Quick summary
- OfficePortal Standard is free for the first 5 users, then ₹60 per user per month (about $0.62), with statutory payroll included.
- Qandle does not publish fixed prices on its own pricing page; G2 explicitly notes no pricing information has been provided.
- Independent trackers disagree widely: one lists flat monthly fees of roughly ₹2,450 to ₹6,450, another lists $1 to $4 per employee per month.
- Qandle's pricing is module-based, so the final cost depends on which HR, payroll, performance and recruitment modules you select.
Why teams compare OfficePortal and Qandle
Qandle is a well-regarded HRMS, often praised for its design and user experience, so it surfaces in HR software research alongside OfficePortal. Both handle the core HR and payroll basics, but the comparison is complicated by the fact that Qandle doesn't publish a clear, fixed rate card the way OfficePortal does.
Qandle's own marketing describes its pricing as modular: a company pays based on the combination of modules it subscribes to, which is flexible but makes an apples-to-apples price comparison difficult without a direct quote.
Pricing compared
A note on Qandle's pricing: Qandle does not publish fixed prices on its own site; G2's listing for Qandle states plainly that no pricing information has been provided. Every figure available comes from third-party trackers, and they disagree substantially with each other, which is a sign the published figures may be outdated, regional, or module-specific rather than a current general rate card.
With that caveat, OfficePortal Standard costs ₹300 a month for a ten-person team, since the first five users are free. One third-party tracker reports Qandle's tiers at flat monthly fees of roughly ₹2,450, ₹3,950, ₹4,950 and ₹6,450, while another reports a per-employee model starting around $1 (about ₹97) per employee per month. Given this spread, the only reliable way to know Qandle's actual cost for your team is a direct quote.
Payroll and statutory compliance
OfficePortal's payroll software calculates tax, social security, provident fund and other statutory contributions, generates year-end tax statements, and reads directly from attendance and leave, included in the base plan.
Qandle also offers payroll as one of its selectable modules, and the company positions itself as a comprehensive, end-to-end HR platform covering hiring through retirement. Confirm exactly which statutory outputs are included in your specific module selection and quote, since module-based pricing means payroll depth can vary by plan.
Where Qandle may suit you better
- You value Qandle's reviewed strengths in design, user experience and mobile apps.
- You want a modular platform where you pick and pay for only the HR functions you need.
- You are comfortable requesting a custom quote rather than checking a published rate card.
- You want field-force tracking, shift planning or HR advisory add-ons alongside core HR.
Where OfficePortal fits better
- You want to know your exact price today, without a sales process. This particularly suits startups and IT companies.
- You want a genuinely free start: OfficePortal is free for 5 users, with a clear published price after that.
- You want attendance with GPS and biometric check-in built into the base plan, through attendance tracking, with no module quote required.
- You want price certainty you can model yourself, rather than reconciling conflicting third-party estimates.
How to choose
- Get a written, itemised quote from Qandle covering exactly the modules you need, since published third-party figures vary too widely to rely on.
- Compare that quote against OfficePortal's published price at your exact headcount.
- Confirm exactly which statutory outputs (tax, social security and provident fund contributions) are included in Qandle's quoted payroll module.
- Ask both vendors to demonstrate payroll output live, using your own data.
- Run one month of payroll in parallel before you switch providers.