Comparison
CoreStack People vs greytHR
greytHR is one of the most widely used payroll and HR products among Indian small and mid-sized companies, with published prices and a long list of statutory features. Here is how the two compare, row by row.
Side by side
greytHR facts checked on greytHR's own website on 10 October 2026. Where we could not confirm something there, the table says so.
| CoreStack People | greytHR | |
|---|---|---|
| Published pricing | Not published as a price list — ask us for your headcount. With SitePulse as the Workforce Suite: from ₹60 per worker a month. | Yes — Essential ₹2,495 a month and Growth ₹4,495 a month, each including 50 employees, then ₹45 or ₹85 per extra employee; Premium on request; 7-day free trial. |
| Mobile app | No native app yet. Runs in any phone browser and installs to the home screen (Android and iPhone) as a web app. | Yes — Android and iOS apps. |
| Biometric devices | No direct device integration. Imports attendance from biometric device export files. | Yes — biometric attendance, and VISAGE face recognition. |
| PF, ESI, PT files | Each payroll run produces PF ECR, ESI, professional tax and bank-transfer files. | Yes — PF, ESI, PT, LWF and TDS computed across states. |
| Hiring / careers page | Included: careers page per company, pipeline, interviews with calendar invites and scorecards, referrals, pre-boarding portal. | Yes — greytHR Recruit, an add-on at ₹2,500 per recruiter a month. |
| E-signature | Included: offer letters and HR letters signed online with an email code. | We could not confirm built-in e-signature on greythr.com — worth asking them. |
| Hindi in the app | Yes — every user picks English or Hindi, with an optional larger text size. | Yes — the employee mobile app offers Hindi and ten other languages besides English. |
| Public API | Not yet. Webhooks for user events exist; API keys are not issued yet. | Yes — as an add-on on the Essential and Growth plans. |
| Ready-made industry setup | Yes — 16 business types, each with departments, job titles, shifts, leave types and document categories. | Industry pages exist on greythr.com; we did not find ready-made industry templates described — worth asking them. |
| Geofenced attendance | Not in CoreStack People itself. Geofenced check-in comes from SitePulse, sold together as the Workforce Suite. | Yes — geo-fencing; GPS live tracking is an add-on at ₹140 per user a month. |
Which to choose
- Choose greytHR if you want a published price you can budget today, native apps in many Indian languages, live biometric devices and broad statutory coverage including LWF.
- Choose CoreStack People if you want hiring with e-signed offers included, a setup made for your industry, and nothing for employees to install.
Where CoreStack People is strong
- Nothing to install. It runs in the phone's browser on Android or iPhone and can be added to the home screen in two taps — no app store, no phone storage, no update to push to a few hundred workers.
- English and Hindi. Each person picks their own language, and can make the text larger. A supervisor and the guards on their site can use the same screens.
- Set up for your industry. Pick one of 16 business types and the departments, job titles, shift patterns, leave types and document checklists that business usually needs are created for you — all editable.
- Statutory files from payroll. PF ECR, ESI, professional tax and bank-transfer files come out of each payroll run.
- Hiring included. A careers page per company, a candidate pipeline, interviews and scorecards, and offers signed online with an email code — not a separate product.
What it does not do yet
- No native mobile app yet. It is a web app that installs to the home screen. If your people need an app-store app, today we can't offer one.
- No direct biometric integration. Attendance from biometric machines comes in as the device's export file, not live from the device.
- No public API yet. Webhooks fire for user events, but API keys are not issued yet, so other systems can't pull data from it on their own.
- Younger product. CoreStack People went live in 2026. The companies named here have been selling HR software for years and have larger teams behind them.
Questions people ask
Is greytHR cheaper?
greytHR publishes its prices — from ₹2,495 a month for up to 50 employees on Essential. Ours are quoted for your headcount, so ask us and compare the two for the same modules.
Does CoreStack People handle labour welfare fund (LWF)?
Not as a separate file today. Payroll produces PF ECR, ESI, professional tax and bank files; tell us if LWF matters for your state.
Where the greytHR facts come from · checked on 10 October 2026
- https://www.greythr.com/pricing/
- https://www.greythr.com/
- https://www.greythr.com/recruitment/
- https://www.greythr.com/employee-mobile-app/answers/aKT9bi0GQoiMaI1RJ3QojA
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