Where RazorpayX Payroll is strong
To be fair, RazorpayX Payroll is very good at what it does. Backed by Razorpay, it automates the whole salary cycle for a company's own employees: it computes PF, ESI, professional tax and TDS, files compliance, and disburses salaries directly thanks to Razorpay's banking rails. For a startup or SME that wants payroll to run itself with minimal manual work, it is a clean, modern choice with a good reputation.
Its focus, by design, is a single company paying its own salaried staff, not a manpower operation deploying workers across many client sites.
Where ZeniaHR is different
ZeniaHR includes payroll, but payroll is only one step of the manpower loop. It is built for businesses that deploy workers across client sites.
- Attendance at the post (biometric, geo-tagged) feeds payroll directly, across every site and client.
- Per-client invoicing is built in, so the same deployment data that drives pay also bills each client for the man-days supplied.
- Contract-labour compliance (CLRA registers) is a first-class workflow.
- Free for your first 100 workers, with worker-level records rather than salaried-employee records.
See the payroll module, client billing, or the manpower software overview.
Which should you pick?
Pick RazorpayX Payroll if you are a single company that wants fully automated payroll and compliance for your own salaried employees, with direct salary disbursement.
Pick ZeniaHR if you deploy workers across client sites and need multi-site attendance feeding payroll, contract-labour compliance, and a separate invoice for each client. See ZeniaHR pricing or book a demo.
Built only for manpower & staffing
Run multi-site attendance, payroll, PF/ESI compliance and per-client invoicing on one worker record. Free for your first 100 workers.
Frequently asked questions
Is ZeniaHR a good RazorpayX Payroll alternative?
For manpower and staffing firms, yes. RazorpayX Payroll automates payroll for a single company's own employees; ZeniaHR adds multi-site attendance, contract-labour compliance and per-client invoicing for firms that deploy workers across client sites.
Does RazorpayX Payroll do per-client invoicing?
RazorpayX Payroll is built to pay a company's own staff, not to bill clients for deployed workers. ZeniaHR turns attendance into a separate man-day invoice for each client, reconciled against payroll.
Does RazorpayX Payroll have a free plan?
The current RazorpayX Payroll pricing page lists paid plans starting at Rs 2,499 per month and does not show a free plan. ZeniaHR is free for up to 100 workers. Confirm current pricing on razorpay.com.
Can I use both?
Some firms run automated payroll for their office staff on one tool and manage their deployed field workforce, attendance, client billing and CLRA compliance, on ZeniaHR. Book a demo and we will map it to your setup.