Employee Database Software with a Free Trial for Corporate Offices
Employee management software keeps one clean record for every person on the payroll: who they are, which department and location they belong to, who manages them and whether they are still active. Built for corporate offices across India, with a 14-day free trial.
Employee Database Software with a Free Trial for Corporate Offices: overview
This guide covers employee management for corporate offices: how it works in Attend Mitra, what you get before paying anything, and what to check before you pick a tool.
The short version: Attend Mitra gives you excel employee import, departments and locations and roles and permissions, running on employees' Android phones instead of a machine at the door. You can try it free for 14 days without a credit card.
Where employee management goes wrong for corporate offices
Employee list lives in five places
HR, payroll and site managers each keep their own list, and none of them agree on headcount.
Leavers who can still clock in
When exits aren't recorded centrally, old accounts and old ID cards keep working.
Everyone can see everything
Without roles, a supervisor either sees nothing or sees salary data they shouldn't.
Onboarding a batch takes days
Adding 50 seasonal or contract workers by hand delays their first shift.
How employee management works in Attend Mitra
Employee management software keeps one clean record for every person on the payroll: who they are, which department and location they belong to, who manages them and whether they are still active. Attend Mitra builds this record first, because attendance, leave and payroll are only as accurate as the employee list underneath them.
You can add employees one at a time or import the whole team from an Excel sheet, assign roles and permissions, and mark leavers inactive so their history stays available without them being able to clock in.
What to check before you choose
- Can you import employees in bulk, and what columns does the template need?
- What happens to a leaver's attendance history when they are deactivated?
- Can permissions be set per role rather than per person?
- Can employees see their own records without calling HR?
- Is employee data stored securely, and who can export it?
What “free” really means for employee management
Most “free” employee management tools are either a trial or a plan so limited that you outgrow it in the first month. Attend Mitra is upfront about it: every paid plan starts with a 14-day free trial of the Professional features, with no credit card required, so you can run a real month-end on your own data before deciding.
When comparing free options, look at what happens at your real headcount, whether exports are locked behind an upgrade, and whether you can take your attendance data with you if you leave.
- 14-day free trial with full Professional features.
- No credit card needed to start.
- Starter plan for up to 20 employees when you're ready to pay.
What corporate offices get from Attend Mitra
Corporate offices manage desk employees, hybrid teams and outsourced support staff under one roof. For corporate offices, employee management matters because of a simple problem: hybrid attendance is hard to verify, and support staff from vendors are tracked on separate registers.
Office Wi-Fi check-in
Desk staff clock in on the office network without extra hardware.
Hybrid days recorded
Remote days are marked through the app instead of emails.
Vendor staff alongside employees
Housekeeping and security staff in the same attendance system.
Employee Management features in Attend Mitra
Excel employee import
Bring in the whole team from a spreadsheet instead of typing each record.
Departments and locations
Group people by department and workplace for reporting and access.
Roles and permissions
Decide who can view, approve or edit attendance, leave and payroll data.
Active and inactive status
Deactivate leavers so they can't clock in while their history is kept.
Employee self-service
Staff check their attendance, leave balance and shifts in the app.
Face re-enrolment
Managers approve a new face profile when an employee's appearance changes.
Setting up employee management in four steps
Import the team
Upload employees from Excel with department and location.
Assign managers
Set roles so each manager handles their own people.
Onboard to the app
Employees install the Android app and enrol their face if required.
Keep it current
Transfer, promote or deactivate employees as things change.
What You Gain With Attend Mitra
Month-end in minutes
Attendance totals are ready when the month closes, instead of after days of reconciling registers.
Stop buddy punching
GPS, selfie, and face verification ensure only the assigned employee can mark attendance.
Fewer payroll corrections
Accurate working hours and leave data mean fewer salary corrections and disputes.
Why Choose Attend Mitra
Face verification included
Face recognition on the phone camera stops buddy punching without expensive hardware.
Payroll & compliance ready
PF computation, salary register and PF contribution summary exports for Indian payroll.
Built for Indian businesses
Designed for security agencies, restaurants, factories, retail chains, and field teams — not generic global HR.
Frequently Asked Questions
Related Solutions
Everything on this page is part of Attend Mitra attendance software: GPS and selfie check-in, shifts, leave and payroll-ready reports in one place.
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Employee management software keeps one clean record for every person on the payroll: who they are, which department and location they belong to, who manages them and whether they are still active. Built for corporate offices across India, with a 14-day free trial.