Grove HR
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Grove HR, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Grove HR's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Seedling | £2.40 a month | Up to 15 employees · 5 employee minimum · basic document upload · core HR and leave management · £2.40/employee/month billed annually; £3/employee/month otherwise |
| Growth | £4 a month | Up to 50 employees · 5 employee minimum · includes Seedling plus timesheets, compliance, onboarding, training, advanced reports and priority support · £4/employee/month billed annually; £5/employee/month otherwise |
| Forest | £6.40 a month | Unlimited employees · 5 employee minimum · includes Growth plus multi-entity structure, custom reports and integrations, AI Assistant and dedicated account manager · £6.40/employee/month billed annually; £8/employee/month otherwise |
The facts
Each one read from Grove HR's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI integration
- The Forest plan includes an MCP assistant that Grove says works with Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, and compatible MCP clients.checked 11 Oct 2026
- API and webhooks
- Grove lists nine webhook event types and says its public REST API is coming soon.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Audience
- Grove says it is designed for businesses with 10 to 250 employees in the UK, US, and Europe.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Calendar integrations
- Team leave can be synced to Outlook, Google Calendar, and Apple Calendar using iCal subscriptions.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Core tools
- Features include employee directory, org chart, leave management, timesheets, compliance tracking, documents, recruitment, onboarding, training, performance management, and reports.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Data residency
- Grove says it is hosted on European infrastructure and uses European data centres.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Documents
- All plans include document upload, retrieval, categorised storage, and access audit trails; versioning and HR sign-off are listed for Growth and Forest.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Employee onboarding
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Employee records
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Payroll integrations
- Grove lists payroll export compatibility with Xero, Sage, FreeAgent, QuickBooks, Gusto, and ADP.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Performance management
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Product
- Grove HR is an HR platform covering people management from leave administration to performance reviews.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Regional rules
- The platform describes support for UK, US, and EU employment rules, including statutory leave calculations, Bradford Factor scoring, and multi-country leave management.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security
- Grove says NI numbers, SSNs, bank details, and salary are encrypted at rest with AES-256, and changes are recorded in an audit trail.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- The pricing page lists email support with Seedling, priority support with Growth, and a dedicated account manager with Forest.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Time-off management
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Time tracking
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
The company
- Company
- Grove Platform Holdings Ltd says it is UK-founded and headquartered in the United Kingdom, and was founded in 2025.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Southampton, United Kingdomchecked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Nochecked 22 Sep 2026
- Plan limits
- Pricing has a five-employee minimum; Seedling supports up to 15 employees, Growth up to 50, and Forest has no employee cap.checked 11 Oct 2026
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