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How pPULSE stacks up.

Customers tend to come to us from one of three places: spreadsheets, local payroll consultants, or global HRMS suites. Here's how each path tends to go.

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vs spreadsheets

When the team grows past 30, spreadsheet payroll starts hurting.

PF / ESIC / PT slabs change, gratuity provisioning gets forgotten, and the F&F for that one exit drags into the next month's books. Customers switching from spreadsheets save 80-120 hrs of HR ops time in month one.

  • 80-120 hours saved. In HR ops, in month one of switching. Another 20-40 hrs saved in finance ops on GST and JE.
  • 0 missed statutory deadlines. Vs an average of 1-2 per quarter on spreadsheets. Penalties + interest add up.
  • Same per-employee cost. ₹125/pp/mo on Starter is roughly the cost of 30 mins of HR time per employee per month.
  • Single source of truth. No more 14 versions of the salary sheet floating in WhatsApp.
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Switching from spreadsheets
Typical 200-person org
First 30 days
HR ops time saved
80-120 hrs / month
Statutory deadlines hit
100% (vs 75-85%)
Manual reconciliation
0 hrs (vs 16+ hrs)
F&F median time
2.4 days (vs 8-14)
Per employee cost
₹125 / month
Per-employee HR cost reduction
~₹400 / mo equivalent
Switching from a consultant
Typical 180-person org
Day 1 of switch
Old monthly retainer
₹450/pp · ₹81,000/mo
New pPULSE cost
₹125/pp · ₹22,500/mo
Savings
₹58,500 / mo (₹7L / yr)
Payslip availability
On payroll-run day
Self-service for staff
Yes (vs email-only)
Implementation time
10 working days
vs local payroll consultants

Faster turnaround. Self-service. Transparent pricing.

3-5 day monthly closes drop to 1 day. Self-service for employees so the consultant isn't the only person who can pull a payslip. Transparent per-person pricing instead of opaque retainers.

  • 62% lower per-employee cost. Vs typical local consultant retainers of ₹500-1,500 / pp / month.
  • Same-day payslip access. Employees see breakdowns the moment payroll runs. No more emailing the consultant.
  • CA still does taxes. Most customers keep their CA for tax filings, use pPULSE for everything else.
  • Payroll runs in-house. You own the workflow. Consultant is no longer a single point of failure.
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vs global HRMS suites

India-native compliance, no INR markup on USD pricing.

PF challans, ESIC returns, PT slabs across 28 states, TDS Form 24Q, gratuity, bonus, all built in. Not as add-on modules, not as templates you customise. INR pricing without the FX markup.

  • Built-in, not bolted on. Indian compliance is the product, not a localisation module.
  • INR pricing. ₹125-185 per person per month. No FX-rate trickery.
  • 9am-9pm IST support. Real humans. Mostly Chennai-based. Tamil + Hindi + English.
  • Vernacular UI. 7 Indian languages, professionally translated.
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vs global suite (avg)
Typical 1,000-person org
Annual cost
Global suite (USD)
$18-28 / pp / mo
INR equivalent (FX + markup)
₹1,800-2,800 / pp / mo
pPULSE Growth
₹185 / pp / mo
Annual savings
₹2-3 Cr · 1,000 employees
Implementation time
8-12 wks · 2-6 wks pPULSE
India compliance
Add-on · pPULSE built-in
Side-by-side, the short version

The capabilities that matter, where each option lands.

Most teams switch to pPULSE from one of these three paths. Here's the short version of why.

PF / ESIC / PT

Spreadsheet: manual. Consultant: manual. Global suite: add-on. pPULSE: built-in.

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TDS 24Q

Spreadsheet: manual. Consultant: quarterly batch. Global: built-in. pPULSE: built-in.

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ATS / hiring

Spreadsheet: out of scope. Consultant: out of scope. Global: add-on module. pPULSE: built-in.

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Performance / OKRs

Spreadsheet: out of scope. Global: add-on. pPULSE: built-in.

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Indian languages

Spreadsheet: -. Consultant: EN only. Global: limited. pPULSE: 7 languages.

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Pricing transparency

Spreadsheet: free + your time. Consultant: ₹500-1500/pp. Global: $15-30/pp+FX. pPULSE: ₹125-185/pp.

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Why teams switch

Faster, cheaper, and more transparent than the alternatives.

2-6 weeks switch-over
Faster than the procurement cycle for most global vendors.
0 statutory misses
Track record across customers. Vs ~1-2/quarter on spreadsheets.
62-70% cost reduction
Vs local consultants and global suites respectively.
90%+ self-service
Employees and managers handle their own. HR works on cases.
Migrators included
BambooHR, Greytip, Zoho People, Keka, Greenhouse, Lever, all one click.
No exit fees
Full data export within 24 hrs of request. We make leaving easy.
Frequently asked

Questions about switching.

One-click importers for BambooHR, Greytip, Zoho People, Keka, Greenhouse, Lever. Generic CSV import with field mapping for the rest. Most migrations take a long weekend; large enterprise migrations take 4-8 weeks with our white-glove team.
Yes. Many customers run a parallel month before fully cutting over. We provide a comparison report showing the differences in computed amounts, useful for catching configuration mistakes early.
Migration is included on Growth and Enterprise plans. Starter pays a one-time ₹50,000 onboarding fee for migrations larger than 200 people. There are no exit fees if you ever leave.
We include manager training (60-90 min live session) and self-service walkthroughs for employees. Most teams are productive in the new system within their first payroll cycle.
We run a free parallel-run for 1 cycle on request. You compare our computed amounts (PF, ESIC, PT, TDS) line-by-line against your existing system. Differences explained with citations to the underlying rule.
We import 24 months of payroll history by default (configurable). Employee records, leave balances, performance ratings all come across. Older history available on Enterprise if needed.

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