People First - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

People First from MHR is a single cloud-based, integrated HR and payroll platform, developed from 35 years’ experience in the market.

Built from the ground up utilizing Microsoft Azure, an open and flexible platform, it evolves with the way you work. The platform is modular, so it can grow with you as your department and organizational needs change, and the core platform can be enhanced by purchasing additional modules and services.

Our intuitive software will free up your HR teams by automating tasks and streamlining workflows across the entire employee lifecycle. Clear insights will provide you with a full understanding of your business, skills and capabilities to make the right decisions for your team, organization and people. And unlike other HR platforms, you’ll have the facility to easily communicate the relevant information to your people, managers and HR teams quickly.

No other HR and payroll platform enables you to process payroll in real-time. You can address

any errors or anomalies at any time through the entire pay period, without affecting your other HR tasks. This means no more rushed processing at the end of the pay period. With employees being able to access their latest pay information when they want, you’ll free up your team to work on strategic activities.

Stay ahead of the competition and attract the best people with a seamless online experience for candidates and complete visibility for hiring and recruitment managers. Once you’ve sourced the ideal candidate you can engage them with your organization before they start by giving them access to tailored information introducing them to your culture and organization, fast tracking their success.

People First will help you accelerate growth, build a talent pool, and enhance the employee experience. You will know what skills you have across your organization, where the gaps are, and have the tools to be able to upskill and reskill your people to meet those gaps. While check-ins enable easy and structured conversations, to support performance, career development and succession planning.

Effortlessly create a culture of continuous and personalized learning with People First. Employees can easily request training and managers can promote relevant courses to their team. Progress can be tracked, and records stored against the relevant people record for total visibility. The platform can also integrate into a Learning Management System so you can manage your entire training program from one secure, centralized environment, unifying virtual, classroom, mobile, and social learning.

The platform has been built to enable you to increase efficiency, boost productivity and build a more connected, resilient and engaged workforce. Plus as it’s mobile-first and 100% SaaS platform, you won’t be faced with costly manual upgrades and have complete confidence that your data is secure.

Since 1984, MHR has been building and delivering integrated HR, payroll, and finance software for our customers spanning SMEs to large multinational corporations and boasts 98% customer loyalty.

As a family-owned business, we have the freedom to invest in what really matters - creating innovative user-friendly products and services to help save time and money, reduce error and streamline business processes.