Payroll · head to head
PayFit vs Sesame HR
PayFit
Payroll
Native payroll and HR for small and mid-sized companies in a small number of European countries
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
Sesame HR
HR
Spanish HR and time recording platform built around the legal obligation to record daily working hours
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: PayFit coverage is limited to a handful of European countries and the company withdrew from Germany in 2023, so any buyer with expansion plans should assume the country they need next will not be supported.; Sesame HR there is no payroll calculation, so the payroll relationship stays with an external gestoria or payroll system and Sesame is only feeding it data.
- They diverge on capability: PayFit covers Native payroll engine, Sesame HR covers Time and attendance.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which PayFit and Sesame HR actually diverge.
Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (quote), free tier (No), platforms (Web, iOS, Android), user rating (Not yet rated).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in PayFit
- Native payroll engine
- Statutory filing
- Payslip generation
- Time off management
- Employee records
- Automated variable pay
- Accounting export
Only in Sesame HR
- Time and attendance
- Legal time reports
- Shift planning
- Absence management
- Document management
- Performance
- Payroll export
Both cover
- Expenses
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
PayFit
- A French company of 50 people leaving a payroll bureau that charges per payslip and returns work slowlynot Sesame HR
- A Spanish or Italian employer that needs payroll calculated in-country rather than routed through an intermediarynot Sesame HR
- A UK subsidiary of a European group that wants payroll on the same platform as the parent where the country is supportednot Sesame HR
- A finance team that wants payroll journals exported directly into the local accounting system without manual mappingnot Sesame HR
Sesame HR
- A Spanish employer that must produce daily working time records for a labour inspectionnot PayFit
- A company with shift workers across several sites that needs rota planning and real clock-in data in one placenot PayFit
- A business whose gestoria wants clean hours and absence data each month instead of emailed spreadsheetsnot PayFit
- A Latin American subsidiary of a Spanish group standardising on the same attendance systemnot PayFit
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
PayFit
- Coverage is limited to a handful of European countries and the company withdrew from Germany in 2023, so any buyer with expansion plans should assume the country they need next will not be supported.
- There is no employer of record capability, so hiring one person in an unsupported country means adding a separate vendor and a separate employment model.
- The HR modules cover time off, expenses and records but do not replace an HRIS, and companies with performance, learning or ATS requirements will run PayFit alongside another system.
- Pricing is quoted per country as a platform fee plus a per employee charge, which makes cross-border cost comparison awkward and means a small subsidiary can carry a disproportionate fixed cost.
- The product is built for small and mid-sized employers, and companies past a few hundred employees report hitting limits in complex collective agreement handling and in bulk data correction workflows.
Sesame HR
- There is no payroll calculation, so the payroll relationship stays with an external gestoria or payroll system and Sesame is only feeding it data.
- The product is built around Spanish and Latin American regulation, so a buyer employing in northern Europe gets attendance tracking without the local statutory logic that made the product valuable in the first place.
- Modules beyond time and attendance are noticeably shallower, and companies expecting the performance or recruitment features to replace dedicated tools are usually disappointed.
- Support, documentation and legal templates are Spanish-first, and English-language material lags behind, which slows adoption in mixed-language organisations.
- Pricing is per employee per month across module tiers, so a company that only wants compliant time recording still pays a headcount-scaled fee for a suite it uses a fraction of.
Pricing, plan by plan
PayFit
On request- PayFit$undefined/year
- Monthly platform fee plus a charge per paid employee
- Pricing differs by country of employment
- Payroll calculation and statutory filing
Sesame HR
On request- Sesame HR$undefined/year
- Priced per employee per month with module-based tiers
- Time and attendance in the base tier
- Shift planning, performance and expenses as higher tiers or add-ons
Which should you pick?
Choose PayFit if
- You need native payroll engine.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want statutory filing.
Choose Sesame HR if
- You need time and attendance.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want legal time reports.
Questions people ask
- Is PayFit or Sesame HR better?
- Neither clearly leads. PayFit starts at On request and Sesame HR at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, PayFit or Sesame HR?
- PayFit starts at On request and Sesame HR at On request.
- Does PayFit or Sesame HR run on more platforms?
- Both run on Web, iOS, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
- What is PayFit best used for?
- PayFit is most often used for a french company of 50 people leaving a payroll bureau that charges per payslip and returns work slowly, a spanish or italian employer that needs payroll calculated in-country rather than routed through an intermediary, a uk subsidiary of a european group that wants payroll on the same platform as the parent where the country is supported, a finance team that wants payroll journals exported directly into the local accounting system without manual mapping. Of those, a french company of 50 people leaving a payroll bureau that charges per payslip and returns work slowly and a spanish or italian employer that needs payroll calculated in-country rather than routed through an intermediary are not what Sesame HR is typically brought in for.
- What can PayFit do that Sesame HR cannot?
- PayFit covers Native payroll engine, Statutory filing, Payslip generation, Time off management. Sesame HR covers Time and attendance, Legal time reports, Shift planning, Absence management. Both handle Expenses.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
PayFit: Which countries does PayFit actually calculate payroll in?
It runs its own payroll engine for the countries it sells in, currently France, Spain, Italy and the United Kingdom, and it closed its German operation in 2023.
Sesame HR: Why is time recording mandatory in Spain?
Royal Decree-Law 8/2019 requires every employer to record daily start and finish times for all employees and to retain those records for four years for labour inspection.
PayFit: Is it native payroll or aggregation through a local partner?
Native. Country rules are written and maintained in the company own domain-specific language, so calculation and filing are PayFit responsibilities rather than a partner obligation.
Sesame HR: Does Sesame HR run payroll?
No. It exports hours, absences and variable pay to a gestoria or payroll system such as A3 or Sage.
PayFit: Can PayFit employ staff on my behalf?
No. It is payroll software for entities you already have. Employment in a country without your own entity needs an employer of record.
Sesame HR: Does it work outside Spain?
It is used across Latin America and Portugal. Outside those markets you get the tooling without the country-specific legal logic.
PayFit: Does it handle collective bargaining agreements?
Common French and Spanish agreements are supported, but unusual or heavily negotiated agreements can require manual handling.
Sesame HR: Can it handle shift workers across multiple sites?
Yes. Kiosk and QR clock-in with geolocation is designed for exactly that, and rota planning sits on top of the same data.
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