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WORKSTAGER VS. GREYTHR

greytHR pays your people. Workstager also connects them to the work.

greytHR is a trusted India-focused HRMS with strong payroll and statutory compliance. But HR data rarely stops at HR — hours feed projects, expenses hit budgets, and laptops belong to someone. Workstager connects all of it.
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TWO DIFFERENT APPROACHES

HR is one part of running a business.

Both platforms manage employees well. Workstager also manages what those employees are working on, spending and using.

GREYTHR

HRMS and payroll specialist

A cloud HR and payroll platform built around Indian statutory requirements and the full employee lifecycle.

  • Payroll with strong statutory compliance
  • Attendance and leave management
  • Employee onboarding and self-service
  • Free plan for very small teams

Strongest at: HRMS + payroll + attendance + employee lifecycle

WORKSTAGER

A connected digital workplace

Combines project execution with the operational systems employees use across the organization.

  • Intranet and internal communication
  • Sales pipeline and quote-to-project workflow
  • Projects, budgets, work reports and expenses
  • Assets, operations, HCM and help & support

Where it differs: Extends HR into projects, assets, expenses and operations

greytHR ends where the project begins

greytHR knows who was present and what they were paid. It does not know which project they worked on, what that project was quoted at, or whether it is over budget. There is no CRM, project management, asset register or internal communication hub.

  • Approved work reports update project hours and the employee calendar
  • Payroll hours come straight from attendance logs
  • Sales, projects, assets and help desk sit beside HR
A FAMILIAR SITUATION

Payroll runs cleanly in greytHR every month. Meanwhile project managers ask staff to fill timesheets in a separate tool, finance rebuilds project costs in Excel, and the asset register lives with IT.

Side-by-side

Feature-by-feature

✓ full support · ◐ partial / via add-on or integration · — not available

17 of 18native in Workstager
4 of 18native in greytHR
FeatureWorkstagergreytHR
Sales & CRM
Sales CRM and lead pipeline✓ Native, quote-to-project flow— Not available
Quotation-to-project workflow✓ Native conversion— Outside product scope
Projects & work
Project, task and Kanban boards✓ Kanban, budgets, milestones— Not available
Project budgets & phase-level cost tracking✓ Native, multi-version, margin— Outside product scope
Time tracking / work reports✓ Native, feeds budget & payroll◐ Attendance-linked only
Screenshot / activity monitoring— Not offered— Not available
Expense management✓ Native, linked to budgets◐ Reimbursement module
Assets & operations
Asset management & QR tracking✓ Native, company / employee / project— Not available
Checklists, reminders & documents✓ Native— Not available
Help & support
Helpdesk tickets✓ Native◐ Partial / add-on
Knowledge base✓ Native— Not available
People / HCM
Attendance & WFH logs✓ Native, GPS-tagged WFH logs✓ Core strength
Leave management✓ Native, dual-track approval✓ Native
Performance reviews✓ Native◐ Partial / add-on
Payroll & statutory compliance✓ Native✓ Core strength, strong statutory compliance
Employee onboarding workflow✓ Native✓ Native
Workplace & AI
Intranet & internal comms (announcements, chat, polls)✓ Digital Workplace— Not available
Built-in AI assistant✓ AI assistant included◐ Partial / add-on

How to read this: "Core strength" marks a central product capability. "Not available" or "Outside product scope" doesn't mean the workflow is impossible — integrations or third-party tools may cover it. Confirm current plan entitlements with each vendor before purchasing.

WHERE WORKSTAGER CONNECTS THE DOTS

From first customer enquiry to delivery and operations.

Connected records reduce how often the same information gets re-typed across disconnected tools.

Lead / Contact

Capture the opportunity

Estimation / BOQ

Prepare the scope and estimate

Approval

Review and authorize

Quotation

Generate the customer quote

Project

Create a project from the approved quote

01 · PROJECT FINANCIAL VISIBILITY

Budgets connected to actual work

Work reports and approved expenses feed project actuals and budget consumption, so progress and cost move together.

02 · ONE EMPLOYEE WORKPLACE

Communication and execution together

Announcements, company information, knowledge, and daily workflows live in one shared digital workplace.

03 · ASSETS AND OPERATIONS

Know what the team uses and manages

Track assets across company, employee, and project contexts, with QR tagging, alongside checklists and reminders.

04 · PEOPLE OPERATIONS

Connect employee records with daily work

Attendance, leave, WFH, and payroll-related processes sit in the same operating environment as the work itself.

CHOOSE THE RIGHT FIT

When should you choose greytHR?

If HR, payroll, attendance and employee lifecycle management are your primary requirements, greytHR is worth considering. Typical fit: SMB–Mid-market (India).

If your organization already has dedicated tools for CRM, projects, assets and internal communication, and only needs a dependable HRMS, greytHR is a strong choice.

WORKSTAGER MAY BE A BETTER FIT WHEN…

Your HR data should drive the rest of the business.

  • Employee hours should flow into project budgets and margin.
  • WFH logs need GPS tagging and separate approval.
  • Leave needs independent manager and admin approval tracks.
  • Assets should be linked to the employees who use them.
  • Sales, projects and support should share one employee directory.
Total cost

The real cost isn't the sticker price

It's everything you have to buy around greytHR to do what Workstager already includes.

GREYTHR
Per-employee/month

Free plan: Yes — free plan for very small teams

Deployment: Cloud only

Focused on HRMS, payroll, attendance, employee lifecycle. CRM, project management, budgets, assets and an intranet each need a separate tool — and a separate login.

WORKSTAGER
One flat workspace

Subscribe only to the modules you need

Tasks, CRM, budgets, HR, expenses, assets, and support — under one login, with no separate subscription to stitch together and no integration to maintain.

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greytHR pricing model as listed in our comparison research; check the vendor's pricing page for current rates. Workstager SaaS pricing available on request.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Workstager vs. greytHR: FAQs

Workstager covers attendance, leave, performance, payroll and onboarding, and adds CRM, projects, expenses, assets, help desk and intranet. greytHR has deep, India-specific statutory payroll compliance — validate your compliance requirements in a demo.

No. Projects, task boards and budget tracking are outside greytHR’s scope.

Workstager tracks manager approval and admin/HR approval independently, so each review path is visible on its own.

Yes. WFH is its own log type with a separate approval workflow and a street-level location on each punch, rather than a tag on a normal attendance record.

Yes. Onboarding documents, bank fields and phone codes adapt to where the organization operates.

Yes. Start with HCM and add projects, CRM or assets whenever you are ready.

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