Attendoformerly Petpooja Payroll

Complete Payroll System
For Startups

Run compliant payroll across currencies, locations, and contract types - from your first hire to your fiftieth.

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The Problem

Where Startup
Wastes Time In Payroll

  • Founders running payroll lose hours on product
  • Remote hires make compliance feel risky
  • Attendance tracking starts feeling like surveillance
  • Contractors and employees sit in different tools
  • Due diligence exposes gaps in payroll records
The Solution

Why Startups Prefer
Hardware + Software Together

  • Attendance captured from office, mobile, or face
  • Full-time, contract, and intern data stays unified
  • Payroll scales without adding new tools
  • Records stay investor-ready from day one
Features

Built For Startups

Track attendance without making it feel like surveillance

Mobile check-in, face recognition, and PIN-based clock-in cover office, hybrid, and remote team members. Each team picks the log-in style that fits its work, not one rigid clock for everyone.

Pay full-time staff, contractors, and interns in one run

Every person is tagged by employment type, with different pay rules and statutory logic applied automatically. One payroll run covers your whole team - no separate contractor file or intern spreadsheet.

Send payments across countries and currencies

Each person's work location, currency, and local tax rules are set once during onboarding. Net pay lands in the right currency every cycle, without manual exchange rate math.

Automate bonuses, stipends, and milestone-based pay

Tie variable pay to milestones, KPIs, or quarterly targets you define inside the system. When the trigger hits, the amount flows straight into payroll - no top-ups at the last minute.

Let your team handle leaves, payslips, and reimbursements

Each person opens the app to apply for leave, download payslips, and submit expense claims. Founders and ops stop being the helpdesk for 'can I get my May payslip?'

Stay compliant everywhere you hire from

Local tax and labor rules are applied per hire's work location, with statutory deductions calculated automatically. You open a new city or country without spending a week decoding the rulebook.

Onboard a new hire before their first day

Send an offer, collect documents, and set pay rules through one flow - everything is ready before day one. Your next engineer or designer is payroll-ready by onboarding morning.

Export clean reports for investors and auditors

Headcount, burn, payslip history, and contract records sit in one place, ready as audit-grade exports. Due diligence stops being a two-week fire drill before every round.

Customer Stories

Startups Who Trust
Attendo

  • “We used to spend 3-4 days every month just chasing attendance, calculating salaries, and correcting mistakes. After switching to Attendo, all of that happens automatically. Our salary goes out on the 1st, every month, without any last-minute panic.”

    MuzaOwner, AKAN Agency (Royal Enfield)

  • “Before Attendo, every month-end was a nightmare. Attendance sheets were wrong, calculations took forever. Now everything is ready before the 1st. I haven't touched a spreadsheet in months.”

    Ansh ShahOwner, Chandraship Auto Motive LLP

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FAQ

Payroll For Startups
FAQs

What is the best payroll software for early-stage startups with both employees and contractors?
The best payroll software for early-stage startups handles employees, contractors, and interns in one run, across multiple locations. Look for one that includes team self-service, exports clean reports for investor diligence, and scales from five to fifty without migration. You shouldn't need a new payroll tool at every funding stage.
Can the same payroll tool pay full-time employees and freelance contractors under one monthly run?
A single payroll tool can pay full-time employees and freelance contractors in the same run, with different rules applied to each. Contractors typically sit outside statutory deductions, while full-time staff have full compliance applied automatically. You get one payment schedule, one report, and one clean record when an investor or auditor asks.
How does payroll work for a startup with remote team members in different countries and time zones?
For a remote startup with team members across countries, payroll handles each person's local currency, tax rules, and payment method based on their work location. Time zones don't affect the payroll run, since attendance is tracked per person, not against one office clock. You hire from anywhere without opening a local entity first for every geography.
How do startups stay compliant with local tax and labor rules when hiring across states or countries?
Compliance across jurisdictions is handled by applying local tax and labor rules based on each hire's work location, not your HQ. The system updates when rules change, so you're not tracking amendments manually. For edge cases - first hire in a new country, contractor-to-employee conversion, one-off bonuses - you can flag the case for manual review before payroll closes.
Can a founder or operations lead run payroll without hiring a dedicated HR or finance person?
A founder or ops lead can run payroll without a dedicated HR hire once the basic rules are set up. Pay types, leave policies, and compliance rules are configured once, then payroll runs on the same logic every cycle. When you eventually hire a finance or HR person, they inherit a clean, documented system - not a pile of spreadsheets and Slack threads.
How does attendance tracking work for a remote-first startup without feeling like surveillance?
Attendance for a remote-first startup is based on self-logged hours, project time, or simple daily check-ins - not screenshots or keystroke monitoring. Each team picks how much detail fits its work, so engineering and sales don't follow the same pattern. Your team keeps autonomy while payroll still gets the hours it needs to run.
How are startup bonuses, ESOP grants, and milestone-based pay tracked alongside regular salaries?
Bonuses, ESOP grants, and milestone-based pay are tracked per person, with rules for vesting, cliffs, or trigger events. Cash bonuses flow into payroll when the milestone is marked complete, while equity records stay separate from cash comp for clean reporting. You stop running one sheet for grants and another for variable pay - both live in one place.
How long does it take a startup to set up payroll and attendance when switching from another tool?
Most startups set up payroll and attendance within a week, including staff data, pay rules, and compliance configuration. If you're switching from another tool, past payslips, leave balances, advance records, and contracts can be imported so you don't lose history mid-cycle. Most teams run their first live payroll within two cycles of signing up.