People Resolutions

What People Resolutions does

People Resolutions is a South African software firm that develops and sells HR Manage, a modular human resource management software suite. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Rivonia, Johannesburg, the company serves medium-to-large enterprises (100 to 50,000+ employees) primarily in South Africa, with a stated client base spanning multiple countries and sectors including security services (Fidelity Security Services), mining (Assore, Tshipi, Metorex), food and consumer goods (RCL Foods), telecommunications (Awesim Telecoms), and industrial services (Waco International, Tolcon, Irvines).

HR Manage is built on Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2 and .NET 9.0 with Visual Studio 2022, using Microsoft SQL Server for storage and TCP Remoting for client-server communication, with third-party components from Syncfusion and DevExpress. The product is delivered in two modes: a Windows desktop application for power users and a web-based portal (HR Manage Online) for employee self-service, supported by data compression and caching for WAN performance. The modular suite covers the full employee lifecycle—People Management, Payroll Integration, Performance Management, Job Profiling, Training Administration, Leave Administration, a no-code BPM Workflow Platform, Incident Reporting, Reporting/Exporting, and Online Self-Service—with recently added Asset Register and BI Dashboard Builder modules and a Document Signing Portal. Native integrations include Sage 300 People and PaySpace payroll systems, plus Microsoft Entra ID and Google OAuth2 for identity, and connectors to Cognito Forms, e-Learning platforms, access control systems, and SAP.

The company operates a hybrid revenue model combining subscription licensing (monthly per active employee, including license, support, and upgrades) and traditional perpetual licensing with maintenance agreements, supplemented by professional services for implementation, training, and custom development. Distribution is direct-sales-led with demonstration-based selling, supplemented by strategic channel partnerships with Sage (Sage Marketplace listing) and PaySpace, plus event-driven demand generation at industry conferences such as HR Indaba Expo. People Resolutions is privately held with 11–50 employees, no disclosed external funding or institutional investors, and reports a product release cadence of at least three significant upgrades per year. Version 6.3.3.6 shipped in November 2025 and a Version 7 ground-up web rewrite with planned AI integration is targeted for 2026.

Name

People Resolutions

Legal name

People Resolutions (Pty) Ltd

Website

https://peopleres.co.za

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

People Resolutions is a South African software firm that develops HR Manage, a modular HR software suite serving medium-to-large South African enterprises with payroll-integrated people management, workflow automation, and local compliance reporting.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

HR Management Software

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Core HR & HRIS (BPACAPAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

HR Service Delivery, Case Management & Employee Self-Service (BPACAPAL), Benefits Administration (BPACAPAC), HR Compliance, Policy, EEO & Labor Law (BPACAPAM), HRIS/HCM Managed Services & Support (BPAEAGAF)

Keywords

• HR management software
• Human resource systems
• Employee management software
• HR information systems
• Workforce management software

Headquarters

HQ city

Johannesburg

HQ country

South Africa

HQ region

Africa

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. Subscription Licensing: Monthly fee per active person loaded on the system. Includes license fee, support, and upgrades. Small initial deposit required before work commences. Subscription can be cancelled at any time.
2. Traditional Licensing: Once-off fee for software, installation, implementation, and training based on complexity factors including number of people, power users, branches, modules, and industry. Maintenance agreement required for ongoing support, fixes, and upgrades.
3. Maintenance and Support: Ongoing maintenance agreement includes fixes, support, upgrades, and discounted custom development rates. Can be cancelled at any time but upgrading after cancellation costs 50%-100% of original license cost.
4. Professional Services: Implementation, training, and custom development services. Consultants available through SLA for assistance. Custom plugin and workflow activity development available.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

People Resolutions develops and sells HR Manage, a modular, all-inclusive Human Resource Management Software Solution available as both a Windows desktop application and a web-based online portal. The system covers the full employee lifecycle through configurable modules including people management, payroll integration, performance management, job profiling, training administration, leave administration, workflow automation, incident reporting, and reporting. It is purpose-built for South African legislative compliance (SETA, BBBEE, Employment Equity, POPIA) and offered via monthly subscription or traditional perpetual licensing.

Product overview

People Resolutions offers HR Manage, a comprehensive, modular HR software solution developed in South Africa for South African businesses. The system consists of a core HR Manage platform available as both a Windows desktop application (for power users) and a web-based online portal (for employee self-service). The product portfolio includes interconnected modules covering the full employee lifecycle: People Management (core module), Payroll Integration, Performance Management, Job Profiling, Training Administration, Leave Administration, Workflow Management, Incident Reporting, Reporting & Exporting, and Online Self-Service. Additional modules include Asset Register (2025), BI Dashboard Builder (2025), and Document Signing Portal. The system is offered via subscription (monthly per-person fee) or traditional licensing (upfront cost plus maintenance). HR Manage integrates with payroll systems (Sage 300 People, PaySpace), identity providers (Microsoft Entra, Google), and external platforms (Cognito Forms, e-Learning systems).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• HR Manage: A comprehensive, all-inclusive Human Resource Management Software Solution with modular functionality covering the full life-cycle of people at work, including People Management, Workflows, Training Administration, Performance Management, Leave Administration, and more.

Products and services

• HR Manage All-inclusive Human Resource Management Software Solution with rich, customizable functionality covering the full life-cycle of people at work. Modular-based system where any module or combination can be deployed. Available as both a Windows desktop application for power users and a web portal for employee self-service.
• People Management Module Core module for capturing and managing employee and contractor biographic information, occupational history, disciplinary and grievance records, staff movements, terminations, requirements and compliance tracking, and automatic organisational chart generation. Deeply integrated with all other modules in the HR system.
• Payroll & Integration Module Integration module enabling data import from payroll systems with support for Sage 300 People, PaySpace, SimplePay, and custom APIs. Enables downloading payslips directly from partner payroll systems within HR Manage.
• Performance Management Module Web-based performance review system supporting balanced scorecard and 360-degree assessments. Includes customizable templates, KPA/KPI libraries, and workflow-based review processes.
• Job Profiling Module Electronic job profiling system for creating job descriptions, performance agreements, and competence profiles. Includes skills profiles, job profiling matrices, and integration with training needs analysis.
• Training Administration Module Comprehensive training management system for scheduling and tracking learners, their progress, associated costs, and training renewal due dates. Includes bursary management, certificate design and printing, e-Learning integration, and SETA report generation.
• Leave Administration Module Online leave management system supporting different working days, multi-country public holidays, and varied leave entitlements. Includes graphical leave calendar, automatic accrual calculation, and customizable approval workflows.
• Workflow Management Module (BPM Workflow Platform)

Quantifiable outcome

• Pricing significantly lower than international systems - less than half the cost
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration9 records

Feature10 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Sage (Sage 300 People)coreTechnology or Integration · 10 March 2025Official SAGE Tech Partner specializing in seamless integration with Sage 300 People payroll. HR Manage extends Sage 300 People with full HR management capabilities including direct payroll integration eliminating manual data entry. Payslips can be downloaded directly from HR Manage. Integration tested independently on an ongoing basis. Listed on Sage Marketplace.
• PaySpacecoreTechnology or Integration · 9 May 2024Official integration partner for PaySpace cloud-based payroll. Configuration takes minutes and runs in background at regular intervals. Future development includes viewing payslips from within HR Manage and onboarding employees through workflows directly onto PaySpace. Combined offering provides complete cloud-based HR/Payroll solution for companies of any size.
• MicrosoftcoreTechnology or IntegrationCertified Microsoft Application Development Partner. Software code based on latest Microsoft technology including .NET Framework, Visual Studio, and Microsoft SQL Server. Integration with Microsoft Entra ID for OAuth2 authentication.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• PaySpace: South African cloud payroll and HR solution that is also a direct integration partner of People Resolutions. Targets the same mid-market and enterprise SA customers with overlapping payroll and HR modules, competing head-to-head for the HR software budget attached to a payroll core.
• Sage 300 People (Sage): Sage 300 People is the dominant South African payroll platform and People Resolutions' flagship Sage Tech Partner integration. Sage offers adjacent HR and ESS functionality that overlaps with HR Manage for many mid-market buyers, making it both a partner and a direct competitor when Sage bundles native HR features.
• SimplePay: South African cloud-native payroll with HR add-ons. Targets SMB and lower mid-market SA employers, overlapping with HR Manage's price-sensitive tier and competing on simpler, web-first UX versus HR Manage's Windows-client architecture.
• Payday Software: Long-standing South African payroll and HR provider. Competes directly with People Resolutions for the same mid-market SA customer base, particularly where buyers want a single payroll+HR vendor and are evaluating Payday vs. HR Manage + PaySpace.
• Accsys / PeopleWare: South African HR and payroll vendor serving mid-market enterprises. Comparable customer profile (SA mid-market) and overlapping HR/payroll modules make it a like-for-like competitor for the same procurement shortlists as HR Manage.

Broad incumbents

• Workday: Global cloud HCM incumbent increasingly targeting mid-market with Workday Go and AI-driven features. Represents the upper-bound competitive alternative for large SA enterprises comparing HR Manage's customizability and SA-compliance depth vs. Workday's scale and AI roadmap.
• SAP SuccessFactors: Global enterprise HCM suite from SAP. Competes with HR Manage for the largest South African enterprises (mining, telecoms, financial services) where buyers already standardized on SAP ERP, which overlaps with People Resolutions' enterprise target segment of 50,000+ employee multinationals.
• BambooHR: Cloud HRIS focused on SMB and lower mid-market. Not in SA but actively expanding internationally; pressures the low end of HR Manage's addressable market with a much larger product and marketing engine.
• Rippling: US-originated HCM, IT, and Finance platform expanding globally. Competes on a similar 'single platform for HR + payroll + workflows + IT' proposition to HR Manage's modular SaaS vision, representing the cloud-native benchmark HR Manage's V7 web rewrite is implicitly trying to match.
• ADP South Africa: Global payroll and HR vendor with a South African footprint via ADP GlobalView and partner channels. Competes for large-enterprise SA HR services contracts, including payroll-related deals in which HR Manage's payroll-integration-led go-to-market is differentiated.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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