Zaffre HRM is an all-in-one HR and operations software platform by Zaffre Tech. It unifies HR, payroll, attendance, leave, remote-work monitoring, procurement, petty cash, project management, helpdesk and secure client communication in one connected system. Its standout feature is a dual payroll engine that runs local (PKR) and remittance (foreign currency) salaries in a single payroll run.

Who is Zaffre HRM for?

Small businesses, startups and growing companies of 5 to a few hundred employees — particularly those that have outgrown spreadsheets and disconnected SaaS tools. Strong fit for Pakistan-based companies and any team paying employees in multiple currencies.

What makes Zaffre HRM different from other HR and HCM platforms?

Most HR platforms cover HR and payroll well but leave operations (procurement, petty cash, projects, helpdesk, remote monitoring, client communication) to other tools. Zaffre HRM includes those natively and links every module together — a leave approval updates attendance and payroll, an employee exit triggers asset recovery and final settlement, and a client onboarding flows into billing. It also has a market-unique dual payroll engine.

Does Zaffre HRM support payroll in multiple currencies?

Yes. The dual payroll engine runs local-currency (PKR) salaries and remittance-currency (foreign) salaries together in a single payroll cycle — this is the platform's signature feature and is rare in the market.

Does Zaffre HRM include remote employee monitoring?

Yes, natively. A Tauri-based desktop agent captures login/logout, active hours, application and website usage, and periodic screenshots, and powers productivity-based attendance. It is not a third-party add-on.

Does Zaffre HRM have a mobile app?

Yes — a companion mobile app (Expo / React Native) for attendance, leave, payslips, chat and approvals, with real-time push notifications via FCM.

How is Zaffre HRM priced?

Transparent per-employee, per-module monthly pricing. Modules can be turned on or off per company. Designed to be cheaper in aggregate than the 6+ tools it replaces.

Where is Zaffre HRM based?

Zaffre Tech, the company behind Zaffre HRM, is headquartered in Pakistan and serves customers globally — with strong adoption in Pakistan, UAE and Saudi Arabia.

Track Attendance Without Biometric Machine — Modern Methods

A decade ago, if you wanted reliable attendance, you bought a biometric machine. In 2026, that is no longer the only option — and for most businesses, no longer the best one. Here is how to track employee attendance without a biometric machine, what each method gives you, and how to combine them.

The 5 modern attendance methods (no hardware required)

1. Mobile face recognition with liveness check

Employees open the HR mobile app, look at the camera, and attendance is recorded. The phone's existing front camera is the "device." Modern liveness detection rejects photos and videos. Works for office, field, hybrid, and remote staff. See: complete face recognition guide.

2. Web kiosk on a shared tablet

One tablet at the office entrance, employees check in via the web kiosk. Replaces a fingerprint machine at a fraction of the cost. Same face recognition + liveness check.

3. Desktop check-in for remote workers

Remote / hybrid employees check in from the desktop app at the start of their workday. Combined with productivity monitoring, you know not just that they checked in, but that they actually worked.

4. Geo-fenced mobile check-in

For field staff (sales, delivery, service technicians), mobile check-in only accepts attendance from inside an approved geographic radius. Someone trying to check in from home cannot.

5. IP + device restrictions

Office-based check-in can be locked to the office Wi-Fi (IP whitelist) and bound to specific registered devices. Together with face recognition, this is harder to spoof than a fingerprint reader.

How to combine them — by business type

Single office, 20 employees

Mobile face recognition + IP restriction (office Wi-Fi only). That is it. No hardware, no per-location cost.

Multi-location retail / restaurants

Mobile face recognition + geo-fence per location. Each store has its own geo-fence; staff can only check in from inside their assigned store.

Manufacturing / factory

Web kiosk on a tablet at the gate (handles high throughput at shift change) + mobile for office staff. Face recognition + IP for office.

Distributed / remote team

Desktop app for desk-based, mobile face recognition for everyone else, no geo-fence (because location varies), productivity-based attendance as the verification layer.

Field teams (NGO, sales, technicians)

Mobile-only, with strict geo-fencing per assigned location, plus visit logs.

The cost comparison

Biometric machine, 5 locations: PKR 150,000-300,000 upfront + maintenance + sync infrastructure
Software attendance, 50 employees: PKR 7,500-25,000/month total (per-employee module pricing) — and works for unlimited locations, including remote

For a multi-location business, the software approach pays for itself in months.

The one edge case for keeping hardware

If you have very high gate throughput (200+ workers crossing a single point in 10 minutes at shift change), a hardware face-recognition turnstile can be faster than each worker pulling out a phone. For everything else, software wins.

How to migrate

Enrol every employee in face recognition (30 seconds each)
Configure geo-fences for any location-restricted roles
Configure IP whitelist for office-only roles
Run both old machine + new system in parallel for 1 week
Reconcile any discrepancies, fix configuration
Retire the machine

If you are ready to leave biometric machines behind, book a Zaffre HRM demo and we will show you the full software attendance stack (face + geo + IP + productivity) in 15 minutes.

How to Track Employee Attendance Without a Biometric Machine