How much does onboarding software cost
- Checklist items
- 37
- Items due before or on day one
- 17
- Items due in the first 30 days
- 20
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How much does onboarding software cost is answerable from the vendors' own pricing pages, and the shape matters more than the figure: most price per employee per month, so the bill grows with every hire, while a flat per-location price does not. What the software replaces is a working day of somebody's time per hire, which is the number to weigh it against. The onboarding checklist on this site scopes the hire and its hours for free, without an account; HeadcountDesk Pro is $24 a month per location, whatever the headcount.
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The per-employee shape
BambooHR lists Core at $10 and Pro at $17 per employee per month, so a twenty-person team pays for twenty seats every month whether anyone was hired or not. Per-employee pricing turns headcount growth into a software bill.
The per-location shape
Homebase lists Essentials at $24 per location per month billed annually, with a free Basic plan for one location of up to ten employees; HeadcountDesk Pro is $24 a month per location. Flat pricing means the fifth hire costs what the first did: nothing extra.
What it replaces
Onboarding a salaried hire is roughly thirty checklist items and a working day of somebody's time before any role training starts. The software's job is to give each of those items an owner and a reminder, and that day of coordination is the cost it removes per hire.
Start free, pay for the record
The onboarding checklist on this site scopes the hire, the items and the hours with no account. The paid part is the record: the checklist against the employee, the reminders, the signed acknowledgements. From the vendors' own pricing pages: Homebase lists Essentials at $24 per location per month billed annually or $30 monthly, with a free Basic plan for one location of up to ten employees; BambooHR lists Core at $10 and Pro at $17 per employee per month; Deputy lists Core at $6.50 per user per month. HeadcountDesk Pro is $24 a month per location.
How much does onboarding software cost: common questions
How much should a small business pay for onboarding software?
The vendors' pages put it between free and $17 per employee per month; the shape to prefer at a growing headcount is flat per location, which is how Pro is priced.
Is there free onboarding software?
The checklist on this site is free with no account, and Homebase lists a free Basic plan for one location of up to ten employees.
What does the software actually save?
Onboarding a salaried hire is roughly thirty checklist items and a working day of somebody's time before any role training starts; the saving is that day, per hire, plus the items that no longer get missed.
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