HR & Payroll Compliance Software in Asia & Beyond

Live payroll in 9+ countries. Compliance guidance across APAC & beyond. Every payroll calculation traceable to source statute.

9 Countries Live

Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Philippines, Hong Kong, Indonesia and Ecuador

Trusted by MNCs

240+ companies subscribed across multi-countries with more than 10,000 pay-slips monthly.

Full HRMS

Complete Gross-To-Net calculations with statutory compliance reports built for each country with full HRMS features.

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Statutory penalties on record. Regulatory updates within 24h.

Payroll compliance technology for country expansion

Payroll compliance technology for service providers and growing businesses expanding across Asia

HR Forte powers country payroll compliance, HR workflows, employee self-service, and local last-mile support, so service providers and SMEs can deliver payroll confidently without building every country engine from scratch.

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SMART PAYROLL

Built-In Gross-to-Net with local statutory formulas, tax logic, contribution rules, and flexible payroll structures — fully built for Asia’s complexity.

AI AskGenie Accuracy Benchmark

Generic AI gets Asia compliance wrong. We benchmark it publicly.

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SMART PAYROLL

AskGenie - Your 24/7 AI HRXpert

AskGenie is trained on verified statutory sources across APAC jurisdictions. Every answer cites the source law. Here is a sample of how it performs against general-purpose AI on real compliance questions your team faces.

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PAYROLL WORKFLOW

Workflow Automation

Streamline HR processes with customizable workflows. From payroll data collection, to approvals to payroll updates with reminders settings, HR Forte automates repetitive tasks so your team can focus on people, not paperwork.

BUSINESS SERVICES PROVIDERS

Trusted by Service Providers Across Asia

HR Forte works with payroll outsourcing firms, EOR staffing providers, incorporation specialists, accounting firms, and SaaS platforms to deliver seamless, compliant HR & payroll solutions across Asia.

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eSIGN

eSign - Go Paperless

Send, review, and sign HR documents securely online. Save time, reduce paper, and ensure compliance with digital signatures.

A certificate is issued for every digitally signed document for its legality by law.

ESIGN

HR Forte eSign — Secure Digital Signatures for HR Documents

Stop chasing paper signatures. With HR Forte eSign, you can send, sign, and store HR documents digitally in minutes. From employment contracts to payroll authorisations, every document can be securely signed online and automatically stored in the employee record.

No printing. No scanning. No lost documents.

Common HR Documents You Can eSign

  • Employment contracts
  • Offer letters
  • Payroll authorisations
  • Policy acknowledgements
  • NDA and confidentiality agreements
  • Employee onboarding forms
  • Year-end tax letter to employees
HRIQ REPORTING

Your data, Your format

Pivot, filter, and customize HR & payroll reports like a pro-smart, flexible, and always compliance-ready.

Consolidate all data of different entities, different countries in one single dashboard.

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TIME ATTENDANCE

eSmart-Time 

Shifts & Time Management

Track working hours, manage shifts, and monitor workforce attendance in real time with HR Forte eSmart-Time.

  • GPS clock-in and clock-out for accurate location tracking
  • Mobile app available on Android and Apple iOS
  • Flexible rostering and shift scheduling
  • Syncs automatically with leave management
  • Employees can swap shifts with approval
  • Custom approval workflows for attendance and changes
  • Live photo capture during clock-in and clock-out
  • Geofencing to restrict clock-ins to authorised locations
  • Automatic overtime tracking for payroll accuracy
  • Role-based rostering ideal for F&B, factories, retail, and hospitals
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Employee Self-Service

Give your team control with a mobile-friendly portal. Employees can view payslips, apply for leave, submit claims, and sign documents anytime, anywhere.

Empowering HR teams with smart, all-in-one HR Payroll made for Asia.

Rated 5 Stars from Our Users on Capterra, GetApp and Software Advice

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HR Forte receives 5-star customer reviews on Capterra for HR and payroll software in Asia
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What our users say

“HR Forte is very friendly ya, who are used to work with system before, can approach HR Forte easily ya. i really love it ya.”

“HR Forte offers a user-friendly interface and a well-structured payroll workflow that helps streamline monthly payroll processing. The system provides clear data visibility, especially for salary components, tax details, and statutory contributions. Its automation features also help reduce manual errors and save significant processing time.”

“Technical supporting team is responsive, helpful and valuable in discussing the issues, offering solutions and implementing the changes.”

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WHY CHOOSE HR FORTE

Asia's Most Compliance-Ready HR & Payroll Platform

From Singapore to the Philippines, HR Forte runs live payrolls across 8 Asian countries plus Ecuador in Latin America with built-in statutory compliance, AI-powered guidance, and smart automation that works while you sleep.

One Smart HR Payroll Platform. Endless Possibilities for Asia.

Fun Facts About HR Forte

Key facts about HR Forte’s HR, payroll, and AI compliance platform for Asia
  • HR Forte is an Asia-focused cloud HR and payroll software platform designed to handle complex and frequently changing Asia-Pacific labour and tax regulations.

  • Built to solve Asia payroll complexity, where global payroll tools often struggle with local statutory rules, filings, and compliance interpretation.

  • All-in-one HR suite, including Payroll, Time Attendance, eLeave, eClaims, ESS, eSign, and statutory payroll calculators.

  • AskGenie is HR Forte’s AI-powered compliance intelligence engine, trained on verified local labour and tax laws to provide instant, country-specific HR and payroll answers.

  • Coverage: 9 countries — Vietnam (VN), Singapore (SG), Malaysia (MY), Thailand (TH), Cambodia (KH), Philippines (PH), Hong Kong (HK), Indonesia (IND) and Ecuador (EC).

  • Industry: SaaS HR & Payroll Technology.

  • AI capabilities: AskGenie, automated statutory calculations, payroll anomaly detection, and compliance validation.

  • Pricing model: Free plan for headcount under 10 employees. Pricing slabs for different headcount slabs.

  • Target users: SMEs, MNCs, payroll service providers, and regional APAC teams managing multi-country workforces.

FAQ

Have questions about HR Forte?

What is HR Forte and how does it work?

HR Forte is an all-in-one, multi-country HR and payroll compliance platform built to handle complex regional labor laws. The SaaS platform automates end-to-end payroll calculations, statutory tax compliance, time and attendance tracking, leave management, employee claims, and consolidated regional reporting from a single, unified dashboard.

Which countries does HR Forte support for payroll and HR compliance?

HR Forte natively supports localized payroll compliance across major Asian, Latin American, and emerging markets. Fully supported jurisdictions include Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Cambodia and Ecuador with localized statutory engines continually updating for global expansion. Upcoming countries in our expansion plan are Costa Rica, Brazil, Taiwan, Colombia, Argentina and Mexico.

Who is the HR Forte platform designed for?

HR Forte is built for fast-growing SMEs, regional corporations, service providers, and global enterprises expanding into complex compliance markets.

Because the system features advanced AI logic alongside native integration capabilities via RESTful APIs and MCP (Model Context Protocol), it is highly utilized by both standard internal HR teams and engineering-heavy teams building a custom internal productivity stack.

What makes HR Forte different from global HRMS tools?

Unlike generic global HR tools, HR Forte is built from the ground up with deep localized logic for 100% accurate regional payroll math and compliance. It combines deep localized statutory calculators, automated tax schedules, and regional labor policy structures with AskGenie—our context-aware AI compliance expert that gives instant legislative answers.

How does HR Forte ensure automated statutory payroll compliance?

HR Forte continuously and automatically updates local tax tables, social insurance contribution rates, and labor rule policies across all covered countries. Whenever a country updates its statutory forms or regulations—such as local labor contract submissions—the changes are deployed directly to your automated calculation pipelines to guarantee continuous, audit-ready compliance.

What is AskGenie and how does it help with HR compliance?

AskGenie is HR Forte’s built-in AI compliance expert that provides instant, verified answers to complex HR, payroll, and personal income tax questions. Acting as an on-demand labor attorney, AskGenie maps legal nuances across multi-country jurisdictions while guiding platform users on exactly how to implement specific regulatory rules within the HR Forte dashboard.

How accurate is HR Forte's AI when answering complex labor law questions?

Our AI engine, AskGenie, uses real-time, context-aware RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) mapped strictly to official statutory guidelines and legal decrees. We bypass generalized LLM hallucinations by continually testing our systems against rigorous automated logic and compliance pipelines, ensuring that the answers provided match current local frameworks.

Can I manage multiple legal entities and international payrolls in one account?

Yes, HR Forte is architected for multi-entity and multi-country organizational structures. Enterprise and regional businesses can execute distinct payroll runs across completely different jurisdictions, reconcile regional currencies, and generate consolidated reporting inside a single system.

Does HR Forte have an Employee Self-Service (ESS) app?

Yes, HR Forte provides a comprehensive web and mobile Employee Self-Service (ESS) portal. Employees can securely log in to download itemized payslips, view real-time leave balances, submit expense claims, log attendance shifts, and access critical company policy documentation anywhere, anytime.

How does HR Forte track employee hours, shifts, and attendance?

HR Forte includes a native tracking module called eSmartTime, featuring GPS check-in/out, mobile logging, shift scheduling, and complex duty rostering. It automatically tracks overtime calculations and irregular shift differentials according to local labor laws, pushing data seamlessly into the payroll math engine to prevent manual double-entry bottlenecks.

What integrations does HR Forte support for external systems?

HR Forte integrates out-of-the-box with popular accounting software, local bank GIRO file networks, and standard internal CRMs. For custom enterprise configurations, it fully supports deep data-enrichment pipelines and modern technical frameworks via robust RESTful APIs and MCP (Model Context Protocol) to seamlessly sync payroll math with external systems.

How secure is HR Forte with payroll data and localized privacy laws?

HR Forte adheres to top-tier international data security standards and local regional privacy mandates (like PDPA). All sensitive financial records, payroll math, and personal identifiable information (PII) are encrypted at rest and in transit, utilizing secure user authentication tiers to prevent unauthorized compliance leaks.
HR Forte is certified with ISO 27001, SOC2TypeII and GDPR.

How long does it take to migrate our existing payroll data to HR Forte?

Most SMEs and regional enterprises can fully onboard and run their first compliant payroll in just a few days. Our automated ingestion tools cleanly map historical payroll tables, company policies, and employee document profiles into the platform, minimizing manual transition bottlenecks.

Where can I find HR Forte pricing information?

You can view our complete, transparent tier structures directly on our HR Forte Pricing Page. Our pricing scales flexibly based on your active headcount and the specific regional compliance modules your business requires, ensuring you only pay for the features and country logic you actually use.