- Core HR: Store employee records, documents and contracts, and manage onboarding or offboarding.
- Time management: Handle clock-ins, schedules, shifts, leave and overtime.
- Recruitment and communication: Run hiring workflows, team updates and employee chat.
- Talent and culture: Use surveys, performance reviews and people analytics.
- Modular setup: Choose a ready-made plan or add the modules the team needs.
SesameHR
Manage employee records, time, hiring, communication, and performance.
Updated August 11, 2026
SesameHR Overview
Sesame HR brings everyday people administration, time management and employee development into one platform. HR teams can keep employee records and documents, organize onboarding and recruitment, manage shifts and leave, and run surveys or performance reviews.
Employees can clock in, request time off and read company updates from the web or mobile app. Reports help HR understand the information created by those workflows. The payroll area prepares and passes employee payroll information to accounting rather than acting as an outsourced payroll service.
Key Features
Pricing
| Plan | Price | What is included |
|---|---|---|
| Essential | $3.75/employee/month with annual billing $5.25 with monthly billing |
Core HR, time tracking, leave and shifts |
| Connect | $4.25/employee/month with annual billing $5.00 with monthly billing |
Essential features plus tasks, recruitment and internal communication |
| Growth | $6.25/employee/month with annual billing $6.75 with monthly billing |
Full employee lifecycle, culture and performance workflows |
| Scale | $7.00/employee/month with annual billing $8.00 with monthly billing |
Advanced controls, SSO, API and enterprise-level modules |
| Custom | Custom quote | A tailored mix of modules and add-ons |
Prices exclude taxes and are calculated per active employee, with a 15-employee minimum. Free trial: 14 days with no commitment.
Pricing source: Sesame HR pricing page
Pros
| Competitor | Where this tool may fit better |
|---|---|
| Personio | Sesame HR shows both annual and monthly prices for four ready-made plans. A buyer considering Personio can use those public rates to estimate the cost of time, hiring and employee communication before requesting a tailored setup. |
| Factorial | Sesame HR lets a team start with a plan and add or upgrade modules later. That flexibility can help a buyer comparing Factorial who wants to pay for a smaller mix of time, communication and talent tools. |
| BambooHR | Sesame HR includes internal communication and time management in its public plan structure. A team also looking at BambooHR may prefer Sesame when those everyday workflows and visible monthly rates are the main priorities. |
Cons
| Competitor | Where the rival may have the edge |
|---|---|
| Personio | Personio is designed around European core HR and offers additional talent and payroll products. Sesame HR availability can vary by country, and its payroll area prepares information for accounting instead of running an outsourced payroll service. |
| Factorial | Sesame HR prices start with a 15-employee minimum and do not include taxes. A very small team should ask Factorial for an equivalent quote before assuming Sesame’s per-person rate will be cheaper. |
| BambooHR | BambooHR offers native payroll, benefits and global employment apps. Sesame HR is narrower in those areas, so a buyer should list the outside payroll and benefits systems that would still be needed. |
Reviews
- Sesame HR reviews on Software Advice (4.3/5 from 70 reviews): The page gives ease of use 4.4, support 4.3, value 4.1 and functionality 4.3. Its visible comments describe a promising product, but they also raise problems with cancelling a monthly subscription and with customer support.
These ratings cover Sesame HR as a whole, while each plan includes a different mix of time, hiring, communication and performance tools. Buyers should test the modules in the plan they intend to purchase.
