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PHPPayroll
What it is
PHPPayroll is a PHP and MySQL payroll and HR system that automates salary calculations, attendance tracking, and leave management. It supports daily, weekly, task-based, and monthly employees, along with full-time and part-time workers. Modules cover employee records, attendance, holidays and leave, payslips, performance, assets, documents, expenses, work, grievances, recruitment, and loans. Attendance can connect to biometric devices, RFID cards, and mobile tracking, with real-time reports. An employee portal allows personal-detail updates, leave requests, payslip access, and grievance submissions. Payslips can show earnings and deductions for monthly, hourly, or project-based pay. The cloud edition is vendor-hosted, includes 256-bit SSL encryption, and provides technical support and onboarding. The self-hosted open-source edition supplies source code for customization but leaves security, permissions, and backups to the customer. The open-source edition is free and requires PHP, MySQL or MariaDB, and Apache or Nginx. Cloud plans start at $9.99 a month.
For and against
For
- Supports many employee payment structures
- Includes attendance, leave, payroll, and HR modules
- Employee portal handles requests and payslips
- Biometric, RFID, and mobile attendance options
- Free open-source edition available
Against
- Self-hosting leaves security and backups to customers
- Open-source installation requires PHP hosting knowledge
- Cloud storage ranges from 5 GB to 20 GB
- Cloud plans start at $9.99 a month
The verdict
PHPPayroll combines payroll, attendance, leave, and broad HR modules with cloud and self-hosted choices. The free edition offers customization, while hosted plans add vendor management and support.
Who it suits
PHPPayroll suits businesses managing payroll and HR for different employee types, from small companies to large organizations. Self-hosting fits customers able to manage PHP hosting and server security.
Plans and prices
Open-Source Edition
downloadable source code · self-hosted · modify and rebrand freely
Read 15 Oct 2026 · phppayroll.com
Starter
5 GB SSD web space · unlimited employees · unlimited payslips and records · 256-bit SSL
Read 15 Oct 2026 · phppayroll.com
Standard Plan (Most Popular)
15 GB SSD web space · unlimited employees · unlimited payslips and reports · 256-bit SSL
Read 15 Oct 2026 · phppayroll.com
Enterprise Payroll
20 GB SSD web space · unlimited employees · unlimited payslips and financial records · 256-bit SSL
Read 15 Oct 2026 · phppayroll.com
On the record
- API and extensibility
- The download documentation says developers may add modules, integrate third-party tools, build APIs or custom reports and modify workflows, but it does not publish a vendor API reference or SDK.phppayroll.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Assets and documents
- Asset management tracks assignments and returns with barcode or QR support, while document management provides versioned, permission-controlled storage.phppayroll.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Attendance
- The attendance module can integrate with biometric devices, RFID cards, and mobile-based attendance tracking, and provides real-time reports.phppayroll.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Attendance feature
- Attendance tracking records working hours, absences, late arrivals and overtime and feeds the payroll calculation.phppayroll.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Biometric attendance
- Biometric attendance supports fingerprint, facial-recognition and RFID devices, with payroll integration and offline synchronization.phppayroll.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Cloud edition
- Cloud Edition is hosted by PHPPayroll with automatic updates, daily backups, browser access and managed maintenance.github.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Cloud plan limits
- All three listed cloud plans state unlimited employees and payslips, with storage capacities of 5 GB, 15 GB, and 20 GB respectively.phppayroll.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Company size and headquarters
- LinkedIn lists PHP Payroll as a self-owned software-development company with 11–50 employees headquartered in Delhi, India.in.linkedin.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation depth
- Official documentation includes installation, configuration, feature explanations, customization guidance and best practices for both editions.phppayroll.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Employee records
- Employee management centralizes personal, job, salary and performance information with role-based access.github.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Employee self-service
- The employee self-service portal lets employees update personal details, request leave, access payslips, and raise grievances.phppayroll.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Employee types
- It supports daily, weekly, task-based, monthly, full-time, and part-time employees.phppayroll.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Employment types
- The system supports daily, weekly, task-based, monthly, full-time and part-time employees.github.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Expenses and work
- Expense management handles receipt submissions, approvals and payroll-linked reimbursements, while work management tracks tasks and deadlines.phppayroll.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Founded year listing
- GoodFirms lists PHP Payroll's year as 2011 and country as India.goodfirms.co · read 15 Oct 2026
- HR modules
- Its listed modules include employee, attendance, holiday and leave, payslip, user, biometric attendance, performance, asset, document, expense, work, grievance, recruitment, and loan management.phppayroll.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Independent company description
- Trustpilot describes PHP Payroll as an HR/payroll system for small and midsize companies with payslip, attendance and leave functions.trustpilot.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Independent deployment listing
- GoodFirms categorizes PHP Payroll as proprietary software deployed on premises for Windows, Mac and Linux.goodfirms.co · read 15 Oct 2026
