For a first small team
Free
£0up to 10 active employees
Not a time-limited trial
- People records, leave and sickness
- Documents and onboarding
- API/MCP reads
- Reports, custom fields and organisation export
PRICING simple enough to work out yourself
Free to start. Fair as you grow.
HollyHR is free for up to 10 active employees. Standard is £2 per active employee per month, or £20 per active employee per year when annual billing is available.
Core HR included on Free No card to join early access Applicable taxes shown at checkout
Available today
Two live plans. One useful core.
Free is not a demo. Standard changes scale and control; it does not hold the HR basics hostage.
For more scale and control
LiveStandard
£2per active employee / month
Or £20 per active employee / year when available
- Everything in Free
- No active-employee limit
- Custom domain and signed webhooks
- Controlled API/MCP writes after separate approval
- Priority founder support — first response targeted within 1 UK business day
- Free 30-day trial — no card
A 10-person team can stay Free or choose Standard for £20/month. An 11-person team needs Standard and pays £22/month. Standard charges all active employees.
What the low price includesSee everything already built
Simple pricing. Not a cut-down product.
People records, time off, sickness, documents, onboarding and the shared who's-away view belong in the core. So do self-serve export and read access for the public API and supported AI assistants.
Your operational HR coreThe everyday records and workflows small teams actually need.
A route in and a route outCSV import, organisation export and no support-ticket exit ritual.
Free versus Standard
Compare the difference without decoding a grid.
Both plans include the core. Standard adds scale and the controls that need it.
CapabilityFreeStandard
Active employeesOnly profiles marked Active count towards plan eligibility and billing.
Up to 10
No employee limit
People records
Included
Included
Leave, sickness and who's away
Included
Included
Documents and onboarding
Included
Included
Reports and reporting exports
Included
Included
Custom fields
Included
Included
CSV import and organisation export
Included
Included
Integration readiness and API recipesThese are documented handoffs and recipes, not a native connector catalogue.
Included
Included
API/MCP reads
Included
Included
Signed webhooks
Not included
Included
Programmatic API/MCP writesSensitive writes require Standard plus exact HollyHR approval; MCP writes stay environment-disabled by default.
Not included
After approval
Custom domain
Not included
Included
Priority founder supportFirst human response target during published UK support hours, not a resolution or 24/7 SLA.
Best effort
1 UK business day
Programmatic writes are Standard-only, default-off and separately approved because HR data deserves more than a feature toggle.
Standard trial
Thirty days to decide. No card trap.
The trial is a genuine look at Standard—not a claim that every team can fall back to Free regardless of headcount.
Start once
An eligible Free organisation can start one 30-day Standard trial without a card.
Use the controls
Try Standard access while your records stay in the same HollyHR workspace.
Choose what follows
Upgrade, or let Standard access end. Your data remains and Free limits apply.
Billing, in plain English
The details that change the real bill.
Active means active
Only profiles marked Active count. Inactive leavers do not add to eligibility or billing.
Every Standard seat counts
Standard bills every active employee, including the first 10. It is not an overage price.
Choose the interval upfront
Monthly is £2 per active employee. Annual is £20 when annual billing is available.
Business price, clearly shown
Displayed prices are before applicable taxes. Checkout calculates tax from your billing details.
COMING NEXT · NOT FOR SALE
Tell us what your team needs Plus will add workforce modules.
Planned price: £3 per active employee per month when it launches. Rota and time tracking comes first; later modules earn their place one by one.
Enterprise
Talk to usNeed procurement, multi-organisation requirements or custom terms?
We will scope the real requirement before promising the shape of the solution.
Pricing questions
Useful answers before you share an email.
How much does HollyHR cost for a small UK team? +
HollyHR Free is £0 for organisations with up to 10 active employees. Standard is £2 per active employee per month, with an annual option at £20 per active employee when annual billing is available. Standard bills every active employee, including the first 10. Applicable taxes are calculated at checkout.
What happens when a Free team reaches 11 active employees? +
Free is available only while an organisation has 10 or fewer active employees. At 11 active employees, Standard is required and costs £22 per month, or £220 per year when annual billing is available. There is no headcount band jump: each additional active employee changes the monthly Standard price by £2.
Can a team with fewer than 10 employees choose Standard? +
Yes. A small team can stay on Free or choose Standard for its additional scale and controls. For example, Standard for 10 active employees is £20 per month, or £200 per year when annual billing is available.
What counts as an active employee? +
A person counts when their HollyHR profile is marked Active. Profiles that have been made inactive, including leavers whose profile status has been updated, do not count towards Free eligibility or Standard billing.
How does the 30-day Standard trial work? +
Eligible Free organisations can use one 30-day Standard trial without a card. When it ends, Standard access ends automatically, your data remains in HollyHR and Free plan limits apply. You can export your organisation data or upgrade to Standard.
Can I cancel Standard? +
Yes. Cancel through billing settings. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period, and paid access continues until then. Your records are retained and organisation export remains available; Free eligibility still depends on the Free plan limits.
Are taxes included in the displayed price? +
The displayed prices are business prices before applicable taxes. HollyHR calculates and shows the applicable tax during checkout using the billing details you provide.
What does Priority founder support mean? +
Standard support cases are handled ahead of ordinary Free product-help cases, after urgent security, privacy and availability incidents. HollyHR targets the first human response within 1 UK business day during 09:00-17:00 Europe/London, Monday to Friday excluding England and Wales bank holidays. This is not a resolution deadline or 24/7 SLA.
Is Plus available now? +
No. Plus is a planned £3-per-active-employee tier for workforce modules, beginning with rota and time tracking. It is not available to buy today and is not included in HollyHR's live pricing offers.
Start with the plan that fits now.
Join early access for hands-on setup, or talk to us if your buying process needs a proper conversation. No invented urgency either way.
Free up to 10 active employees · Standard from £2 per active employee