Pricing — AttendUX wins MENA cost, PeopleHR wins talent-management breadth
PeopleHR UK list is £3-£7/user/month depending on tier (Essentials to Enterprise). Converted to USD and with typical MENA reseller markup of 20-40%, UAE businesses pay ~$4-$10/user/month. For 50 users at $6/mo (mid-tier with reseller markup): $3,600/year.
AttendUX is graduated: Lite $360/yr through Max $2,820/yr (international). For 50-person Egyptian business: ~18,500 EGP/year (~$400) — roughly 9× cheaper than PeopleHR UAE for same employee count.
PeopleHR bundles ATS + performance + learning + HR core; that's real breadth. If you need all those modules in one system, PeopleHR's per-user price buys more scope. If you need attendance-and-payroll-correct-first + MENA compliance, AttendUX is sharper on both cost and local fit.
MENA labor-law compliance — AttendUX native, PeopleHR via Access resellers
PeopleHR's core engine was built for UK labor law + HMRC payroll (through sister product Access Payroll). MENA compliance is handled through Access Group's regional reseller partners (ME-based IT companies licensed to resell + configure Access products). These resellers add WPS/MOHRE/GOSI setup as a professional-services engagement — typically 2-6 weeks and adding $2,000-$8,000 to the first year.
AttendUX ships Egyptian Labor Law 14/2025, UAE MOHRE WPS auto-SIF, Saudi Mudad + GOSI + Nitaqat, Qatari compliance pre-configured out of the box. For MENA-primary businesses: setup is instant vs 2-6 weeks of reseller work.
Where PeopleHR actually wins — talent management + Access ecosystem
If your organization already uses Access Workspace (Access's unified portal), Access Finance, Access Learning, or Access Recruitment, PeopleHR integrates natively with all of them — single sign-on, unified reporting, employee data flowing across systems. That ecosystem advantage is real.
PeopleHR also has strong standalone talent management: full ATS (applicant tracking, interview scheduling, offer letters), performance reviews with calibration, learning library integration, succession planning. AttendUX does not offer ATS, learning, or deep performance management — our focus is HR core + attendance + payroll + MENA compliance.
If you are already standardized on Access Group products or need a one-stack talent-to-payroll platform, PeopleHR fits. If you want MENA-correct-first and will handle recruitment + learning in separate tools, AttendUX is sharper.
Language + support — Arabic-first vs UK-hours English
PeopleHR's UI is English-only; there is no Arabic translation available. Support operates on UK hours (9am-5pm GMT), so MENA tickets typically wait 12-24 hours for first response, up to 48 hours for complex issues. MENA resellers offer local support, but that's a secondary tier.
AttendUX's Arabic UI is native (Egyptian colloquial + MSA, built by Arabic-speaking engineers, not auto-translated). WhatsApp support in Arabic responds within 2-6 hours typically, same-timezone English support also available. If your HR team runs operations in Arabic — or your employees expect Arabic self-service — PeopleHR's English-only UI is a daily friction.
