The best alternatives to Sesame HR
Sesame HR might not be the right fit: the price, a missing feature or a payment model you don't like. These are the closest alternatives in our catalog, ordered by rating, with the full review of each one.
Why look for a Sesame HR alternative
Sesame HR still offers four public plans from time tracking through recruiting, performance, API and SSO, with a 14-day trial. This sweep confirms a nuance not previously in the listing: the international site charges in dollars (from $3.75, as this listing records), but the Spanish site charges in euros (from €4.75), and they are not the same figure converted. A 15-employee minimum also surfaces that was not noted before. 2026 reviews keep flagging time-clock failures and support described as evasive on incidents.
What its own users repeat in the August 5, 2026 sweep:
- The entry price differs by site: $3.75 a month on the international one (sesamehr.com) and €4.75 on the Spanish one (sesamehr.es), and it is not a simple conversion of the same figure (strong theme)
- 2026 reviews document time-clock failures and a literal quote about support: support responses are evasive and do not solve anything (strong theme)
- The table shows different annual and monthly rates and requires a 15-employee minimum that is not always obvious at first glance (present theme)
- Add-on modules such as shift-scheduling AI are billed separately from the base price, which pushes the real cost above the entry rate (present theme)
Best alternatives to Sesame HR
Payroll and labour administration for Spanish SMBs, with HR, time tracking and an assistant.
All-in-one HR, payroll and IT for Spanish SMBs, with the Factorial One AI agent.
Workforce management for SMBs with deskless teams: shifts, time tracking, absences and payroll.
What the internet says about each alternative
PayFit 4.2/5 · Free trial · from €65
PayFit connects Spanish payroll, Social Security, tax filings, leave and time tracking. Standard starts at €65 monthly for one person and combines a fixed fee with per-employee pricing. Advanced adds HR and API, while Premium adds performance. Transparency is good, though the fixed fee weighs on small teams.
Where it wins: It publishes the split between fixed fee, per-employee price, extra locations and modules Where it slips: The fixed fee makes per-person cost high for very small teams
Factorial 3.5/5 · Free + from €5.5
The headline price does not move: it stays at 5.5 euros per person per month before tax, confirmed again this week on the official pricing page with two independent reads. The company still keeps the tab title with the old 5 euro figure while the visible heading already says 5.5, so search results keep showing a price the page no longer backs. Capterra adds a detail to the usual complaint about contract terms: several users describe features that used to come included and now get billed separately. The Factorial One agent still has no traceable independent opinion.
Where it wins: The integrations marketplace passes 90 options, and the single-platform approach cuts the need to wire separate tools together Where it slips: The published entry price is only an anchor: the page itself holds a contract floor it resolves client-side and never prints, and the only buy button asks for a custom quote
Kenjo 3/5 · Price on request
The pricing calculator still prints no figure. Fetching the raw HTML again today, the only three appearances of the euro sign on the rates page are still 0.0 euros, and the plan they promote hardest still forces a sales call. What this sweep adds is confirmation that three external sites publish Kenjo prices that do not match each other or the official site, ranging from 2.26 to 7 euros per employee depending on which one you read, so none of them can be treated as reliable. Everything else holds: the mobile app remains the dominant complaint in the stores, and the only payroll integration documented officially is still German.
Where it wins: The AI assistant that builds shift rotas from a plain-language instruction is still what sets Kenjo apart in its niche of staff without a fixed desk Where it slips: The official rates page is still a calculator that prints no figure. Checking the raw HTML again today, the only euro amount on the whole page is still 0.0 euros and there is still no structured data with a price
Comparison table
| Tool | Price | Free trial | Platforms | Rating | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sesame HR | Free trial · from $3.75 | Yes | Web, iOS, Android | VisitSesame HR (opens in a new tab) | |
| PayFit | Free trial · from €65 | Yes | Web, iOS, Android | VisitPayFit (opens in a new tab) | |
| Factorial | Free + from €5.5 | Yes | Web, iOS, Android | VisitFactorial (opens in a new tab) | |
| Kenjo | Price on request | Yes | Web, iOS, Android | VisitKenjo (opens in a new tab) |
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