HollyHR review
An affordable onboarding and HR system with reusable packs and progress tracking.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
HollyHR is web-based HR software for small and growing UK teams that need employee records, leave and sickness tracking, document management and onboarding in one system. Its onboarding tools support reusable packs with typed tasks, owners for starters, managers and HR administrators, and due dates calculated from an employee’s start date. HR teams can also collect documents, manage training, equipment, payroll and meeting tasks, and monitor overdue or needs-attention items.
The published plans make the product accessible to smaller organizations. The Free plan costs £0 per organisation per month and supports up to 10 active employees, with people records, onboarding, documents, training, reports, spreadsheet import, full export, API/MCP reads and signed webhooks. The Standard plan costs £2 per user per month, billed monthly, and adds any team size, a custom domain, approved API/MCP writes and priority support. A 30-day free trial is also available. Integrations include Slack, Microsoft Teams, Zapier, Make, Google Calendar, Outlook-compatible calendars, Xero Payroll UK and Staffology.
HollyHR’s strongest fit is structured, evidence-led onboarding rather than highly automated workflow orchestration. Right-to-work evidence upload and employer verification workflows support a specific UK hiring requirement, while version-bound document acknowledgements help track what employees have received and accepted. Onboarding launches are documented as manual, and automatic rules-based launching is a roadmap item, so teams wanting event-driven onboarding should consider alternatives with established workflow automation. Choose HollyHR for a low-cost system that combines onboarding with core HR records; look elsewhere if automated launches are central to the buying decision.
HollyHR pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Free plan supports up to 10 active employees
- Reusable packs include owners, due dates and typed tasks
- Right-to-work evidence, documents and progress tracking are included
- Where it doesn't
- Automatic rules-based onboarding launches are a roadmap item
- The free plan is limited to 10 active employees
- Standard is required for custom domains and approved API/MCP writes
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