HR software for Bangalore startups and IT companies. Rapid hiring/offboarding, Karnataka Professional Tax, PF/ESI from day one, GPS attendance across Electronic City, Whitefield and Koramangala. Free to start.
Bangalore startups in Electronic City, Whitefield, Koramangala, and HSR Layout often go from 10 to 100 employees in under a year. Avani's self-serve onboarding lets you add employees in bulk, assign departments, configure CTC structures, and enable attendance tracking — all without an implementation consultant. Offer letters sent on Friday, employee records active on Monday. Whether you're hiring freshers from campuses or senior engineers from other Bangalore product companies, the onboarding flow is fast.
Many Bangalore IT companies — especially those in STPI-registered software technology parks in Electronic City and Rajajinagar — assume STPI export exemptions affect payroll compliance. They do not. PF and ESI obligations apply to all employees regardless of STPI status. Avani handles EPFO registration details, calculates PF at 12% of basic wages, computes ESI for employees earning ≤ ₹21,000/month, and generates the ECR file and ESIC contribution statement every month.
Karnataka has a slab-based Professional Tax system with a maximum of ₹2,400 per year. The slab is: nil for salary up to ₹15,000/month, ₹150/month for ₹15,001–₹25,000, ₹175/month for ₹25,001–₹35,000, and ₹200/month (₹300 in April) for above ₹35,000. Avani pre-loads these Karnataka PT slabs for all Bangalore employees and auto-deducts the correct amount each month — including the April ₹300 special month — so your finance team never has to track it manually.
High employee churn is a reality for Bangalore tech companies competing for talent. Avani makes offboarding as fast as onboarding — calculate full and final settlement in minutes, account for notice period shortfall or excess, recover pending advances, generate the final payslip with exact LOP days, initiate PF transfer or withdrawal, and issue the experience letter from the system. No HR manager should spend 3 days on a single offboarding.
Bangalore's startup ecosystem spans product companies (Koramangala, Indiranagar), IT services (Whitefield, Electronic City), and SaaS companies (HSR Layout, Bellandur). All of them need more than just an HRMS. Avani combines full HR and payroll with a built-in CRM for sales pipelines, project management for engineering deliverables, and a finance tracker for invoices and expenses — replacing Keka + Zoho CRM + Jira with a single, affordable platform.
Bangalore companies need to measure what matters: sprint velocity for product teams, lead conversion for sales, and project delivery for service firms. Avani's KPI and rankings module lets engineering managers set sprint targets, sales heads set monthly revenue goals, and HR see who's performing and who needs support — all from one dashboard. Rankings are auto-calculated from task completion, attendance, and KPIs — no bias, no manual scoring.
Karnataka Professional Tax is slab-based: no PT for gross salary up to ₹15,000/month; ₹150/month for ₹15,001–₹25,000; ₹175/month for ₹25,001–₹35,000; and ₹200/month (₹300 in April) for salary above ₹35,000. The maximum annual PT is ₹2,400. Avani pre-configures these slabs for all Bangalore-based employees and auto-deducts the correct amount every month, including handling the April anomaly.
No. STPI (Software Technology Parks of India) registration provides income tax and customs duty exemptions on software export earnings — it does not affect payroll compliance. All STPI-registered companies in Electronic City, Rajajinagar, and other Bangalore STPI zones must comply with EPFO (PF), ESIC, Professional Tax, and TDS obligations exactly like any other employer. Avani handles all of these automatically for Bangalore IT companies.
Avani is built for high-velocity teams. For hiring: new employee records are created in minutes, salary structures can be cloned from existing templates, and employees get instant access to their self-service portal. For offboarding: the full and final settlement wizard calculates salary for days worked, recovers advances, accounts for notice period shortfall, deducts LOP, and generates the final payslip — all in one flow. PF transfer or withdrawal data is ready to submit to EPFO.
Avani is the best fit for Bangalore companies that need more than just HR and payroll — particularly startups and growth-stage companies with a sales team (who need a CRM), a product or engineering team (who need project and task management), and a finance function (who need invoice and expense tracking). If you're paying for Keka or greytHR for HR, Zoho CRM for sales, and Jira for projects, Avani replaces all three at a fraction of the combined cost.
Yes. Karnataka levies Professional Tax (capped at ₹2,500/year under Article 276). Avani applies the current Karnataka PT slab automatically, along with EPF, ESI and TDS, on every Bengaluru payslip.
Avani follows the Karnataka Shops and Commercial Establishments Act, 1961 for registration, working hours and leave rules, and flags salaries below Karnataka's statutory minimum wage before you run Bengaluru payroll.
Teams across Electronic City, Whitefield, Koramangala, Outer Ring Road and the wider Bengaluru area use Avani for GPS attendance, payroll, leave and CRM — fully cloud-based, so office, remote and field staff are all covered.
Yes. Bengaluru's IT, startups and aerospace employers use Avani to run shift-based GPS attendance, PF/ESI/TDS payroll, leave and CRM in one place — whether you employ office staff, factory workers or field teams.
Yes. Karnataka levies Professional Tax (capped at ₹2,500/year under Article 276). Avani applies the current Karnataka PT slab automatically, along with EPF, ESI and TDS, on every Bengaluru payslip.
Avani follows the Karnataka Shops and Commercial Establishments Act, 1961 for registration, working hours and leave rules, and flags salaries below Karnataka's statutory minimum wage before you run Bengaluru payroll.
Teams across Electronic City, Whitefield, Koramangala, Outer Ring Road and the wider Bengaluru area use Avani for GPS attendance, payroll, leave and CRM — fully cloud-based, so office, remote and field staff are all covered.
Yes. Bengaluru's IT, startups and aerospace employers use Avani to run shift-based GPS attendance, PF/ESI/TDS payroll, leave and CRM in one place — whether you employ office staff, factory workers or field teams.
Statutory rates change from time to time; figures are indicative and maintained inside Avani Business OS. General information, not legal or tax advice.
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