Does Trakkar do payroll?

No. Trakkar does not run payroll, salaries or statutory deductions such as PF, ESI, PT or TDS. If you need payroll with attendance in one system, greytHR is the better fit.

How much does greytHR cost in India?

When we checked on 29 Oct 2026, greytHR's pricing page listed Essential at ₹2,495 a month and Growth at ₹4,495 a month, each including 50 employees, then ₹45 or ₹85 for each extra employee a month. Premium is custom. The page does not say whether GST is included. Trakkar costs ₹120 per user per month plus GST.

Does greytHR have a free trial?

Yes. greytHR's pricing page offers a 7-day free trial with no billing for the first 7 days. Trakkar's trial runs 14 days and needs no card.

Can greytHR track project time and bill clients?

greytHR can track project time through its Time Sheets add-on, at ₹35 per user per month on Growth or included in Premium. It does not bill clients. greytHR says client invoicing, rate cards and billing are outside the scope of Time Sheets.

Does greytHR have selfie and GPS attendance?

Yes. greytHR lists selfie attendance, Visage and GeoMark, and its Growth plan includes geo-fencing. On Growth, GeoMark+, Visage and GPS Live Tracking are paid add-ons.

Which has a mobile app, Trakkar or greytHR?

Both. greytHR has one app for attendance, leave, payslips, expenses and timesheets, rated on the App Store and Play Store. Trakkar has Android and iPhone apps for clock in, and the Android app also handles leave and approvals.

Is tracking employee location or taking selfies legal in India?

Photos and location data of identifiable employees are personal data under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023. Read our DPDP guide and tell staff what you collect before you use location, selfie or screenshot tracking.

Trakkar vs greytHR: Attendance, Leave and Timesheets (2026)

greytHR details below come from greytHR's own website, checked on 29 Oct 2026. Plans change, so confirm with greytHR before you buy.

Trakkar vs greytHR at a glance

Trakkar vs greytHR features, plans and pricing, from each vendor's own pages
Feature	Trakkar	greytHR
What it is	Time tracking, attendance, projects and GST invoicing for service businesses	HR and payroll platform. "Every plan includes complete payroll, leave management, and employee self-service" (pricing)
Payroll with PF, ESI, PT and TDS	No payroll	Yes. PF with ECR, ESI challans, state PT, TDS with eTDS returns and Form 24Q, digitally signed Form 16, and Labour Welfare Fund (payroll)
Clock in	Web app, Android and iPhone	Attendance hardware, web sign in, GeoMark, selfie attendance and Visage (attendance). Attendance is on the Growth plan; on Growth, GeoMark+, Visage and GPS Live Tracking are add-ons (pricing)
Leave	Leave and WFH requests with manager approval	Unlimited leave types, 50+ policy settings, carry forward and encashment; employees apply on the web or mobile app (leave)
Approvals	One queue for leave, WFH, time corrections, overtime and expenses	Built-in workflows for leave, attendance regularization, expenses, resignation and loans (self-service)
Shifts	Shifts with a grace period set on each shift	Multiple shifts with rotation and auto shift detection (attendance), on the Growth plan (pricing)
Holidays	India holiday presets plus custom holidays	Custom holiday lists (leave)
Time tracking on projects	Desktop timer on Windows and macOS; idle detection and typed breaks	Time Sheets add-on: log hours against projects in the mobile app, with approvals (timesheets). ₹35 per user per month on Growth, included in Premium (pricing)
Project margins	See each project's margin and a health badge (On track / Margin thin / Loss) on its Budget tab once you set a project value.	Not listed on the pages we checked
Client invoices	GST invoices with the client's GSTIN; numbering restarts each Indian financial year	No. greytHR says client invoicing, rate cards and billing are outside the scope of its Time Sheets (timesheets FAQ)
Screenshots and app/URL tracking	On by default in the Windows and macOS desktop app; admins can turn each off for any person (screenshots every 10 minutes by default)	Not listed on the pages we checked
Mobile apps	Android and iPhone	One app for attendance, leave, payslips, expenses and timesheets, rated on the App Store and Play Store (mobile app)
Price	₹120 per user per month + GST, published	Published. Essential ₹2,495 a month and Growth ₹4,495 a month, each with 50 employees included; Premium is custom (pricing)
Setup fee	None	Not mentioned on the pricing page (pricing)
Trial	14 days, no card	7 days, "No billing for the first 7 days" (pricing FAQ)

Pricing in rupees

greytHR. On 29 Oct 2026 at 8:27 PM IST, greytHR's pricing page listed three plans. Each paid plan has a monthly base price that covers the first 50 employees, then a charge for each extra employee.

greytHR plans and prices from greytHR's pricing page, 29 Oct 2026
greytHR plan	Base price a month	Employees included	Each extra employee a month	What it covers
Essential	₹2,495	50	₹45	Payroll, leave, core HR basics, self-onboarding and exit, helpdesk
Growth	₹4,495	50	₹85	Everything in Essential plus attendance, shifts, overtime, permissions, geo-fencing and confirmation workflow
Premium	Custom			All modules; contact sales

Add-ons on the same page include Time Sheets (₹35 per user per month, Growth), Expense Management (₹35 per user per month, Essential and Growth), Performance Management (₹35 to ₹45 per user per month, Growth) and GPS Live Tracking (₹140 per user per month, listed as a paid add-on on Growth). greytHR's pricing page is unclear about GPS Live Tracking on Premium: the Premium card says "All modules included" but also lists GPS Live Tracking as an add-on. The page offers a 7-day free trial, says there is no lock-in or cancellation fee, and offers an annual plan. It does not say whether GST is included in these prices.

Trakkar pricing in rupees

Trakkar. One plan, Premium, with every feature. Prices are in rupees and GST at 18% is added on top.

Trakkar Premium prices in rupees, with 18% GST
Trakkar Premium	Per user per month	With 18% GST	10 users, with GST
List price	₹120	₹141.60	₹1,416 a month
Paid upfront for 6 months (5% off)	₹114	₹134.52	₹8,071 for 6 months
Paid upfront for 12 months (10% off)	₹108	₹127.44	₹15,293 for 12 months

There is no monthly billing; you pay for 6 or 12 months at a time. There is no setup fee, and the 14-day trial needs no card.

Cost at 10, 50 and 100 people, before GST

A worked example, before GST. Every price in this table is a list price before GST. greytHR's pricing page doesn't say whether its prices include GST, so Trakkar is shown before GST too. greytHR Growth is ₹4,495 a month with 50 employees included, then ₹85 for each extra employee. Time Sheets is a separate add-on on Growth at ₹35 per user per month, so greytHR is shown both without it and with it for every employee. Trakkar is ₹120 per user per month, billed for 6 or 12 months upfront, with no monthly billing.

Monthly cost before GST at 10, 50 and 100 people, greytHR Growth with and without Time Sheets, and Trakkar
Team size (before GST)	greytHR Growth, without Time Sheets	greytHR Growth, with Time Sheets for everyone	Trakkar at list price
10 people	₹4,495 a month	₹4,845 a month	₹1,200 a month
50 people	₹4,495 a month	₹6,245 a month	₹6,000 a month
100 people	₹8,745 a month	₹12,245 a month	₹12,000 a month

At 10 employees, greytHR Growth is ₹4,495 a month and Trakkar is 10 × ₹120 = ₹1,200. At 50 employees, Growth is ₹4,495 a month (₹6,245 with Time Sheets, adding 50 × ₹35 = ₹1,750) and Trakkar is 50 × ₹120 = ₹6,000. So greytHR can work out cheaper per head from around 50 employees when you don't need Time Sheets: ₹4,495 for 50 people is about ₹90 a head, against Trakkar's ₹120. The exact crossover is about 38 employees, since ₹4,495 ÷ ₹120 is about 37.5. With Time Sheets for every employee, greytHR Growth costs a little more than Trakkar at 50 and at 100 people.

The greytHR price includes payroll, which Trakkar does not have. If you would pay for payroll anyway, weigh that in.

Attendance and leave

Both tools cover the daily basics: clocking in, leave requests and approvals.

greytHR is built for HR teams that run attendance and payroll for the whole company. Its attendance page lists third-party attendance hardware, web sign in through the greytHR portal, GeoMark, selfie attendance and Visage. It supports attendance regularization with alerts to managers, overtime policies, and muster roll and overtime registers. Attendance comes with the Growth plan; the Essential plan doesn't include it (pricing). Leave runs on greytHR's leave module, with unlimited leave types, carry forward, encashment and custom holiday lists.

Trakkar keeps attendance next to the work. Staff clock in from the web app or the Android and iPhone apps. Leave, WFH, time corrections, overtime and expenses go to one approval queue. Trakkar also has an activity heatmap. Holidays start from India holiday presets, and you can add your own. Read our guide on how to manage employee attendance or see attendance management software for India.

Selfie, GPS and geo-fenced attendance

If your staff work in the field and you want photo or location proof at clock in, greytHR covers it. Its Growth plan lists geo-fencing, with GeoMark+, Visage and GPS Live Tracking as paid add-ons (pricing). Its mobile app page describes face recognition sign in and GeoMark+, which records GPS plus the street address. GPS Live Tracking builds a timeline of a field employee's working day and, greytHR says, runs only during working hours and with consent (press release).

Photos and location are personal data. Before you use selfies, location tracking or screenshots in any tool, read our guide to the DPDP Act and employee monitoring in India and tell staff what you collect.

Shifts

greytHR's Growth plan includes advanced attendance and shift management (pricing). Its attendance page describes multiple shifts with rotation, automatic shift rotation plans, auto shift detection, and work hour rules for fixed, flexi or shift timings.

In Trakkar you add shifts in Settings, and each shift has its own grace period for late arrivals, so a morning shift and a late shift can follow different rules. See shift management software.

Time tracking, projects and client billing

This is where the two products differ most.

greytHR sells Time Sheets as an add-on at ₹35 per user per month on Growth, included in Premium (pricing). On its timesheets page, employees log hours against projects in the greytHR mobile app, and admins set deadlines, multi-level approvals and a daily hour cap. greytHR states that its Time Sheets do not handle client invoicing, rate cards or billing, and that a dedicated billing tool is the better fit if you need to invoice clients from timesheet data.

Trakkar includes time tracking, projects and invoicing in its one plan:

A desktop timer on Windows and macOS. If the connection drops, a running timer keeps going and syncs later.
Idle detection and typed breaks.
Screenshots and app/URL tracking run in the Windows and macOS desktop app and are on by default; admins can turn each off for any person (screenshots every 10 minutes by default).
Kanban boards, a timeline view, and an async standup for remote teams.
See each project's margin and a health badge (On track / Margin thin / Loss) on its Budget tab once you set a project value.
Quotes that are sent, then accepted, then invoiced.
GST invoices with the client's GSTIN, one tax rate per invoice, and invoice numbers that restart each Indian financial year on 1 April. You can record TDS when you log a client payment.
A client portal, and unpaid invoices grouped by days late.

Trakkar doesn't file GST returns or generate e-invoice IRNs. More on timesheet software for India.

Payroll: where greytHR is the better choice

Trakkar does not run payroll, salaries or statutory deductions. If you want salaries worked out from attendance, with PF, ESI, PT and TDS handled in the same system, greytHR is the better fit.

greytHR's payroll page lists PF calculations with ECR generation, ESI computations and challans, PT with state-specific rules, TDS calculations with eTDS returns, Form 24Q generation, digitally signed Form 16 and 12BA, and Labour Welfare Fund. Payroll is part of every greytHR plan, starting with Essential (pricing).

Apps and devices

Trakkar and greytHR apps by platform
Platform	Trakkar	greytHR
Web	Yes, including clock in	Yes, including web sign in (self-service)
Android	Clock in, leave and approvals; no general task timer	Attendance, leave, payslips, expenses and timesheets (mobile app)
iPhone	Clock in	App Store app (mobile app)
Desktop time tracker	Windows and macOS	Not listed on the pages we checked

greytHR's app is available in 11 Indian languages, including Hindi, Marathi and Kannada (mobile app).

Who each tool suits

Choose greytHR if you

Need payroll with PF, ESI, PT and TDS in the same system as attendance and leave
Use attendance machines, or want selfie, face recognition or GPS attendance for field staff
Want payslips, tax declarations and HR requests in one employee app
Have about 50 or more employees and don't need Time Sheets: Growth's ₹4,495 base with 50 employees included is about ₹90 a head, against Trakkar's ₹120 (see the worked example above)

Choose Trakkar if you

Run an agency, CA firm, consultancy or IT services team that bills clients for time
Want attendance, leave, shifts, tracked hours, project margins and GST invoices under one login
Want to track hours with a desktop timer on Windows and macOS
Already handle payroll elsewhere, such as through your CA

Trakkar's gaps, stated plainly

No payroll, payslips or statutory deductions.
No Linux desktop app.
Screenshots and app and URL tracking are desktop only.
The Android app covers clock in, leave and approvals. It has no general task timer.
No monthly billing. You pay for 6 or 12 months upfront.

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Frequently asked questions

It depends on whether you need payroll. greytHR is an HR and payroll platform with PF, ESI, PT and TDS on every plan. Trakkar has no payroll. If you mainly need attendance, leave, shifts, time tracking on client projects and GST invoices, Trakkar covers those in one plan at ₹120 per user per month plus GST.

Trakkar vs greytHR: attendance, leave and timesheets compared