored quote for your scale
Sample: talk to sales for a rate tuned to your headcount.
  • Everything in Business
  • Chat, GPS field tracking, AI assistant & 2FA
  • Activity Tracker included
  • Multi-company / multi-entity
  • Dedicated success manager
  • 99.9% uptime SLA
  • Priority onboarding & migration

Essential and Business bill every active employee from the first, with no jump at any headcount: a team of 5 pays 5 × the rate. As your headcount crosses each band, your whole team moves to the lower rate. Only the Startup Program is NPR 0. Biometric devices are billed separately as hardware with a one-time setup fee.

What's included in each plan

The same module map as our public pricing page. The Startup Program is employee records, leave and the mobile app for up to 10 employees; Essential adds attendance, workforce and loans; Business is the full HR suite with Nepal payroll; Enterprise adds multi-entity, collaboration and security. No à-la-carte module charges on any plan.

Capability Startup ProgramNPR 0 EssentialNPR 60 / emp BusinessNPR 99 / emp EnterpriseCustom
Core HR (every plan, including Startup Program)
Employees & org chart✓✓✓✓
Leave management✓✓✓✓
Employee mobile app✓✓✓✓
User roles & permissions✓✓✓✓
Audit log✓✓✓✓
Attendance, overtime & loans (Essential and up)
Attendance — web + mobile—✓✓✓
Biometric devices—UnlimitedUnlimitedUnlimited
Geo-fenced clock-in—✓✓✓
Attendance policy & rules—✓✓✓
Shifts & rostering—✓✓✓
Overtime—✓✓✓
Loans & advances—✓✓✓
People Ops & Documents
Reports & analytics—Basic (view-only)Full reportsFull reports
Onboarding——✓✓
Offboarding——✓✓
Documents——✓✓
Announcements——✓✓
Policies——✓✓
Disciplinary——✓✓
Assets——✓✓
Helpdesk——✓✓
Payroll & Finance (Nepal, Business and up)
Payroll — PF · CIT · SSF · eTDS——✓✓
Reimbursements——✓✓
Expense claims——✓✓
Hiring & Performance
Recruitment / ATS——✓✓
Careers page——✓✓
Performance——✓✓
OKRs / Objectives——✓✓
Training & LMS——✓✓
Tasks & projects——✓✓
Branding, add-ons & platform
Custom branding——✓✓
Activity tracker (add-on)NPR 250NPR 250NPR 250Included
Multi-company / multi-entity———Included
Dedicated CSM · 99.9% SLA———Included
Collaboration, AI & security (Enterprise only)
Chat & messages———Included
GPS field tracking———Included
AI assistant———Included
Two-factor authentication (2FA)———Included
Mirrors the plan table on nepalhrm.com/pricing, which is the price list that controls. Activity tracker is an optional add-on at NPR 250 / employee / month on the Startup Program, Essential and Business, and is included on Enterprise.

Specialty add-ons — by agreement

These are licensed separately because they involve infrastructure costs (LLM tokens, desktop endpoints) or sensitive data handling that needs a per-customer agreement.

Add-on · By agreement

Desktop Activity Tracker

Optional macOS & Windows agent that captures active-app focus, idle time, and (with consent) periodic screenshots, then surfaces a productivity dashboard inside HRMS.

  • Optional add-on, separate from your plan's per-employee price
  • Custom DPA & consent flow per company policy
  • Data retention configurable (7 / 30 / 90 days)
  • Pilot rollout for 5–10 seats before commit
Add-on: NPR 250 / employee / month on the Startup Program, Essential and Business; included on Enterprise. Pilot quote on request.
Add-on · By agreement

HR AI Assistant

In-app AI that answers policy questions, drafts offer letters, summarises long threads, screens CVs, and writes job descriptions. Built on the Claude API.

  • Priced on token usage, billed monthly
  • Tenant-isolated retrieval; nothing leaves your workspace
  • Opt-in per module (Recruitment, Messages, Helpdesk…)
  • Custom prompt packs available for legal & finance
Indicative: from NPR 1,500 / company / month base, plus usage. Included on Enterprise. Volume tier on request.
Roadmap · Not yet available

WhatsApp Business gateway

A WhatsApp delivery channel for payslips, attendance reminders, leave-approval pings and announcements. This channel is not built yet, so nothing is sent over WhatsApp today: notifications currently reach people in the app, as a push notification on Android and iOS, and by email. Ask us for the release position before you plan around it.

  • Planned routing via a Meta-approved BSP
  • Conversation pricing would be set by Meta
Not priced yet. Setup and per-conversation costs will be quoted when the channel ships.
Add-on · By agreement

White-label & On-prem

Custom brand, custom domain, and (optionally) a private deployment in your own VPC or on-prem hardware for organisations with regulatory requirements.

  • White-label: custom logo, colours, login domain
  • On-prem: Kamal-based deployment, your servers
  • Quarterly version sync included
Indicative: white-label from NPR 20,000 / month. On-prem quoted per scope.

Service & Support — what's free, what's premium

Free onboarding (every paid plan)

  • Workspace setup call (60 min)
  • Bulk employee CSV import
  • Payroll components & tax slabs configured
  • Biometric device pairing (1 device)
  • Manager & HR training (2 sessions)
  • Go-live checklist + first payroll dry run

Standard support hours

Sunday – Friday, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM NPT. Closed on Saturdays and gazetted Nepali holidays.

  • Email: support@nepalhrm.com
  • WhatsApp: in-app chat widget
  • Phone: dedicated number for Business & Enterprise
  • Knowledge base + video walkthroughs 24/7
  • First response in 4 working hours (Business), next-business-day SLA (Enterprise)

Premium support (optional)

  • Extended hours (8 AM – 9 PM, 7 days)
  • Dedicated Slack / WhatsApp channel
  • 1-hour response SLA on P1 incidents
  • Named customer success manager
  • Quarterly business review

Quoted at NPR 15,000 / month, or bundled into Enterprise plans.

Migration & data services

  • Free: CSV import of employees, leaves, balances
  • Free: payslip template configuration
  • Paid: full migration from Bamboo / Zoho / Excel — quoted
  • Paid: custom report builds / Looker connector — quoted
  • Paid: API integration with your ERP / accounting

Worked examples

Essential and Business bill every active employee from the first, at the volume rate for your headcount band. Teams of up to 10 who only need records, leave and the mobile app can stay on the Startup Program at NPR 0. All amounts shown before 13% VAT; annual billing bills 10 months (2 months free).

Headcount Essential
attendance & workforce
Business
full HR + Nepal payroll
1 employeeNPR 60 (1 × 60)NPR 99 (1 × 99)
5 employeesNPR 300 (5 × 60)NPR 495 (5 × 99)
10 employeesNPR 600 (10 × 60)NPR 990 (10 × 99)
25 employeesNPR 1,500 (25 × 60)NPR 2,475 (25 × 99)
50 employeesNPR 2,800 (50 × 56)NPR 4,950 (50 × 99)
100 employeesNPR 5,400 (100 × 54)NPR 8,900 (100 × 89)
150 employeesNPR 8,100 (150 × 54)NPR 13,350 (150 × 89)
200 employeesMove to BusinessNPR 15,800 (200 × 79)
300 employeesMove to BusinessNPR 23,700 (300 × 79)
350+ employees—Enterprise — custom
Monthly figures in NPR, before 13% VAT. There is no free threshold on Essential or Business: every seat bills from the first. Essential serves up to 150 employees; Business up to 350; beyond that, Enterprise is a tailored quote. Annual billing = pay for 10 months (2 months free).

Billing terms

What counts as an "employee"

Per active employee on the last day of the billing month. HR admins and managers count only if they're also employees of the company. Resigned / terminated employees are removed from the count automatically the day after their last working day.

Payment methods

  • Khalti — live today
  • eSewa & ConnectIPS — rolling out
  • Bank transfer (NPR) — NIC Asia, Nabil, NMB
  • Cheque — on request
  • Every invoice is a proper Nepal tax invoice (with our PAN)

Free trial & money-back

  • 1-month free trial on Essential & Business, no card to start
  • Charged only when the trial ends if you keep going; cancel any time during the trial with one click
  • 30-day money-back guarantee on annual plans

Discounts

  • 2 months free on annual billing (pay for 10 months)
  • 20% off for registered NGOs & cooperatives
  • 50% off for first-year startups (≤ 2 yrs old, ≤ 30 staff)
  • Volume rates applied automatically as you grow — same plan, lower per-employee price, no negotiation

FAQ

Is the free plan really free forever?

Yes. The Startup Program is free forever for teams of 10 or fewer: employee records, leave requests and approvals, and the mobile app. No card, no time limit. Attendance and payroll are on Essential and Business, which bill per active employee from the first.

How does the 1-month free trial work on paid plans?

Sign up, use everything for 30 days, no credit card at start. You're only charged on day 31 if you keep going. Cancel any time during the trial with one click — no charge.

Is the price per employee or per user?

Per active employee. HR admins and managers are counted only if they're actually employees of the company. External auditors or accountants invited as view-only do not count.

What's the difference between Essential and Business?

Essential is attendance & workforce management — employees, attendance, leave, overtime, shifts, biometric devices, salary advances and basic reports. Business is the complete HR suite: everything in Essential plus full Nepal payroll (PF·CIT·SSF·eTDS), recruitment, onboarding/offboarding, performance, documents, assets, helpdesk, expense claims and more. You can upgrade from Essential to Business any time.

How do the volume discounts work?

Automatically, and you stay on the same plan as you grow. Your whole team moves to the lower per-employee rate as your headcount crosses each band: Essential drops to NPR 56 above 50 and NPR 54 above 100; Business steps down to NPR 89 above 100 and NPR 79 above 200. No negotiation — we apply it on every invoice.

Why are Activity Tracker and HR AI Assistant priced separately?

Both have variable infrastructure cost. The Activity Tracker is a per-seat desktop agent with screenshot storage, and the HR AI Assistant consumes LLM tokens. We license each by agreement so you only pay for the seats / usage you actually need, and so the consent / data-retention terms can be tailored to your company policy.

Can I change plans later?

Yes — upgrade from Essential to Business (or to Enterprise) any time, and the new modules unlock immediately. You can also switch between monthly and annual at any renewal. Downgrades take effect on the next billing cycle. Annual plans carry a 30-day money-back guarantee.

Is there a setup fee?

No. Setup, employee import, payroll configuration, biometric pairing, and the first two training sessions are free on every paid plan. The biometric hardware itself is billed separately as a device with a one-time setup fee. We only charge for migrations that involve substantial data transformation from another HRMS.

What about VAT?

Prices on this sheet exclude 13% VAT. VAT is added to every invoice in compliance with Nepali tax law. You'll receive a proper VAT-compliant invoice (with our PAN) each month.

Do you sign NDAs and DPAs?

Yes. We sign standard NDAs and Data Processing Agreements on request, especially for the Activity Tracker, HR AI Assistant, and on-prem deployments.