MGD Payrollby MyGymDesk

Payroll Management Simplified

Payroll that starts at the punch.

Attendance, hours and commission become pay on their own. Salaries, statutory deductions and payslips in one run a month — nothing gets retyped.

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Free forever (up to 5 employees) · Paid plans include 10 employees, then from ₹400 per extra employee / year + GST

Built for

Fitness studios & gymsSalons & spasClinics & dentalRestaurants & cafésRetail shopsAny small or medium business

Attendance in. Payslips out.

One run a month, start to finish — the punch becomes the payslip without anyone opening a spreadsheet.

Attendance · March 202628 present · 3 absent

Rahul T.	P	P	A	P	P	WO
Priya M.	P	HD	P	P	P	P
Amit K.	P	P	P	L	P	WO

Marked at the counter — no register, no re-typing.

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The problem

Month-end sounds the same in every business we visit.

Six owners, six different trades. The complaint never changes: the money is known, the paperwork is not.

“I pay my CA ₹4,000 a month to process eight salaries — and he still gets one wrong.”

CA dependency

“Commission arguments every single month. Nobody agrees with my sheet.”

Commission disputes

“PF and ESI filing gives me anxiety. I never know if the numbers are right.”

Compliance anxiety

“I don't know what my staff actually cost me until the month is finished.”

No cost visibility

“Overtime goes into a notebook. Then I sit with a calculator on the last Sunday.”

Manual overtime tracking

“Attendance is a register at the counter. I count the days by hand to make salaries.”

Paper registers

None of this is a bookkeeping problem. It is a payroll that was never built for staff paid by attendance and commission.

How it works

Four steps, once a month.

Mark attendance

By hand, from a phone punch, or synced from your MyGymDesk account.

Commissions calculated

Per-job, percentage or slab rules you set once. The arithmetic runs itself.

One-click payroll

PF, ESI, PT and TDS applied the same correct way for every employee.

Payslips on WhatsApp

A PDF payslip on each employee's phone the day you run payroll.

Features

The four things that make payroll take a week.

All plans

Attendance becomes salary without a spreadsheet in between.

However attendance gets recorded, it lands in the salary calculation directly — no export, no copy-paste, no re-keying on the last day of the month.

Manual attendanceAll plans
Mobile punch (GPS + selfie)
GMS attendance sync
Automatic present / absent / half-day detection
Locked months prevent accidental edits

Attendance · March 2026

March 202628 present · 3 absent · 1 half-day

Staff	M	T	W	T	F	S
Rahul T.	P	P	A	P	P	WO
Priya M.	P	HD	P	P	P	P
Amit K.	P	P	P	L	P	WO

→ Feeding this month's payroll run automatically

Define the commission rule once. Stop defending the sheet.

Per-job flat rates, a percentage of the ticket, or tiered slabs — set the rule per person or per service, and every payout is worked out the same way each month.

Per-job, percentage or tiered slab rules
Pulled from your own service and booking records
You approve the sheet before it enters payroll
Contractor vs employee — correct TDS applied

Commissions · pending approval

February commissionsPending approval

Staff	Jobs	Rule	Payout
Amit K.	32	₹150 / job	₹4,800
Priya M.	28	₹200 / job	₹5,600
Raj S.	45	₹120 / job	₹5,400

Total commission payout₹15,800

→ Pulled from your own service records · no manual entry

Calculator

How much of your month goes into payroll?

Set your numbers. The commission total is what you are already paying out; the hours are what it costs you to work it out.

Staff earning commission5

120

Jobs or sessions each, per month40

10100

Average ticket value₹1,500

₹500₹5,000

Commission rate20%

10%40%

Your time, every month

3.8hours

46 hours a year on attendance, commission sheets and payslips.

Commission you pay out₹60,000

Same run with MGD Payroll~4 minutes

Book a demo

Estimate based on your inputs — roughly 45 minutes per commission-earning employee, per month.

Compared

Where the other options stop.

MGD Payroll compared with A CA, Excel and PagarBook / Keka
Capability	MGD Payroll	A CA	Excel	PagarBook / Keka
Commission engine	✓ Growth up	✕	✕	✕
Attendance → payroll sync	✓ Growth up	✕	✕	⚠ Manual
Payslips on WhatsApp	✓ Growth up	✕	✕	✓
PF / ESI / TDS auto-calculation	✓ Included	⚠ Extra cost	✕	✓
Loans and advances, auto-recovered	✓ Growth up	⚠ Manual	✕	⚠ Varies
Approval workflows before payout	✓ Growth up	⚠ Per entity	✕	⚠ Varies
Free tier that does not expire	✓ Up to 5 staff	✕	⚠ Free but manual	✕
Built for attendance- and commission-based pay	✓	✕	✕	✕
Price per extra employee, per year	10 included, then from ₹400 + GST	⚠ Retainer	⚠ Your own hours	₹500–2,000

IncludedManual work or extra costNot included

Competitor columns reflect publicly listed pricing and product pages as at September 2026, and cover the payroll-relevant capability only. Biometric hardware is bought and maintained separately on every platform we checked; MGD Payroll will not charge per connected device. Price per extra employee is each paid plan's listed yearly rate for an employee beyond the 10 it includes, lowest shown, excluding GST. The competitor band is per staff member per year, from PagarBook's listed entry tier at the bottom to full-HRMS payroll plans at the top; what separates them is what the plan includes. A qualified accountant is normally a monthly retainer rather than a per-employee fee, so that column is not directly comparable.

Pricing

Simple & transparent pricing

Every plan runs payroll, calculates PF, ESI, PT and TDS, produces payslip PDFs and gives staff a self-service portal. Paid plans include a set number of employees and add any number more at a per-employee rate; larger plans raise the location limit and unlock the extras. Prices exclude GST.

Founder pricingFirst 100 signups only

Every price below is Founder Pricing.

It closes once 100 businesses have signed up. The free tier stays free either way — up to 5 employees, for as long as you use it.

Start freeNo card, no setup fee

Free

Free forever · no card

Free

Free forever · no card

Up to 5 employees

Cannot add more employees

1 location

Payroll run

PF / ESI / PT / TDS

Payslip PDF

Manual attendance

PF ECR + ESI returns

Employee self-service

Attendance roster & shift scheduling

Leave management

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Starter

₹4,999/ year + GST

Billed yearly

₹11,999/ 3 years + GST

Billed once for 3 years

10 employees included

then ₹400 per extra employee / year

then ₹1,000 per extra employee / 3 years

3 locations

Payroll run

PF / ESI / PT / TDS

Payslip PDF

Manual attendance

PF ECR + ESI returns

Employee self-service

Attendance roster & shift scheduling

Employee mobile app

Owner mobile app

Leave management

Reports

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Growth

₹7,999/ year + GST

Billed yearly

₹18,999/ 3 years + GST

Billed once for 3 years

10 employees included

then ₹600 per extra employee / year

then ₹1,500 per extra employee / 3 years

10 locations

Everything in Starter, plus:

GMS attendance sync

Mobile punch (GPS + selfie)

Manager approvals

Reimbursements

Incentives & commissions

Loans & advances

WhatsApp payslip delivery

Bank file (NEFT)

Branded payslips

Offer & employment letters

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Pro

₹10,999/ year + GST

Billed yearly

₹25,999/ 3 years + GST

Billed once for 3 years

10 employees included

then ₹800 per extra employee / year

then ₹2,000 per extra employee / 3 years

Unlimited locations

Everything in Growth, plus:

Investment declarations

Form 16

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Included todayLocation limits are enforced on the account. Extra employees are added at each plan's rate.

Compare plans

Every feature, every plan.

The whole matrix, exactly as it is enforced in the product. Prices exclude GST.

Feature availability and pricing for every MyGymDesk Payroll plan
Plan	Free Free	Starter ₹4,999 per year + GST	Growth ₹7,999 per year + GST	Pro ₹10,999 per year + GST
Employees included	5	10	10	10
Extra employees	Cannot add more employees	₹400 each / year + GST	₹600 each / year + GST	₹800 each / year + GST
Locations included	1	3	10	Unlimited
Payroll run	Included	Included	Included	Included
PF / ESI / PT / TDS	Included	Included	Included	Included
Payslip PDF	Included	Included	Included	Included
Manual attendance	Included	Included	Included	Included
PF ECR + ESI returns	Included	Included	Included	Included
Employee self-service	Included	Included	Included	Included
Attendance roster & shift scheduling	Included	Included	Included	Included
Employee mobile app	Not included	Included	Included	Included
Owner mobile app	Not included	Included	Included	Included
GMS attendance sync	Not included	Not included	Included	Included
Mobile punch (GPS + selfie)	Not included	Not included	Included	Included
Manager approvals	Not included	Not included	Included	Included
Reimbursements	Not included	Not included	Included	Included
Incentives & commissions	Not included	Not included	Included	Included
Loans & advances	Not included	Not included	Included	Included
WhatsApp payslip delivery	Not included	Not included	Included	Included
Bank file (NEFT)	Not included	Not included	Included	Included
Branded payslips	Not included	Not included	Included	Included
Leave management	Included	Included	Included	Included
Investment declarations	Not included	Not included	Not included	Included
Form 16	Not included	Not included	Not included	Included
Reports	Not included	Included	Included	Included
Offer & employment letters	Not included	Not included	Included	Included

Security

Salary data, handled carefully.

You are handing over what your staff earn. Here is how that is kept.

Encrypted, access-controlled

Salary and bank details are encrypted in transit and at rest, and only the roles you allow can open them.

Staff see only their own

Each employee sees their own payslips in the self-service portal. Nobody browses the payroll.

Your data, exportable

Export payroll registers, payslips and statutory reports whenever you need them, in a format your accountant accepts.

THE APP

MGD Payroll, on your phone.

One app for owners and employees. Owners run payroll and approve requests; employees punch in, see payslips and apply for leave. Sign in with whichever account you have.

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Frequently asked

Questions, answered.

Is this different from PagarBook or Keka?

Yes. They're generic HR tools. MGD Payroll is built for businesses where pay depends on attendance and commissions — trainers, stylists, therapists, technicians. It handles commission rules and per-job payouts natively, syncs attendance straight into salary, and calculates PF, ESI, PT and TDS to Indian rules. With a generic tool, commissions are a spreadsheet you maintain on the side.

Do I need MyGymDesk GMS to use Payroll?

No. MGD Payroll works standalone — your own employees, your own attendance, your own plan. If you also run MyGymDesk GMS, attendance and session data flow into salary calculations automatically. If you don't, you enter attendance manually or your staff punch in from their phones.

How does commission tracking work?

You define the rules once — a flat rate per job, a percentage of the ticket, or tiered slabs. Each month the system pulls completed jobs and bookings from your own records and calculates payouts automatically. You review and approve before anything reaches payroll, so nobody is paid on a number you have not seen.

Is PF/ESI filing handled, or just calculated?

We calculate the amounts every month, show them on the payslip, and generate the PF ECR and ESI return files in the formats the portals expect. Uploading them to EPFO and ESIC is still done by you or your CA — we produce the file, you file it.

What if attendance is still on a paper register?

Use the manual attendance grid — select multiple staff and mark present, absent or half-day in a click. Manual attendance is on every plan, including Free. When you're ready, move to mobile punch: staff clock in from their own phone with a GPS-stamped selfie, and it flows straight into payroll.

What happens when my team grows?

Add them to the plan you are on. Every paid plan includes a set number of employees and takes any number more at its own yearly rate: Starter is ₹4,999 a year + GST with 10 employees included, then ₹400 per extra employee + GST; Growth is ₹7,999 a year + GST with 10 employees included, then ₹600 per extra employee + GST; Pro is ₹10,999 a year + GST with 10 employees included, then ₹800 per extra employee + GST. Plans differ in locations and features, not in how many people you can pay: Starter covers 3 locations, Growth 10 locations and Pro unlimited locations. Free covers up to 5 employees and 1 location, and cannot add more. Every plan runs payroll, calculates statutory deductions, produces payslip PDFs and gives your staff a self-service portal; the higher plans add the extras on top.

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Payroll that starts at the punch.

Month-end sounds the same in every business we visit.

Four steps, once a month.

Mark attendance

Commissions calculated

One-click payroll

Payslips on WhatsApp

The four things that make payroll take a week.

Attendance becomes salary without a spreadsheet in between.

Define the commission rule once. Stop defending the sheet.

Statutory deductions worked out the same way every month.

Payslips arrive where your staff already read messages.

How much of your month goes into payroll?

Where the other options stop.

Simple & transparent pricing

Free

Starter

Growth

Pro

Every feature, every plan.

Salary data, handled carefully.

Encrypted, access-controlled

Staff see only their own

Your data, exportable

MGD Payroll, on your phone.

Questions, answered.

Is this different from PagarBook or Keka?

Do I need MyGymDesk GMS to use Payroll?

How does commission tracking work?

Is PF/ESI filing handled, or just calculated?

What if attendance is still on a paper register?

What happens when my team grows?

Payroll guides by industry.

Run this month's payroll in an afternoon.