Arth Saathi
Payroll

Payroll software that pays for itself in disputes avoided.

Salary is auto-calculated from attendance. PDF slips are generated automatically. WhatsApp delivery is built in. Most months, payroll takes you under five minutes.

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  • Free up to 10 employees
  • Auto from attendance
  • PDF slip per employee
  • WhatsApp delivery

✦ The problem

Salary day shouldn’t be the worst day of your month.

If you’re paying staff out of a calculator and a notebook, here’s what your salary day looks like: open the register, count present days, subtract advances, subtract that one absent you forgot to mark, argue with two employees who disagree with your math, redo it.

And next month, you do it all again. For a 15-person team, that’s easily 3 hours every month that you’re not running your shop.

Arth Saathi turns those 3 hours into 5 minutes. Attendance is already marked. Advances are already in. Bonuses are added with one tap. Salary slip is a button. WhatsApp delivery is a checkbox. You’re done.

✦ What you get

Payroll that does the math for you.

Designed for the working-day reality of Indian shops, factories and salons — Monday-to-Saturday months, mid-month advances, festival bonuses, the works.

Auto salary from attendance

Days worked × per-day rate, with half-days at 0.5×. Advances, deductions and bonuses applied automatically. You see net payable in real time.

Working days you control

Default is 26 days (Mon–Sat). Switch to 22 (Mon–Fri) or set a custom number. Pay cycle start day is configurable from 1 to 28.

Advances ledger

Gave someone ₹2,000 mid-month? Log it once. It’s deducted from salary automatically, with a clean trail both you and the employee can see.

Bonuses and deductions

Festival bonus, performance bonus, loss-recovery deduction — add them once per employee, per month. Net payable updates instantly.

PDF salary slips

Every employee gets a clean PDF slip per month, with base, days worked, advances, deductions, bonuses, and net payable.

WhatsApp delivery

Tick a box. Slips go out on WhatsApp. Your team doesn’t need to install anything new to receive them.

Employee can verify themselves

On the employee app, your staff sees their own salary breakdown — base, days, advances, net. Disputes drop to near zero.

AI chat: ‘What is April salary for Priya?’

Skip the menus. Type a question into the AI chat. Get the answer. Approve and pay.

₹ in INR, no conversion

Salaries, advances, bonuses — all in rupees, all displayed clearly. No surprises, no FX, no enterprise jargon.

✦ How it works

From attendance to paid in three steps.

  1. 01

    Set base salary and working days

    When you add an employee, enter their monthly salary and pick the working-days policy (26 / 22 / custom). That’s it for setup.

  2. 02

    Mark attendance as the month runs

    Each day, mark present / absent / half-day. Log any advances or bonuses as they happen. Don’t worry about the math.

  3. 03

    On payday, send slips

    Open the salary screen. Every employee’s net payable is already calculated. Tap to generate slips. Tap to send on WhatsApp.

✦ 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

Payroll software — common questions

Is the payroll software free?

Yes. Full payroll — including PDF slips and WhatsApp delivery — is free for businesses with up to 10 employees. Paid plans start at ₹500/month. New customers currently get all paid features free during our growth phase.

How does salary calculation work for daily-wage staff?

Per-day rate = monthly salary ÷ working days. Days present × per-day rate = base salary. Half-days at 0.5×. Bonuses are added; advances and deductions are subtracted. Net payable is your final number.

Can I set different working-days policies for different shops?

Yes — working days, leave policy, and pay-cycle start day are all set per business. If you run multiple shops, each can have its own settings.

Does it handle GST, TDS, PF, ESI?

Right now, no — Arth Saathi is for cash-and-bank-transfer payroll in Indian SMBs without statutory deductions. PF/ESI is on the roadmap. If you need formal statutory payroll today, this is not the right tool.

What about UPI salary disbursement?

UPI salary disbursement is included on the Growth and Scale plans. You can also export pay-list as CSV and use your bank’s bulk-transfer flow.

Can my employees see their own salary?

Yes — that’s the whole point of the employee self-service portal. Your staff sees their salary, days worked, advances and bonuses on their own phone. Disputes drop to near zero.

Where is the data stored?

On Indian servers, encrypted in transit and at rest, isolated per business. You can export your data anytime.

How long does payroll really take?

For a 15-person team with attendance already marked, generating and sending the month’s slips takes under five minutes from a phone. We’ve timed it.

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