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Access PeopleHR
About Access PeopleHR
Access PeopleHR Suite is the UK's trusted, AI-powered HR software suite built specifically for small-to-medium businesses. Trusted by over 7,000 UK organisations, we've transformed how SMBs manage their people, eliminating the chaos of multiple systems, duplicate data entry, and fragmented employee experiences.
Our next-gen HR platform integrates everything you need under one roof: core HR management, automated payroll (HMRC approved and RTI compliant), performance management, learning content, employee benefits, and people analytics. Our suite provides one platform, one log-in, and one contract experience.
What makes us different:
- Seamless HR & Payroll Integration: Employee changes sync automatically from HR to payroll, no duplicate entry, no reconciliation nightmares, no errors. One-click payroll runs completed in seconds.
- AI-Powered Efficiency: Evo Copilot provides instant answers to HR queries. Intelligent Feed surfaces priority tasks automatically. Save hours every week on admin work.
- Mobile-First Employee Experience: Employees access payslips, holiday requests, expenses, documents, and discounts at 150+ UK retailers, all from their phones, anytime, anywhere.
- Complete Performance Management: Set goals, track progress, conduct 1-to-1s, and run performance reviews. Develop your team with expert-led learning content, 5-minute video modules that fit between meetings.
- Recruitment Made Simple: Built-in applicant tracking system lets you create job postings, build branded career pages, and manage candidates through your recruitment pipeline, all within the same platform.
Flexible bundles designed for your growth:
Built for businesses that need to move fast. Works out-of-the-box. Intuitive from day one. Scales naturally as you grow, upgrade seamlessly without ripping out and replacing your platform.
Transform HR from a daily burden into a competitive advantage. Everything you need to manage, engage, and empower your people, unified, integrated, and designed for UK SMBs.
Access PeopleHR pricing
Access PeopleHR does not have a free version but does offer a free trial. Access PeopleHR paid version starts at £3.00.
Starting Price:
£3.00
Free Version:
No
Free trial:
Yes
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Dave
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- Industry: Mental Health Care
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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5.0
Reviewed on 23/09/2025
All HR functions in one place
My overall experience has been nothing but positive, and as mentioned, you need to grasp all the elements of this package to fully appreciate how it helps with the HR functions overall.
Pros
We use a number of products from the Access Group with one of them being PeopleHR, as it manages our HR processes with ease. The level of support provided by Access is second to none - with any query responded to and resolved quickly.
This represents great value for money, with very little time spent by the team on understanding bugs and issues, which the team at Access do on our behalf.
Having over 400+ employees, this system manages everything from online collaboration, to holiday bookings and accruals and even the performance management processes.
Cons
There's so much functionality that it takes a long time to fully grasp, but if you dedicate the time to learn, you will eventually reap the benefits.
John
- Industry: Wholesale
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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5.0
Reviewed on 17/12/2025
Powerful SME HR solution
Overall the feedback from HR professionals managing it and, more importantly, the end users has been very good. The vast range of features can be overwhelming for a small team to begin with but with a little patience it is possible to manage a good sized company with only a couple of administrators.
Pros
I like the ease of implementation and ongoing use for HR professionals along with the incredibly broad range of features included. Now that the product has been fully onboarded to the Access group i've found the support has improved along with the ability to be actively involved in creating feature requests for the developers.
Cons
Initially, the app-based experience for the users was very mixed with frequent failures and the login experience during the transition to Access was also a little flaky. Thankfully, all of these issues are now resolved
Response from The Access Group
Thanks for your feedback, John. It’s great to hear PeopleHR’s implementation, breadth of features and improved support are working well for both HR teams and end users. We appreciate your reflections on the app experience and ongoing involvement in feature development. You can follow upcoming updates via our PeopleHR roadmap hub: https://www.peoplehr.com/en-gb/product-roadmap/the-future-of-hr-is-here-access-peoplehr-roadmap/
Replied 18/12/2025
Carl
- Industry: Internet
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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5.0
Reviewed on 23/09/2019
People HR is a good product, but some of the feature could be improved
Pros
People HR is a great piece of software to organised employees data in one place easily. The system allows you to store data in a easy and confidential way, GDPR was easy because of this as it allowed us to go completely paperless
Cons
Our company is 24 hours, so it was difficult for using the tap in/tap out system as this product works more on a traditional office environment. However, for the most part this was the only product we found which suited our needs
Anthony
- Industry: Publishing
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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5.0
Reviewed on 01/12/2025
A Simple yet powerful HR tool that does everything we need without complications
from installation to daily use it has been very easy to understand and use, and has become an important tool within out company.
Pros
People HR is a very easy to use system that tracks everything we need it to track, without over complicating things, everyone finds it really easy to use, and it assists in our day to day running, without over complicating everything.
Cons
sometimes when there is something we do not do very often it can be confusing where to find it, but it normally only takes a few minuets
Alternatives Considered
Sage HRReasons for Switching to Access PeopleHR
batter price and a simple easy to use system that does exactly what we need without over complicating itResponse from The Access Group
Thanks for the review, Anthony. Great to hear PeopleHR supports your day-to-day operations without unnecessary complexity. Your point on locating less-used features is helpful and ties into our ongoing UX improvements. You can follow upcoming updates via our PeopleHR roadmap hub: https://www.peoplehr.com/en-gb/product-roadmap/the-future-of-hr-is-here-access-peoplehr-roadmap/
Replied 02/12/2025
Lucy
- Industry: Nonprofit Organization Management
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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4.0
Reviewed on 17/12/2025
Solid platform with some tweaks needed.
Its mostly a good database platform which takes care of information securely for staff across the UK and internationally. We had some issues with the link up to payroll but these have now been mostly addressed.
Pros
It is user friendly and almost all parts of the employee lifecycle are covered. We have been able to use it for about 5 years now and our experience has improved over time.
Cons
Sometimes it can take a while to get issues addressed and the customer support is not always as responsive as it was initially but they seem to have improved this in the past 12 months.
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HiBobReasons for Choosing Access PeopleHR
PS Financials was not user friendly at all.Switched From
InhouseDeliveryReasons for Switching to Access PeopleHR
The availability of training and to add payroll.Response from The Access Group
Thanks for your feedback, Lucy. It’s great to hear PeopleHR covers the employee lifecycle well and has continued to improve over time. We appreciate your comments on support responsiveness and payroll integration, and it’s encouraging to hear recent progress. You can follow upcoming updates via our PeopleHR roadmap hub: https://www.peoplehr.com/en-gb/product-roadmap/the-future-of-hr-is-here-access-peoplehr-roadmap/
Replied 18/12/2025