TalentHR

TalentHR is a cloud HR management service for small and medium-sized businesses, with tools for employee records, time off, onboarding, offboarding and payroll management. Other features include file management, reports, benefits, workflows, asset management, performance management, goals, time tracking, surveys and document signing. Applicant tracking covers job openings and candidate pipelines, screening questions, CV autofill, AI-assisted job-description generation and suitability scoring. Safe voice lets employees send sensitive reports anonymously to internal or external recipients. Admins and employees can use the mobile apps on iOS and Android, alongside web access, an API and integrations including Slack, Google Calendar, Microsoft Outlook Calendar, TalentLMS, Google Workspace, WordPress and Zapier. Microsoft Teams integration is marked coming soon. The free plan supports up to 10 active users. Essential costs $2.40 a month and Premium costs $4.80 a month; both require at least 15 users. All plans include unlimited email support with a one-business-day response guarantee, and a 14-day trial is listed.

TalentHR combines core employee administration with hiring, performance and time-management tools. Its free tier supports up to 10 active users, while paid monthly plans have a 15-user minimum.

TalentHR is intended for small and medium-sized businesses managing employee records, hiring and other HR workflows. Its mobile access and Safe voice channel may also suit teams needing employee access on phones or anonymous issue reporting.

TalentHR is a cloud HR service for small and medium-sized businesses that want employee administration, recruiting, and workforce management in one place. It suits teams that can stay within the free allowance or justify a 15-user paid subscription. The principal trade-off is the sharp jump between those two audiences.

Overview

TalentHR combines employee records, payroll-related HR administration, time-off management, onboarding, and offboarding with applicant tracking and performance tools. Its wider set includes file management, benefits, reports and analytics, workflows, asset management, surveys, time tracking, and document signing. That breadth is useful when a business wants fewer separate systems for routine people operations, although a company needing only a small paid HR database may pay for capacity it cannot use.

Launched in 2023 and brought to market by Epignosis, TalentHR is intended for businesses worldwide. The company says an account can be configured without IT knowledge, usually in a few hours to two or three business days depending on company size.

Key features

Hiring and employee administration

Applicant tracking covers job openings, applicant pipelines, screening questions, CV autofill, AI-assisted job-description generation, and candidate suitability scoring. These tools give a small recruiting operation a structured path from opening a role to evaluating candidates. Employee records, onboarding, offboarding, benefits, files, workflows, and document signing then carry the process into ongoing administration.

Time, performance, and reporting

Time-off management and time tracking address attendance-related work, while performance management and goal setting support regular employee development. Reports and analytics add visibility across the HR data. Safe voice provides an anonymous channel for reporting sensitive issues to internal or external recipients, aimed at whistleblower-protection requirements.

Access, integrations, and protection

Admins and employees can use the core tools through mobile apps on iOS and Android, as well as the web service. Integrations include Slack, Google Calendar, Microsoft Outlook Calendar, TalentLMS, Google Workspace, WordPress, and Zapier; an API is supported, with Microsoft Teams marked as coming soon. All plans include unlimited email support with a response guarantee of one business day.

TalentHR says it runs exclusively on Amazon Web Services, encrypts data with AES-256 and SSL/TLS 1.2, and uses firewalls, vulnerability scanning, monitoring, and intrusion detection and prevention. Database dumps are retained for one year and daily host snapshots for 30 days. Epignosis says its group complies with GDPR, UK GDPR, CCPA, the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework and its UK and Swiss extensions. Free accounts with no login for more than 365 days are permanently deleted after reminder notifications.

Pricing

The freemium structure is straightforward but the seat thresholds matter. A 14-day trial is available, and paid pricing is billed monthly unless stated otherwise.

Free is the sensible starting point for a microbusiness that can remain at 10 active users and needs core HR administration. Essential is aimed at organizations ready to pay for assets, custom fields, anonymous reporting, and unrestricted job postings, but its 15-user minimum makes the apparent per-user price less relevant to smaller teams. Premium is the better fit when formal performance reviews or public API access are requirements; otherwise Essential avoids paying for those additions.

Platforms

TalentHR is offered on web, iOS, Android, and through an API. Mobile access covers core tools for both administrators and employees, while the API is publicly available on Premium.

Who it's for

TalentHR is a strong match for small and medium-sized businesses consolidating employee records, hiring, time management, and performance work. It is especially practical for teams that can use the free 10-user allowance or that already have at least 15 users for a paid plan. A very small business that has outgrown the free cap by only a few people should examine the minimum paid seat commitment carefully.

Pros and cons

Pros

• Broad HR coverage: recruiting, records, onboarding, time, benefits, performance, and documents share one service.
• Useful free entry point: core tools are available at no cost for up to 10 active users with no time limit.
• Recruiting depth: pipelines, screening questions, CV autofill, generated job descriptions, and suitability scoring go beyond a basic vacancy list.
• Mobile and integration reach: iOS and Android apps, calendars, Slack, Zapier, and API connectivity support distributed teams.
• Defined support and security practices: every plan includes one-business-day email response coverage, with stated encryption, backups, and compliance commitments.

Cons

• Paid plans start at 15 users: teams between 11 and 14 users cannot buy a smaller paid tier.
• Five-user billing steps: paid user counts must rise or fall in increments of five, limiting fine-grained seat management.
• Key capabilities are reserved for Premium: performance reviews and public API access require the higher tier.
• Free-account deletion policy: accounts inactive for more than 365 days are permanently deleted after reminders.

Alternatives

Zoho People is a better fit for teams wanting a free allowance of five users and web, iOS, and Android access with paid tiers whose prices are handled separately.

Frappe HR suits organizations that need self-hosting alongside Android, iOS, web, and API options; its listed cloud plans start at $5 a month for one site.

Runtime HRMS is an option for a five-employee free tier and an annual ₹350-per-month plan that includes 10 employees, a mobile app, payroll, and HR management.

WebHR is worth considering for a free five-employee plan or a prepaid yearly plan at $2 a month supporting up to 1,000 employees.

IceHrm provides a self-hosted option with employee profiles, attendance, payroll, documents, projects, timesheets, and reports.

Rippling is a paid platform with custom pricing and separately purchasable products.

Workday Human Capital Management is a paid product with contact-sales pricing and no public package limits stated.

Kredily offers a free-forever plan with unlimited employees, 250 MB of storage, and one customizable leave and attendance setup.

See more options in HR Software.

Verdict

Choose TalentHR if you want one service for core HR, recruiting, time management, and performance work and can fit either its 10-user free cap or 15-user paid minimum. Its strongest reason to buy is the unusually broad operational and hiring toolkit at the entry tiers. Look elsewhere if your paid team is smaller than 15 users, if you need performance reviews or public API access without Premium, or if seat counts must be adjusted one user at a time.