Essential HRMS & Payroll Software for Growing Businesses

The HCM Café Basic Edition is designed for startups and small businesses that want to digitize their HR operations, eliminate manual processes, and improve workforce efficiency without investing in complex enterprise systems.

This edition provides all the essential HR and payroll functionalities required to manage employees efficiently while ensuring statutory compliance and enhancing the employee experience.

Basic Edition

Employee Database

Create and maintain a centralized digital repository for all employee information throughout the employee lifecycle.

Key Features :

  • Comprehensive employee master database
  • Personal, employment, and statutory information management
  • Bank, PF, ESI, PAN, Aadhaar, and payroll details
  • Secure storage of employee documents such as appointment letters, certificates, ID proofs, and passports
  • Foundation for leave, attendance, payroll, training, and performance management

Time & Attendance Management

Automate employee attendance tracking and eliminate manual intervention through seamless integration with biometric devices.

Key Features :

  • Real-time attendance tracking
  • Daily, monthly, and annual attendance reports
  • Automatic late arrival and early departure calculations
  • Shift and roster management
  • Reduced manual errors through automation

Leave Management

Digitize the complete leave management process with configurable approval workflows.

Key Features :

  • Online leave application and approval
  • Configurable leave policies
  • Leave balance tracking
  • Manager-initiated leave adjustments
  • Email notifications and workflow automation
  • Reduced paperwork and administrative effort

Payroll Management

Process payroll accurately while ensuring compliance with statutory regulations.

Key Features :

  • Automated payroll processing
  • PF, ESI, Professional Tax, TDS, and Income Tax compliance
  • Multi-language payslip generation
  • Payroll reports and statutory documentation
  • Faster and error-free salary processing

Value-Added Features

Interactive Dashboards

Role-based dashboards provide employees and managers with instant access to key workforce information.

Employee & Manager Self-Service (ESS/MSS)

Empower employees and managers to complete routine HR activities independently.

HR Reports & Analytics

Generate real-time reports to support informed decision-making.

Value-Added Features

Interactive Dashboards

Role-based dashboards provide employees and managers with instant access to key workforce information.

Analytics Reports

HCM Café’s Analytics Reports module provides powerful workforce analytics and insights to help HR teams and managers make informed decisions. The system offers detailed attendance, leave, and employee reports with easy access to key workforce metrics and trends.

Employee & Manager Self-Service (ESS/MSS)

Empower employees and managers to complete routine HR activities independently.

Why Choose the Basic Edition?

Easy to implement and user-friendly

Affordable subscription plans

Cloud-based and secure

Mobile-enabled access

Statutory compliant payroll

Reduces manual HR administration

Improves employee productivity

Scalable as your business grows

The HCM Café Basic Edition is best suited for

Startups

Small and growing businesses

Organizations transitioning from spreadsheets or manual HR processes

Companies seeking an affordable and reliable HRMS solution

Businesses beginning their digital HR transformation journey

Take the First Step Towards Smarter HR

Empower your organization with an easy-to-use HRMS that simplifies HR operations, improves compliance, and enhances employee experience.

The Complete HRMS in Your Pocket

Take control of your HR operations with the HCM Café Mobile App. Access attendance, leave, payroll, approvals, employee information, and much more—securely, anytime and anywhere.

Everything you need to know

The Basic Edition includes Core HR, Employee Data Bank, Attendance Management, Leave Management, Payroll Processing, ESS/MSS, dashboards, and standard HR reports for organizations looking to automate essential HR operations.

Yes. The Basic Edition supports attendance tracking and biometric device integration, enabling automated attendance capture and reporting.

Yes. Employees can apply for leave through the self-service portal, and managers can review and approve requests through configurable workflows.

Yes. The payroll module supports statutory compliance requirements such as PF, ESI, Professional Tax, TDS, and Income Tax calculations.

ESS allows employees to view attendance records, payslips, leave balances, tax information, and personal details without depending on HR teams.

Yes. Manager Self-Service (MSS) dashboards provide visibility into subordinate attendance, leave status, productivity summaries, and approval workflows.

The Basic Edition provides attendance reports, monthly muster reports, leave ledger reports, leave balance summaries, and other standard HR reports.

The Basic Edition is ideal for small and growing businesses that need a cost-effective HRMS solution for employee data management, attendance, leave, and payroll automation.