
Factorial
Factorial is a paid HR platform for employee administration and people-operations workflows.
What Factorial is
Factorial is a paid HR platform for employee administration and people-operations workflows. Its listed capabilities include employee records, time-off management, onboarding, performance management, and time tracking. The service runs on the web and has iOS and Android apps. The listed starting price is $8/user/mo, and there is no free plan. These tools place employee information, onboarding tasks, payroll-document distribution, and signatures in the entry-level offering. Factorial is made by Factorial, headquartered in Barcelona, Spain. Organizations can use the broader feature list to assess needs around time off, performance, and time tracking, then check whether the Core inclusions cover their intended employee-management workflows.
Good
- Includes employee records
- Supports onboarding and offboarding
- Provides time-off management
- Offers web, iOS, and Android access
- Core includes legal e-signature
Watch out
- No free plan
- Starting price is $8/user/mo
- Core inclusions are specifically listed
- Paid monthly billing applies
Who it suits
It suits organizations seeking employee records, onboarding, time-off, performance, and time-tracking functions across web and mobile apps. Teams should be prepared for a paid subscription.
Verdict
Factorial groups core HR administration and employee workflows in a web and mobile platform. Its 8.00 USD monthly Core starting plan offers directory, onboarding, payslip, document, and signature tools, but there is no free tier.
Plans and prices
From Factorial's own pricing page, checked 20 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $8 a month | Factorial Core · Employee directory · Onboarding/offboarding · Payslip distribution · Bulk document sending · Legal e-signature · billed monthly |
The facts
Each one read from Factorial's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Employee onboarding
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Employee records
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Paid from
- 8checked 20 Sep 2026
- Performance management
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Time-off management
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Time tracking
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Nochecked 20 Sep 2026
The company
- Headquarters
- Barcelona, Spainchecked 28 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Mobile apps
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
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