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hr goat vs PaySpace

PaySpace is payroll software with HR alongside; hr goat is HR with an assistant that does the work. Here is what each one does today, from each company’s own website.

Checked October 2026From each company’s own website

What you get for the price

  • Freefor 1 admin and 4 more people, for good
  • $99per admin a month
  • $8 to $5.25per person a month, less as you grow
  • AI creditsincluded: 1,000 per admin, 100 per person, every month

Every live module, in every plan

  • Onboarding and offboarding
  • Performance
  • Learning (LMS)
  • Compliance and CPD
  • Pulse check-ins and surveys
  • Recognition: nods, trophies, a league
  • Skills
  • Workforce planning
  • Succession and internal mobility
  • Policies
  • Data and analytics hub

SoonTime off, time tracking, payroll, pay bands and hiring

PaySpace: Per employee a month, in three editions (Lite, Premier, Master). No prices on the site: you book a demo. Some modules are add-ons.

Who each one suits

hr goat

Companies of any size that want an assistant to do the HR work, with every live feature in every plan. Users in 106+ countries; Enterprise from 500 people.

PaySpace

PaySpace, now sold as Deel Local Payroll, is payroll software for small businesses up to multinationals. It lists 20,000+ customers and 49 countries set up for local payroll rules, 43 of them in Africa.

Side by side

Featurehr goatPaySpace
PricingPublished. $99 per admin a month, then from $8 per person a month, less per person as you grow. US dollars.Per employee a month, in three editions. No prices shown: you book a demo.
Free planFree for good for 1 admin and 4 more people. Not a trial, no card.Demo. No free plan or free trial listed.
Getting set upSame day. You set up by chatting with the assistant. No consultants, no implementation project, no set-up fee.20 people or fewer: self-serve, “as little as 1 hour”, no implementation fee. Larger: a consultant-led project, about 5 to 7 weeks in their example.
How the AI worksBuilt AI first. The assistant does the work: adds people, writes role profiles, drafts policies, files documents, then shows what it changed. Nothing goes to people without a yes.AI Assist, in every edition, answers payslip questions and payroll set-up questions in plain language.
PerformanceEvery plan. The assistant drafts KPIs for each role, suggests goals and key results, and shows who still owes a review.Yes (talent management: performance and skills tracking)
Time offSoonYes (leave requests; advanced leave on Premier)
HiringSoonAdd-on (Recruitment)
PayrollSoonYes: its core product, run yourself or managed for you
Messages to your peopleBuilt in, on every plan. More than 70 messages already written for the moments that matter, your own if-then rules, and sequences of messages spaced out in days. Sent in the app, by email, WhatsApp, Slack, Teams or Google Chat, and you can see who received what.Announcements to employees on WhatsApp through Pacey, on the Master edition. Email and SMS reminders.

Soon means coming to hr goat, not working yet. Prices and features change: check PaySpace’s own site before you decide.

Where PaySpace is stronger

  • Payroll today, set up for local rules in 49 countries. In hr goat payroll is coming soon.
  • It can run payroll for you (managed payroll), with statutory submissions such as SARS EMP501.
  • Leave, expenses and payslips on WhatsApp, as an add-on.

Where hr goat is different

  • An HR platform first: learning, compliance and CPD, skills, succession and workforce planning are live today.
  • Built AI first: you ask, the assistant does it, and shows you what changed.
  • Set up the same day, with no consultants and no set-up fee.
  • A free plan, not a trial: 1 admin and 4 more people, for good.
  • Every live feature is in every plan, with no per-module charges.
  • The assistant works in the app, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Google Chat and WhatsApp.
  • Messaging is built in, so you do not need to pay for a separate email tool to reach your people: more than 70 messages already written, sequences that stop once the job is done, six channels, and a record of who received what.
  • Prices are published, so you know the cost before you talk to anyone.
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Where the PaySpace facts come from

PaySpace is a trademark of its owner. hr goat is not connected with PaySpace.

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