In short
Worklayer is free for companies of up to 3 employees, including you. You get every module, unlimited AI usage and AI agents that do HR work on their own, with no time limit and no credit card. When you add a fourth employee, you move to Worklayer One: €10 per employee a month (US $12, UK £9), billed annually, for the same features.
What's included for free
The free plan has the same features as Worklayer One. Only the number of employees differs.
| Module | What you get |
|---|---|
| People and org | Employee profiles and custom fields, org chart, legal entities and departments, AI-assisted import |
| Time off and attendance | Leave policies with accrual and carry-over, templates for 13 countries, public holidays for 204 countries, team calendar, clock in and out, work schedules, overtime |
| Preliminary payroll | Payroll groups and schedules, change tracking, missing data checks, approval, export for your tax advisor |
| Expenses | Receipt OCR, per diem and mileage, expense policies, multiple currencies |
| Documents | Company and employee documents, templates, AI template editor, read confirmations |
| Analytics | Company-wide people analytics, conversational analytics, department and workplace filters |
| AI assistant | For every employee, in Worklayer and in Slack, with unlimited usage |
| AI agents | Scheduled and event-driven agents, agent-level and company-level permissions, run history |
| Approvals and tasks | One inbox for all requests, approval from chat, tasks with assignees, due dates and comments |
| Integrations | Slack, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Linear, Notion, Airtable, MCP connector for Claude Code and Codex |
| Security and data | Roles and permissions, audit trail, SSO, zero data and prompt retention with AI providers |
Free and Worklayer One
Both plans have every feature. You pay only once your company has more than 3 employees, and then for every employee.
| At a glance | Free | Worklayer One |
|---|---|---|
| Employees | Up to 3, including you | No limit |
| Price | €0 | €10 per employee/month, billed annually |
| Features | All of them | All of them |
| Time limit | None | Annual subscription |
| Credit card | Not needed | When you upgrade |
How to start
- 1.
Sign up
Create your account yourself, with no call, no demo and no credit card.
- 2.
Add your team
Import up to 3 employees from a spreadsheet while AI maps the columns, and add leave policies from templates for 13 countries.
- 3.
Grow when you're ready
Add a fourth employee and move to Worklayer One. Everything you set up stays as it is.
Who it's for
Founders, small agencies, studios and practices with a few employees, who want time off, time tracking and payroll inputs out of spreadsheets without paying before they grow. Larger companies use it to set Worklayer up with a few people before they move their whole team.
Questions
Yes. Worklayer is free for companies of up to 3 employees, with every module and unlimited AI usage. Several other HR tools have free plans too; check how many users and which features each one includes.
There isn't one: up to 3 employees with everything in Worklayer One, no time limit and no credit card. Worklayer earns when companies grow past 3 employees and move to Worklayer One.
Everyone in Worklayer who isn't inactive, you included, from new hires who haven't started yet to freelancers and interns. Whether they log in doesn't matter.
You move to Worklayer One and pay for every employee, billed annually. Nothing is charged until you upgrade, and everything you set up stays.
No, there's a free plan instead: set Worklayer up with up to 3 employees and upgrade when you're ready.
Yes. Build agents that run on a schedule or when something happens, within the permissions you grant. AI usage has no credits and no caps, subject to fair use.
On Worklayer, the free plan has the same security as Worklayer One: roles and permissions, an audit trail, SSO, and AI providers that retain no data.
It depends on the vendor: many quote each company and charge for modules on top. Worklayer is free for up to 3 employees and €10 per employee a month above that, with every module included.