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The human resources agency for teams too small for an HR team.

Between two and fifteen employees in India, you have every HR obligation of a large company and none of the headcount to meet them. Offer letters, statutory registrations, payroll queries, leave policies, exits: someone must own each one. We are that someone, as an agency fee folded into $149 per employee per month.

Full HR ownership for 2 to 15 person India teams: contracts, payroll queries, policies, leave, exits. All inside $149 per employee monthly.

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G2 4.8 / 5 on G2, from companies employing teams in India through us.

Teams building in India. First hire to full team.

HR at a fifteen-person India outpost, two ways.

Small teams usually improvise HR across a founder, a spreadsheet and a local accountant. Here is that reality against a run HR operation.

Founder-run HR

Versatile as your HR agency

Employment contracts
A template found online, unrevised since signing
India-law contracts, maintained as rules change
Payroll questions
Employees ask the founder, who asks the accountant
A named HR contact answers within the day
Leave and attendance
A shared sheet nobody reconciles
Tracked system with balances employees can see
Policy documents
None, until an incident demands one overnight
Handbook, leave, expense and conduct policies stood up
Statutory registrations
Discovered at penalty time
PF, ESIC, PT registered and filed from day one
Exits
Improvised, disputed, occasionally litigated
Notice, dues and full and final run by process

Founder-run HR
Employment contracts A template found online, unrevised since signing
Payroll questions Employees ask the founder, who asks the accountant
Leave and attendance A shared sheet nobody reconciles
Policy documents None, until an incident demands one overnight
Statutory registrations Discovered at penalty time
Exits Improvised, disputed, occasionally litigated

Versatile as your HR agency
Employment contracts India-law contracts, maintained as rules change
Payroll questions A named HR contact answers within the day
Leave and attendance Tracked system with balances employees can see
Policy documents Handbook, leave, expense and conduct policies stood up
Statutory registrations PF, ESIC, PT registered and filed from day one
Exits Notice, dues and full and final run by process
Week 1
Existing team papers reviewed, gaps listed
Week 2
Contracts re-issued where they need repair
Week 3
Leave, expense and conduct policies live
Month 1
First full payroll with statutory deposits
Month 2
Employee queries flowing to us, not you
Quarterly
Compliance calendar reviewed and evidenced

Small-team HR debt compounds like the technical kind.

Every month a small India team runs without real HR, small liabilities accrue: unregistered establishments, undeposited PF, contracts that would not survive a dispute, leave nobody recorded. Each is trivial alone; together they become the due-diligence finding that stalls your next fundraise.

Paying down HR debt after the fact costs multiples of never accruing it. The agency model exists so two-person teams start clean and stay clean.

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Illustrative accrued HR liabilities, ten-person team without HR Unpaid statutory, penalties and dispute exposure over time
₹2,1 lakh Month 6
₹5,8 lakh Year 1
₹9,6 lakh Year 2
₹14 lakh Diligence
Illustration for a ten-person team with unregistered PF and informal contracts, surfaced at investor diligence. Real exposure varies with salaries and delay.
Who explains the gap when it surfaces
Founder-run HR, gap found at diligence You, at the worst possible moment
HR agency model from the first hire Nothing accrues to explain

The most expensive HR department is the one that does not exist: its costs arrive as penalties, disputes and resignations instead of salaries. See what an HR-included employment model costs against building it all yourself in the EOR versus entity calculator with your team size plugged in.

What an HR agency does for a small team, concretely.

The full HR lifecycle, owned by us, sized for teams that will never justify an HR hire of their own.

You run

  • Culture, feedback and recognition
  • Performance calls and promotions
  • Team rituals that make people stay

We handle

  • Contracts, letters and the paper trail
  • Payroll and every statutory deposit
  • Leave, attendance and expense systems
  • Grievances, notices and exits by process

You run
  • Lead the people
  • Judge performance
  • Grow the culture
  • Decide promotions

We handle
  • Paper the employment
  • Run the payroll
  • Track the leave
  • Answer HR queries
  • Handle grievances
  • Process the exits

When something happens in India, it is ours.
HR documentation and policy upkeep Versatile maintains
Employee HR queries, first line Versatile answers
People decisions behind the paperwork Stay with you

A named compliance manager owns your account. Not a queue, not a chatbot, one person who already knows your headcount and your last filing.

Account managerMedian first reply 4 to 6 hours
Recruitment coordinatorBrief to shortlist 9 days
Finance associateFilings on time 8 / 8

Sized for sub-scale teams

HR platforms assume an HR user; consultants assume a project. A four-person India team needs neither, just an accountable operator for a function it cannot staff. That gap between DIY and enterprise is precisely our market.

HR riding on real employment

Because your people are employed on our Bengaluru entity, HR is not advice we send you to implement. We hold the contracts, so we fix the contracts; we run payroll, so we answer payroll questions with the actual numbers.

One fee, the whole function

The $149 per employee per month covers the HR operation alongside payroll and compliance. There is no hourly meter for policy questions and no statement of work for an exit done properly.

Ready for your growth spurt

When the team triples after a fundraise, nothing needs re-procuring: onboarding, policy coverage and payroll scale inside the same fee structure, with the volume discount arriving at head twenty-one.

Sized for sub-scale teams

HR platforms assume an HR user; consultants assume a project. A four-person India team needs neither, just an accountable operator for a function it cannot staff. That gap between DIY and enterprise is precisely our market.

Built for the team size everyone else ignores.

HR riding on real employment

Because your people are employed on our Bengaluru entity, HR is not advice we send you to implement. We hold the contracts, so we fix the contracts; we run payroll, so we answer payroll questions with the actual numbers.

Advice executes itself when the agency is the employer.

One fee, the whole function

The $149 per employee per month covers the HR operation alongside payroll and compliance. There is no hourly meter for policy questions and no statement of work for an exit done properly.

HR should not bill like a law firm.

Moving someone across

When you finally hire an HR manager.

Around thirty to fifty heads, an internal people function starts to make sense. Ours hands over cleanly: documented policies, complete files, running systems, and we stay on for payroll and compliance if wanted.

Policy library and employee files Kept
Systems and leave balances Kept
Payroll and filings through handover Continuous
Knowledge-transfer fees 0 days

A good agency builds the function it will hand away.

Supporting evidence

The agency behind the HR desk.

HR services run on Foo Falcon Technologies Pvt Ltd, a Bengaluru private limited on the MCA record since 2022, the same entity that employs your team and files its statutory returns.

  • Incorporation
  • GST
  • EPFO code
  • ESIC
  • Shops and Establishments
  • PAN and TAN
  • Udyam MSME
What we verify
  • Incorporation Ministry of Corporate Affairs
  • GST Goods and Services Tax
  • EPFO code Employees Provident Fund Organisation
  • ESIC Ministry of Labour and Employment
  • Shops and Establishments Government of Karnataka
  • PAN and TAN Income Tax Department
  • Udyam MSME Government of India

Any filing we claim, evidenced with the challan.

200

employees taken onto our rolls in one changeover

33

startup and SMB payrolls we execute every month

5 days

to onboard a new joiner, HR file included

G2 4.8 / 5 on G2, from companies employing teams in India through us.

G2 4.8 / 5 on G2, from companies employing through us.

Founders who gave HR away early.

On reclaiming the hours a small India team's HR questions used to consume.

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Bharath Rasoi KS Rajeshwari Founder, Bharath Rasoi
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Open Theatre Anand Raj Founder, Open Theatre
Abid Hassan Verified client
Sensibull
“They moved fast and took the whole compliance side off my plate. For a founder making an early India hire, that is exactly what you want.”
Abid Hassan Founder and CEO, Sensibull
Via G2
Moonshot
“Every option was either 'set up your own entity' or a platform that quotes a great price then hits you with add-ons. Versatile was the one that actually made it simple. First payroll ran on time. No scramble.”
Angad S. Co-Founder, Moonshot
Via G2
Digital Marketing Agency
“Contracts, PF, ESI, TDS and payroll all in one place. Invoicing in USD meant zero exchange rate surprises. The compliance rigour is genuinely reassuring.”
Vedant T. Founder, Digital Marketing Agency
Via G2
Design Studio
“Setting up in a new country can get messy fast, but their India EOR made onboarding feel easy. The team is responsive, clear, and great to work with.”
Setu C. Studio Owner, Design Studio
Via G2
US Startup
“We used Versatile to hire our first employee in India after months of putting it off because the compliance side seemed like a mess. They walked us through it and now we don't think about it.”
Verified US Founder First-time Founder, US Startup
Via G2
Mid-Market Tech Co.
“Versatile consistently delivered work that was both strategically sharp and execution-ready. Their turnaround times are impressive, and they think about problems the way an in-house team would.”
Shivani K. Senior Manager, Tech TA
Via G2
Growth-stage Startup
“Their team was highly responsive, professional, and easy to work with. They made a complex process feel simple.”
Mukul S. Core Team, Growth-stage Startup

Case studies.

Largest food delivery app in India, decacorn View case study The world's largest professional network, part of Microsoft View case study Legacy US software company, publishing platforms View case study

An HR function priced per employee, not per project.

No retainers, no hourly advisory rates, no implementation projects. HR arrives inside the employment fee.

Employer of Record with HR

Teams of 2 to 15 in India
$149 /employee/mo

The complete HR operation inside the employment fee: contracts, policies, queries, leave, grievances, exits.

Hand over your HR
  • India-law employment contracts
  • Policy handbook stood up for you
  • Named HR contact for employees
  • Leave and attendance tracking
  • Payroll with statutory deposits
  • Grievance handling by process
  • Exit and full-and-final execution
  • Quarterly compliance review
  • India-law employment contracts
  • Policy handbook stood up for you
  • Named HR contact for employees
  • Leave and attendance tracking
Plus four more inclusions
  • Payroll with statutory deposits
  • Grievance handling by process
  • Exit and full-and-final execution
  • Quarterly compliance review

No minimum headcount; the second hire justifies it.

Recruitment add-on

When the small team must grow
12% of annual CTC

Junior and mid at 12%, senior at 15%. Billed at day 90, and never for candidates you found yourself.

Add a search
  • Shortlist inside nine days
  • Pay benchmarks for small-team budgets
  • Screening notes shared in full
  • Interview coordination
  • Offer support against counter-offers
  • Day-90 invoicing
  • Free replacement search
  • Onboarding into existing policies
  • Shortlist inside nine days
  • Pay benchmarks for small-team budgets
  • Screening notes shared in full
  • Interview coordination
Plus four more inclusions
  • Offer support against counter-offers
  • Day-90 invoicing
  • Free replacement search
  • Onboarding into existing policies

Hires land straight into the HR framework already running.

If the small team stops being small

$149 $129 /employee/mo

Past twenty employees the fee steps down. The HR scope does not shrink as the price does.

The HR desk, itemised

  • Employment contract lifecycle
  • Offer and relieving letters
  • Policy drafting and updates
  • Employee query handling
  • Leave administration
  • Expense reimbursement runs
  • Disciplinary process support
  • Exit interviews and settlements

Volume pricing

$149 $129 /employee/mo

Growth past twenty heads brings the fee to $129.

The HR desk, itemised

  • Employment contract lifecycle
  • Offer and relieving letters
  • Policy drafting and updates
  • Employee query handling
  • Leave administration
  • Expense reimbursement runs
  • Disciplinary process support
  • Exit interviews and settlements

Salaries and statutory employer costs pass through at actuals beside the fee. Compare the whole arrangement with hiring your own HR and entity via the EOR versus entity calculator to see where the crossover really sits.

HR for small India teams, asked and answered.

The questions founders with a handful of India employees bring to the first call.

We are four people in India. Do we really need HR?

You already have HR; the only question is whether anyone competent is doing it. Four employees mean four contracts, monthly payroll, PF and TDS deposits, leave balances and eventually one difficult exit. Each is an obligation today. The agency model exists so those obligations are met without you hiring for them.

What does a human resources agency actually take over?

The administrative and statutory whole: issuing and maintaining employment contracts, running payroll, depositing PF, ESIC, PT and TDS, tracking leave and attendance, drafting policies, answering employee HR questions, supporting disciplinary processes and executing exits with full and final settlements. People leadership, culture and performance judgment stay yours.

How is this different from an HR consultant?

A consultant advises and leaves; the follow-through lands back on you. Because we are also the legal employer through our Bengaluru entity, our recommendations execute themselves: the contract we suggest is the contract we issue, and the payroll practice we advise is the payroll we run.

What do your HR services cost for a small team?

$149 per employee per month, all HR included, on top of salaries and statutory costs billed at actuals. A ten-person team pays $1,490 monthly for its entire HR, payroll and compliance function, roughly a fifth of one junior HR manager's loaded cost in Bengaluru.

Can you fix HR problems we already created?

Usually, and it is a common starting point. We audit existing contracts and filings in week one, list the gaps plainly, re-paper what needs it and regularise statutory registrations. Old liabilities cannot be erased, but they can be quantified, contained and stopped from growing.

Who do our employees contact with day-to-day questions?

A named HR contact at Versatile, reachable directly, answering payslip, leave, insurance and policy questions within the working day. Founders stop being the accidental HR desk, which employees, in our experience, prefer as much as founders do.

What happens when we outgrow the agency model?

Around thirty to fifty employees, hiring internal HR becomes rational, and we hand over a working function: current files, documented policies, live systems and a transition period. Many clients keep payroll and compliance with us afterwards; the split is yours to draw.

Longer reading: HR outsourcing across India, in full · Recruiting for HR roles themselves · Paying employees in India properly

Tell us where you are on the decision.

A role you want to hire, a team you want moved, or just the two routes to compare. A named person replies in 4 to 6 hours.

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What the first call covers

30 minutes

A cost comparison for your headcount, on your numbers, both routes.

  • A written cost breakdown
  • Entity documents before the call
  • PF, ESI, TDS, termination law
  • No follow-up sequence
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