No credit card. ₹120/user/month + GST after the trial.
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Live attendance with shifts, grace period, office vs home, and break time.
Summary
Which should you choose?
Choose Trakkar over Zoho People if you want one tool for time tracking, projects, HR, and GST invoices and quotations created in Trakkar. Trakkar Premium is $5/user/month (₹120/user/month + GST in India), with no setup fee.
More detail
Trakkar Premium is $5/user/month (₹120/user/month + GST in India), one platform for agencies and client-service teams. Track billable hours on the Windows and macOS desktop app with idle time detection, send invoices and quotations with configurable tax types (GST supported for India), and manage attendance, leave, and projects in the same place. If you're comparing options for a Zoho People alternative, Trakkar keeps hours, invoices, leave, and attendance in one plan. Screenshots are on by default, and admins can turn them off or change the interval for each person. The case for switching is price and having time tracking and invoicing in one tool, not surveillance.
TL;DR: Trakkar vs Zoho People
Trakkar is a workforce platform for service teams at $5/user/month (₹120/user/month + GST in India), with time tracking, attendance, leave, GST invoicing and a client portal. Zoho People HR management from Zoho. If your team runs Zoho People next to separate HR and invoicing tools, Trakkar brings those into one place.
Export your client list, and any timesheet history you want to keep, from Zoho People (CSV or native export).
Sign up for a free Trakkar trial at web.trakkar.in. No credit card required.
Import your clients from Excel or CSV and invite your team. Set up leave types, shift templates, attendance rules, and screenshot policies.
Connect billing: set your invoice details, tax rates, and invoice number prefix, then create your first invoice.
Enable the client portal per project and run both tools in parallel for one billing cycle before switching.
Book a free demo at trakkar.in/demo if you want a guided walkthrough with the founding team.
Monthly cost by team size
Prices in USD at list rates. In India, Trakkar Premium is ₹120/user/month + GST.
Monthly cost by team size
Team size
Trakkar
Zoho People
Annual savings
1 user
$5/mo
~$1/mo
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5 users
$25/mo
~$6/mo
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10 users
$50/mo
~$13/mo
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25 users
$125/mo
~$31/mo
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50 users
$250/mo
~$63/mo
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Head-to-head comparison
Capability
Trakkar
Zoho People
Time tracking (desktop + manual)
Included
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Screenshots (desktop)
Included
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Attendance, shifts & holidays
Included
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Leave, WFH & overtime
Included
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Tasks, projects & Gantt
Included
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Invoicing & quotations
Included
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Client portal
Included
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Budget and margin per project
Included
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HR lifecycle
Included
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Local-currency pricing (USD & INR)
Included
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Plan-by-plan pricing
Trakkar Premium
₹120/user/month + GST
Time tracking and screenshots. ₹114 on 6 months, ₹108 on 12 months.
Time tracking and screenshots
Attendance, shifts, leave, and holidays
Tasks and projects
Invoicing, quotations, and client portal
Zoho People
Plan
Price
Essential HR
$1.25/user/mo
Professional
$2/user/mo
Premium
$3/user/mo
What each tool does
Official positioning and what you get on each vendor's published plans.
Trakkar combines a desktop time tracker, attendance and leave management, project and task workflows, invoicing, and a client portal, built for agencies and client-service teams.
Desktop time tracker for Windows and macOS, with idle time flagged, screenshots and app usage
Attendance, shifts, holidays, leave, WFH, and overtime
Tasks and projects on a Kanban board and a timeline view, with custom workflows and daily standups
Invoices, quotations, client address book, and unpaid invoices by days late
Client portal where clients see tasks and hours and download invoices
Zoho People offers attendance, leave, shift scheduling, performance appraisals, and employee self-service as part of the Zoho ecosystem. More on attendance management software for India.
From $1.25–$3/user/month on annual billing (India INR tiers render at checkout; commonly ~₹50–₹150/employee)
Feature comparison
Sourced where each vendor publishes it; Trakkar rows reflect Premium.
Time tracking & productivity
How each platform captures billable hours and measures team output.
Time tracking & productivity
Capability
Trakkar
Zoho People
Desktop time tracking
Included
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Manual time entry and approved time corrections
Included
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Async daily standups
Included
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Idle time flagged
Included
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Cost rates, budget and margin per project
Included
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Projects & tasks
Task management, workflows, and delivery visibility.
Projects & tasks
Capability
Trakkar
Zoho People
Tasks, checklists & attachments
Included
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Kanban, Gantt & custom workflows
Included
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Recurring tasks & task pool
Included
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HR, attendance & leave
Leave types, shifts, holidays, WFH, and overtime, including Indian presets.
Screens from the Trakkar web app (Acme Studio sample data): time, attendance, finance, and reports in one INR-priced platform.
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Live attendance with shifts, grace period, office vs home, and break time.
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Leave, WFH, and corrections in one approval queue instead of scattered emails.
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One dashboard for who is working, hours logged, and what needs your approval.
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Financial year view in INR: invoiced, received, overdue, and who owes you.
Detailed comparison by topic
Pricing & total cost of ownership
Trakkar Premium is $5/user/month (₹120/user/month + GST in India) with time tracking, screenshots, attendance, leave, invoicing, and client portal included. That's $100/month at list price for a 20-person team (₹2,400/month + GST in India), paid upfront for 6 months (5% off) or 12 months (10% off), with no per-module upsells.
Zoho People pricing: From $1.25–$3/user/month on annual billing (India INR tiers render at checkout; commonly ~₹50–₹150/employee). Most teams also pay for separate invoicing, HR, or monitoring tools, pushing total cost well above the listed per-user price.
One platform instead of a stack
Built for Indian billing: client GSTIN on invoices, the tax rate you pick, invoice numbers that restart each Indian financial year, TDS recorded at payment, India holiday presets, and your own custom holidays.
Zoho People covers one slice of the workflow. Trakkar bundles time tracking with screenshots, projects, attendance and leave, invoicing, and a client portal in a single per-user price. GST invoices and quotations are created in Trakkar too, so there is no separate invoicing tool to buy.
Feature depth & tool consolidation
One dashboard replaces a time tracker, attendance system, leave manager, invoicing tool, and client portal. Tasks run on a Kanban board, where you drag cards between your own status columns, and a timeline (Gantt-style) view shows tasks by project. Each project can have its own workflow, with your own statuses and the moves you allow between them, plus ready-made HR automations. The async daily standup fills itself in from yesterday's tasks and time. For people changes, there are onboarding and offboarding checklists, and when someone leaves, their work is handed over to a colleague.
Zoho People offers attendance, leave, shift scheduling, performance appraisals, and employee self-service as part of the Zoho ecosystem. More on attendance management software for India. No time tracking for client billing Teams using Zoho People often maintain a separate stack for billing and HR.
Onboarding & switching
Self-serve signup at web.trakkar.in with a 14-day free trial, no credit card needed. Import your clients from Excel or CSV, invite your team by email or invite link, and set up leave types, shifts, and screenshot policies. Book a demo at trakkar.in/demo to see how it compares with Zoho People.
Zoho People onboarding varies by plan tier. Enterprise plans may require sales calls and longer implementation, especially for PSA tools like Scoro or Kantata.
Strengths on both sides
Where Trakkar wins
Leave and attendance plus time tracking and invoicing in one app
No multi-product Zoho stack required
Client portal for agency work
Where Zoho People wins
Low per-employee pricing from $1.25/user (₹50 in India)
Part of Zoho ecosystem
Leave and attendance management
Employee self-service portal
Common Zoho People limitations and who each tool fits
Common Zoho People limitations
No time tracking for client billing
No client invoicing (needs Zoho Invoice or Books)
No screenshot monitoring
Requires Zoho stack for full functionality
Choose Trakkar if…
Teams wanting HR + billing without multiple Zoho subscriptions
Zoho People handles HR (leave, attendance). Trakkar adds billable time tracking, invoicing, project management, and monitoring, replacing Zoho People + Projects + Invoice.
Which is better for agencies: Trakkar or Zoho People?
Trakkar suits agencies that want time tracking, attendance, a client portal and GST invoicing in one place. Zoho People may suit you better if your company is already standardized on the Zoho suite. If you are also comparing Keka on HR and payroll, see Trakkar vs Keka.
Is Trakkar a good Zoho People alternative?
Yes. Trakkar replaces Zoho People for teams that want time tracking, projects, attendance, leave, invoicing, and a client portal in one product at $5/user/month (₹120/user/month + GST in India).
How much does Zoho People cost compared to Trakkar?
Zoho People: From $1.25–$3/user/month on annual billing (India INR tiers render at checkout; commonly ~₹50–₹150/employee). Trakkar Premium is $5/user/month, so 10 people come to $50/month at list price, paid upfront for 6 or 12 months. In India, Trakkar bills in INR at ₹120/user/month + GST.
Can I migrate from Zoho People to Trakkar?
Yes. Export your client list from Zoho People as CSV where available. Trakkar imports clients from Excel or CSV, and you invite your team by email or invite link. Book a free 30-minute demo at trakkar.in/demo to see the setup.
What is the main difference between Trakkar and Zoho People?
Trakkar is a workforce platform for agencies and client-service teams. It covers time tracking, attendance, leave and GST invoicing, with a client portal, at $5/user/month (₹120/user/month + GST in India). Zoho People is HR management from Zoho. Many agencies run Zoho People next to separate HR and invoicing tools, and Trakkar brings those into one place.
Does Trakkar include screenshots like Zoho People?
Trakkar includes screenshots in the Windows and macOS desktop app at $5/user/month (₹120/user/month + GST in India). They're on by default, and admins can turn them off for anyone and set each person's interval (every 10 minutes by default). Zoho People does not include native screenshot monitoring.
Does Zoho People support GST invoicing?
Trakkar creates GST invoices with your client's GSTIN, and invoice numbers restart each Indian financial year.
Guides
How-to workflows in Trakkar
Step-by-step guides for billing, attendance, and remote teams, written with INR and GST in mind.
