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HR · part of the Spodus suite

HR software for small teams, without payroll.

Spodus HR is cloud HR software for small businesses. It keeps one record per person, draws the org chart from it, and handles time off, onboarding checklists, reviews and employee self-service. There is no payroll and no benefits administration: it is for small teams that run payroll somewhere else and want the rest of HR beside their CRM.

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HR software for small business, in three parts.

One record per person, the chart drawn from it, and the requests that used to be an email thread. It sits beside your CRM. There is no shift scheduling, so it is not workforce management software for small business.

01

Employee management: one record per person, and a chart that draws itself.

Employee management software starts with the employee database: one record per person. Role, documents and the reporting line live on that record, and the org chart is built from its manager field rather than kept beside it. Profiles and the org chart together are the employee management system. A People dashboard shows headcount by department, who is out today and who joined in the last 30 days.

  • People records. Employee database software, in one profile per person: roles, compensation, documents and history. HR document management is a file on the record, not a second system.
  • Org chart. A living org chart. The employee management platform redraws it as people join, move and leave.

02

Employee self-service: the requests that used to be an email thread.

A day off is a record with dates, a type and a state, filed by the person who wants it against a balance they can see before they ask. Employee self-service software at this size is that simple: nobody emails HR to ask.

  • Time off. Requests, approvals, and balances in a tap, on a calendar the whole team can see.
  • Employee self-service. Self-service HR software means employees book time off and view the org chart themselves, instead of emailing HR and waiting.

03

Joining, and the year after.

HR onboarding software here is a dated checklist for the first ninety days. The appraisal side is reviews grouped by cycle, with a reviewer and a due date on each. Both are lists somebody works through, not jobs that run themselves.

  • Onboarding. One dated checklist per new hire, from the offer letter to the ninety-day check-in.
  • Reviews & goals. HR appraisal software at its plainest: reviews grouped by cycle, each with a reviewer, a rating and a due date.

One connected system

Cloud HR, for the same people who run the business.

Spodus HR runs in the cloud. We host it, update it and back it up; you open it in a browser. Your org chart isn't a separate list, it's the reps who own deals, the agents who work tickets, and the admins who send invoices. Manage people once and it lines up everywhere.

  • Assign a rep in CRM and their role, workload, and time off already match.
  • One role per person, set here, covering every module.
  • Employees self-serve time off and the org chart, without going through HR.

CRM

Replaces HubSpot · Pipedrive

Finance

Replaces the invoicing spreadsheet · quotes written in a doc

Support

Replaces Zendesk · Intercom · Freshdesk

Inbox

Replaces Slack · Microsoft Teams

HR stands on the same platform as the other four.

Your records

  • Your own fields and objects
  • Table, board and calendar
  • Import from a file

The work

  • Time tracking
  • Automations and webhooks
  • Docs, goals and forms

Oversight

  • Dashboards
  • Roles and permissions
  • Deleting is reversible

Frequently asked questions

Do employees count as paid seats?
Yes. Anyone you give a login is a seat, whether they run HR or only book a day off. The rate does not change with the count: the fiftieth seat costs what the first one did, with no volume bands and no tier you are pushed into as you grow. Your customers in the support portal are the ones who are free, because they never get an account.
Can I migrate from BambooHR or Gusto?
Yes. Import people, roles and past time-off requests from a CSV or a spreadsheet; the org chart builds itself from the manager column, so you are not redrawing it. Payroll history does not come across, because Spodus has no payroll to hold it.
Is payroll included?
No. HR covers people records, time off, onboarding and reviews. Payroll and benefits administration are not part of Spodus, so both stay with your existing provider.
How does the org chart stay up to date?
It's built from the manager on each person's record, so when someone changes manager or moves team the chart redraws itself. Nobody maintains a slide.
Can managers approve time off from their phone?
Not yet — Spodus needs a laptop or desktop today. Approvals live on the time-off page, balances update automatically, and the team calendar shows who's out so nobody double-books a week.
Does HR count as a separate product?
No. Every plan unlocks all five products, HR included — you pay per person, never per module. You never buy HR as an add-on or a higher tier.
Is Spodus HCM software?
Only the smaller half. HCM software (human capital management software) usually means one platform for payroll, benefits, recruiting, learning and HR records. Spodus covers the records side: people, org chart, time off, onboarding and reviews, in the cloud, beside your CRM. If you need a full HCM platform, a human capital management platform with payroll and benefits, this is not it.
Is this an HRIS or an HRMS?
Both names fit, at small-company size. An HRIS (human resource information system) holds employee records; an HRMS (human resource management system) adds the processes around them, such as time off and reviews. Spodus does both for a small team, as online HR software: a cloud-based HRIS or a cloud HRMS, since we host it and you open it in a browser. What it does not do is payroll, benefits, recruiting or learning, so it is not an enterprise HR system.
Is this an HRIS for small business, and how does it compare with HR platforms for small businesses?
Yes. An HRIS for small business is one record per person, the reporting line, time off and reviews, and that is what is here. HR platforms for small businesses often bundle payroll and benefits. Spodus has neither; what it adds instead is the CRM beside the people records, so the rep who owns a deal and the person on the org chart are the same record.
Is Spodus cloud based HR management software, a cloud HR system or a cloud based HRMS?
All three names fit, and they mean one thing: we host the software, update it and back it up, and you open it in a browser. There is nothing to install and no server of yours to run. Your people records, org chart, time off, onboarding and reviews live there, beside the CRM the same people use. What the names do not add is payroll or benefits; neither is here.
Is there free HR software here?
No. Spodus has no free tier, so there is no free HR software here. Every seat carries all five products, HR included, and the price is quoted for your team before you sign up. There is a trial: send us an export of your people and reporting lines, and we load a workspace with them so you see your org chart drawn before you decide.

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