Free HR software that runs your whole team
HR FLARE is free to get started — employees, attendance, leave, payroll, expenses, recruitment and analytics in one place, with an AI assistant that does the busywork. No credit card required.
Is there really free HR software?
Yes. HR FLARE is HR software you can use for free right now — covering employees, attendance, leave, payroll, expenses, recruitment and analytics, with a built-in AI assistant. You sign up and start without a credit card.
What you get for free
Most “free” HR tools stop at a headcount list. HR FLARE gives you the full workflow — plus AI — from day one.
AI HR assistant
Ask anything in plain language and get structured answers with tables and sources — always scoped to what each user is allowed to see.
Employees & org
A clean employee directory, profiles, documents and an org view your whole team can rely on.
Attendance & leave
Track time and absences, approve leave, and keep balances straight without spreadsheets.
Payroll & expenses
Payslips plus expense tracking with OCR receipt scanning that fills the form for you.
Recruitment
Publish a public careers page per role; AI reads each uploaded CV and fills the application.
Connect ChatGPT & Claude
HR FLARE speaks MCP, so you can run HR tasks straight from ChatGPT or Claude.
Why “free” usually means “limited” — and why HR FLARE is different
Search for free HR software and you mostly find two things: a spreadsheet template, or a free tier that caps you at a handful of employees and hides payroll, recruiting and reporting behind a paywall. That is fine until your team grows — then you are migrating data at the worst possible moment.
HR FLARE takes a different route. It is an all-in-one HR platform (an HRIS) that is free to get started and gives small teams the same core workflow larger companies pay for: people management, time and attendance, leave, payroll, expenses, recruitment and analytics — with an AI assistant layered across all of it.
Who it is for
HR FLARE is designed for small and mid-sized teams of roughly 5 to 50 people — founders, office managers and first HR hires who need to look professional and stay compliant without a big HR budget. It is built for the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland), is GDPR/DSGVO-compliant, and works fully in English and German.
What makes it AI-native
The AI assistant is not a chatbot bolted on the side. It can answer questions about your own HR data, draft and summarise, and take actions — always inside each user's permissions. And because HR FLARE exposes its data and actions over the Model Context Protocol (MCP), you can connect it to ChatGPT or Claude and manage HR from the AI tools you already use.
Free HR software, feature by feature
Everything below is available when you start — no trial countdown to “free.”
| Capability | HR FLARE (free to start) | Typical “free” HR tool |
|---|---|---|
| Employee records & documents | ✓ Included | Often limited by headcount |
| Attendance & leave | ✓ Included | Sometimes |
| Payroll & payslips | ✓ Included | Usually paid add-on |
| Expenses with OCR receipts | ✓ Included | Rare |
| Recruitment + AI CV intake | ✓ Included | Rare |
| AI assistant | ✓ Built in | No |
| Connect to ChatGPT / Claude (MCP) | ✓ Yes | No |
| German & English | ✓ Both | Varies |
| GDPR / DSGVO-ready | ✓ Yes | Varies |
Comparison reflects common free-tier limitations across the category; check each vendor's current terms.
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Set up your company, invite your team, and let the AI assistant handle the busywork. No credit card, in English or Deutsch.