The Zimyo alternative with no seat minimum
No 50-seat minimum.
Zimyo prices per user, which sounds fair until you read the minimum: billing starts at 50 users whatever your actual headcount. For a 12-person team that is four times the seats you have.
Workclave is a Zimyo alternative for small teams that refuse to pay for 50 seats they do not have.
Who should not switch: Do not switch if you need a full HRMS — payroll, recruitment, performance — in one subscription and you are genuinely at 50 people or more.
| Feature | Workclave | Zimyo |
|---|---|---|
Session-based tracking Links time to projects, not just presence | Sessions carry project and client | Attendance included; timesheets a paid add-on |
India statutory registers Attendance output an inspector will accept | Generated from approved sessions | HRMS reporting, payroll-oriented |
Pricing & minimums What you pay before adding your first user | ₹0 to start. ₹199/user. No floor. | ₹80/user, 50-user minimum |
Free tier What you get without paying | Free up to 3 users, full features | No free plan |
What a team actually pays: Workclave vs Zimyo
Zimyo's per-user rates are low, but the 50-user billing minimum sets a hard floor of ₹4,000 per month on the entry plan no matter how small your team is.
| Team size | Workclave | ZimyoBasic plan |
|---|---|---|
| 10-person team | ₹1,990/mo10 × ₹199 | ₹4,000/moBasic plan, 50-user minimum |
| 20-person team | ₹3,980/mo20 × ₹199 | ₹4,000/moBasic plan, 50-user minimum |
| 50-person team | ₹9,950/mo50 × ₹199 | ₹4,000/moBasic plan, 50 × ₹80 |
| Free tier | Free up to 3 users | No free plan |
Where Zimyo wins on price: At 50 people, Zimyo can cost less than Workclave on the figures above. If price is the deciding factor at your size, that is the honest answer. Workclave is not the cheapest tool in this category and does not claim to be. What you pay for is a session that arrives project-linked and manager-approved, so the hours on the invoice are the hours somebody signed off.
Prices checked against zimyo.com/pricing in August 2026. Vendors change pricing without notice, some quote annual-prepay rates rather than monthly, and several apply seat minimums that raise the real entry cost — always confirm on the vendor's own page.
- — Timesheet is a separate ₹40/user/month add-on.
- — Half-yearly and annual discounts are mentioned but not published.
Run it for your own headcount: Friday spreadsheet cost calculator. No logos to show you yet, so try the interactive demo instead — no signup.
An honest read on Zimyo
- Low headline per-user rate once you are genuinely at 50+ employees
- Broad HRMS feature set including payroll, performance and engagement modules
- Attendance included from the entry plan rather than upsold
- Established Indian vendor with local support
- 50-user minimum billing makes it unsuitable for small teams
- No free tier at all
- Timesheets are a separate per-user add-on on top of the plan
- Enterprise tier carries a 2,000-user minimum, which tells you who the product is really for
Migrating from Zimyo to Workclave
Teams usually leave Zimyo because they are paying for 50 seats and filling 15. Workclave charges for the seats you actually have.
- 1Export your people list
A CSV of names and emails is all Workclave needs. Departments map to teams on import.
- 2Create the projects you bill
Every check-in is linked to one from then on, so this is the step that changes what your data means.
- 3Run both for one cycle
Compare the two registers at month end, then point payroll and invoicing at Workclave's approved-session export.
Workclave vs Zimyo: common questions
Does Zimyo really have a 50-user minimum?
Yes — Zimyo's own pricing page states minimum billing for 50 users on both the Basic and Standard plans. A 12-person company pays for 50 seats. This is the single most important number in any Zimyo comparison and it is easy to miss.
How does Zimyo's price compare for a 15-person team?
Checked August 2026: Zimyo Basic is ₹80 per user per month with a 50-user minimum, so a 15-person team pays ₹4,000. Workclave is ₹2,985 for 15 users with no minimum, and free at 3 users or fewer.
Is Workclave a full HRMS like Zimyo?
No, and it does not try to be. Zimyo covers payroll, recruitment, performance and engagement. Workclave does attendance, project time and approvals thoroughly, and exports cleanly to whatever runs your payroll.
Compared with the other tools on your shortlist
Most teams evaluate three or four at once. Every page carries the same feature matrix, cost table and honest read on where the other tool is genuinely stronger.
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Still weighing Workclave against Zimyo?
We have no customer logos to show you — the product is new and we would rather say so than invent them. What we can do is let you see it working before you give us anything.