Where a generic HRMS is strong
To be fair, a good general HRMS is excellent at what it is built for: an office workforce. Recruitment and applicant tracking, performance management and appraisals, employee self-service, engagement and a polished salaried-payroll run are genuine strengths, and if you run a single-site company of salaried staff, that is exactly what you want.
The trouble only starts when the same tool is asked to run a workforce that does not look like an office.
Where manpower software is different
Manpower and staffing firms run a fundamentally different operation, and purpose-built software models it directly.
- Attendance at the client site, biometric and geo-tagged, contractor-wise, not one office gate. See attendance.
- Wage rates, not salary structures: the right rate by skill, zone, site and client, checked against the state minimum. See wage management.
- Per-client invoicing built in: the same deployment data that pays workers bills each client. See client billing.
- Contract-labour compliance: CLRA licences and registers, PSARA for guards, BOCW for construction. See contract labour compliance.
- Deployment across sites: deploy, transfer and cover workers across many client sites on one record. See manpower software.
Which should you pick?
Pick a generic HRMS if you are a single-site company managing your own salaried employees and want recruitment, performance and self-service.
Pick manpower / staffing software if you deploy workers across client sites and need multi-site attendance, wage-rate management, contract-labour compliance and per-client billing. See ZeniaHR pricing or book a demo.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between a generic HRMS and manpower software?
A generic HRMS is built for an office: one company, its own salaried employees, one workplace, with recruitment, performance and self-service. Manpower or staffing software is built for a workforce deployed across many client sites, paid by wage rate and shift and billed to the client, with multi-site attendance, contract-labour compliance and per-client invoicing. ZeniaHR is the manpower kind and is free for your first 100 workers.
Can a generic HRMS handle contract labour?
It can store contract workers as employees, but it usually does not model the contractor to principal-employer relationship, the CLRA licences and registers, or per-client billing that contract labour needs. Manpower software is built around exactly those.
Do I need both a generic HRMS and manpower software?
Rarely. A manpower or staffing firm's core operation, deploy, attend, pay, comply, bill, is what manpower software runs end to end. Some firms keep a light HR tool for a small office team, but the deployed workforce belongs in manpower software.
Which should a security, construction or staffing firm choose?
Manpower software. Security agencies, construction labour suppliers, facility-management and staffing firms all deploy workers across client sites and carry contract-labour, PSARA or BOCW duties that a generic HRMS does not model. ZeniaHR is built for these verticals.
How much does ZeniaHR cost?
It is free for up to 100 workers. Paid plans start at Rs 25 per worker per month and fall to Rs 12 at scale on yearly billing. See the pricing page for the full rate card.