HollyHR

Web · API · paid plans from £2/mo

Freedom report

Two barsScore 6.5

Free tierA free tier is on its own pricing page
Open codeNo open-source code on record
Runs widely1 of 6 device platforms
DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

HollyHR is ranked #46 of 237 in HR software on Freedom251, made by HollyHR (71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, United Kingdom, WC2H 9JQ). It runs on API, Web. There is a free plan. A free trial is offered. Paid plans start at £2/mo.

HollyHR plans and pricing

All plans

Free Free Up to 10 active employees · everyday HR · API/MCP reads and signed webhooks hollyhr.com · 30 Sept 2026

Standard £2/mo Monthly; also £20 per active employee per year Any team size · Ask Holly and priority support · custom domain · approved API/MCP writes hollyhr.com · 30 Sept 2026

Plus £4/mo Coming soon; not currently available to buy Rotas, attendance, timesheets and expenses · Hiring and training management · Goals and reviews · Safety, surveys, employee cases and benefit administration hollyhr.com · 22 Sept 2026

Plus (coming soon) £4/mo Planned annual price: £40 per active employee per year Not available to buy today · rotas, attendance, timesheets, expenses, hiring, training management, goals, reviews, safety, surveys, employee cases and benefit administration hollyhr.com · 30 Sept 2026

Enterprise Not published Talk to HollyHR for custom commercial terms For procurement or multi-organisation needs hollyhr.com · 30 Sept 2026

Compared on HR software

Free plan: Yes
Workflow automation: Yes
Document collection: Yes
Training content: Yes
Progress reporting: Yes

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The record

Product: HollyHR is core HR software for small UK teams, bringing people records, working patterns, leave, documents, starters and standard reports together.
Time off: The product supports leave requests and approvals, balances, sickness records, working patterns, UK public holidays and a shared Who’s Away calendar.
Onboarding and documents: Reusable onboarding packs create person-specific journeys with due dates and owners, while private files, right-to-work evidence and policy acknowledgements stay with the employee record.
Reporting and portability: Built-in headcount, turnover and time-off reports export as CSV or PDF, and organisation export includes CSV data, available uploaded files and a manifest.
Intended customers: HollyHR describes its product as core HR software for small UK teams and provides pages for founders, HR managers, office managers, finance managers, managers and employees.
Payroll boundary: Xero Payroll UK can receive approved leave after employees and leave types are matched; the page says this does not sync salary, tax, bank, pay-run or employee-creation data.
API and MCP: API reads and signed webhooks are available on every plan, while creating records through Zapier, Make or the API requires Standard and System Admin permission.
Security controls: HollyHR says it checks active organisation membership, permission and organisation scope for data operations, and applies additional encryption to selected sensitive values.
Data locations: The security page lists primary HR records in the EU and uploaded documents and database backup copies in the UK, and notes that supporting providers have their own locations and transfer terms.
Security assurance: HollyHR says it is not currently certified to ISO 27001, SOC 2 or Cyber Essentials and does not publish an external penetration-test claim.
Support: Paid Standard support cases have a one UK business day first-response target.
Notable limits: The features page says native payroll, rota and time tracking, expenses, recruitment, performance and learning modules, a native mobile app, and Enterprise SSO/SCIM are not shipped features.
Maker: HollyHR says founder-operator Paul Gould started it after more than 25 years running small businesses; its about page names Holly Software Limited.
Headquarters: 71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, United Kingdom, WC2H 9JQ
Price from: £2/mo

Where it ranks on Freedom251

Best HR Software in 2026#46 of 237
Best Employee Onboarding Software in 2026#4 of 44

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Sources

hollyhr.com/features· checked 30 Sept 2026
hollyhr.com/integrations· checked 30 Sept 2026
hollyhr.com/security· checked 30 Sept 2026
hollyhr.com/pricing· checked 30 Sept 2026
hollyhr.com/about· checked 30 Sept 2026
hollyhr.com· checked 28 Sept 2026