Built for modern HR teams

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.

Last updated: May 5, 2026 Reviewed by Treegarden product and HR operations Methodology: Treegarden buyer-path analysis, Google title guidance, internal search data, and live product workflows.
ATS to HR handover: zero manual steps
HR features: 30+ in one platform
Setup time: under 1 day
Sound familiar?

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 helps

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.

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Performance 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.

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Leave 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.

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Employee 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.

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HR 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.

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Full feature set

Everything 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.

Employee onboarding with AI checklists
Compensation planning and scenario modelling
Pay equity analysis and salary benchmarking
Manager and self-evaluation review cycles
Performance improvement plan (PIP) management
Structured 1-on-1 tracking
Leave policy engine with custom leave types
Digital medical certificate management
Absence pattern alerts and analytics
Holiday calendar management
Employee self-service portal
HR document management with version control
Org chart and employee directory
HR analytics dashboard
Custom HR report builder
GDPR-compliant data handling across ATS and HR
Flat pricing, small-business sized

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.

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FAQ

Common questions about small-business HR software

What small teams ask before replacing their spreadsheets.

Does Treegarden charge per employee?

No. Treegarden pricing is a flat annual plan from a $299 per month equivalent (Startup), with Growth and Scale tiers for larger teams. Hiring more people never raises your software bill.

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.

Small business, complete HR

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.