Pricing
Every compliance feature in every plan. Paid plans include everything.
One price per employee per month, based on your headcount. Free for up to 5 employees, or every feature on Plus for a fixed ₱1,000.00 a month. Larger teams can subscribe right away or start a 30-day free trial, no card needed. All prices are VAT-inclusive.
₱4,625.00 a month on Growth (₱185.00 per employee).
Includes ₱495.54 VAT.
Add Sahora Managed if you want our team to run your payroll for you.
Plus
1–5 employees
₱1,000.00a month, fixed, VAT-inclusive
Every paid-plan feature. Starts right away, no trial needed. A month with no paid employees: ₱500.00.
- Support: Email and chat
- Onboarding: Self-serve
Starter
6–20 employees
₱200.00per employee / month, VAT-inclusive
Minimum ₱1,500.00 a month
30-day free trial, no card needed
- Support: Email and chat
- Onboarding: Self-serve
Growth
21–100 employees
₱185.00per employee / month, VAT-inclusive
Minimum ₱4,000.00 a month
30-day free trial, no card needed
- Support: Email and chat
- Onboarding: Self-serve
Scale
101–250 employees
₱160.00per employee / month, VAT-inclusive
Minimum ₱18,500.00 a month
30-day free trial, no card needed
- Support: Priority support
- Onboarding: Guided onboarding and migration help
Enterprise
251+ employees
Custom quotefrom ₱40,000.00 a month, VAT-inclusive
30-day free trial, no card needed
- Support: A dedicated contact; SLA by contract
- Onboarding: Custom integrations
Free and paid plans compared
Compliance is never limited: every computation, BIR form and government report is on Free too. Paid plans add the tools that save time as you grow.
| Feature | Free (1–5 employees) | Paid plans |
|---|---|---|
| Every compliance feature, on every plan | ||
| Payroll computation: SSS, PhilHealth, Pag-IBIG, withholding tax, overtime, holidays and night differential | Included | Included |
| 13th month pay, final pay and year-end tax annualization | Included | Included |
| BIR Forms 1601-C, 2316 and 1604-C, and the alphalist | Included | Included |
| SSS, PhilHealth and Pag-IBIG contribution reports | Included | Included |
| Payroll register and journal entry (Excel and CSV) | Included | Included |
| Attendance from the Excel timesheet template or your biometric device's file | Included | Included |
| Approval before payroll is final (by a second person when you have one) | Included | Included |
| Employee portal: payslips to view and download, leave and overtime requests and approvals | Included | Included |
| SSS and Pag-IBIG loan deductions | Included | Included |
| Security: two-step verification, encrypted ID and bank numbers, activity log | Included | Included |
| Full export of your data | Included | Included |
| Paid plans include everything, plus | ||
| Payslip emails to employees | Not included | Included |
| Phone clock-in with selfie and location | Not included | Included |
| Company loans and cash advances with e-signed authorization | Not included | Included |
| QuickBooks Online and Xero journal files | Not included | Included |
| AutoPilot (payroll prepared after cut-off) | Not included | Included |
| SSS and PhilHealth statement checking | Not included | Included |
| Payroll comparisons, year ledger and cost-center reports | Not included | Included |
| API keys and webhooks | Not included | Included |
| Pay groups | 1 | As many as you need |
| Branches | 1 | As many as you need |
| Users (owner, payroll, approvers) | 2 (one prepares, one approves) | As many as you need |
| Support | Email and the help center | By plan, see above |
| Payslip footer | "Powered by Sahora" | Your payslip only |
Typical alternatives
The usual ways of running payroll, described in general, not any particular provider.
| Option | What it costs | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Spreadsheets | Free, plus your time | Manual and easy to get wrong. Rates are typed in by hand, and there is no approval step before anyone is paid. |
| Outsourced bookkeeper | A monthly fee | Payroll done for you, usually without a system you can open yourself or an employee portal. |
| Enterprise payroll software | Often by quote, after a demo | A full system, often with minimum licences or a contract before you can start. |
| Sahora | Free for up to 5 employees, then one published price per employee, VAT included | Time logs to payslips to BIR forms in one place, approval by a second person, an employee portal, and our team when you need help. |
How you pay
Bank transfer, InstaPay or check
Pay your billing statement the way you pay suppliers today.Prices include VAT
Your billing statement shows the VAT separately.Creditable withholding tax
We accept creditable withholding tax with BIR Form 2307.
Optional services
Self-serve onboarding is always free. When you'd rather we do it, these are billed once, as separate lines on your billing statement, VAT-inclusive.
Assisted Onboarding
We set up your company, import your employees and run your first payroll with you. One-time. Self-serve onboarding is always free.
- Free: ₱3,000.00
- Plus: ₱3,000.00
- Starter: ₱5,000.00
- Growth: ₱10,000.00
- Scale: ₱25,000.00
- Enterprise: included in the quote
- Waived with annual billing on a paid plan.
Historical / YTD payroll encoding
For companies switching mid-year: we encode year-to-date pay so withholding tax and BIR 2316 come out right.
₱75.00 per employee, minimum ₱3,000.00
RequestCustom report build
A report built to your format. Quoted after we see what you need.
From ₱5,000.00, quoted after we see what you need
RequestBiometric devices and third-party transfer fees
Passed through at cost, shown as its own line, no markup.
At cost, no markup
Request
Sahora Managed
Rather not run payroll yourself?
Our team runs your payroll and government remittances for you, on Sahora: attendance to payslips, SSS, PhilHealth, Pag-IBIG and BIR filings, with your approval before anyone is paid. Priced per company after a short call.
About Sahora Managed