NepalHRM vs SignalHRM
SignalHRM, made by Mitiz Technologies, prices in Indian rupees with a one-time setup fee, and its own FAQ answers the compliance question with India's PF, ESI and professional tax. Here is its pricing page as of 5 November 2026, 40 staff costed on both, and when SignalHRM is the better pick.
- Free up to 10 employees
- Free onboarding support
NepalHRM at a glance
Published price
Startup Program free up to 10 employees. Essential NPR 60 and Business NPR 99 per employee a month, billed from the first; 13% VAT on top
One-time setup fee
None on the subscription; free onboarding and data migration on every plan
40 staff, first year
Business paid yearly: NPR 39,600 before VAT, with no software setup fee. Billed monthly: NPR 47,520
Statutory payroll
SSF, CIT, PF and TDS on every run, the eTDS file in the IRD format, and a Tax Deduction Certificate per employee with the deposit vouchers
Payroll on Business and Enterprise plans
What a Nepali buyer is actually checking for
- eTDS
- Generated in the IRD format
- BS + AD
- Bikram Sambat fiscal year
- NPR 0
- Records and leave for up to 10 employees
- NPR 99
- Payroll per active employee, from the first
NepalHRM vs SignalHRM
Short answer: SignalHRM is a low-cost Indian HR app with a strong field-staff angle, and NepalHRM is the one that files Nepal's payroll. SignalHRM's pricing page lists a free plan for up to 5 users without payroll, a ₹60 plan for up to 500 users and Premium at ₹80 per user a month for up to 1,000, with one-time setup fees of ₹899, ₹5,000 and ₹10,000, yearly discounts of up to 10% and 15%, and taxes on top. Its FAQ says it supports India-specific compliance: PF, ESI, professional tax and statutory reporting. Nepal has no ESI and no professional tax; its employers deduct SSF and CIT and report TDS to the IRD in the eTDS format, on a Shrawan to Ashad year. NepalHRM charges no software setup fee, bills NPR 60 or NPR 99 per employee, and runs that Nepali set on Bikram Sambat dates. Every SignalHRM cell below comes from signalhrm.com, read on 5 November 2026.
| Capability | SignalHRM | NepalHRM |
|---|---|---|
| Published price | Free for up to 5 users; ₹60 per user a month for up to 500 users; Premium ₹80 for up to 1,000; Custom on quote. Prices exclude applicable taxes (pricing page, read 5 Nov 2026) | Startup Program free up to 10 employees. Essential NPR 60 and Business NPR 99 per employee a month, billed from the first; 13% VAT on top |
| One-time setup fee | ₹899 on the free plan, ₹5,000 on the ₹60 plan and ₹10,000 on Premium; the FAQ calls it a nominal onboarding fee (pricing page) | None on the subscription; free onboarding and data migration on every plan |
| 40 staff, first year | ₹60 plan paid yearly: ₹648 × 40 = ₹25,920, plus the ₹5,000 setup fee = ₹30,920, about NPR 49,472 at Nepal Rastra Bank's NPR 160 per ₹100 on 5 Nov 2026. Before tax | Business paid yearly: NPR 39,600 before VAT, with no software setup fee. Billed monthly: NPR 47,520 |
| Statutory payroll | Its FAQ answers "Is SignalHRM compliant with Indian laws?" with PF, ESI, professional tax and statutory reporting; Nepal is not mentioned (pricing page) | SSF, CIT, PF and TDS on every run, the eTDS file in the IRD format, and a Tax Deduction Certificate per employee with the deposit vouchers |
| Payroll by plan | Marked not included on the free plan, included from the ₹60 plan up (pricing page) | Payroll starts on Business at NPR 99; the Startup Program has none |
| Billing terms | Monthly, half-yearly or yearly; yearly saves up to 10% on the ₹60 plan (₹648 per user a year) and 15% on Premium (₹816). Only active employees are billed (pricing page) | Monthly, or yearly charged for 10 months, which is two months free. Billed per active employee |
| Plan limits | Business units: 1, 2 or 5, and shifts: 2, 2 or 5, by plan. Custom reporting and onsite training come with Premium (pricing page) | Shifts, overtime and loans on Essential at NPR 60; multi-company on Enterprise |
| Items that may cost extra | Live location tracking, biometric attendance, SMS and email alerts, onsite training and data entry are asterisked: they may incur additional charges (pricing page) | Biometric hardware is billed separately with a one-time setup fee; reading ZKTeco, Hikvision and Sintech (Realand) devices is part of Essential |
| Field staff | Geofencing on every plan, live location tracking and geo-tagged attendance; the home page leads with tracking field staff (pricing and home pages) | Geo-fenced clock-in from Essential; ongoing GPS field tracking on Enterprise only |
| Fiscal calendar | Bikram Sambat dates are not mentioned on the pages read | Bikram Sambat and AD, Shrawan to Ashad, across payroll, leave and reports |
| Support | A dedicated account manager by email or WhatsApp chat on all plans, priority support on Premium; sales on a +91 number (pricing page) | Kathmandu team, Sunday to Friday, 9 AM to 6 PM Nepal time, in English and Nepali |
| Phone app and language | Android and iOS apps included at no extra cost (pricing FAQ); a Nepali interface is not mentioned | Android and iOS apps on every plan; web app in English or नेपाली, switched from the account menu |
| Company | Made by Mitiz Technologies, per the site footer; testimonials name Hinduja Housing Finance, Norspin International and Elixir iSolutions (home page) | Built by Yoddha Lab in Kathmandu |
SignalHRM details were read on 5 November 2026 on signalhrm.com: the pricing page with its FAQ, and the home page. Rupee amounts are converted at Nepal Rastra Bank's buying rate of NPR 160 per ₹100 published that day, for comparison only. SignalHRM prices exclude applicable taxes; NepalHRM prices exclude 13% VAT. Plans change, so confirm current prices and features with each vendor before you decide.
Built for Nepal, End to End
Four things NepalHRM puts in writing that a buyer usually has to ask a salesperson for.
No fee to start
NepalHRM charges nothing to open a subscription and includes onboarding and data migration on every plan. On SignalHRM the one-time fee is ₹5,000 on the ₹60 plan and ₹10,000 on Premium.
The right statutory set
Nepal has no ESI and no professional tax. The NepalHRM run deducts SSF and CIT instead and ends with the IRD's eTDS file, so there are no Indian fields to switch off and no Nepali ones to add.
Shrawan to Ashad
Payroll, leave and reports use the Bikram Sambat fiscal year rather than April to March, so finance never reconciles two calendars at year end.
Field check-ins without signal
Staff clock in from the Android or iOS app inside a geofence, and a check-in made with no internet keeps its original time and syncs within 24 hours.
Switching HR Software Is Where the Pain Actually Is
Feature lists are the easy part of the decision. What decides whether a switch goes well is the migration itself, and almost none of it is about which platform has more modules.
- Moving mid-year means recalculating tax that has already been deducted
- Leave and CIT opening balances get rebuilt by hand in a spreadsheet
- Employee data leaves the old system in one shape and the new one expects another
- The old system stays open for months because nobody trusts the new numbers yet
Move at the Fiscal-Year Changeover
Ashad to Shrawan is the cleanest moment to switch. You start the new year with clean opening balances and skip the mid-year tax recalculation entirely.
What you get on the way in
- Free onboarding support imports employees and configures Nepal tax defaults
- One click reinstalls the Nepal tax slabs, so the first run starts from correct rates
- Most teams complete their first payroll run within their first cycle
- A 30-day free trial of every feature, so you can run a payroll before you pay
From Sign-Up to Your First Payroll Run
The same four steps whichever system you are leaving. Free onboarding support runs alongside all of them.
- Day 1
Set up the company
Sign up, add your company details, and reinstall Nepal tax defaults so the slabs, PF and SSF rates start from the current IRD figures.
- Week 1
Bring your people across
Free onboarding support helps import employees, salary structures and leave balances from whatever you are running today.
- First cycle
Run one period in parallel
Process a full payroll period alongside your current system and reconcile the two before you switch the old one off.
- Ongoing
Close the year in one place
The eTDS file in IRD format, payslips on the mobile app, and bank transfer files for NIC Asia, Nabil, Global IME, NBL and more.
Simple, Transparent Pricing
No Hidden Fees
The Startup Program is free forever for up to 10 employees, for records, leave and biometric attendance. Essential (NPR 60) adds phone clock-in, shifts and overtime, and Business (NPR 99) adds payroll, billed per active employee from the first, with no minimum commitment and no per-module charges.
- All core HR modules
- Nepal payroll compliance
- PF, SSF, CIT & eTDS
- Biometric integration
- Free onboarding support
- Regular feature updates
- Multi-company on Enterprise
- BS + AD calendar
Free trial available, no card required · No software setup fee · Cancel anytime
What You Are Actually Switching To
Every module runs on the same employee record, so attendance, leave and payroll never need reconciling against each other.
Nepal payroll
PF, CIT, SSF and the eTDS file in IRD format, on Bikram Sambat periods.
Biometric attendance
ZKTeco and Hikvision devices, plus GPS punch from the mobile app.
Leave management
Policies, accruals and multi-level approvals on the Nepali calendar.
Recruitment
Jobs, candidate pipeline and interview scheduling in the same system.
Transparent NPR pricing
Every plan and what it includes, published in Nepali rupees.
Free for small teams
Up to 10 employees run the Startup Program free for life: employee records, leave, biometric attendance and the mobile app, with free onboarding.
Switching for the new fiscal year? Read the fiscal-year switching guide for the order the migration should happen in.
Your Team Gets It on Every Device
Employees check in, apply for leave, submit claims and download payslips from the app. Managers approve from the same place, which is usually what decides whether an HR system still gets used after month one.
NepalHRM vs SignalHRM, Answered
The questions buyers ask before they move, answered without a sales call.
Three cases, going by what SignalHRM publishes. First, your employees are in India: its FAQ lists PF, ESI, professional tax and Indian statutory reporting, none of which NepalHRM files. Second, tracking field staff matters more than payroll: geofencing is on every SignalHRM plan and live location tracking is offered (marked as possibly costing extra), while NepalHRM keeps ongoing GPS field tracking for Enterprise. Third, you want an account manager on WhatsApp: SignalHRM says every plan includes a dedicated account manager by email or WhatsApp chat. From the second year, when its setup fee falls away, the ₹60 plan paid yearly for 40 staff is ₹25,920, about NPR 41,472, close to NepalHRM Business at NPR 39,600.
Its pricing page, read on 5 November 2026, lists a free plan for up to 5 users, a ₹60 plan for up to 500 users and Premium at ₹80 per user a month for up to 1,000, plus a Custom plan on quote. Each carries a one-time setup fee: ₹899, ₹5,000 and ₹10,000. Paying yearly cuts the two paid plans by up to 10% and 15%, to ₹648 and ₹816 per user a year, and half-yearly billing by 8% and 7%. Prices exclude applicable taxes, and live tracking, biometric attendance, alerts, onsite training and data entry may cost extra.
Before tax. SignalHRM's ₹60 plan billed monthly: ₹28,800 plus the ₹5,000 setup fee is ₹33,800, about NPR 54,080. Paid yearly: ₹25,920 plus ₹5,000 is ₹30,920, about NPR 49,472. Premium paid yearly: ₹32,640 plus ₹10,000 is ₹42,640, about NPR 68,224. Conversions use Nepal Rastra Bank's buying rate of NPR 160 per ₹100 on 5 November 2026. NepalHRM Business: NPR 47,520 billed monthly or NPR 39,600 paid yearly, with no software setup fee; with 13% VAT the yearly bill is NPR 44,748.
The statutory sets barely overlap. Nepal has no ESI and no professional tax, uses SSF and CIT where India uses ESI and its own savings schemes, reports TDS to the IRD in the prescribed eTDS format, and runs a fiscal year from Shrawan to Ashad rather than April to March. Each difference is a workaround, and workarounds are where payroll errors start.
Yes. Anyone can switch the NepalHRM web app to नेपाली or English from the account menu, Settings or the sign-in screen, on every plan. Emails, exports, bank files and statutory filings stay in English, and employees download their payslips from the Android or iOS app rather than asking HR for them.
Its pricing page ticks biometric attendance on every plan, with an asterisk for possible additional charges, and its home page mentions integrations with third-party ERP and biometrics; no device brand is named on the pages read. NepalHRM reads ZKTeco, Hikvision and Sintech (Realand) devices from Essential, and older ZKTeco units connect through an edge agent that keeps punches on an office computer until the internet returns.
Looking at Other Options Too
Every comparison on this site states what NepalHRM delivers and points you at the vendor for theirs.
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Start the New Fiscal Year on NepalHRM
Every feature free for 30 days, with free onboarding support. The fiscal-year changeover is the cleanest time to switch.
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- Free onboarding
- Nepal IRD compliant
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