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StaffKhata
Realtime — Power of Biometrics
India’s workforce platform

HR for all of Bharat

Biometric attendance, automated payroll, and field tracking — one platform. Payroll-ready in seconds, built for every business in India.

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Free forever for small teams*

StaffKhata attendance, free forever for up to 50 users and 1 biometric machine. Add payroll or HRMS only when you need them. No credit card, no setup fee.

* Free Starter plan for organizations with up to 50 users and 1 biometric connection.

Trusted by 10,000+ teams across Bharat

Cloud attendance syncPF · ESI · PT readyGeo-fenced attendance55 languages
Live Attendance Engine

Real-time attendance,
payroll-ready.

Watch live biometric punches, QR scans and selfie + GPS check-ins sync instantly to the cloud.

01Check inBiometric punches, rotating QR scans and selfie + GPS check-ins.
02Sync instantlyAttendance travels straight to the cloud.
03Ready for payrollEvery clock-in becomes a payroll-ready record.
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Realtime — Power of Biometrics

Realtime Biometrics

StaffKhata runs on Realtime Biometrics — a 15-year-old Indian brand whose fingerprint and card machines are trusted by businesses across the world. Your attendance comes straight from proven hardware, synced live to the cloud.

15+
Years in the field
Global
Deployed worldwide
Technology
Fingerprint & card
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Attendance, payroll and your team, in one app

Each part has its own page with how it works, what plan it needs and the matching chapter of the manual.

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In your staff's language

55 languages on the web and phone apps. Each person picks their own, and the manual comes in every one.

All 55 languages

Teams outside India

Your currency, time zone and date format, right-to-left Arabic, and billing in US dollars. Statutory payroll covers India only.

All features
One Platform

Attendance to payroll, one workspace

Biometric attendance, shifts, leave and salary — every module of Staff Khata connected.

Fingerprint & card, live

Biometric Attendance

Clock-ins come straight from Realtime fingerprint and card machines — no registers, no manual entry. Every record carries the check-in/out time, lateness and hours worked.

  • Realtime device sync over the cloud
  • Map view of every punch
  • Approved / pending / all filters
  • Auto punch-out rules
Explore Biometric Attendance

Attendance to payslip

Payroll & Salary

Build salary structures once, then run payroll for the whole company in a few clicks — earnings, statutory deductions and payslips generated straight from attendance.

  • Basic, HRA, conveyance & allowances
  • PF, ESI & professional tax
  • Bulk-generate payslips by department
  • Settlement status at a glance
Explore Payroll & Salary

Requests, sorted

Leaves & Approvals

Configure leave types and entitlements, then let managers approve or reject in-app — or log leave on a staffer’s behalf when they can’t.

  • Leave types & yearly limits
  • Carry-forward rules
  • Approve or reject in-app
  • Apply on behalf of staff
Explore Leaves & Approvals

Trends & 12 reports

Reports & AI Analysis

An AI view of attendance trends plus a colour-coded calendar and twelve pre-built reports across time issues, special days and performance — all exportable.

  • AI attendance-trend analysis
  • Exportable attendance calendar
  • 12 pre-built reports
  • Daily & monthly summaries
Explore Reports & AI Analysis

Your whole team

Employee Directory

Every employee in one place — personal, employment, financial and access details across branches, departments and designations, from a four-step onboarding wizard to offboarding.

  • 4-step add-employee wizard
  • Branches, departments & designations
  • Bulk import & invite
  • Offboarding & clearance
Explore Employee Directory

Plan who works when

Shift Rosters

Define shift templates with grace minutes, the sandwich rule and weekly-offs, then roster them onto your team by employee or department — in bulk when you need to.

  • Grace, sandwich rule & weekly-offs
  • Roster by employee or department
  • Bulk assignment
  • Export the roster for payroll
Explore Shift Rosters

Clock in from the right place

Geo-Fencing

Restrict clock-ins to a GPS radius around your sites so field and branch staff can only punch where they’re meant to — company-wide or tuned per branch.

  • GPS radius in metres
  • Company-wide or per branch
  • Punch location on the map
  • Great for field teams
Explore Geo-Fencing

Advances & claims

Reimbursements

Track reimbursement and advance requests with amounts, reasons and settlement status — approve, attach documents and settle without leaving the workspace.

  • Advances & claims
  • Attach supporting documents
  • Approve, reject or hold
  • Settled / unsettled tracking

Fix missed punches

Regularization

Employees raise corrections for a missed or wrong punch with a reason; you review the requested in/out times and approve — with missing-punch reports to catch them.

  • Employee-raised corrections
  • Requested in/out with reason
  • Manager approval trail
  • Missing-punch reports

Calendars & multipliers

Holidays & Overtime

Maintain a full or half-day holiday calendar with bulk import, and define overtime pay-multiplier rules for weekends and holidays with hour limits.

  • Full / half-day holidays
  • Bulk import the calendar
  • Overtime pay multipliers
  • Hour limits & effective dates

We’ve got your back

Help & Support

Raise support tickets with a subject, description and attachments, then track their status until they’re resolved — a running log you can review anytime.

  • Raise tickets with attachments
  • Track status to resolution
  • Full ticket history
  • Refresh for latest updates

Connect & sync

Device Setup

Register your biometric machines, push your employee list onto them, and watch live connection status — connected over WebSocket for realtime sync.

  • Register Realtime machines
  • One-click user synchronization
  • Live connection status
  • WebSocket & FK Web URLs
Explore Device Setup
Intelligence

AI-driven insight,
built into every workflow

The AI Context Engine reads your attendance data — surfacing trends, anomalies and forecasts so you act before problems reach payroll.

AI Context Engine

AI Workforce Intelligence

Every punch becomes insight — attendance trends, anomalies and payroll-ready forecasts, generated automatically.

  • Attendance trend analysis
  • Anomaly & absenteeism alerts
  • Late-comer & overtime insights
  • Missing-punch detection
  • Present / absent / leave split
  • Payroll-ready forecasts
Explore AI reports
01Read attendance
02Spot patterns
03Plan ahead
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Every punch becomes insight
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Present
W-Off
Leave
Late
Absent
Analytics

Live workforce metrics

Real-time numbers the engine watches for you.

Headcount12,540+12.4%
Attendance Rate98.6%+2.3%
On-Time Rate94.2%+15.0%
Payroll Accuracy99.8%+0.8%
TRANSPARENT PRICING

Simple, honest pricing that scales with you

Pick the plan that matches your workforce needs. Calculate your monthly cost based on your team size.

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Presets:
FREE FOREVER

Starter

Basic attendance tracking and daily reports for small teams getting started.

₹0Free forever

Free for up to 50 employees · 1 device

50 users1 device connect
Included Features:
Basic attendance tracking
Daily attendance report
1 biometric device connection
No payroll
No leave & holiday management
No mobile app
Up to 50 users limit
MOST POPULAR

Growth

Automated payroll, geo-fencing, shifts, and mobile app for growing businesses.

₹0.50/ user / day
For 25 staff:₹375/mo
750 users50 device connect
Included Features:
Everything in Starter
Automated payroll
Leave & holiday management
Daily, weekly, monthly & yearly reports
AI-powered reports
Geo-fencing & GPS attendance
Overtime & shift roster
Reimbursement management
Support tickets
Mobile application
FULL HRMS

Pro

Full-suite HRMS with document verification, GPS tracking, and organization feed.

₹1.00/ user / day
For 25 staff:₹750/mo
1,000 users50 device connect
Included Features:
Everything in Growth
Document verification
GPS location tracking
Organisation feed
Assets management
HR policy documents
Job referrals
HR & support helpdesk
CUSTOM

Enterprise

Dedicated infrastructure, custom integrations, SLA support, and onboarding.

Custom Quote

Tailored SLA & cloud infra for large teams

Unlimited usersPriority SLA
Included Features:
Everything in Pro
Dedicated account manager
Custom integrations & API access
SLA-backed priority support
Custom onboarding & training
Volume & multi-org discounts
OFFICIAL GUIDE BOOK & MANUAL

StaffKhata User Manual & Guides

Step-by-step walkthroughs for biometric hardware binding, shift configuration, automated payroll & statutory deductions, and mobile attendance.

Download Offline PDF Manual

Complete manual with screenshots, in 55 languages.

Industries

Built for
every industry

Tailored attendance & payroll for how your sector actually works. Scroll to explore every team.

  1. ManufacturingShop floors & plants
  2. HealthcareHospitals & clinics
  3. RetailStores & outlets
  4. LogisticsFleets & warehouses
  5. ConstructionSites & labour
  6. Security ServicesGuards & patrols
  7. EducationSchools & campuses
  8. HospitalityHotels & venues
Shop floors & plants

Manufacturing

Track shift workers across plants with biometric clock-ins, rotating and night shifts, and overtime that flows straight into payroll.

  • Multi-plant biometric attendance
  • Rotating & night shifts
  • Overtime & sandwich rules
  • Contractor headcount
See it for manufacturing
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Industries

Built for
every industry

Tailored attendance & payroll for how your sector actually works. Scroll to explore every team.

01 / 08 · Manufacturing

Shop floors & plants

Manufacturing

Track shift workers across plants with biometric clock-ins, rotating and night shifts, and overtime that flows straight into payroll.

  • Multi-plant biometric attendance
  • Rotating & night shifts
  • Overtime & sandwich rules
  • Contractor headcount
See it for manufacturing

02 / 08 · Healthcare

Hospitals & clinics

Healthcare

Round-the-clock rosters for nurses and staff, with geo-fenced attendance across wards and branches — and payroll with statutory dues.

  • 24/7 nursing rosters
  • Geo-fenced ward attendance
  • Leave & on-call tracking
  • PF / ESI payroll
See it for healthcare

03 / 08 · Retail

Stores & outlets

Retail

Per-store rosters, part-time and hourly shifts, and fast monthly payroll for a distributed retail workforce.

  • Per-outlet shift rosters
  • Part-time & hourly staff
  • Store-level geo-fencing
  • Fast monthly payroll
See it for retail

04 / 08 · Logistics

Fleets & warehouses

Logistics

Field and warehouse staff clock in on the move with GPS geo-fencing and journey-aware attendance, with overtime for peak seasons.

  • GPS geo-fenced clock-ins
  • Warehouse shift rosters
  • Field-staff attendance
  • Peak-season overtime
See it for logistics

05 / 08 · Construction

Sites & labour

Construction

On-site biometric or GPS attendance for daily-wage and contract labour, with site-wise headcount and bulk payroll runs.

  • Site-wise attendance
  • Daily-wage & contract labour
  • GPS radius per site
  • Bulk payroll runs
See it for construction

06 / 08 · Security Services

Guards & patrols

Security Services

Deploy guards across client sites with geo-fenced check-ins, 24/7 shift rosters, and timely wage payouts.

  • Client-site geo-fencing
  • 24/7 guard rosters
  • Beat & patrol attendance
  • Timely wage payouts
See it for security services

07 / 08 · Education

Schools & campuses

Education

Attendance for teaching and non-teaching staff with an academic holiday calendar, leave approvals and payroll built in.

  • Staff biometric attendance
  • Academic holiday calendar
  • Leave & approvals
  • Salary with PF / ESI
See it for education

08 / 08 · Hospitality

Hotels & venues

Hospitality

Split shifts, banquets and seasonal staff — rostered, tracked and paid from one place, across every property.

  • Split & banquet shifts
  • Seasonal staff onboarding
  • Tips & reimbursements
  • Multi-property attendance
See it for hospitality
Why StaffKhata?

Why Choose StaffKhata?

The attendance & payroll platform built to cut errors, speed up payday, and keep every clock-in compliant — trusted by thousands of businesses across Bharat.

70%Fewer Errors
60%Faster Payroll
90%Less Manual Work
100%Compliance Ready
24/7Customer Support
10k+Active Businesses
500kEmployees Managed
99.9%System Uptime
Mobile app

Take StaffKhata everywhere

Clock in, apply for leave, and check payslips — right from your phone.

Attendance & Check-ins Leave Requests & Approvals GPS Tracking for Field Staff Payslips & Documents Notifications & Updates Employee Directory
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Everything you need to know

Got questions about setup, device compatibility, or pricing? Find clear answers below.

Staff Khata is an attendance and payroll app for Indian small and mid-sized businesses with 10 to 500 staff. It records attendance from Realtime biometric devices, a QR code that rotates every 40 seconds, or selfie + GPS punches, tracks field staff, manages shifts and leave, and calculates salary with payslip PDFs.

Have a custom requirement or need a live demo? Talk with our product specialists

Comparison

StaffKhata vs Traditional HRMS

Everything modern attendance & payroll should include — and what legacy tools still make you chase.

FeatureStaffKhataTraditional
AI Attendance Analysis
Geo-Fenced Clock-ins
Realtime Biometric SyncLimited
Shift Rosters & RulesManual
Attendance Regularization
Leave & ApprovalsLimited
Bulk Payroll & PayslipsManual
Reimbursements & Advances
12 Pre-built ReportsLimited
Easy to UseComplex
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