Emplora
AI-native payroll · built for India

Payroll, attendance
and books.

Run by an agent, checked by you. Paste your employee register and Emplora reads it, maps it and creates every record. Ask for a payroll run in plain words — EPF, ESIC, PT and TDS are computed, explained and filed on time, with a journal your accountant can actually use.

No card requiredUp to 10 employees free, foreverData stays in India
September runNet ₹4,74,580
JournalBalanced
Agent active
Import speed4 minMedian time to import a 200-person register
Setup cost₹0Spent on implementation consultants
Compliance31Statutory forms and challans generated for you
Systems1For payroll, attendance and books
Zero-error payrollAutomated EPF & ESICReal-time tax adjustmentsMulti-tenant architectureImmutable audit logsPayroll accounting built in
app.emplora.in/payroll-runs/september-2026
DraftSeptember 2026 · review & adjust9 employees
EmployeePaid daysGrossEPFNet payFlags
AS
Aditi Sharma
EMP001
2267,6001,80063,600—
RV
Rohan Verma
EMP002
221,01,8001,80092,760Loan ₹5,000
NG
Neha Gupta
EMP003
2070,8181,80066,818LOP 2d
KM
Karan Malhotra
EMP004
2233,9001,80026,846Override
Totals · 9 employees1965,17,80016,2004,74,580
The agent

Type it. Paste it. It’s done.

One command bar sits at the bottom of every screen. Admins use it to load data and run cycles; employees use it to ask about their own pay. It always shows you what it is about to change, and nothing is written until you approve.

Emplora agent
Preview before commit
Here’s our register — 248 people. Set them all up.
sunrise-salary-register.xlsx184 KB
I found 248 rows and 14 columns. Nine columns map cleanly; three need a decision from you.
Mapped“Emp Code” → Employee ID · “DOJ” → Date of joining · “CTC/mo” → Gross
Ambiguous“A/C No.” → Bank account or UAN?
6 rowsIFSC fails format check — I can fix 4 from the branch name
→
Run August payrollWho is missing bank details?Explain Rohan’s TDSPost last month’s journal
Import anythingExcel, CSV, a screenshot of a register, or text pasted straight out of WhatsApp. Column order and header wording do not matter.
Explains its arithmeticEvery figure can be opened line by line: which slab, which ceiling, which override and who approved it. Auditors get a trail, not a black box.
Employees ask too“How much leave do I have?”, “Why is this month lower?”, “Send me April’s payslip.” Scoped to their own records, always.
It never pays anyone on its own
Approving a run, editing a salary or changing a role stays a human action with a name against it.
[ the_product ]

Everything a payroll month needs

Built for Indian statutory reality first: EPF, ESIC, professional tax by state, TDS regimes, LOP on calendar or working days, mid-month joiners and full-and-final settlements.

01Register
Employees & onboardingOne register with statutory readiness on every row — UAN, ESIC, bank verification — so nothing blocks the run on the 30th.
02Grid
Attendance & leaveMonthly grid, bulk Excel import with a validation preview, leave types with carry-forward, holiday calendars per location.
03Run
Payroll runThree steps: lock attendance, review and adjust with a reason on every override, approve and generate. Totals recompute as you edit.
04Payslip
PayslipsA − B − C + D statements with the amount in words, emailed or downloaded, and a self-service history for every employee.
05Filing
Reports & filingsSalary register, EPF and ESIC contribution files, PT, OT, joining and exit, and a bank transfer file your bank will accept.
06Access
Roles you defineNot a fixed four. Clone HR into “Regional HR — Production”, grant nine permissions out of twenty-four, and see how many people it affects before you save.
Books & compliance

You may not need a second accounting package

Most small businesses buy payroll and then buy desktop accounting software to post it. Emplora keeps the ledger where the payroll already is: every approved run posts a double-entry journal, GST-ready expense claims, TDS liabilities and challan-ready summaries — exportable to Tally or Busy if your CA still wants them, and printable if the assessing officer does.

IncludedAuto journal per run — salaries payable, statutory dues, employer contributions
IncludedLedgers, trial balance and month close for payroll accounts
IncludedExpense claims and reimbursements with GST fields
ExportTally XML, Busy-compatible CSV, and plain Excel for anyone else
See the books module
Journal · August 2026 run
Posted
AccountDebitCredit
Salaries & wages5,17,800—
Employer EPF17,550—
Salaries payable—4,74,580
Statutory dues payable—53,710
Balanced5,35,3505,35,350
Posted automatically on approval · reversible until month close
[ pricing ]

Per employee, per month. Nothing to install.

Billed annually or monthly, GST extra. Every plan includes unlimited payroll runs, all statutory reports and the employee self-service app — plans differ on the agent, the books module and how much control you get over roles.

Starter
Up to 10 employees
₹0forever
Start free
Payroll, payslips, attendanceAll statutory reportsEmployee self-serviceAI import — 2 files / monthSystem roles only
Growth
11–200 employees
₹49/ employee / month
Start 14-day trial
Everything in StarterUnlimited AI import & commandsCustom roles & permissionsBank transfer filesBooks module — read only
Most chosen
Books
Payroll + accounting, 11–500 employees
₹79/ employee / month
Start 14-day trial
Everything in GrowthFull books: journal, ledgers, month closeGST-ready expense claimsTally / Busy exportAgent explains every figure
Enterprise
500+ employees, multi-entity
Talk to us
Contact sales
Everything in BooksMultiple entities, one consoleSSO and audit exportCustom statutory templatesNamed implementation contact
Employee count is billed on the register at the start of each cycle.Exits stop billing the next cycle.Annual billing saves two months.Compare every feature
Is my data safe with an AI agent?The agent reads only what your role can already see, and every write it proposes needs your approval. Salary and bank data are encrypted, and platform staff cannot browse your payroll — support access is time-boxed, reasoned and written to your audit log.
Do I have to leave Tally or Busy?No. Keep them and take the export, or move payroll accounting into Emplora and let your CA pull the journal at quarter end. Most teams start with the export and stop using it after two cycles.
How long does setup take?Registration is five short steps, and the register import is one paste. Statutory depth — TDS regime, PT states, weekly offs — is filled in later from settings and never blocks your first run.

Your next payroll can be the easy one

Free for up to ten employees. Paste your register and see your first run in the time it takes to make tea.