#2 in HR & PeopleUpdated 2026-08

Horilla

by Horilla · Open-source HRMS with payroll, attendance and leave, self-hosted or managed

46.9 — BenchRank score out of 100

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Overview

Horilla is an open-source HRMS covering attendance, payroll, leave, recruitment, onboarding, performance, assets, employee records and helpdesk, with CRM modules alongside. Attendance data feeds payroll calculations, and leave requests route through manager approval. It can be self-hosted under LGPL-2.1 via Docker or bare metal, or run as a managed cloud instance.

Best for: Teams wanting an open-source HRMS they can self-host free, or run managed from $7/user/month
Pricing: Self-hosting is free forever; managed Cloud is $7 per user per month billed monthly with a free trial, and Enterprise is priced on enquiry.
Runs on: Self-hosted

Strengths and trade-offs

Strengths

All nine HR modules included in every plan, no per-module fees
Self-hosting is free forever with full LGPL-2.1 source access
Managed cloud at $7/user/month with daily backups and 99.9% SLA
Engineer-led migration offered from BambooHR, Zoho People, CSV and others

Trade-offs

Self-hosted tier has no managed backups, no uptime SLA, community support only
SSO/SAML/LDAP requires Enterprise; on Cloud it is listed only as an add-on
Cloud is billed monthly; no annual billing or discount is published
Enterprise pricing is not published — requires a discovery call

Pricing

Published plans from Horilla’s own pricing page, in USD. Usage charges and add-ons may apply on top.

Horilla pricing tiers, monthly rates in USD
Plan	Monthly	Includes
Self-Hosted	—	Full HRMS and CRM feature access, unlimited users and companies Full source code under LGPL-2.1, forkable Docker one-click or bare-metal install Community support via GitHub; no managed backups or SLA
Horilla Cloud	$7per user	Everything in Self-Hosted, plus managed infrastructure Auto-updates and daily encrypted backups SSL and custom domain included Priority email support with 48h SLA, 99.9% uptime guarantee
Enterprise	Contact sales	On-premise or private cloud deployment SSO via SAML 2.0, OAuth and LDAP Dedicated account manager and implementation by Cybrosys Custom SLA (4h response, 99.95%) and white-labelling

How this score is made up

Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.

MCP support: 0 out of 100
Documentation: 0 out of 100
Agent friendliness: 83 out of 100
Pricing transparency: 85 out of 100
Changelog: 100 out of 100
Marketing site structure: 75 out of 100
Operational trust: 35 out of 100

Measured, but not part of the score

Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.

Openness: 40 out of 100
Maintenance: 100 out of 100

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