Can HelloGrowthCRM replace a standalone HRMS like Keka or GreytHR?

For most growing Indian SMEs, yes. HelloGrowthCRM includes payroll with statutory deductions (PF, ESI, PT, TDS), leave management with balances and approvals, daily attendance with regularisation, and performance appraisal cycles. The advantage over a standalone HRMS is that it runs inside the same platform as your CRM, so your sales and field staff are managed as employees and as sellers in one system, on one flat plan, instead of two per-seat subscriptions that never reconcile.

Why manage HR and sales in the same platform?

Because they describe the same people. Your field rep is an employee with a salary, a leave balance and an appraisal — and a lead owner with a pipeline and a target. Keeping them in two tools creates duplicate records, two logins and two bills. HelloGrowthCRM keeps the employee and the seller as one record, protected by field-level roles, so HR and sales share context without sharing sensitive data.

Is payroll data kept private from sales managers?

Yes. Payroll, compensation and appraisal data sit behind field-level role-based access control. A sales manager sees targets and activity but never salaries; an HR user runs payroll but never sees deal margins. Every change to sensitive HR data is logged in a tamper-evident audit trail, and the platform is operated by Soor LLC, which completed a SOC 2 Type II examination (Feb–Jun 2025).

Do employees get a mobile app for leave and payslips?

Yes. HelloGrowthCRM has a native iOS app and an Android PWA. Employees apply for leave, check balances, mark attendance, view payslips and track appraisal status from their phone — the same app your field team uses for the CRM. Managers approve requests in one tap, which removes most routine HR helpdesk traffic.

How much does the combined CRM and HRMS cost?

HelloGrowthCRM is Rs.899/user/month, and that single plan includes the CRM, built-in dialer, WhatsApp, project management and the HRMS module. There is a free plan to start with no credit card. For a team that already needs a CRM, folding HR and payroll into the same platform removes a second per-user subscription rather than adding one.

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HelloGrowthCRM HRMS dashboard showing payroll runs, leave balances, attendance grid and appraisal cycles alongside the sales pipeline

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Is HelloGrowthCRM right for CRM for HR Teams?

Yes. HelloGrowthCRM gives CRM for HR Teams a single system to capture every lead, automate follow-up across phone, WhatsApp, and email, prioritise leads with AI scoring, and forecast revenue — with calling and messaging built in instead of sold as add-ons.

Payroll with Indian statutory compliance: run monthly pay cycles with PF, ESI, professional tax and TDS applied automatically from statutory settings you configure once, then generate payslips your team opens on their phone
Leave management with live balances: define leave types and allocations, let staff apply from mobile, and let managers approve in one tap while balances update automatically — ending the year-end carry-forward argument
Attendance and regularisation: track daily attendance on one grid, flag missing punches, and let field teams check in with geo-location from the same app they use to log site visits

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The hidden cost of running HR and CRM as two separate tools

You pay per seat, twice, for the same team

Most Indian SMEs buy a CRM first and add an HRMS a year later. The problem is that both are billed per user, and it is the same users. Your twenty sales and field staff are already paid seats in your CRM; a standalone HRMS charges you per user a second time for the exact same headcount. HelloGrowthCRM folds payroll, leave, attendance and appraisals into the CRM plan, so you stop paying twice for the people you already have.

Two databases that never agree

When HR lives in one tool and sales in another, an employee's salary and leave sit apart from their targets and pipeline. Finance exports both and reconciles headcount cost against revenue by hand every month. With one platform, salary spend by department sits in the same dashboard as the pipeline it supports — no stitching required.

What the switch looks like in practice

A four-step migration most teams finish in a week

First, import the employee directory from your existing HRMS export or payroll spreadsheet — names, roles, departments, joining dates, and salary structures. Second, configure the statutory settings once: PF, ESI, professional tax, and TDS slabs, which then apply automatically to every pay cycle. Third, define leave types and opening balances so staff see accurate numbers from day one. Fourth, run one parallel payroll cycle against your old system to verify the outputs match before switching over. Each module takes 15–30 minutes to configure; the week is spent on verification, not setup. Because employees already use the same app for leads and visits, adoption of leave requests and payslip access is immediate — there is no second login to teach.

Who this fits — and who it does not

The combined platform fits Indian SMEs from roughly 10 to 300 employees where the same people appear in both systems: sales and field teams, service businesses, agencies, and distributors. If you are a 2,000-person enterprise with complex flexi-benefit structures and multi-entity payroll, a dedicated enterprise HRMS remains the right tool. For everyone in between, the arithmetic is simple: one $12/user/month plan (₹899 in India, $10 on annual billing) covering CRM, dialer, WhatsApp, project boards, and HRMS replaces two or three per-seat subscriptions. Compare plans on the pricing page, see the full feature list, or review how the sales side works in the CRM for sales teams guide.

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Why teams choose HelloGrowthCRM

AI-powered CRM with the features you need to close more deals.

Payroll with Indian statutory compliance: run monthly pay cycles with PF, ESI, professional tax and TDS applied automatically from statutory settings you configure once, then generate payslips your team opens on their phone

Leave management with live balances: define leave types and allocations, let staff apply from mobile, and let managers approve in one tap while balances update automatically — ending the year-end carry-forward argument

Attendance and regularisation: track daily attendance on one grid, flag missing punches, and let field teams check in with geo-location from the same app they use to log site visits

Performance appraisals with review cycles: launch review cycles from reusable templates, collect self and manager ratings, and keep every appraisal on one employee timeline beside their real work output

One employee directory: role, department, joining date and salary band live in the same system as leads and deals, so an employee and a sales rep are one record, not two disconnected apps

Offer letters with verifiable e-signatures: generate offer and appointment letters, collect native e-signatures, and give every letter a public verification link for background-check vendors

Field-level access control: salary and appraisal data is locked behind roles so a sales manager never sees payroll and an HR user never sees deal margins, with every change written to an audit trail

Employee self-service on mobile: staff apply for leave, view payslips, mark attendance and track appraisal status from the app, so HR stops being a helpdesk for routine requests

Headcount and payroll cost reporting: see salary spend by department and attrition trends in the same dashboards as revenue, giving finance one view of cost against the business it supports

One flat bill: HR, payroll, CRM, dialer, WhatsApp and project management on the same Rs.899/user/month plan — no separate Keka or GreytHR per-seat subscription for the same headcount

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HelloGrowthCRM by the numbers

$12: per user/month list price — $10/user/mo on annual billing, ₹899/user/mo in India
$0: free forever starter plan — no credit card required
14-day: trial included on paid plans
259+: live integrations, from WhatsApp to Tally and QuickBooks
500+: teams worldwide run their pipeline on HelloGrowthCRM

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AI Features Built for HR Teams

HelloGrowthCRM ships 12 AI agents across 3 autonomy levels — from fully autonomous voice calling to assistive smart compose. Every AI action is logged and reversible.

AI Lead Scoring

Score every lead by behaviour, engagement, and fit — so your team always calls the highest-priority prospects first.

Voice Agent

24/7 AI voice agent qualifies inbound leads, books meetings, and follows up on stalled deals automatically.

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Real-time AI writing assist inside every CRM text field — emails, WhatsApp, notes, and proposals.

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Detect stalled and at-risk deals before they drop off — automatic alerts when engagement signals decline.

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