PurelyHR 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

PurelyHR

4.5

(440)

FrontRunner 2026

Pricing

Starting at $5.00 per month

About PurelyHR

PurelyHR is powerful modular HR software for small to medium-sized businesses. Our cloud-based platform simplifies your everyday HR tasks including leave management, employee directory and onboarding, time tracking, performance management, infraction tracking, and certification management. Choose the modules you need and the number of users for an HRIS that fits your business needs and budget.

At its core, PurelyHR wants to make your job easier. Trusted by thousands of companies worldwide, our software helps you automate time-consuming tasks, frees you from spreadsheets and manual calculations, and gives you access to the information you need, when you need it.

Our modules include:

Staff: PurelyHR’s core HRIS module. Create comprehensive employee profiles with contact, employment and salary information, plus the option to upload documents, request e-signatures, and add notes, skills, and more. The self-serve option gives employees convenient access to their HR data and the ability to update information to ensure your records are always up-to-date. Staff’s onboarding feature helps you start new hires off on the right foot by easily creating and assigning onboarding tasks.

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PurelyHR Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $5.00 per month

Free Trial

Free Version

PurelyHR

$5.00

per user, per month

Plan includes:

Staff Management
Leave Management
Staff Performance Management
Time Tracking
Timesheet
Attendance Tracking
Certification Tracking
Infraction Tracking

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PurelyHR 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 PurelyHR
360 Degree Feedback
Absence Management
Access Controls/Permissions
Activity Dashboard
Activity Tracking
Alerts/Notifications
API
Approval Process Control
Approval Workflow
Attendance Management
Attendance Tracking
Audit Trail
Automated Scheduling
Automatic Time Capture
Break Management
Calendar Management
Clock In/Out
Competency Management
Customizable Branding
Customizable Fields
Customizable Reports
Customizable Templates
Dashboard
Data Import/Export
Data Security
Document Management
Document Storage
Electronic Forms
Electronic Signature
Employee Database
Employee Handbook
Employee Portal
Employee Profiles
Employee Scheduling
Employee Time Tracking
Feedback Management
FMLA Administration
Geofencing
Goal Management
Goal Setting/Tracking
HR Management
Learning & Development
Leave Policy Management
Leave Tracking
Lockout Periods
Mobile Access
Offboarding
Ongoing Performance Tracking
Online Time Clock
Orientation Workflow Management
Overtime Calculation
Payroll Reporting
Peer Appraisals
Performance Appraisal
Performance Review Management
Project Time Tracking
Punch card
Real-Time Data
Real-Time Notifications
Real-Time Reporting
Reminders
Reporting/Analytics
Reporting & Statistics
Review Cycle Tracking
Role-Based Permissions
Self Assessment
Self Service Portal
Sick Leave Tracking
Skills Assessment
Surveys & Feedback
Talent Management
Task Management
Team Calendars
Third-Party Integrations
Time Off Management
Time Off Requests
Timesheet Management
Time Tracking
Training Management
Vacation/Leave Tracking
Workflow Management

PurelyHR Integrations

Google Calendar

Microsoft Outlook

Okta

PurelyHR User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.5

Ratings Breakdown

62%

31%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.5

Value for money

4.6

Customer support

4.6

Functionality

4.4

Carla H.

Verified reviewer

Hospital & Health Care

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed December 2024

Streamlined and Effective Time Manager Solution

After reviewing several products that had too many bells and whistles, this was a streamlined product for our small office staff of 17.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

This is user friendly, easy set up and customer service response is fast and effective.

Cons:

We did not choose to complete all of the HR pages since it was a duplication of our general HR pages.

Reasons for choosing PurelyHR

Streamlined and matched our needs, not overburdened with attached products.

Reasons for switching to PurelyHR

We needed to move into an online solution

Dana M.

Verified reviewer

Marketing and Advertising

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed December 2025

Affordable but missing features

The overall experience has been mediocre. Their support is quick but really unhelpful. Either they don't know or send the wrong information. Often replies seem canned and do not relate to what was asked.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

We really appreciate the cost of the platform. It's one of the most affordable options for a small company (<25 employees). We like the timesheet audit so you can see when the live clock in/outs were. Many other software options were missing that. The onboarding is a great process and allows us to customize per employee or department. Having employees be able to login and choose their location (office or remote) is why we have stuck with this software for now.

Cons:

While there have been many updates in 2025, there are still things that are missing in PurelyHR or not compliant. The signing of documents is a useless feature. We can't see the signed doc (signature ON the doc). We can only see the employee signed it which would not hold up legally. Also, their vacation accrual is not compliant in Alberta. We have to use another software to calculate compliant vacation accrual. It needs to be based on vacationable hours worked and it's not. Having report templates would be great - we have to find, create, and customize reports every single time because there isn't a way to save a template. It's really inefficient. This is perhaps the most frustrating missing feature that would cause us to leave. While we are not completely satisfied with PurelyHR, it's the most affordable option for now but we do have to use several other software, plus excel docs, plus a payroll system, plus an ATS, plus others to get the info, reporting, and Human Resources features we need. It's definitely not a one-stop for all of your HRIS needs.

Reasons for choosing PurelyHR

Solely because of price. It was the cheapest. We see why.

Vendor Response

Thank you, Dana, for your detailed feedback. We understand your concerns, and your input is invaluable as we work to improve PurelyHR.

Replied December 2025

Jeremy M.

Verified reviewer

Retail

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2019

Review of HR

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Previously 5

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

User-friendly for the staff member in using the program

Cons:

Termination of an employee. I found it took way too long to find the actual delete tool.

Erin S.

Verified reviewer

Legal Services

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed December 2025

HR Manager

Overall, the system meets our basic needs. There are several additional items that would make my life easier, but not sure if PurelyHR can offer those things.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I like the reminders it gives me for birthdays & anniversaries, along with the ability to push out onboarding checklists.

Cons:

Some processes need streamlining, system glitches cause headaches, and I wish we could customize more. I’ve shared feedback, but unsure if it’s been used.

Reasons for choosing PurelyHR

Price, when I came in it was already implemented.

Vendor Response

Thank you, Erin, for your feedback. We’re pleased to hear that you enjoy the reminders and onboarding tools. We have taken note of your comments regarding customization and process improvements, and we will consider them as we enhance the platform.

Replied December 2025

Emily M.

Verified reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

11-50 employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months

Reviewed December 2025

Easy to Use With Outstanding Customer Service

My overall experience with PurelyHR has been very positive, especially when it comes to customer support. During the trial period, I tested a lot of different platforms, and PurelyHR was the only one where I consistently felt supported. Anytime I had a question, a real person responded quickly and clearly, which really stood out to me and was one of the main reasons I chose them. Since signing on, they have continued to check in on us in a way that feels helpful and genuine, not overwhelming or sales driven. It feels like they actually want to make sure we are getting what we need from the system. So far, everything has been smooth and easy, and the experience has been exactly what I hoped for when choosing a platform for our team.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

What I like most about PurelyHR is how easy it is to learn. This was the biggest factor for us choosing it for our non-profit. I tried a lot of other trials, and even as someone who is pretty tech savvy, most of them felt confusing or had too many steps. PurelyHR was the only one that felt simple on both the admin side and the employee side. It also feels secure, and we have never had any worries about that. In terms of cost, the pricing seems similar to other platforms, but as a non-profit it was still outside our budget. They offered a non-profit discount, which made it workable for us. We are not using the onboarding or payroll features yet, but for employee attendance tracking it has been excellent. There are lots of options to customize things, but it never feels overwhelming or complicated to set up. The communication from the PurelyHR team has been outstanding too. They checked in on us during setup to make sure everything was going smoothly and offered one on one support, which we did not even need because the system was so user friendly. Overall, it has the right mix of being easy to use while still having all the features we need.

Cons:

So far, we really have not run into any issues. We have our full team using PurelyHR and everything with the time off calendar has worked smoothly. We have not used every feature yet, so I cannot speak to onboarding or payroll, but based on what we have used, there have been no problems to report.

Reasons for choosing PurelyHR

We chose PurelyHR because it was the only platform we tested that could fully support our needs as an adult-learning organization. It allows us to track leave in hours (not just days), apply different policies for full-time and part-time roles, manage multiple leave types, and set automatic yearly resets. It also provides a clean approval workflow, a staff-wide calendar, and the ability for employees to see their balances easily. Compared to alternatives like Timetastic, Absence.io, Humi, and others, PurelyHR offered the best combination of hourly tracking, policy flexibility, reporting, and built-in HR tools (onboarding, staff records, and document storage) at the scale we need. Other products were either day-based only, lacked policy customization, were too complex, or were significantly more expensive. PurelyHR was the only one that met all requirements in one system.

Jona F.

Verified reviewer

Libraries

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Reviewed December 2025

Highly recommend!

We've only had PurelyHR for about a year now and while there is a learning curve, it is very intuitive for the users.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I like the value for money. As a small non-profit organization, PurelyHR is very sophisticated for us and provides everything we need and at a cost that we can afford. Every time I have a question, the response has been swift.

Cons:

Pro: the team did an amazing job setting up our organization profile however I didn't learn much for because it was done at lightening speed. I have found it to be a little confusing when onboarding new employees - but their customer service has been great!

Reasons for choosing PurelyHR

They couldn't offer all of the tracking that we needed.

Reasons for switching to PurelyHR

Centreli never EVER responded to my emails for help using their tool, which we outgrew.

Vendor Response

Thank you, Jona, for your feedback and for recommending PurelyHR! We’re glad to hear the platform provides great value and meets your organization’s needs. We appreciate your comments on onboarding and setup, and we’ll keep them in mind as we work to improve the experience.

Replied December 2025

Velour A.

Verified reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Reviewed December 2025

Manager of Administration

Overall I have found PurelyHR to be pretty straightforward and inoffensive. It is easy to set different accrual rates, and I do appreciate the colourful ux design of the site. It is slightly frustrating that vacation days left are not explicitly shared with staff members, this also impacts that accrual reporting that we do as it does require math on our part.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I appreciate that I can ensure that people have different visibilities, that all staff can see everyone's time off, but that only the manager can read the specifics of the request. I do also appreciate that that PurelyHR will let me know how many staff members are off on the specific date and week to help myself as the admin, and other managers better prepare for our week or day.

Cons:

It is frustrating the PurelyHR does not explicitly tell staff members how many vacation days or sick days they have left. Rather, there is a column for the total number of days accessible to them, and a column for how many days they have already booked. Although our staff members can do the simple math, it is odd to me that PurelyHR would not just have a column that did the math already.

Reasons for choosing PurelyHR

It seemed more intuitive than Payworks as we did not have much experience with Payworks at the time.

Christine R.

Verified reviewer

Program Development

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Reviewed December 2025

Great PTO tracking system

Good. However, employees find it hard to understand sometime. From an administrator's perspective, no issues.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Easy to use. The setup was fairly straightforward. We do not use all of the available tools in PurelyHr. However, we plan to look at more reporting options in 2026.

Cons:

Some of the reporting. Would like more customizable options. We would like to be able to create more custom reports than the standard ones currently available.

Reasons for choosing PurelyHR

Product features and affordability. We did not need all the bells and whistles of BambooHR.

Reasons for switching to PurelyHR

They merged with another company and we did not like the new system.

Vendor Response

Thank you, Christine, for sharing your experience! We’re glad PurelyHR has been helpful for PTO tracking and easy to set up. We appreciate your feedback on reporting and customization and will keep it in mind as we enhance our features.

Replied December 2025

Andre L.

Verified reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed December 2025

Great Tool!!

My overall experience with PurelyHR was positive, as it offers a user-friendly platform for managing HR tasks efficiently, though it could benefit from more customization options for diverse organizational needs.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I liked PurelyHR most for its intuitive interface that makes managing employee time-off and HR tasks simple and stress-free.

Cons:

I liked PurelyHR least for its limited customization options, which can make it challenging to tailor the platform to unique organizational needs.

Ivanna C.

Verified reviewer

Religious Institutions