Comparison
CoreStack People vs Zoho People
Zoho People is the HR product in Zoho's family of business apps. Payroll, hiring and e-signature come from other Zoho products — Zoho Payroll, Zoho Recruit and Zoho Sign — that connect to it. CoreStack People has those in one product.
Side by side
Zoho People facts checked on Zoho People's own website on 10 October 2026. Where we could not confirm something there, the table says so.
| CoreStack People | Zoho People | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 — per user per month, with a free plan for up to 5 users and a 30-day free trial. Check the INR prices on their site; the page we saw showed USD. |
| 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 — iOS and Android apps. |
| Biometric devices | No direct device integration. Imports attendance from biometric device export files. | Yes — integrates with biometric attendance systems. |
| PF, ESI, PT files | Each payroll run produces PF ECR, ESI, professional tax and bank-transfer files. | Through Zoho Payroll, a separate product: PF, ESI, LWF, PT and income tax. |
| Hiring / careers page | Included: careers page per company, pipeline, interviews with calendar invites and scorecards, referrals, pre-boarding portal. | Through Zoho Recruit, a separate product. |
| E-signature | Included: offer letters and HR letters signed online with an email code. | Yes — through the Zoho Sign integration. |
| Hindi in the app | Yes — every user picks English or Hindi, with an optional larger text size. | We could not confirm Hindi in Zoho People on zoho.com — worth asking them. |
| Public API | Not yet. Webhooks for user events exist; API keys are not issued yet. | Yes — documented API, with daily call limits by plan. |
| Ready-made industry setup | Yes — 16 business types, each with departments, job titles, shifts, leave types and document categories. | Industry pages exist on zoho.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 in the mobile app. |
Which to choose
- Choose Zoho People if you already run on Zoho apps, want a free plan for a very small team, or need native apps and a public API.
- Choose CoreStack People if you want HR, payroll with PF/ESI files, hiring and e-signed offers in one product, in Hindi as well as English, with the setup for your industry done for you.
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
Does Zoho People include payroll?
Payroll is Zoho Payroll, a separate Zoho product that connects to Zoho People. In CoreStack People, payroll and its statutory files are part of the same product.
Is Zoho People free?
Zoho lists a free plan for up to 5 users. Check the plan's limits on their pricing page.
Where the Zoho People facts come from · checked on 10 October 2026
- https://www.zoho.com/people/pricing-comparison.html
- https://www.zoho.com/people/
- https://www.zoho.com/people/attendance-management-system.html
- https://www.zoho.com/in/payroll/
- https://www.zoho.com/people/gps-and-mobile-attendance.html
- https://www.zoho.com/people/api/
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