Free Forever for Nepal's Startups

Any organization operating in Nepal with 10 employees or fewer qualifies for Free: the employee directory, leave requests and approvals, and the mobile app. There is no minimum headcount, so you can start with a single employee. When your team crosses 10 active employees, what the account keeps depends on when it was created; your data and configuration carry over untouched either way.

No. Nepal-compliant payroll (PF, CIT, SSF, eTDS, IRD-aligned tax slabs, the Bikram Sambat fiscal calendar, Nepali payslips and bank-transfer files) is on the Business and Enterprise plans. Free covers the employee directory, leave requests and approvals, and the mobile app; Essential adds attendance, salary advances and loans, and basic reports, before payroll switches on at Business.

Because a founder should not have to pay for software before there is revenue to run it on. Free gives every startup the basics, employee records, leave and the mobile app, at no cost and for as long as the team stays 10 or fewer. As you grow and need attendance, payroll or the rest, the paid plans are priced per active employee rather than a flat platform fee, so the bill grows with the business rather than ahead of it.

What an account keeps above 10 employees depends on when it was created, because we are keeping the promise already made to earlier accounts rather than changing it under them. For accounts started before this Free-plan restructuring took effect: this applies to accounts started from Ashoj 1, 2083 (17 September 2026), and accounts started earlier keep their current terms; once the 30-day trial ends, an unpaid account above 10 active employees stays on Free and keeps Core HR: employee records; attendance, including biometric devices and geo or mobile clock-in; leave, shifts and the mobile app; job descriptions, invitations, roles and permissions, and the audit log; and support, grievances, platform updates and feedback. Payroll needs at least Business, and overtime needs at least Essential. Past payslips, letters and records stay viewable and exportable, and employees can still acknowledge policies, reply to disciplinary actions and raise payslip queries; get back to 10 or fewer active employees and every feature returns, or choose a paid plan to unlock its modules. For accounts started after this Free-plan restructuring took effect, Free is the employee directory, leave requests and approvals, and the mobile app at any headcount, above 10 employees or below it: attendance, payroll, overtime, loans and every other module need at least Essential or Business. Your account, employees and settings stay exactly as they are either way, and prices stay the same.

No. The Startup Program is permanent and evergreen: teams of up to 10 employees start free and stay free, with no window to catch. NepalHRM runs seasonal campaigns from time to time, but the free plan for teams under 10 has never depended on one.