Looking for a SumHR alternative? Avani Business OS does everything SumHR does for HR and payroll, plus CRM, project management, finance tracking and gamified rankings — one platform, flat pricing. Free trial.
Avani covers every SumHR feature for HR and payroll — and adds a full CRM for your sales team, project and task management for delivery teams, and a finance tracker for invoices and expenses. One subscription replaces SumHR + Zoho CRM + any project tool you currently pay for.
Like SumHR, Avani automates Indian statutory payroll: PF at 12% of basic, ESI for employees earning ≤ ₹21,000/month, TDS under Section 192 with old/new regime support, and state-wise Professional Tax. ECR file for EPFO and Form 16 data export included — no extra charge.
Avani's attendance and leave modules handle everything SumHR does — daily marking, biometric import, rotational shifts, comp-off, LOP auto-deduction — with a simpler configuration interface. State-wise holiday calendars and mobile attendance with GPS are built in.
SumHR has no CRM module. Avani's CRM gives your sales team a complete lead pipeline, call logging, numbered follow-up system, and conversion analytics. Sales incentives calculated in CRM feed directly into payroll — eliminating manual commission calculations every month.
Avani introduces engagement features that SumHR does not offer: leaderboards with 3D avatars, performance rankings tied to KPIs and attendance, and employee achievement badges. Managers get a visual dashboard of who is excelling — without a separate engagement tool.
Export your employee master, salary structures, and leave balances from SumHR. Avani's import wizard maps the export format automatically. Our migration team runs a parallel payroll verification before you go live — zero disruption to your payroll cycle.
SumHR is a solid Indian HRMS but it covers only HR and payroll. Most growing Indian businesses also need a CRM for sales, project management for delivery, and a finance tracker for invoices — which means additional subscriptions to Zoho CRM, Jira, and Tally. Avani includes all of these in one platform, eliminating integration complexity and reducing total SaaS spend by 40–60%. If your team has grown beyond pure HR software, Avani is the natural next step.
Both platforms offer full Indian payroll compliance — PF, ESI, TDS, Professional Tax, salary slips, and statutory filings. Avani's advantage is that payroll connects directly to CRM (for commission calculations) and attendance (auto LOP), so there is no manual data transfer between systems. For companies with sales incentives tied to payroll, Avani is the stronger choice.
SumHR charges per employee per month, which scales linearly with headcount. For a 50-person company, SumHR typically costs ₹10,000–18,000/month for HRMS alone — and you still need separate tools for CRM and project management. Avani's flat plans include HRMS, payroll, CRM, projects, and finance. For most growing teams, the total platform cost is 40–60% lower than SumHR + Zoho + Jira.
Avani covers all core SumHR features: payroll, attendance, leave management, salary slips, employee self-service, and HR analytics. Some niche SumHR features (like certain advanced appraisal workflows) are on Avani's roadmap. For 95% of Indian SMBs' day-to-day HR needs, Avani covers everything SumHR offers — and adds CRM, project management, and finance on top.
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