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Alternatives to Sesame HR
22 hr tools sit alongside Sesame HR in this directory. Below is what separates each from Sesame HR on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 22
- With a free tier
- 3
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Sesame HR starts at
- On request
Why people look past Sesame HR
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Sesame HR entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Sesame HR carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 3 of the 22 alternatives below can be used without paying.
There is only one tier
Sesame HR publishes a single plan, Sesame HR at On request. There is no smaller tier to drop to if the fit is wrong or the budget moves.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
HR software that employees love
- Can be used without paying; Sesame HR cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where Sesame HR does not.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than quote.
- 2 tiers to Sesame HR's 1.
All-in-one HR software for SMEs
- Publishes an entry price of $5/employee-per-month, where Sesame HR does not.
Danish workforce scheduling and shift management software for shift-based businesses
- Publishes an entry price of £2.99/user per month, where Sesame HR does not.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than quote.
- 3 tiers to Sesame HR's 1.
Australian HR, payroll and recruitment platform for employment management
- Can be used without paying; Sesame HR cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of 199/month, where Sesame HR does not.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than quote.
- 5 tiers to Sesame HR's 1.
Employee recognition that builds culture
- Can be used without paying; Sesame HR cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $5/month, where Sesame HR does not.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than quote.
- 7 tiers to Sesame HR's 1.
Employer and payer channel for Talkspace therapy, sold as an in-network benefit rather than a session block
Priced and rated the same as Sesame HR on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Every Sesame HR alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sesame HR (this page) | On request | Quote | 1 | |
| FactorialA Spanish competitor with a broader HR suite and stronger international ambitions | Free | Subscription | 2 | vs Sesame HR |
| PersonioBetter for companies that need deeper HR functionality and European multi-country policy handling | $5/employee-per-month | - | - | vs Sesame HR |
| PlandayStronger dedicated shift scheduling for hospitality and retail if rota planning is the main requirement | £2.99/user per month | Subscription | 3 | vs Sesame HR |
| Employment Hero | Free, then 199/month | Subscription | 5 | vs Sesame HR |
| Bonusly | Free, then $5/month | Freemium | 7 | vs Sesame HR |
| Talkspace for Business | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Sesame HR |
| Spring Health | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Sesame HR |
| Unmind | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Sesame HR |
| Guild | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Sesame HR |
| Humaans | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Sesame HR |
| Cezanne HR | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Sesame HR |
| Insperity | On request | Quote | 2 | vs Sesame HR |
| Multiplier | $40/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Sesame HR |
| Officevibe | $4999/year | Subscription | 3 | vs Sesame HR |
| Motivosity | $3000/year | Quote | 3 | vs Sesame HR |
| Darwinbox | On request | Quote | - | vs Sesame HR |
| Nectar | $2.75/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Sesame HR |
| Oyster HR | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Sesame HR |
| Achievers | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Sesame HR |
| Breathe HR | £13/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Sesame HR |
| greytHR | 2495/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Sesame HR |
| HiBob | On request | Subscription | 1 | vs Sesame HR |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Sesame HR badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (3)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Factorial , Free
- Employment Hero , Free, then 199/month
- Bonusly , Free, then $5/month
What you would be giving up
Sesame HR is most often brought in for a spanish employer that must produce daily working time records for a labour inspection, a company with shift workers across several sites that needs rota planning and real clock-in data in one place, a business whose gestoria wants clean hours and absence data each month instead of emailed spreadsheets, a latin american subsidiary of a spanish group standardising on the same attendance system. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Sesame HR is broadly right and the question is cost, the Sesame HR pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the HR category lists everything the directory holds, and best hr tools ranks them.
Sesame HR runs on web, ios, android. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Sesame HR alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Sesame HR?
- 22 other hr tools are listed in this directory, led by Factorial, Personio, Planday, Employment Hero. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Sesame HR?
- 3 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Factorial, Employment Hero, Bonusly.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Sesame HR?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: there is no free tier; there is only one tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Sesame HR?
- Sesame HR is most often brought in for a spanish employer that must produce daily working time records for a labour inspection, a company with shift workers across several sites that needs rota planning and real clock-in data in one place, a business whose gestoria wants clean hours and absence data each month instead of emailed spreadsheets, a latin american subsidiary of a spanish group standardising on the same attendance system. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Sesame HR?
- None of the hr tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Sesame HR alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, HR, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Sesame HR against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Sesame HR covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every hr tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the HR category, 22 tools beside Sesame HR. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.