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Attendance software for factory and manufacturing floors in India.

Replace fingerprint buddy-punching with anti-spoof face recognition on a sub-₹15k Android tablet. Built for 2-shift and 3-shift factory floors with shift-aware OT, grace and late-mark rules, and payroll-ready exports to HelloBooks (India statutory payroll in private beta).

Contract labour on the floor is onboarded as ContractWorkers, separate from Employee — WhatsApp self-onboarding, no payroll seat cost per shift worker. See the contract workforce solution →

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The pain

  • Buddy-punching with biometric fingerprint readers — and COVID killed shared scanners
  • Manual OT calculations across rotating shifts cost hours every payroll run
  • Contract workforce sits outside the payroll system entirely

How HelloTime fixes it

  • Anti-spoof face recognition on a ₹15k Android tablet at each gate (kiosk mode)
  • Pre-baked 2-shift / 3-shift policy presets — OT, grace, late-mark, half-day done
  • Contract workers onboard via WhatsApp link without a payroll seat cost

Working with vendor-tagged contract staff? Read the ContractWorker entity overview — how onboarding, KYC, face enrollment and document expiry are handled without a payroll seat.

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Factory, security, retail and field teams.

Face recognition attendance

Anti-spoof kiosk and tablet clock-in.

GPS geofencing

Clock-in only when inside the factory gate.

Pricing

Free for 1 user; paid from ₹99/user.

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Customer story

How a manufacturing team rolled this out.

Manufacturing & factories · Pune, India · 180 workers · anonymized

Buddy-punching incidents / month: ~22 → 0

“We replaced two fingerprint readers with a single tablet at the gate and the buddy-punching just stopped overnight. Payroll closes the same day now.”

— HR head, Pune-based garment manufacturer

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best attendance software for factory floors in India?

HelloTime is built for India's factory floors. It combines anti-spoof face recognition, kiosk mode on sub-₹15k Android tablets, shift-aware OT and offline clock-in — all from ₹99/user.

How does the factory attendance system India handle shift OT?

HelloTime ships pre-baked 2-shift and 3-shift policy presets. Grace, late-mark, half-day and overtime rules are applied automatically, so payroll gets clean, pre-calculated hours.

Does HelloTime work without biometric fingerprint machines?

Yes. Face recognition on a tablet or phone replaces fingerprint readers. It stops buddy-punching, works even when fingers are damaged, and needs no proprietary hardware.

Can contract workers in factories clock in without a payroll seat?

Yes. Contract workers are onboarded as a separate ContractWorker entity via a WhatsApp link. They can clock in and out without adding a payroll seat per worker.

Is India payroll auto-flow available?

India statutory payroll flow (TDS, PF, ESI, PT, Form 24Q, Form 16) is currently in private beta. Attendance exports to HelloBooks are live today.

How does kiosk mode work at the factory gate?

A single Android tablet at each gate runs HelloTime in kiosk mode. Workers walk up, the tablet recognises their face and records the clock event with a timestamp and site tag.

Start tracking time in under 2 minutes.

Free forever for 1 user. No credit card. Paid from £2.99/seat, billed monthly.

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