Pitch N Hire vs greytHR
greytHR is an India-focused HR and payroll platform whose centre of gravity is the pay cycle. Its own product pages describe auto-computed PF, ESI, PT, LWF and TDS, Form 16 and Form 24Q generation, customisable salary structures, arrears, reimbursement claims and full-and-final settlement, plus an employee self-service portal and mobile app for payslips, leave balances and tax declarations. Hiring is available through greytHR Recruit, sold as an add-on module priced per recruiter, which names skill-based shortlisting, a pre-screening assistant, interview scheduling and offer management. Pitch N Hire is also India-based, but it is a recruiting product rather than a payroll one: an applicant tracking system paired with async AI video interviews through Intuvos and candidate sourcing through OnJob.io, with a free single-user tier. The real question is which cost you are trying to remove — the monthly payroll run, or the time it takes to fill a role.
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Choose greytHR if the recurring pain is the pay cycle — statutory computation, payslips, self-service and the reporting around them — and hiring is occasional enough to sit inside an add-on module. Choose Pitch N Hire if the recurring pain is hiring itself and you want async AI video interviews, structured scoring and built-in sourcing, with a free tier to start on. Neither is a substitute for the other: greytHR will not make your interview process consistent, and Pitch N Hire will not file a return. Plenty of Indian employers therefore run greytHR for HR operations and Pitch N Hire for recruiting rather than treating this as an either-or shortlist.
Where Pitch N Hire and greytHR differ, line by line.
| Capability | Pitch N Hire | greytHR |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Teams whose bottleneck is hiring — screening volume, interview consistency and pipeline visibility | Indian employers whose bottleneck is running payroll and the statutory paperwork around it |
| Product centre of gravity | Applicant tracking, async AI video interviews and sourcing | Payroll processing, statutory computation and employee self-service |
| Pricing model | Per-seat and per-job tiers with a free single-user plan | Named tiers banded by employee count, with a per-employee rate above the band and modules added at higher tiers |
| Free plan | Yes — one user free forever | A time-limited free trial rather than a permanent free tier |
| Payroll and statutory compliance | None. Pitch N Hire is not an HRMS and does not run payroll | Names PF, ESI, PT, LWF and TDS computation with Form 16 and Form 24Q generation |
| Where recruitment sits | It is the entire product | greytHR Recruit, an add-on module priced per recruiter |
| AI interviewing | Native async AI video interviews with structured scoring through Intuvos | Recruit describes skill-based shortlisting and a pre-screening assistant; video interviewing is not described on its recruitment page |
| Candidate sourcing | Built-in sourcing through OnJob.io | Job posting to portals plus Outlook and Gmail calendar integration; outbound sourcing is not described |
| Employee self-service | Not applicable — the record ends at the offer | Portal and mobile app covering payslips, leave balances, claims and income-tax declarations |
| Analytics and reporting | Funnel, interview-scoring and time-to-fill reporting | Payroll, attendance and leave reporting across the whole workforce |
| Target company size | Startups to mid-market, India and global | Indian small and mid-sized employers |
Pricing is described by model, not by figure. Published per-seat and per-job prices change often, and a stale number on a comparison page is worse than no number — check each vendor's own pricing page before you decide.
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Where greytHR stands out
greytHR or Pitch N Hire — which problem are you actually buying software for?
These two products get shortlisted together mostly because both are Indian and both touch hiring, but they were built to remove different costs. greytHR exists so that a monthly payroll run stops consuming a week of an HR team's time: salary structures, arrears, reimbursement claims, full-and-final settlement, statutory computation and the forms that follow it are the product. The recruitment module was added around that core, and it is sold as an add-on priced per recruiter, which is a fair signal of where the platform's centre of gravity sits.
Pitch N Hire was built to remove a different cost — the weeks between opening a role and filling it. Its applicant tracking, Intuvos async AI video interviews and OnJob.io sourcing are aimed at screening more applicants without adding recruiters and at scoring them consistently rather than on whoever happened to run the call. It has no payroll engine and no post-hire employee record, and that is deliberate. If you are choosing between them, the honest first question is not which is better software but which of the two costs is currently hurting more.
What does each one deliberately not do?
Pitch N Hire does not process salaries, compute statutory deductions, generate statutory forms, track attendance or hold employee records after the offer is accepted. Anyone comparing it to an HRMS on those lines will find it absent, correctly. Its trade is depth at the front of the funnel: async video interviews an applicant completes on their own time, structured scoring that survives a hiring manager changing their mind, and sourcing that does not require a separate subscription.
greytHR, on its own recruitment page, does not describe video interviewing or outbound candidate sourcing. Its hiring strength is that a candidate who becomes an employee is already in the system that will pay them, which removes a real re-entry step and a real class of error. What it does not offer is a screening layer designed for volume. A useful way to decide is to look at how many applicants a typical opening attracts: if the number is small enough to interview by calendar, greytHR Recruit may be sufficient, and if it is not, a specialist screening layer earns its cost quickly. On statutory matters specifically, both vendors' claims should be checked against current rules with a qualified advisor rather than accepted from a marketing page.
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Pitch N Hire vs greytHR — FAQs
Does greytHR include an applicant tracking system?
Yes. greytHR Recruit is the vendor's recruitment module, sold as an add-on priced per recruiter. Its own page describes job posting, candidate screening, interview scheduling, offer management, a centralised inbox, skill-based shortlisting and a pre-screening assistant, with Outlook and Gmail calendar integration. Video interviewing and outbound sourcing are not described on that page, so confirm scope with the vendor if either matters to you.
Can Pitch N Hire run payroll or replace an HRMS?
No, and it does not try to. Pitch N Hire is an applicant tracking system with AI video interviewing and sourcing. It does not process salaries, compute statutory deductions, generate statutory forms or hold post-hire employee records. If you need those, you need an HRMS such as greytHR alongside it — which is why the two are more often paired than swapped.
Which one handles Indian statutory compliance?
greytHR. Its payroll pages name PF, ESI, PT, LWF and TDS computation along with Form 16 and Form 24Q generation. Pitch N Hire covers none of that. Statutory obligations in India change, and they vary by state and by establishment, so treat any vendor page — including this comparison — as a starting point and confirm the current rules with a qualified payroll or tax advisor before you rely on them.
How do the two pricing models compare?
They price different things. greytHR sells named tiers banded by employee count, with a per-employee rate above the band and further modules unlocked at higher tiers, so cost tracks headcount. Pitch N Hire prices recruiting capacity through per-seat and per-job tiers and keeps a free single-user plan, so cost tracks hiring activity. Ask both vendors for a current quote against your own numbers.
Can a company use greytHR and Pitch N Hire together?
Yes, and for many Indian teams that is the practical answer. greytHR runs payroll, leave, attendance and self-service for existing employees, while Pitch N Hire handles sourcing, AI video interviews and candidate evaluation up to the offer. The accepted candidate is then created in the HR system for onboarding and payroll. You are not forced to choose one system for two genuinely different jobs.
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