Employee management software for small business is a long search term for a short test. Does the record hold the documents, the signed contract, the handbook acknowledgment, the onboarding checklist, the reviews, the write-ups, or only the fields? Does it chase each document when it is due? Is the price per location or per employee? The tools on this site print every document free, without an account; this page is the test and the vendors' prices from their own pages.
The record
One per person keyed by employee ID, with the documents in date order, signed where they should be and locked at the signature. The onboarding checklist on this site assigns the ID as its first line and the contract tool, handbook template and review template print three of the documents.
The chase
The contract before day one, the handbook with it, the thirty-day review on the date, the handbook re-acknowledged when it changes, the timecard approved before the run. On the trial, date one hire a month ago and see whether anyone is told.
The price
From the vendors' own pricing pages, cited below: Homebase lists its Essentials plan at $30 per location per month billed monthly or $24 billed annually, with unlimited employees, and a Basic plan at $0 for one location with up to 10 employees; BambooHR starts at $10 per employee per month for Core and $17 for Pro; Deputy's Core plan is $6.50 per user per month. HeadcountDesk Pro is $24 per month per location. For a business whose headcount changes, per location is predictable and per employee is a line that grows.
What is free first
Every document, printed from your figures on this site without an account. The record that keeps them is the subscription, and the day to start it is the day a document goes missing. Most small employers know that day when it arrives.
Questions people ask about employee management software for small business
How small is small?
The test is the same from two employees; the folder works until the first missing document.
Does it need to include payroll?
Payroll pays; the management software keeps the documents payroll depends on.
What is free here?
Every document tool, without an account.