About LekhaHR
LekhaHR is HR software for small teams, from two people upward. Records, attendance, leave, payroll and the rest of HR on one record, priced per employee with no minimum, and every figure carries the rule and the date behind it.
because records, time, leave and pay belong on one record
because the paperwork starts with the first hire
because lekha is Hindi for an account, a written record
because a bill should count the people you have
No. 01
Why we built it
because the people who run HR in a small company are usually doing it after their real job.
Some HR software starts with a monthly minimum sized for a larger team, sells modules one at a time, or shows figures nobody can check. So small teams keep HR in a spreadsheet, and someone recounts every leave balance by hand. LekhaHR starts from the other end: a price that counts the people you have, and screens that show their working.
Built for a company of two or five, with room for the next few hundred.
Records, attendance, leave, payroll, approvals and the rest, on one record per person.
PF, ESI, PT, TDS and the Labour Codes, each value with the date it took effect.
No. 02
Principles
because a principle only counts if you can check the product against it.
A leave balance, a day's status and a payslip line each open into the rule, the rate and the date that produced them. A figure without its reason does not ship.
because a number you have to take on faith is a number someone will recount by hand.
You pay for the people you have, from two. No base platform fee and no minimum headcount. Rates fall in bands as you grow, so hiring one more never makes the bill drop or jump.
because a five-person team should not pay for fifty.
Location is read once, at the punch, and never between punches. Protected leave shows as "on leave" to everyone except the person and the HR roles you allow.
because people accept a check-in. They should not accept being followed.
A role is a set of modules and a reach: self, team or the whole organisation. Give the office manager attendance and leave without payroll, or a team lead approvals without salaries.
because in a small company the person who does HR is rarely called HR.
No. 03
How we build
because how software is made shows up in every number it prints.
No numbers here, because we have none worth quoting yet. These are the working rules.
Each module has a written specification, the pages it shows and the journeys it supports, before its code changes.
Statutory values live in one dated register. A change in the law is a new dated line, never an edit that rewrites last month.
Approved and locked records are not overwritten, payroll included: a locked run is reopened only on an approved request, as a new run beside the old one. A change is a new entry that names who made it and why.
Every product view on this site uses one sample company, Paiteq Technologies, and says so under the preview.
LekhaHR works out payroll but does not file returns or deposit dues; you or your accountant do that, from figures that show their working.
No. 04
The product
because leave, attendance and payroll are one fact seen three ways.
Every module reads and writes the same employee record, so nothing is typed twice.
No. 05
Questions
because the first question about a new product should have a one-paragraph answer.
LekhaHR is HR and payroll software for small teams in India, from two people upward, priced per employee each month with no minimum. Available by invitation. It is written for the founder or office manager who runs HR alongside another job, and for teams of a few hundred who want every figure explained.
LekhaHR is HR and payroll software for small teams in India, from two people upward, priced per employee each month with no minimum. Available by invitation. It covers employee records, attendance, leave, payroll, onboarding and exits, expenses, performance and timesheets, all on one record per person.
LekhaHR follows the Labour Codes, in force since 21 Nov 2025, and the Central Rules notified on 8 May 2026. Every statutory rate in the product and on this site carries the date it took effect, so a change is a dated update, not a silent one.
LekhaHR is available by invitation. Request an invite and we reply by email.
Per active employee a month, with no base fee and no minimum. On Operations, billed annually, the first 25 employees cost ₹79 each and the rate falls in bands above that, like tax slabs; Business starts at ₹119. GST is added separately.
No. LekhaHR works out PF, ESI, professional tax and TDS line by line, prepares payslips and the figures for Form 130 (earlier Form 16), and keeps the records each return draws on. You or your accountant file the returns and make the deposits, using those figures.
Lekha is Hindi for an account or a written record, and the product is built around that idea: every leave balance, day status and payslip line is a dated entry that shows the rule and the date behind it, and a correction is a new line, never an overwrite.
No. 06 · By invitation
because each team gets a careful move from its current tool, and a reply by email to every request.