People First 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

People First

4.3

(34)

Pricing

Starting at £6.00 per month

About People First

People First enables you to transform your people strategy, while ensuring you have an end-to-end solution addressing all your UK and Irish HR and payroll needs.

It's an unified suite that supports the entire employee experience from recruitment, onboarding, HR management, talent management, learning, payroll and analytics capabilities that can also easily be extended into your Microsoft Dynamics finance solution.

It's a cloud-based mobile first platform allowing you access wherever you are and across mobile, tablet and desktop devices - rest assured you won't be faced with costly manual upgrades and have complete confidence that your data is secure.

People First enables you to:

Simplify and automate time-consuming processes - a fully unified HR and payroll platform with a real-time payroll engine simplifies your time consuming administrative processes. You can improve efficiency, reduce risks and costs and increase agility while elevating your team's strategic role in the business.
Connect and align dispersed workforces - cloud-based and mobile first, People First lets you easily connect workforces wherever they're working, boosting employee engagement and communication...

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People First Pricing and Plans

Starting price: £6.00 per month

Free Trial

Free Version

Basic

£6.00

flat rate, per month

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People First Features

Popular features found in Human Resources
Applicant Tracking
Benefits Management
Compensation Management
Employee Management
Onboarding
Payroll Management
Performance Management
Recruitment Management
Time & Attendance
More features of People First
360 Degree Feedback
Access Controls/Permissions
Activity Dashboard
Activity Tracking
Alerts/Notifications
API
Attendance Management
Attendance Tracking
Business Process Automation
Calendar Management
Candidate Management
Career Development
Clock In/Out
Commenting/Notes
Communication Management
Competency Management
Compliance Management
Compliance Tracking
Customizable Branding
Customizable Fields
Customizable Questions
Customizable Reports
Customizable Templates
Dashboard
Data Import/Export
Document Management
Document Storage
Email Management
Email Templates
Employee Database
Employee Engagement
Employee Onboarding
Employee Portal
Employee Profiles
Employee Recognition
Employee Self Service
Engagement Tracking
Goal Management
Goal Setting/Tracking
HR Management
Individual Development Plans
Interview Management
Job Board
Job Posting
Job Requisition
Learning & Development
Leave Tracking
Manager-to-Employee Recognition
Mobile Access
Mobile App
Multi-Country
No-Code
Offboarding
Payroll Outsourcing
Payroll Reporting
Peer-to-Peer Recognition
Performance Appraisal
Performance Metrics
Progress Tracking
Question Library
Real-Time Analytics
Real-Time Data
Real-Time Notifications
Real-Time Reporting
Recognition Tracking
Reminders
Reporting/Analytics
Reporting & Statistics
Resume Parsing
Role-Based Permissions
Secure Data Storage
Self Service Portal
Sick Leave Tracking
Single Sign On
Social Media Integration
Social Recognition
Social Recruiting
Succession Planning
Survey/Poll Management
Talent Management
Talent Pool
Tax Compliance
Third-Party Integrations
Time Off Management
Time Off Requests
Time Tracking
Training Management
Turnover Tracking
Vacation/Leave Tracking
Workflow Configuration
Workflow Management
Workforce Management

People First Integrations

Broadbean

Cronofy

Microsoft Power BI

Docebo

Dynamics 365 Business Central

People First User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.3

Ratings Breakdown

47%

44%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.5

Value for money

4.4

Customer support

4.5

Functionality

4.2

Philip K.

Verified reviewer

Pharmaceuticals

51-200 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2025

Real time payroll made simple.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The simplicity in viewing and reviewing payroll metrics in real time. It is simple and intuitive for colleagues to use. Seeing payslips in real time helps everyone know where they stand each month.

Cons:

The pace of the system updates requires you to always be ready for new features and changes. This takes a bit more time than I would like to get used to.

Reasons for switching to People First

To have access to a simpler more visual system for colleagues.

Vendor Response

Thank you for your feedback, Philip! It’s great to hear that your colleagues are benefitting from real-time payroll. We update People First frequently to ensure the platform is up to date with the latest functionality and compliance. If you have any questions about the latest releases or our long-term product roadmap, please feel free to get in touch.

Replied December 2025

Andrew C.

Verified reviewer

Individual & Family Services

201-500 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed July 2025

People First - First Class

Transformational! It’s improved what we do and how it’s done which in turn is allowing us to strengthen what we do as an organisation for our staff and volunteers.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

People First has allowed us to integrate all things HR, Payroll and Learning so that our teams have one system for all of their needs. The ability to personalise the system and make it your own helps to keep the content relevant and engaging. The system is fully configurable to our needs and both the back end of system and user interface are intuitive. The support offered by People First through their case management system ensures that issues are triaged and dealt with in a timely manner.

Cons:

It would be good to have access to the test system throughout the use of the product to help us work on improvements to how we use the system and test more scenarios and situations out.

Reasons for choosing People First

Support offered with the set up and how the ongoing support would work

Reasons for switching to People First

Lack of integration between payroll, learning and HR Not able to make the system our own

Vendor Response

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review, Andrew! It's great to hear that you're having a positive experience with People First – your feedback is very valuable to us.

Replied December 2025

Barney W.

Verified reviewer

Food Production

201-500 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed April 2023

Back alley internet

Frustrating, basic product, limited capabilities of modern-day HR systems

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

There are some common features you would find on most HRIS products e.g. recognition, communities. I am unsure what I am missing from other reviews that appear on here.

Cons:

- Inability to customise lots of things- Sign up and onboarding flow is not user friendly- Onboarding flow is barely even a flow, it's just people assigning themselves a password...- General interface is not intuitive - You aren't able to store documents on people's profiles without having to create a 'Card' on their profile, which either means documents are disorganised or not in one place. Still using local file system as it's easier.- I have yet to find an automation I can use to reduce admin of my job- Consistent problems with employees signing up, signing up and then having to resign up at a later date- Customer support is limited, if you want their help, you either have to find it yourself or it gets 'credited' out of your allowance. Bizarre. - The data exports are really limiting and non-customisable. For example, if I want salary, job role, email address, and address in one sheet, I have to collate various different ones.

Vendor Response

Hi Barney. We're sorry you've not enjoyed using the software to date. We've got some feature-led information below that will hopefully help: User Sign Up - The journey can depend on what you are using as an IDP. If you have your own, then it's not something we control. If you are using ours, I agree it is clunky and something we plan to address next year. Documents - Document attachments are available on most cards, this way you are attaching a document to the context and therefore simple to find. There is no need to create cards to store documents as standard document attachments are available. Exports - We are currently working on a tool that will be available later this year to allow you to manipulate and create your own reports. We've escalated your feedback to our Head of Product and if you are still a customer, we would love to discuss your feedback in more detail and tell you about our plans. Please get in touch directly via simon.davies@mhrglobal.com. Thank you - Lydia.

Replied September 2023

Ian B.

Verified reviewer

Legal Services

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2025

A one stop HR, payroll, learning and onboarding tool

Fantastic saving us time time and helps us day to day and with future planning. From onboarding a few years ago to now we’ve always had a great level and support and direct relationship with People First.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The teams are always happy to help out and are always looking to their customers in ways to future develop the platform. People First is a great HR, payroll, onboarding and learning system all in one place. The system allows us to manage and monitor performance across the business and easily identify skills gaps.

Cons:

Some areas of the system can be difficult to find or click heavy. The learning area does have some room for improvement to make it a more user friendly environment.

Reasons for choosing People First

Look feel and ease of use along with the constant updates being roadmapped

Reasons for switching to People First

More integration and functionality an all in one tool

Vendor Response

Thank you for taking the time to leave a review Ian, it's greatly appreciated. We've recently released some new updates to our learning functionality, including personalised learning pathways that we hope your team will find useful!

Replied December 2025

Sarah W.

Verified reviewer

Staffing and Recruiting

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2025

People First Has Been a Winner for Meridian!

Overall the move to People First has been extremely successful and has created numerous efficiencies. As an HR team, we love how easy easy it is to navigate the system, make changes etc and the feedback from our people is overwhelmingly positive too, they particularly enjoy being able to access the system whenever they like via the app. During the implementation process the support we had from our Account Manager and Project Manager during was excellent and at no point did we feel like we were just left to get on with it, we always knew there was help at hand if we needed it which helped enormously. As a result the process ran smoothly and we completed the project on time relatively stress free!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

What I really love about People First is that it is more than just an HRIS, it’s a platform which allows us to bring all things people related together into one place. Our people can access everything they may need such as policies, the expenses system, our benefits & rewards platforms etc through the links we have set up in People First making everything easily accessible for our people. It has also created a sense of community as our people can share updates, recognise colleagues and celebrate achievements through the system, which as a geographically diverse business, is really valuable to us. From an HR team perspective, it has helped to streamline our process and created valuable efficiencies. Prior to People First we had a separate platform for managing performance and one to ones however we are now able to do all this through People First which not only has improved the end user experience but we have also achieved a significant cost saving as a result.

Cons:

The only slight drawback I find with People First is the reports, whilst there are many, they are standardised and can not be manipulated which means that sometimes you have to pull several reports and amalgamate them to get the information you want.

Reasons for choosing People First

We chose People First as it ticked most of the boxes we were looking for and it's simplicity of use.

Reasons for switching to People First

People First is a simpler, easier to navigate system which is more suited to a business our size (SME).

Vendor Response

Thank you for taking the time to leave a review, Sarah. It's great to hear you're having a positive experience with People First! Your feedback is very valuable to us and we will share it with our product team as we continue to improve the People First experience.

Replied December 2025

Susie W.

Verified reviewer

Insurance

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2025

Intuitive Experience Back by Great Service

Our overall experience with People First has been very positive. The customer service is excellent - our account manager stays in regular contact and responses quickly to any queries. Projects such as our initial implementation and the transition to the new payroll system were well planned and executed on schedule.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I really appreciate how intuitive and easy the system is to use. We recently transitioned to their payroll system and it has significantly reduced the time we spend on administrative tasks. We also like the social media feel of the newsfeed - it's an effective way to keep everyone up to date across the business without having to send multiple emails.

Cons:

There are frequent updates, which can make it hard to keep track of what's changed. I suspect there are useful features on the platform that we're not aware of.

Reasons for choosing People First

Costs and ease of use. The team also visited our offices to demonstrate the product.

Reasons for switching to People First

The previous system was too complicated to administer.

Vendor Response

Thank you for your feedback, Susie! It’s great to hear that you’re having a positive experience. We update People First frequently to ensure the platform is up to date with the latest functionality and compliance. If you have any questions about the latest releases, please feel free to get in touch.

Replied December 2025

Verified

Reviewer

Real Estate

201-500 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2025

Great system!

I've always found the support and assistance to be fantastic. Even if something goes wrong I am confident a resolution is being worked on. My account management in the last 9 months has be outstanding.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

User friendly and easy to navigate for both desktop and mobile users. We have a lot of field based employees and they find it really easy to use.

Cons:

MFA- this has been a real challenege. Particularly having to re-enter codes every time you log in. It is not usual to have to do this, usually a device is recognised for 24 hours. Having biometric login options would benefit mobile app users.

Reasons for choosing People First

Accessibility and value for money. Also, good liasion through procurement.

Vendor Response

Thank you so much for taking the time to leave a review. Your feedback is very important to us and we will share them with our product team as we continue to improve the People First experience.

Replied December 2025

Heather R.

Verified reviewer

Electrical/ Electronic Manufacturing

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2025

People First - a year in!

Right from the consultants who worked with us to get the system how we wanted to look before go live to a year in, People First has transformed our business in terms of accessibility for our employees, and usable, real time data at the touch of our button. Our employees being able to see their payslip at any time of the month is such a benefit for them and the amount of corrections needed each month has drastically dropped since employees have been able to see real time data.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The implementation of People First within our business has enabled us to support our transparent culture and allow our employees to access all their personnel data, benefits and company news through one app based product. The software is intuitive, easy to use and for my teams easy to update and extract data, ensuring more efficient and effective outcomes for our business.

Cons:

We've had a few teething problems with the payroll benefits section, but the benefit is when you raise a ticket you can see the defect through to resolution, it's a little frustrating but hasn't put me off the product.

Reasons for choosing People First

Value for money, app based and user accessibility

Reasons for switching to People First

We were using Moorepay as a Finance system and adding a HR module alongside it which didn't work. We wanted a system that was more transparent and less clunky.

Vendor Response

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review, Heather. It’s great to know that the system has help your teams work more efficiently!

Replied December 2025

Deimante L.

Verified reviewer

Human Resources

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2025

User-Friendly System with strong reporting features

Overall, People First is intuitive and easy to navigate, making it a practical and efficient tool for both day-to-day HR and broader HR functions.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I find People First very effective and user-friendly. The reporting functionality offers valuable insights and the ability to post policies or key announcements with tracking to see who has accepted them is extremely useful for communication and compliance. I also appreciate the weekly digest feature, which summarises important updates and automatically sends them to employees. The option to include external links adds flexibility as well as People First app.

Cons:

One limitation is that the organisational chart cannot be downloaded in it's current format, which make it difficult to share outside of the system. Additionally, when we have a query or issue, it would be much more efficient to have the option to contact someone directly by phone or email, rather than being required to raise a case through the support portal.

Reasons for switching to People First

There was a knowledge gap as the team who implemented iTrent have left the business.

Vendor Response

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review, Deimante! We're thrilled to hear that you find People First user-friendly and efficient. Your feedback is very valuable to us and we will share it with our product team as we continue to improve the People First experience.

Replied December 2025

Kingsley R.

Verified reviewer

Electrical/ Electronic Manufacturing

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2025

People First - a good start

Having been with the system since the beginning there wasn't much support to begin with but features are being added all the time and being able to bring ideas to the table to help improve the produce is great. I think there is a lot more that could be done with the system but off to a good start

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Very easy to use from an end user point of view. The functionality is the same whether on app or desktop.

Cons:

When the system was bought back in 2022 there were no guides or instructions on how to use the system either from an end user or as an admin of the system. They are slowly getting round to fixing this now

Reasons for choosing People First

functionality of the app and social aspect of the system given remote workforce

Vendor Response

Thank you for taking the time to leave a review Kingsley, your feedback is very important to us. We're continuing to improve the People First experience with regular updates. If you have any questions about the latest releases or our long-term roadmap, please feel free to get in touch.

Replied December 2025

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