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NineRole / People & work

HR, hiring, and payroll for small teams.

My wife Chandrika and I saw the cost and limitations of HR software while running a 12-person team. NineRole brings HR, recruitment, payroll, projects, and employee workflows together, with all features free for startups below ten employees and a simple per-employee price as they grow.

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How it began

My wife, Chandrika Bondalapati, worked as a recruiter and later a manager before managing Hawiot’s operations and HR. She saw gaps in the HRMS and ATS tools available to us. We had only 12 employees, yet were paying ₹4,900 a month for core HR, with additional capabilities costing more. We identified the problem together and wanted to build a more complete, affordable alternative.

— Veera Sanaka

The problem

Small teams need more than core HR, but software priced around large minimum seat counts can make even the basics expensive. In the tools we evaluated, project management and location tracking added further costs. Disconnected HR and recruitment workflows created gaps in the work itself.

What it does

NineRole connects nine workspaces around an employee record, approval framework, and audit trail. It covers hiring, people administration, attendance, payroll, performance, projects, learning, helpdesk, and engagement, with mobile self-service for everyday employee tasks.

  • 01Hiring, onboarding, and employee records
  • 02Attendance, leave, and payroll workflows
  • 03Performance, projects, and learning
  • 04Employee helpdesk and mobile self-service

Free for startups below 10 employees

All features included, so an early team can begin with the complete platform.

₹80 per employee, per month

A simple all-features pricing structure as the team grows.

See the product website for current pricing and terms.

Why I’m building it

A small company should be able to use a complete people platform while it is still small. NineRole’s approach is to make the full feature set accessible from the beginning, with a simple per-employee price as a team grows.

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