# HR software pricing: Horizontal System Price Index

> The median published figure in the Horizontal System Price Index is 6 USD across 6 sources' own pages in USD (range 2 to 10 USD; 7 sources publish a figure), read 12 October 2026.

Siftvo · https://siftvo.com/datasets/horizontal-system-price-index/ · computed 2026-10-19

**Median published figure:** 6 USD (range 2 to 10 USD; 6 sources with a figure; 7 of 28 sources read publish one).

7 of the 28 named sources read in full publish a figure; 21 publish none, read 12 October 2026.

The median is unchanged since 26 September 2026 (was 6 USD across 6).

## Every figure, with its source

One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read.

| Source | Figure | Read |
|---|---|---|
| [BambooHR pricing](https://www.bamboohr.com/pricing/) | 10 USD | 2026-10-11 |
| [Freshworks CRM pricing](https://www.freshworks.com/crm/pricing/) | 9 EUR | 2026-10-11 |
| [QuickBooks Payroll pricing](https://quickbooks.intuit.com/payroll/pricing/) | 7 USD | 2026-10-12 |
| [Gusto pricing](https://gusto.com/product/pricing) | 6 USD | 2026-10-11 |
| [Square Payroll pricing](https://squareup.com/us/en/payroll/pricing) | 6 USD | 2026-10-12 |
| [OnPay pricing](https://onpay.com/pricing) | 6 USD | 2026-10-12 |
| [TalentHR pricing](https://www.talenthr.io/pricing) | 2 USD | 2026-10-12 |

## The sentence each figure was read from (7)

- [BambooHR pricing](https://www.bamboohr.com/pricing/), read 2026-10-11: "Depending on the plan you choose, BambooHR pricing starts at $10 USD per employee per month for Core, $17 USD per employee per month for Pro, and $25 USD per employee per month for Elite."
- [Freshworks CRM pricing](https://www.freshworks.com/crm/pricing/), read 2026-10-11: "Annually €9"
- [QuickBooks Payroll pricing](https://quickbooks.intuit.com/payroll/pricing/), read 2026-10-12: "$44/mo + $7/employee/mo"
- [Gusto pricing](https://gusto.com/product/pricing), read 2026-10-11: "+ $6/mo per person"
- [Square Payroll pricing](https://squareup.com/us/en/payroll/pricing), read 2026-10-12: "$6/mo"
- [OnPay pricing](https://onpay.com/pricing), read 2026-10-12: "Get everything we do starting at $49/month + $6/worker."
- [TalentHR pricing](https://www.talenthr.io/pricing), read 2026-10-12: "If you want to keep using advanced tools such as custom fields or performance reviews after the trial, paid plans start at $2 per user per month."

## Read in full, publishes no figure

- [Deel pricing](https://www.deel.com/pricing), read 2026-10-10: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [HubSpot CRM pricing](https://www.hubspot.com/pricing/crm), read 2026-10-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Salesforce Sales Cloud editions and pricing](https://www.salesforce.com/editions-pricing/sales-cloud/), read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Pipedrive pricing](https://www.pipedrive.com/en/pricing), read 2026-10-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- [ExactHire onboarding software pricing](https://www.exacthire.com/employee-onboarding-software/employee-onboarding-software-pricing/), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [DealerCenter pricing](https://www.dealercenter.com/pricing/), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [AutoRaptor pricing](https://www.autoraptor.com/pricing/), read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Rippling pricing](https://www.rippling.com/pricing), read 2026-10-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Paylocity pricing](https://www.paylocity.com/pricing/), read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [HiBob pricing](https://www.hibob.com/pricing/), read 2026-10-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Namely pricing](https://www.namely.com/pricing/), read 2026-10-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Zoho CRM pricing](https://www.zoho.com/crm/zohocrm-pricing.html), read 2026-10-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Insightly pricing](https://www.insightly.com/pricing/), read 2026-10-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Lawmatics pricing](https://lawmatics.com/pricing/), read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Smokeball pricing](https://www.smokeball.com/pricing/), read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Juro pricing](https://www.juro.com/pricing), read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [WorkBright pricing](https://www.workbright.com/pricing), read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Concord pricing (contract management)](https://www.concord.app/pricing/), read 2026-09-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- [DocuSign eSignature plans and pricing](https://ecom.docusign.com/plans-and-pricing/esignature), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Greenhouse pricing](https://www.greenhouse.com/pricing), read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [the horizontal vendor universe](https://www.g2.com/categories/core-hr), read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused

## Methodology

Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 7 of the 28 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 21 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 1 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in USD (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 113 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): the published price normalised to two units nobody publishes side by side - the true per-employee-per-month cost of an HR or payroll stack once the base fee is spread over a 5, 20 and 100 employee business, and the per-seat cost of a CRM at the same three sizes - showing the crossover where a base-fee-plus-per-person price beats a flat per-seat one, the share of vendors publishing at all, and the module stacking (each capability a separate subscription) that makes the advertised figure wrong; the vertical CRMs (law, accounting, automotive) are priced on the same two units so a practice can see what its industry premium actually is

## Sources

- [BambooHR pricing](https://www.bamboohr.com/pricing/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Gusto pricing](https://gusto.com/product/pricing) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [OnPay pricing](https://onpay.com/pricing) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Square Payroll pricing](https://squareup.com/us/en/payroll/pricing) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [QuickBooks Payroll pricing](https://quickbooks.intuit.com/payroll/pricing/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Deel pricing](https://www.deel.com/pricing) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [TalentHR pricing](https://www.talenthr.io/pricing) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [HubSpot CRM pricing](https://www.hubspot.com/pricing/crm) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Salesforce Sales Cloud editions and pricing](https://www.salesforce.com/editions-pricing/sales-cloud/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Pipedrive pricing](https://www.pipedrive.com/en/pricing) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Freshworks CRM pricing](https://www.freshworks.com/crm/pricing/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [PandaDoc pricing](https://www.pandadoc.com/pricing/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [ExactHire onboarding software pricing](https://www.exacthire.com/employee-onboarding-software/employee-onboarding-software-pricing/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [DealerCenter pricing](https://www.dealercenter.com/pricing/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [AutoRaptor pricing](https://www.autoraptor.com/pricing/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Rippling pricing](https://www.rippling.com/pricing) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Paylocity pricing](https://www.paylocity.com/pricing/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [HiBob pricing](https://www.hibob.com/pricing/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Namely pricing](https://www.namely.com/pricing/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Zoho CRM pricing](https://www.zoho.com/crm/zohocrm-pricing.html) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Insightly pricing](https://www.insightly.com/pricing/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Lawmatics pricing](https://lawmatics.com/pricing/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Smokeball pricing](https://www.smokeball.com/pricing/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Juro pricing](https://www.juro.com/pricing) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [WorkBright pricing](https://www.workbright.com/pricing) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Concord pricing (contract management)](https://www.concord.app/pricing/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [DocuSign eSignature plans and pricing](https://ecom.docusign.com/plans-and-pricing/esignature) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Greenhouse pricing](https://www.greenhouse.com/pricing) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [the horizontal vendor universe](https://www.g2.com/categories/core-hr) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)

## Cite or embed

- The median published figure in the Horizontal System Price Index is 6 USD across 6 sources' own pages in USD (range 2 to 10 USD; 7 sources publish a figure), read 12 October 2026.
- 7 of the 28 named sources read in full publish a figure; 21 publish none, read 12 October 2026.
- The median is unchanged since 26 September 2026 (was 6 USD across 6).

Cite as: "Siftvo Horizontal System Price Index", updated 2026-10-19, https://siftvo.com/datasets/horizontal-system-price-index/.

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