PeopleMuster vs Zoho People
PeopleMuster is the simpler buy for a team running people and client projects together. One published price, $3 per person a month and the same in every region, covers every module. Zoho People sets its prices per region and hands invoicing to sibling Zoho apps, so the full picture spans several products.
What each one costs
| Product | Price | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Zoho People | Priced by region | figures load per country on Zoho's own page |
| Zoho People free tier | Free | up to 5 users globally, 3 in the United States |
| Zoho People paid plans | Minimum 5 users | annual billing saves over 20% |
| PeopleMuster | $3 | per person / month, same figure everywhere |
Checked September 2026. Zoho names its plans (Free, Essential HR, Professional, Premium, Enterprise) and sets each figure per region on the page. Check your own region.
Why teams choose PeopleMuster
- One product and one login. Attendance, leave, timesheets, capacity and client projects share a single database instead of a family of apps.
- Zoho People's timesheets model jobs, projects and clients. PeopleMuster also plans the work ahead, on a grid of each person by day with approved leave and holidays already taken out.
- Fireflies meeting transcripts land on the right project automatically, with risk signals for leadership. An admin can edit and version the prompt behind them.
- No regional price ladder. Three dollars is the figure in every market, and it sits on the page before any call.
- No plan ladder to climb. Every live module is inside that one price.
- Your data lives in your own database, in your own account, in the region you choose.
Questions people ask
Why is no Zoho People price quoted here?
Their pricing page renders figures per region in the browser, and the same plan costs different amounts in different countries. One number would be right in one market and wrong elsewhere, so check your own.
What does PeopleMuster cost?
Three dollars per person per month, with every module included. There are no tiers, and the figure is the same wherever your team sits.
Zoho Projects handles delivery. Is that not the same thing?
It is a second product with its own data. Here the capacity grid reads approved leave directly, because leave lives in the same database. That coupling is the whole argument.