What is Facto Lite?
One app for tasks, CRM, and HR & Payroll, for Indian teams of 5 to 100 in any trade. Each module is bought on its own, priced flat by team size, and free for 60 days.
Facto Lite, next to what you use now.
Row by row, checked against the product, with the places the other side is the better buy. We never quote another company’s price; only how their bill behaves.
All-in-one, or no software at all
Facto Lite vs Excel and WhatsApp
Facto Lite vs Excel and WhatsApp for a Team
The real alternative for most teams. Where a sheet and a group chat are enough, and the month they stop being enough.
Facto Lite vs Zoho One
Facto Lite vs Zoho One for Businesses Under 100
Fifty-plus apps under one licence, or three modules you will open every day. Where each one makes sense.
HR and payroll software
Facto Lite vs greytHR
Facto Lite vs greytHR: Payroll for Small Teams
An established Indian payroll and HR suite. Where its depth wins, and where a smaller team pays for more than it uses.
Facto Lite vs Keka
Facto Lite vs Keka for Businesses Under 100
A full HR platform with performance, hiring and payroll. Built for growing companies; more than many small teams need.
Facto Lite vs Zoho People and Zoho Payroll
Facto Lite vs Zoho People and Zoho Payroll
HR and payroll as two Zoho products that connect. A natural pick inside Zoho; two bills and two setups outside it.
Facto Lite vs RazorpayX Payroll
Facto Lite vs RazorpayX Payroll for Small Teams
Payroll that pays salaries and files the challans for you. Strong on money movement; HR and daily work live elsewhere.
Facto Lite vs Kredily
Facto Lite vs Kredily: Free HRMS or a Paid One?
A free HR and payroll plan for Indian businesses. Hard to beat on price; the question is what else you need.
CRMs
Facto Lite vs Zoho CRM
Facto Lite vs Zoho CRM for Small Sales Teams
A CRM priced per user in editions, against one CRM module priced by team size. Leads, follow-ups and quotes, row by row.
Facto Lite vs Pipedrive
Facto Lite vs Pipedrive for Indian Sales Teams
A pipeline-first CRM billed per seat, against a CRM module priced by team size with quotations built in.
Task and project apps
Facto Lite vs Trello
Facto Lite vs Trello for Delegating Work
Boards and cards for seeing work, against tasks with an owner, a reviewer and checklists that raise themselves.
Facto Lite vs Asana
Facto Lite vs Asana for Teams Under 100
Work management for projects and teams, against everyday tasks and checklists with CRM and payroll alongside.
At a glance
Every comparison, on one page.
Facto Lite
- What it is
- One app for tasks, CRM, and HR & Payroll
- HR and payroll
- Attendance, leave, payroll with PF, ESI and TDS, and payslips on the phone
- Handing out work
- Tasks with an owner, a due date and reminders; recurring checklists
- Sales follow-ups
- Leads with an owner, scheduled follow-ups and reminders; quotations
- How it is priced
- Per module, flat by team size, from ₹1,499 a month
- Best fit
- Indian teams of 5 to 100, in any trade
All-in-one, or no software at all
- What it is
- A spreadsheet and a group chat
- HR and payroll
- Formulas somebody keeps right by hand
- Handing out work
- Messages in a group
- Sales follow-ups
- A lead sheet with a “next call” column
- How it is priced
- Little or nothing in licences; paid in hours
- Best fit
- Under ten people on simple pay
- What it is
- A suite of 50+ Zoho apps under one licence
- HR and payroll
- Zoho People and Zoho Payroll, which Zoho offers in India
- Handing out work
- Zoho Projects, one of the suite’s apps
- Sales follow-ups
- Zoho CRM, at its Enterprise feature level
- How it is priced
- Per user, or per employee if you license everyone
- Best fit
- Businesses that want many apps, accounting and email from one vendor
HR and payroll software
- What it is
- An Indian HR and payroll suite with add-on modules
- HR and payroll
- Payroll with PF, ESI, PT for every state, LWF and TDS returns
- Handing out work
- Task checklists, listed in their plans
- Sales follow-ups
- No sales module on their pricing page
- How it is priced
- A monthly base covering 50 employees, then per employee
- Best fit
- Payroll-first businesses, from small to several thousand people
- What it is
- An HR platform with payroll, talent and project suites
- HR and payroll
- Payroll with PF, ESI, LWF and TDS reports; attendance and leave
- Handing out work
- Project and task management in a separate suite
- Sales follow-ups
- Not in the HR plans on their pricing page
- How it is priced
- Tiered plans, charged per additional employee
- Best fit
- Growing companies that want performance and hiring too
- What it is
- Two Zoho products, one for HR and one for payroll
- HR and payroll
- HR in Zoho People; PF, ESI, state PT, LWF and TDS in Zoho Payroll
- Handing out work
- A separate Zoho product
- Sales follow-ups
- A separate Zoho product
- How it is priced
- People per user; Payroll per organisation plus per employee
- Best fit
- Businesses already running Zoho Books, CRM or other Zoho apps
- What it is
- Payroll that pays salaries and files compliances
- HR and payroll
- Pays salaries and files TDS, PF, PT and ESIC; attendance and leave
- Handing out work
- Not on their payroll pages
- Sales follow-ups
- Not on their payroll pages
- How it is priced
- Plans with a base fee, then per additional employee
- Best fit
- Teams that want salaries and challans paid from one place
- What it is
- An Indian HR and payroll app with a free plan
- HR and payroll
- PF, ESI, state PT and TDS; attendance and leave, free
- Handing out work
- Not listed on their site
- Sales follow-ups
- Not listed on their site
- How it is priced
- Free plan; paid plans flat to 25 employees, then per employee
- Best fit
- Teams that want HR and payroll for free
CRMs
- What it is
- A CRM, one app in Zoho’s range
- HR and payroll
- Separate Zoho apps: Zoho People and Zoho Payroll
- Handing out work
- Tasks tied to CRM records, with reminders and repeats
- Sales follow-ups
- Tasks and meetings on records; quotes from price books
- How it is priced
- Per user a month, in editions; free for up to 3 users
- Best fit
- Sales teams that want a deep CRM, or already use Zoho
- What it is
- A sales CRM built around the deal pipeline
- HR and payroll
- Not in its plans
- Handing out work
- Projects, for post-sale work, on Premium and above
- Sales follow-ups
- Customisable pipelines and activity management on every plan
- How it is priced
- Per seat, in four plans; some features are add-ons on the lower two
- Best fit
- Sales-only teams that live in the pipeline and their email
Task and project apps
- What it is
- Boards, lists and cards for organising work
- HR and payroll
- Not in its plans
- Handing out work
- Cards with members and dates; checklist items get owners on Standard and up
- Sales follow-ups
- Only as a board you set up yourself
- How it is priced
- Free for up to 10 collaborators per Workspace, then per user
- Best fit
- Visual boards for projects and small teams
- What it is
- Work management for projects and teams
- HR and payroll
- Not in its plans
- Handing out work
- Tasks that repeat; approvals on Advanced and Enterprise
- Sales follow-ups
- Only as a project you set up yourself
- How it is priced
- Per user; a free Personal plan
- Best fit
- Cross-team projects with timelines and approvals
Questions
Asked often, answered here.
How are these comparisons checked?
Every Facto Lite row is traced to the product itself, not to our own marketing, and reworded wherever the product does less than the obvious sentence would say. Each page shows the date it was last checked.
Why is there no price for the other side?
Their prices change, and they are theirs to state. We show how their cost behaves instead: per user, per module or flat. Facto Lite’s own prices are on the pricing page.
Is Facto Lite always the better choice?
No. Every comparison lists the situations where the other side is the better buy. For a team under ten on simple pay, a spreadsheet is often enough; Facto Lite, from ₹1,499 a month, makes sense once the monthly chasing takes real hours.
The fairest comparison is your own team.
Sixty days of Facto Lite free, no card. Run it beside what you use today, and keep whichever works.