Arth Saathi
Employee management

Employee management software, built for Indian small businesses.

One app for your staff — attendance, salary, leaves, slips, and approvals. Set up in two minutes. Free for shops with up to 10 employees.

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  • Free up to 10 employees
  • Hindi-English friendly
  • Works on any Android phone
  • No training required

✦ The problem

Running a 5–50 person team on a notebook does not scale.

Most shop owners and small-business founders in India track staff in a register or a WhatsApp group. It works on day one. By month three, someone’s salary is wrong, someone forgot to mark a half-day, and someone is leaving because their leave balance is unclear.

Hiring an HR person costs ₹20,000 a month. Most established HR software costs ₹150 per employee, per month — and assumes a desktop, a printer, and an English-speaking team. Neither option fits a Tier-2 retail shop, a salon chain, or a small factory.

Arth Saathi is the in-between. One app on the owner’s phone, one app for every employee, and all the HR you actually need: attendance, salary, leaves, slips. Nothing you don’t.

✦ What you get

Everything an Indian small-business owner asks for, in one app.

Built after a year of shadowing kirana owners, salon managers, and small-factory supervisors. Every feature here exists because a real owner asked for it.

Employee directory

Add staff with name, phone, salary, join date and role. Edit anytime. Plan-based limits — start free up to 10.

Attendance, the easy way

Mark the whole team present in one tap. Half-days, late marks, and absences supported. GPS + selfie check-in available.

Salary calculated for you

Monthly working days, advances, deductions, and bonuses — all rolled into one auto-calculated salary, ready on the 30th.

Leaves without arguments

Staff request leaves from their app. Owner approves in one tap. Balance updates automatically — no more month-end disputes.

PDF salary slips

Generate a clean PDF salary slip per employee, per month — with deductions, advances, and net payable broken out clearly.

WhatsApp for HR

Send salary slips and attendance updates to your team on WhatsApp. They already use it — no new app to learn.

Employee self-service

Your staff sees their attendance, leaves and salary on their own phone. Zero questions, zero ‘where is my slip’ messages.

AI chat assistant

Type ‘mark Ramesh absent’ or ‘what is April salary for Priya’ — the AI does it. Available in English; Hindi roadmap.

GPS attendance verification

Set a shop radius. Employees can only mark themselves present when they’re actually there. Selfie verification optional.

✦ How it works

Set up in two minutes. Genuinely.

  1. 01

    Sign up with your phone

    One OTP, no email, no credit card. Add your business name and pick your type — kirana, salon, restaurant, factory, whatever fits.

  2. 02

    Add your team

    Type each employee’s name, phone, and monthly salary. Send them an invite link — they install the employee app and they’re live.

  3. 03

    Run your month

    Mark attendance daily (or let staff self-mark with GPS). Approve leaves as they come. On payday, salary is already calculated.

✦ Pricing

Cheaper than a notebook.

All features on every paid tier. Free for small teams up to 10 people.

Starter

₹0/ month

Up to 10 employees

  • All features included
  • Unlimited data & free updates
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Growth

₹500/ month

10–25 employees

  • All features included
  • Unlimited data & free updates

Scale

₹1000/ month

25+ employees

  • All features included
  • Unlimited data & free updates
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✦ FAQ

Employee management software — common questions

Is the employee management software free?

Yes. Arth Saathi is free for businesses with up to 10 employees — full feature access, no credit card required. Paid plans start at ₹500/month for 10–25 employees. New sign-ups currently get all paid features free while we are in growth phase.

Which businesses is this software built for?

Indian SMBs running on Android phones: kirana / general stores, salons and parlours, restaurants and dhabas, small factories and workshops, coaching classes, medical shops, and field-service teams. Anything with 3 to 100 employees on shift-style work.

Do my employees need to install an app?

It’s optional. Your employees get the most value when they install the employee app — they can see their salary, request leaves, and self-mark attendance. If they don’t, you (the owner) can still manage everything from your phone.

Does it work offline?

Yes, the core attendance flow works offline and syncs when you’re back online. Salary calculation and AI chat need a connection.

Can I generate a salary slip in PDF?

Yes. Every employee gets an auto-generated monthly PDF slip showing base salary, days worked, advances, deductions, bonuses and net payable. Slips can be sent on WhatsApp.

Is my data safe?

Your data is encrypted in transit and at rest, stored on Indian servers, and isolated per business — no cross-tenant access. You can export your data anytime.

How is this different from ‘free attendance’ apps?

Free attendance apps stop at marking attendance. Arth Saathi calculates salary from that attendance, generates slips, manages leaves, and handles disputes. It’s one app instead of four notebooks.

Can I use it in Hindi or my regional language?

The owner UI is in English right now, with Hinglish friendly copy. Employee notifications and AI replies have regional-language support on the roadmap.

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Stop running your team on a notebook.

Free for up to 10 employees. No credit card. Set up in 2 minutes.

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