StartHR is the HR and payroll system built for businesses in the UAE with 5 to 250 employees — compliant with the UAE Labour Law (Decree-Law 33/2021), fluent in Arabic and English, and quietly automating the typing.
Attendance, leave, overtime at 125%, loans and GPSSA flow into one run. Variance warnings and WPS checks catch mistakes before your bank does.
Pick your country to see its social insurance, wage protection, end-of-service and localisation rules — and a live demo company for every industry.
Emiratis: employee 11%, employer 12.5% (the government adds 2.5%) on the contract salary, capped at AED 70,000. Expatriates: no contribution — they earn end-of-service gratuity instead. Abu Dhabi-based Emiratis join ADPF (employer 15%): change the employer rate in Settings.
The Salary Information File (SIF) for your bank, with IBAN and wage checks before you upload.
Contracts and work permits filed with the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MOHRE), tracked against their expiry.
Emirates ID, visa and residence renewals with fees calculated up front.
Companies with 50+ employees add 2% Emiratis in skilled roles each year (1% per half-year); 20–49 employee firms in key sectors hire at least one Emirati.
21 days' basic pay per year for the first 5 years, 30 days after, once a year of service is complete; capped at two years' wage. Resignation no longer reduces it (Decree-Law 33/2021). Emiratis in GPSSA get a pension instead.
Residence permits, bank receipts, overtime sheets, CVs and leave messages become finished records. Every value shows its confidence, and nothing is saved until a person confirms it.
Change the numbers. This uses the same rules as the product — allowances, GPSSA contributions and the end-of-service rules of the UAE Labour Law (Decree-Law 33/2021).
Illustration only. GPSSA base capped at AED 70,000; expatriates' end of service per the UAE Labour Law (Decree-Law 33/2021). Not tax or legal advice.
Devices send punches straight to StartHR's cloud — no local server, no nightly exports. Attendance, lateness and overtime update within seconds and flow into payroll.
Older LAN-only devices? The small StartHR Agent on any office PC forwards their punches. Any other device can send a webhook or a CSV export.
Attendance, leave and overtime lock automatically.
AI explains every unusual change and flags WPS mismatches.
Owner approves on the phone in one tap.
WPS file to your bank, payslips to every phone.
GPSSA contributions and the Salary Information File (SIF) tracked to their deadlines.
Your data stays in GCC data centres in Saudi Arabia, protected under the Saudi PDPL.
Choose who can see salary, IBAN, Emirates ID and health data.
Every change, export and sensitive view is recorded.
Approved models only, no training on your data, human review before saving.
Consent records, data-subject requests and a 72-hour breach log.
Secure sign-in with OTP and optional SSO.
Up to 10 employees
Up to 100 employees
Up to 250 employees
Prices exclude 15% VAT. Billed in SAR. Cancel anytime.
Pay by bank transfer after your 30-day free trial.
When your trial ends, transfer from your bank app to our Saudi account, upload the receipt in the app, and we activate your plan — usually within one business day. ZATCA tax invoice included.
30 days with every feature unlocked. No card needed. Your data stays when you subscribe.
By bank transfer from your banking app to our Saudi account. Upload the receipt in Billing — AI reads it and our team verifies it, usually within one business day. Your ZATCA tax invoice is issued automatically.
ZKTeco (ADMS push and BioTime), Hikvision, Suprema BioStar, Dahua and Anviz CrossChex — plus any device that can call a webhook or export CSV. Devices send punches straight to StartHR's cloud; no local server needed.
Yes. GPSSA: Emiratis: employee 11%, employer 12.5% (the government adds 2.5%) on the contract salary, capped at AED 70,000. Expatriates: no contribution — they earn end-of-service gratuity instead. Abu Dhabi-based Emiratis join ADPF (employer 15%): change the employer rate in Settings. End of service: 21 days' basic pay per year for the first 5 years, 30 days after, once a year of service is complete; capped at two years' wage. Resignation no longer reduces it (Decree-Law 33/2021). Emiratis in GPSSA get a pension instead. Annual leave starts at 30 days. Every rate is configurable in Settings.
Yes. Payroll exports the Salary Information File (SIF) for your bank, checked for wrong IBANs and wage mismatches before you upload it.
Data is hosted in Saudi Arabia, inside the GCC, under the Saudi Personal Data Protection Law. AI only sends personal data to providers your administrator approves, never trains on your data, and nothing is saved until a person confirms it.
Upload any Excel export. AI matches the columns, converts dates and amounts, transliterates names and flags bad IBANs before anything is saved.
Start the 30-day free trial, import your team and run payroll the same day.