HR software sized for a small business.
Priced like it, too.
Treegarden gives a small business the HR system it actually needs: onboarding, leave management, performance reviews, compensation planning and employee self-service in one place - with hiring built into the same platform. Flat pricing, every feature included, no per-employee maths.
What running small-business HR on spreadsheets actually costs you
Most small businesses run HR on spreadsheets, shared drives and memory. It works until it doesn't - and it usually stops working mid-hire, mid-audit or mid-dispute.
HR lives in someone's second job
In most small businesses HR belongs to a founder or office manager with another full-time role. Every leave request, contract and review competes with their real job - so records go stale and deadlines slip.
Spreadsheets leak sensitive data
Salary sheets and scanned contracts get copied, emailed and re-shared. One wrong recipient and payroll data is public. Folder permissions are not a compliance position.
Per-employee pricing punishes growth
Most HR tools charge per employee per month, so the software bill climbs with every hire. Budgeting becomes guesswork and growth is taxed.
No audit trail when it matters
A dismissal dispute or a GDPR request means reconstructing history from email threads. Without timestamped records, a small business walks into every dispute underprepared.
How Treegarden covers small-business HR end to end
Six capabilities that replace the spreadsheet stack - without adding an HR headcount.
ATS to HR in one click
Mark a candidate as hired and their employee record exists - start date, contract details, everything carried over from the pipeline. Nobody re-types anything.
Compensation management
Plan salary budgets, benchmark pay and check pay equity from one screen. Annual reviews stop being a spreadsheet ritual, even without a dedicated comp analyst.
Learn morePerformance reviews and PIPs
Run structured review cycles with manager and self-evaluations, track 1-on-1s and manage improvement plans - documented and timestamped, so difficult conversations have a paper trail.
Learn moreLeave and absence management
Set your own leave types and policies, collect medical certificates digitally and see absence patterns early. Requests and approvals happen in the platform, not in email.
Learn moreEmployee self-service portal
Your team checks leave balances, updates their details and downloads documents themselves - so the person running HR alongside another job stops being a helpdesk.
Learn moreHR analytics and reporting
Headcount, turnover, absence and pay distribution in live dashboards. The monthly numbers your accountant or board asks for take minutes to pull.
Learn moreEverything included for small-business HR
Every feature below is included in a single flat-priced subscription - no per-employee fees, no module add-ons. Compare the full Treegarden HR module tour, or see HR software for startups and our human resources software overview.
HRIS software hub
Connect HRIS, payroll, analytics, and performance workflows
Use these guides when the buying question is bigger than applicant tracking and includes HR records, reporting, onboarding, and performance.
One price for the whole team, not per head
Treegarden plans are annual commitments from a $299 per month equivalent - and the price does not change when you hire. ATS, HR and analytics are included on every plan.
Book a demoWhat it costs at each stage
Published prices, mapped to where your company actually is. Annual billing runs about 20% below the monthly rate.
| Plan | Monthly price | Employee band | Typical stage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Startup | $299/mo | Up to 25 employees | First hires to a settled small team |
| Growth | $499/mo | Up to 50 employees | Hiring steadily, first managers |
| Scale | $899/mo | Up to 100 employees | Multi-team, structured HR |
Run over your band and you pay a published $10 per additional employee per month, or move up a tier - whichever is cheaper for you. There is no per-seat charge on every employee from day one.
For a vendor-by-vendor view, our comparison of 7 small-business HR platforms shows the same arithmetic across the market. The arithmetic against per-employee tools is simple. At the $5 to $20 per employee per month plus base fees that per-seat HR products typically publish, a 45-person company pays roughly $265 to $940 every month, and the bill grows with every hire. Treegarden Growth is $499 at 20 employees and still $499 at 45.
EEO reporting is built in, not bolted on
Small US teams still carry real reporting obligations. Treegarden ships the tooling.
- EEO-1 style reporting. Generate EEO reports from your hiring and employee data instead of rebuilding spreadsheets each cycle.
- Voluntary candidate self-identification. Candidates can optionally share demographic data through a properly voluntary, clearly separated form on your career pages.
- Adverse-impact monitoring. Hiring funnels are monitored for statistical adverse impact so problems surface before they become findings.
- Audit trails. HR and hiring actions are timestamped and attributable, which is what an auditor or investigator actually asks for.
Treegarden does not file forms on your behalf and is not a law firm - it produces the data and reports your counsel or filing process needs.
No free trial - and that is deliberate
An empty HR system tells you nothing. A configured one tells you everything.
Treegarden is evaluated through a guided demo: your leave policies, your review cycle, your org structure, configured live on the call so you see your own HR running rather than a sandbox of dummy data. You leave with an exact quote for your team size. If you prefer numbers first, the instant-quote form on this page emails your price within hours - no call required.
Common questions about small-business HR software
Last reviewed: 13 July 2026. Prices verified against the Treegarden pricing page; per-employee market ranges reflect published vendor pricing and 2026 market roundups.
What small teams ask before replacing their spreadsheets.
Does Treegarden charge per employee?
No. Treegarden pricing is a flat plan price - Startup $299, Growth $499, Scale $899 per month - with generous employee bands (25, 50 and 100). Crossing a band adds a published $10 per additional employee per month or moves you up a tier; there is no per-seat charge on every employee the way per-employee HR tools price.
Do we need an HR manager to run it?
No. Treegarden is designed for small businesses where HR is part of someone's wider role. Policies, leave types and review cycles are configured through the UI, and employees serve themselves for leave requests and personal data updates.
Can we move from spreadsheets to Treegarden easily?
Yes. Employee records can be imported in bulk, and you can start with a single workflow - most small businesses begin with leave management or onboarding - then switch on the rest when ready.
Is hiring included, or is this HR only?
Both. Treegarden is one platform with a full applicant tracking system and a full HR suite. You can start with either side and enable the other later - hired candidates flow straight into HR records.
Is Treegarden GDPR compliant for employee data?
Yes. Access controls, retention rules and deletion workflows cover both candidate and employee data, and every HR action is timestamped for auditability.
Does Treegarden support EEO reporting for US teams?
Yes. Treegarden generates EEO reports from your hiring and employee data, supports voluntary candidate self-identification on career pages, and monitors hiring funnels for adverse impact. It produces the reports your filing process needs; it does not file on your behalf.
Is there a free trial?
No. Evaluation is a guided demo where your own policies and workflows are configured live, so you judge the real thing rather than an empty sandbox. The instant-quote form on this page returns exact pricing for your team size without a call.
Stop running HR out of a spreadsheet
Treegarden gives a small business the same HR infrastructure larger companies have - onboarding, leave, performance, compensation and self-service - in one login and at one flat price.