Payroll & HR built for the way modern startups work — remote, ESOPs, contractors, fast hiring.
ESOP / RSU tracking, remote-first attendance, multi-state PT, contractor invoicing, quarterly appraisals, AI HR Assistant. Built for engineering-led teams that want compliance handled and self-service for everyone else.
A Bangalore SaaS startup · 42 engineers
Founder hours/month on payroll
14 hrs0.5 hr
ESOP grant tracking
Excel chaosPer-employee schedule
Multi-state PT errors
~6 / yr0
Time to onboard new hire
3 daysSame day
Client name withheld by policy.
Startup payroll has its own quirks.
You're hiring across cities, paying contractors, granting ESOPs, running quarterly reviews. Generic tools handle one of those at best.
Per-employee grant schedule with cliff + monthly vest. Auto-emails on vest events. Form 12BA + Form 24Q integration for perquisite reporting.
Engineer in Bangalore, designer in Goa, content writer in Indore — each on the correct state PT slab. Single dashboard, automatic state-level filings.
Pay engineering consultants without putting them on payroll. Auto TDS computation (10% u/s 194J or 1% u/s 194C). Form 16A quarterly. GST input credit handled.
No biometric. Daily check-in via the portal, mobile geo-stamp optional. Quarterly attendance not a daily punch — measure outcomes, not seat-time.
Working from Goa for 2 weeks? Define a workation policy. Travel module handles cab/flight expense claims with receipt OCR.
Performance module supports OKR tracking, weekly 1-on-1 templates, 360° reviews. Built into the same portal, not a separate Lattice / 15Five subscription.
7 working days from first call to first payroll.
Founder + ops-head call. We learn your ESOP scheme, contractor mix, remote policy, salary components, and existing tooling (Razorpay payroll / Keka / Excel / etc.).
Migrate from your current tool. Configure ESOP grants, remote attendance, multi-state PT, contractor invoicing. Roll out portal + AI HR Assistant.
Run your first month. Branded payslips, PF/ESI/PT/TDS filed, Form 24Q lodged. Founder gets a status email and approves.
Field-tested at scale
“I'm the founder. I was spending half a day every month on payroll. StafFixHR.com gave me my day back.”
— Founder, 42-engineer SaaS startup (Bangalore)
Common questions from SaaS founders
We use Razorpay Payroll today. How hard is the switch?+
Easy. We import the employee Excel from Razorpay, replicate your salary components in our engine, run a parallel payroll for one month to verify, then cut over. Total time: 1 week. We've done this for 3 startups.
Do you handle ESOP grants + vesting?+
Yes — per-employee grant schedule (cliff + monthly vest), auto-email on vest events, perquisite value computed at exercise for Form 24Q. Doesn't replace your cap-table tool (Carta / Qapita) — slots in next to it.
My engineers are 1099-equivalent (consultants). TDS u/s 194J?+
Yes. Set them up as contractors, configure TDS rate (10% standard u/s 194J, optional 2% u/s 194T for technical service if applicable). Auto Form 16A quarterly.
No biometric. Can attendance still work?+
Yes — daily portal check-in. Optional mobile geo-stamp. For outcome-driven teams we offer 'monthly self-attest' mode: engineers confirm 22 working days, manager reviews, done.
What's your AI HR Assistant?+
Built-in chatbot grounded in your HR policies. Engineer asks 'what's the WFH policy?' or 'my leave balance?' — gets answered in seconds. RAG-based, your data, opt-out per tenant.
Do you integrate with Slack?+
Web Push notifications + email today. Slack integration on the roadmap for 2026 H2.
Ready to stop running payroll on Excel?
30-min Zoom. Founder + ops-head together. Fixed-price proposal in 24 hrs.
Book your demoNo credit card. No commitment. Direct chat with Priyanka, our founder.